February in Truro ...
This month we pick up over an hour of additional daylight, but with temperatures just about the same as January. That's not enough sun to overcome the frigid bay and ocean waters and the cold of the frozen ground.
Expect an average temperature of 31°F, with average lows of 22°F and highs of 36°F. We get an average total of 4 inches of rain and 10 inches of snow.
Below are some of the activities and events happening about town this month.
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Rae Ann Palmer, "State of Truro"
 The Friends of the Truro Library are proud to present "The State of Truro". Town Manager, Rae Ann Palmer will report on and address issues facing the Town of Truro now, and in the future. The program will held Wednesday, February 8th at the Truro Public Library, 7 Standish Way, Truro at 10 a.m. with refreshments offered at 9:30 a.m. Everyone is welcome. More... |
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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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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 after-school activities! More... |
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Police Visioning Focus Group
 The Town of Truro Board of Selectmen seeks your input as it develops a vision statement for the Truro Police Department. Meetings will last approximately 1 hour and will be held on February 15th and 16th. More... |
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Castle Hill Winter Ceramics and Spring Encaustics
 Castle Hill is excited for the New Year and has a full lineup of fantastic workshops from winter ceramics, taught by Brian Taylor and Paul Wisotzky, to the Eleventh Annual Encaustic Conference held this spring in Provincetown, directed by Cherie Mittenthal and produced by Truro Center for the Arts at Castle Hill. We also have our full summer of workshops listed now on our website, registrations have begun, and workshops are filling up! More... |
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Truro Library Winter Music
 The Truro Library Winter Music Schedule
Performances held Saturdays at 1 p.m.
February 4th, Creek River String Band
February 11th, Gregg Sullivan, Guitarist
February 18th, Steppin' Over the Moon
February 25th, Elizabeth Schultze & Bo Ericsson, Cellists
March 4th, Chandler Travis Three-O
Sponsored by The Friends of the Truro Library. More... |
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Outermost Contra Dance
 Outermost Contra Dance, Wellfleet Preservation Hall, Friday, February 17, 7:00 p.m. Come out and dance the old-time dance of New England, danced to the traditional repertoires of New England, Canada, the British Isles, and Appalachia. Contra dancing is a cousin to the square dance. No fancy footwork, dances are led by a caller, and the music is always live. First half hour of dance is programmed for learning and refining contra skills. Outermost Contra is family friendly and welcomes dancers of all levels. Outermostcontra.org |
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Moon Eclipse
 In hopes of a clear sky, we are treated to a lunar eclipse during the nighttime of February 10th. timeanddate.com/eclipse/lunar/2017-february-11 |
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Applications now available for three Habitat homes
 Habitat for Humanity of Cape Cod announces that applications are now available for three homes (1-, 2- and 3-bedroom homes) to be built at 143 Route 6, Truro. Deadline for application submission to Habitat Office: Tuesday, March 21, 2017. More information about applying for a Habitat home is available on the website: www.habitatcapecod.org. Applications are available at: Truro Library, 7 Standish Way; or Town Hall, 24 Town Hall Rd.; or on the Habitat website; or by mail from Habitat; or at Habitat workshops. Information Workshops for prospective buyers: Truro Library, 6 Standish Way, Wednesday, February 8th, 6-7:30 p.m.
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WIN-WIN Renewable Energy for Affordable Housing
 Habitat has sited their soon-to-be-constructed Truro homes for renewable solar electricity and is close to having the money in-hand to pay for its installation. Truro not only has received Cape-wide credit for this initiative but also has helped provide the impetus for Habitat's commitment to make all their housing on the Cape "solar-ready" going forward. This is a win-win all around for Habitat, Truro, and our renewable future. |
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Truro Central School
 Learn about the STEAM Activity for our youngest students and their grownups. STEAM stands for Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math. And our trips to the Library for various grades to explore Polar Animals, hear a Cape Cod author, and try some hands-on learning. More... |
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TNRTA is now TPRTA
 TNRTA will now do business as TPRTA - the Truro Part-Time Resident Taxpayers' Association - to reflect our life in Truro and to keep in synch with other sister organizations on-Cape and off-Cape. We are still the same organization, offering the same assistance, and committed as always to serving the Truro community. You can reach us at tprta@tprta.org and visit our website at www.tprta.org |
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Eversource Pruning Electrical Lines
 The Eversource plan describes the pruning program Eversource will employ for vegetation management within the Town of Truro for its electric circuits 4-96 and 4-96-669. Management activity includes pruning vegetation to provide specific clearance around electric conductors as follows: clearance of 10 feet below and to the sides of electric conductors and clearance of 15 feet above. Pruning will conform to accepted tree maintenance standards. No herbicide use is proposed. Fast-growing volunteer trees and brush developing directly under its conductors will be flush cut to the ground.
Copies of the 2017 Eversource Vegetation Management Plan are on file and available for the public's review at the DPW office or the Health and Conservation office in Town Hall. |
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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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Help Wanted!
Truro's eNewsletter is looking for volunteers to help in creating and producing this newsletter. If you're interested in helping,
please let us know.
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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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IN AN EMERGENCY
Call 9-1-1
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Ideologies separate us. Dreams and anguish bring us together."
-- Eugene Ionesco, Romanian-French playwright
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