June in Truro ...
June is the month with the most daylight, over 15 hours, and June 20th is the Summer Solstice, when the sun is at its highest. Although this longest day is the first day of summer, it also marks the day when days start getting shorter, albeit slowly at first.
The warming trend continues with temperatures up almost 10 degrees from May. According to past records, we expect an average temperature to 64°F, with average lows of 56°F and highs of 72°F. We traditionally get a total of 2.7 inches of rain (about 25% drier than May).
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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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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Twine Field off Pond Road in North Truro
 The 10-acre Twine Field off Pond Road in North Truro, an upland meadow - the rarest habitat on the Cape - is in danger of being developed. The Truro Conservation Trust, with the help of neighbors and friends, is working hard to raise money to save the Twine Field. No other upland meadow of this size exists in Truro, nor in Wellfleet nor in Provincetown. Our meadow is an ecosystem of unusually hardy, long-seasoned, deep-rooted plants and fortunate animals. More than a hundred species of amphibians, reptiles, mammals, insects, and butterflies as well as 94 species of birds receive both food and shelter there. The six-foot deep roots of these plants and of the woods behind the meadow provide a natural filtering system that keeps dangerous pollutants from seeping into Pilgrim Pond and our groundwater. The Twine Field is also an historical treasure where, for decades, Truro's fishermen mended their nets as they built our town. More... |
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Box Turtle Crossings
 The Truro Conservation Commission is tracking the Eastern Box Turtles throughout our town. These distinct turtles are on the Massachusetts state list of rare species and unfortunately we are a big part of the reason - let's change this! More... |
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Friends of the Truro Library
 Friends of the Truro Library Annual Meeting and Spring Luncheon. Come join us at the Library on June 14th at 12 Noon for a "pot luck" event. Please bring your favorite dish to share. More... |
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The Highlands Center
 The Highlands Center fosters the unique cultural and natural heritage of Cape Cod by facilitating scientific research, the arts tradition, and educational programs atop the dramatic sea cliffs of Cape Cod National Seashore Park Service.
Check out the upcoming events, including Highlands Fest, an annual celebration of the Highlands Center at Cape Cod National Seashore by its partner organizations: Barnstable County AmeriCorps Cape Cod, Cape Cod National Seashore, Payomet Performing Arts Center, Provincetown Center for Coastal Studies, Sustainable CAPE, and Truro Center for the Arts at Castle Hill. The Truro Public Library will also be represented this year. More... |
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Payomet
 Payomet is celebrating its 20th Anniversary year in 2017! Join us for an exciting season of live music in the tent.
- Judy Collins on June 10 at 7:30 PM tickets $42-88
- Los Lobos on June 18 at 8:00 PM tickets $60-90
- Nikki Hill on June 29th at 8:00 PM tickets $20-30
- Highlands Fest on June 24th 10:00 AM - 1:00 PM FREE to attend This year's Highlands Fest theme, Bee Dynamic, is inspired by our need to learn about and be proactive towards pollinators. All pollinators are essential to Cape Cod, and by working together and taking action, we can help ensure their survival. More...
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Truro Farmers' Market Opening Celebration
 Stop on by Truro Center on Monday, June 12th, 8 AM - 12 Noon. We're even sweetening the deal on opening day with free coffee for those who ride their bikes, walk, bus, or carpool and park in the small grass lot off South Pamet! Look what local vendors will offer: * plants for your gardens * delicious fresh fruits and vegetables * Hillside Poultry and Seawind Meadows' beef and Cape Cod Organic Farms pork and Billingsgate Charter's lobsters * chai and granola, baked goods (including gluten free!) * Lewis Brothers ice cream, Joey's burritos, and lots, lots more.
Bring your SNAP card -- debit $10, and we'll give you $20 in Farmers Market tokens. Learn about the new "Grow a Row for Neighbors Program," where your garden can help feed the Cape's hungry simply and easily. All this deliciousness in a beautiful field by the banks of the Pamet River. Music, friends new and old, and even a smiling politician or two... we hope you can join us! More... |
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Police Department
 As we look forward to a great summer, many residents and visitors come back to our homes, cottages, motels and ROADS. The Department's message is simple, be careful, have PATIENCE and enjoy the season. More... |
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Gala Twine Field Benefit
 To kick off summer fundraising for Truro's rare and unique Upland Meadow Twine Field, come to a Gala Garden Party Benefit on Saturday, June 17, 5:30 PM to 7:30 PM at the home of Scott Warner and David Kirchner at 6 and 8 Twine Field Road in North Truro. All ticket proceeds will go directly to the Truro Conservation Trust to buy the 10-acre Twine Field, which is in imminent danger of being developed. Above the bay, come and stroll David and Scott's cottage-style garden with its eighty varieties of roses, wine glass in hand. More... |
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Truro Central School
 Truro Central School students have been busy during the past month, the last full month of the school year. More... |
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Friends of the Meeting House Celebration
 The Meeting House and its treasured Revere Foundry bell will be preserved for the future, thanks to the Town of Truro and many generous donors. The Friends of the Truro Meeting House will mark the successful completion of its five-year preservation project with a Town-wide Celebration on Monday, July 3, at 5 PM at the Meeting House.
Begun in 2012 and completed this year, the project received major funding provided by the Town of Truro through its Community Preservation Act Program along with support from the Friends. The July 3 event is our Big Thank You that will include greetings from Senator Julian Cyr, Representative Sarah Peake, and Paul Wisotzky, the Chair of Truro's Board of Selectmen. There will be ringing of the bell, rousing music, and special awards followed by refreshments donated by Truro restaurants and shops for everyone's enjoyment.
As part of the festivities two exhibits are scheduled in June: one at the Truro Public Library and another at the Truro Historical Society Highland House Museum, showing the preservation work done during the past five years. Also included is a field trip for students from the Truro Central School to the Meeting House, hosted by the Friends.
We look forward to seeing you on July 3 at five o'clock at the Celebration of the Meeting House and Revere Bell. More... |
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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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To different minds, the same world is a hell, and a heaven."
-- Ralph Waldo Emerson, writer
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