Aid is available for your current fiscal year 2018 Property Tax bill. If you are elderly or disabled, all you have to do is pick up an application at Truro Town Hall, The Truro Library or Council on Aging. You can get assistance completing the application at the Council on Aging. Applications are to be submitted to the Town Treasurer's office at Truro Town Hall. The applications will be reviewed in a confidential manner. Eligible Truro full time residents will be awarded financial grants to go towards their property tax bill. The deadline to submit the application is 12/28/17.

In answer to the standard question -- "to what do you attribute your longevity?" -- Bob says, "breathe in, breathe out" to which he adds "good genes." It is likely, too, that his extensive engagement in many pursuits throughout his long life has had a lot to do with it. Most of his working career was as a Professor of Clinical Psychology, teaching, doing research, and writing papers and books. He grew up in Jacksonville, FL, but abhorred the segregation that prevailed in the South and left it for good when he started college. Besides his intellectual professional work -- for which he received a federal life-time career award during the Kennedy administration -- he participated actively in peace and justice causes and directed a peace-studies program at New York University. He worked for an international ban of nuclear weapons; and, following the accident at Three Mile Island, he actively opposed nuclear energy. He was a devoted environmentalist. When he retired and moved to Truro he stayed active well into his nineties -- gardening, swimming, and singing in the Outer Cape Chorale. He chaired the Truro Recycling Committee for many years, and was a member of several other town committees, including the Human Services Committee, the Board of Health, and the Energy Committee. Deeply concerned about climate change, he has covered his roof with solar panels. He hopes that all Truro residents will find ways to reduce their "carbon footprint" so the world's children will have a livable planet. These days, he is slowing down, but maintains a sunny disposition, freely exchanging affection with family and friends, reading and listening to music. He never ceases to be concerned about what lies ahead for future generations. He is heartened by the new wave of activism among young people and urges them on. Happy Birthday, Bob.