July in Truro ...
July is a month when the sun remains near its highest transit in the sky. The longest day was June 20th and the days are now very slowly shortening, our surrounding waters continue to soak up the solar energy, bringing us our warmest month of the year.
The warming trend continues with temperatures up 6 degrees from June. According to past records, we expect an average temperature of 70°F, with average lows of 62°F and highs of 79°F. We traditionally get a total of only 1.8 inches of rain (about 1/3 drier than June).
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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Commission on Disabilities
 There are lots of activities available in Truro this summer that are accessible to all. Head of the Meadow Beach and Corn Hill Beach have mats that make access to the beach easier for all of us and surf wheelchairs that can be borrowed to get closer to the water. The Truro Public Library, Recreation Center, and Council on Aging all offer activities in their completely accessible locations. The Highland House Museum and the Truro Meeting House offer speakers, music, and other activities, as well. Many businesses are accessible to all, including Captain's Choice Restaurant, Cape Tip Seafood Market, Savory and Sweet Escapes, the Box Lunch, Chequessett Chocolate, Jams, and Salty Market. We hope everyone, including those with disabilities, enjoys all that Truro has to offer! |
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Castle Hill Center for the Arts
 Castle Hill is buzzing this month, with activities, events and workshops galore. The Pamet River Float takes place on July 8, followed by the Summer Bash and Open House on July 15. All followed by much 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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Truro Farmers' Market
 Stop by Truro Center on Mondays, 8 AM - 12 Noon. 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 Farm's 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. 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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Payomet Performing Arts Center
 Payomet is celebrating its 20th Anniversary year in 2017! Join us for an exciting season of live music in the tent. This month features:
- Dave Mason- July 9th 8 PM
- Beres Hammond- July 12th 8 PM
- The Subdudes- July 13th 8 PM
- Taylor 2 Dance Company- July 15th 7 PM
- The Wailers- July 16th 8 PM
- Graham Nash- July 17th 8 PM
- Cabtivist- July 19th at 12 PM 8 PM
- The Garcia Project- July 20th 8 PM
- Kenny Neal- July 22nd 8 PM
- Joan Osborne- July 23rd 8 PM
- Las Cafeteras- July 25th 8 PM
- Arlo Guthrie- July 27th 8 PM
- Suzanne Vega- July 28th 8 PM
- Aaron Neville- July 29th 8 PM
- Cape Dance Festival- Tilli's Family Show- July 30th 12 PM
tickets available at
payomet.org or (508) 487-5400
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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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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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Friends of the Meeting House - Big Thank You!
 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 marked the successful completion of its five-year preservation project with a Townwide Celebration on July 3.
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 was our Big Thank You that included greetings from Senator Julian Cyr, Representative Sarah Peake, and Paul Wisotzky, Chair of the Truro Board of Selectmen. There was ringing of the bell, rousing music, and special awards followed by refreshments donated by Truro restaurants. |
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Truro Beaches Thank You!
 Heartfelt thanks to all of the volunteers who participated in our bayside beach clean-up on Saturday, June 3. Volunteers are what make the clean-up work! We can't do it without you. Due to your efforts, we were able to pick up trash on half of our beaches in about two hours!
The beach clean-up is a collaboration between Truro residents, Truro's Beach, DPW, and Conservation departments, Truro Rescue, CERT, Wellfleet Audubon, and AmeriCorps. Thanks, too, to Dunkin Donuts of Wellfleet for providing coffee and donuts.
The next clean-up is being planned for September for the ocean beaches. We hope to see you then! |
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Truro Central School
 Truro Central School students and staff are on summer vacation !! See you in September.
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We either make ourselves happy or miserable. The amount of work is the same."
--Carlos Castenada, mystic and author (1925-1998)
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