August in Truro ...
August -- starts with summer, ends with a hint of fall. Although we lose an hour of sunlight, our warm surrounding waters keep our average air temperatures almost up to July's.
According to past records, we expect an average temperature of 69°F, with average lows of 61°F and highs of 77°F. We traditionally get a total of only 2.8 inches of rain (a bit more than July).
Below are some of the activities and events happening about town this month.
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Library
 The Truro Public Library sponsors a wide variety of interesting events and presentations each month, for both adults and kids, not to mention free e-book downloads. More... |
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Council on Aging
 For current information on the COA's programs and services, please visit our web site.
Additional useful and helpful information can be found in the COA's Truro Log. |
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Concerts on the Green
 Check out the 2016 summer concert schedule for Truro Center at Snow's Park. All concerts are Thursdays at 6:30 p.m. (except Aug 18th and 25th). This is the 22nd year of free concerts. More... |
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Recreation and Beach Department
 Check out all the programs and activities offered by the Truro Recreation and Beach Department. This includes all kinds of new adult and summer activities! More... |
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Police Department
 Chief Kyle Takakjian gives a department update, including some staffing changes, and a discussion of the Board of Selectmen's goals for public safety. With all the national news about police shootings, the Chief offers some cogent local perspectives. More... |
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Historical Society
The Highland House Museum will be the site for our annual dinner on
August 13, taking us back to the days when it was a resort hotel. This year we are celebrating the 20th anniversary of the historic move of the Highland Lighthouse, an effort that was spearheaded by the Truro Historical Society! Dinner will feature wine and spirits by Truro Vineyards, food by Cosmos Catering and musical entertainment by Nickolas Suchecki and Hunter Burgamy. Dinner guests will have an opportunity to bid on Silent Auction artwork until 7 p.m., an hour after bidding to the public has closed. Make your reservation now:
RESERVATIONS FOR GALA DINNER. Check out the Lighthouse Art in our Silent Auction and make your bids online:
SILENT AUCTION.
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Friends of the Cape Cod National Seashore
 Friends is hosting a "Summer Beach Party Under the Tent" on August 9, 4 to 7 p.m., at the Payomet Performing Arts Center in North Truro. Come celebrate 100 years of the National Park Service and help us raise funds to repair and reopen the popular Red Maple Swamp Trail at Fort Hill. There will be a special presentation by noted coastal ecologist, Dr. Stephen Leatherman, aka "Dr. Beach," who this year ranked the Seashore's Coast Guard Beach as number five in the nation! Enjoy hors d'oeuvres, wine and beer, dessert, the Calypso music of "The Magic of Steel," and a live and silent auction. $100 per person. For more information and to purchase tickets go to www.fccns.org
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Payomet Performing Art Center
 Payomet Performing Arts Center keeps up the pace with 13 shows this August including Lisa Fischer, Blue OysterCult, Jefferson Starship, Ani DiFranco, Judy Collins, The Wailers and Beausoleil avec Michael Doucet, to name just a few. For kids of all ages Payomet presents Cirque de Circle - Payomet's very own circus. Check our website for details on these and the many other wonderful artists coming our way this summer. We hope to see you up at the tent! More... |
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Truro Ag Fair
 Sustainable CAPE's Truro Agricultural Fair needs you! The Ag Fair on September 4th should be bushels of fun, and we'd love to involve you. Come volunteer for 2-hour shifts with friends new and old; bake treats for our community bake sale; and, of course, we hope you'll enter the Harvest Contest, Pie-Baking Contest, and/or bring your farm animals to the Barnyard Beauty Contest ... or help a child design a BYO Zucchini racecar for the annual Zucchini 500 races. It takes a community to make a community fair, and we hope you'll join us! Go to TruroAgFair.com to register for contests or to find out more about volunteering. |
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Truro Treasures Weekend
 We will be celebrating the 25th Anniversary of Truro Treasures Sept 16th, 17th and 18th. The theme is the Lighthouse Revisited, since that is how it all began. Please contact our web site www.trurotreasures.org to volunteer your help with our many events. |
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Truro Food Pantry
 A HUGE heart-felt "THANKS" goes out to the anonymous Truro visitor who, before leaving to return home, took the time and made the effort to drop off their remaining groceries so that the Food Pantry could pass them along. We are immensely GRATEFUL for this thoughtful gesture. Thank you, whoever you are! Please know that it added welcome variety to our supplies, and the quality organic produce and shelf products that were donated are noticed and appreciated by the people who stop in to shop. The Truro Food Pantry welcomes donations of shelf stable items in the baskets located in the lobbies of the Library, the Community Center, and Seamen's Bank. For help with fresh and frozen food donations, please e-mail [email protected] or call Sally at 508-349-2601.
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Commission on Disabilities
 Disabled Placards/Plates are available through the Registry of Motor Vehicles for vehicles that transport medically disabled drivers and passengers. You need to have an approved condition and a doctor's signature and certification in order to qualify. Both disabled person and medical professional signatures are required.
Here's a list of approved conditions: * Unable to walk 200 feet without assistance * Legally Blind (automatic loss of license) * Chronic Lung Disease (Note: Asthma is not in and of itself a qualifying condition) * Cardiovascular Disease * Arthritis * Loss of limb or permanent loss of use of a limb.
If you are a Disabled Veteran, Disabled Veteran Plates are available for one vehicle owned by a veteran who has impairment(s) as certified by the Veterans Administration that total at least 60% service connected and be impairments which otherwise qualify one for disabled parking.
For more information and to find the forms you need to complete, go to: massrmv.com/rmv/forms/20060.pdf
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The Truro eNewsletter is created by a volunteer group of townspeople and sponsored by the Board of Selectmen.
As always, please let us know
your news, comments and suggestions.
Sincerely,
Brian Boyle, Editor, and the
Truro eNewsletter Team
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Public WiFi
Free WiFi service is available 24/7 on the Library front porch or from your auto in the Library parking lot, and within the building during normal Library hours. No password is required.
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