The Town has launched a monthly e-newsletter to inform the public about Town activities. Available on the first day of each month, this newsletter can be accessed three ways: by enrolling online at www.truro-ma.gov to receive it by email; by reading it on the Town website; or by reading it on the TNRTA website at …

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The Board of Selectmen established a Committee this summer comprised of eight community members to identify a pool of up to 5 candidates from which the BoS will select the next Police Chief of Truro. The Committee is comprised of the Assistant Town Administrator Charleen Greenhalgh (non-voting chair), Truro Police Officer Craig Danziger, Eastham Police …

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Truro’s Annual Town Meeting, held on April 27th, presented 26 articles for vote, along with one Article posted for an additional “Special Town Meeting” held on the same date. As the sole article of the“Special Town Meeting,” voters authorized Selectmen to enter into a 99-year lease with Provincetown for nearly 11 acres of land off …

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Town voters made a game effort to grapple with the complexities of the proposed by-law to establish limits on the size of structures on varying size lots, but were unable to do so and rejected a proposed bylaw at this year’s Town Meeting.  One stumbling block faced by voters in evaluating Article 24 as proposed …

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Truro’s Conservation Commission has the primary responsibility of ensuring that the State’s Wetland Protection Act is properly applied to local projects.  Until the passage of this Bylaw, Truro remained the only Outer Cape town without local conservation regulations in place.  In effect, this made it harder to ensure that the Commission’s  application and enforcement of …

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Selectmen: Bill Golden (new) Gary Palmer (return) Planning Board: Brian Trainor (new) Nick Brown (return)