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By Becca Manning, express staff [email protected]

Along with adding snow and ice removal costs from last winter to the town budget, vot-ers at the Oct. 19 special Town Meeting will consider the third round of Community Preser-vation Act projects, changes designed to make Pembroke a state-recognized “green com-munity” and more than 20 oth-er articles of town business.

The meeting will be held on Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. at the Pembroke High School audi-

torium. All registered Pem-broke voters are encouraged to attend. A quorum of 150 vot-ers is required for business to proceed.

Find a complete voter’s guide to the fall special Town Meeting on pages 14-16.

Early bird


Fans heading to the homecoming game on Friday will see a new sign pointing the way to the high school.

On Saturday, Troop 43 Boy Scout Drew Latwas and his fellow Scouts spent the morn-ing installing a colorful new sign at the cor-ner of Hobomock Street and Learning Lane announcing the location of the high school and Hobomock Elementary School. The vol-unteers also landscaped the site to give it more curbside appeal — all part of Latwas’ efforts to earn Eagle Scout status early in his Scouting career.

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TWO FOR THE SHOW: Head coach Will Milewski can’t hide his emotion after Korey Jones (42) caught a 2-point conversion pass as Panther defensemen surrounded him with less than two minutes left in the game. Jones’ play pushed Pembroke ahead to win 8-6 against Whitman on Sunday at Whitman-Hanson High School. See more photos from the game on page 10.

Voters to consider 28 articles on Oct. 19 special warrant

Photo by Melissa Parmenter

Young Eagle Scout hopeful replaces

school corner sign

SIGN SWITCH: Troop 43 Boy Scout Drew Latwas (center) and others from his troop replaced an old sign on Learning Lane (above them) with a new sign on Saturday. Photo by Becca Manningcontinued on page 9

SPECIAL TOWN MEETING

Pembroke’s fall special Town Meeting will be held on Tuesday, Oct. 19 at 7:30 p.m. in the auditorium at Pembroke High School, 80 Learning Lane.


The Community Preser-vation Committee is recom-

mending six projects for Pembroke ’s third round of C o m m u n i t y

Preservation Act funding. Be-low is a summary of each of the projects.

Lydia Drake LibraryLocated on High Street, the

Lydia Drake Library is up for a

second phase of CPA funding. The first project, approved in fall 2009 for a cost of $25,000, involved removing siding and replacing the historical clap-board on the building. For the second phase, caretakers Dan and Lillian Murphy are seek-ing $38,500 to restore win-dows and paint the trim on the building, according to Com-munity Preservation Commit-tee chairman Mark Ames. For this project, the committee is recommending that $27,000

continued on page 8

Projects up for CPA fundsMoney could help restore old buildings, town clerk records

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Traveling through town, it is nor-mal to see people

decorating for Halloween. Scarecrows, skeletons and pumpkins are plentiful. When residents drive by 119 Pleas-ant Street, however, it is a lit-tle different. David Lindblom has taken Halloween to a new level — raising the bar for res-idents all over Pembroke. His creation, Unpleasant Street, is a homemade haunted house, available for drive-by view-ing through Oct. 30 and open to those who dare to enter the backyard on Halloween from 6-10 p.m. Too scared to check it out? Catch a sneak peek at unpleasantstreet.com.

How did you get the idea of Unpleasant Street? How many years have you been doing this? We have been do-ing it for the past nine years, starting in 2001. I got the idea when I was young. There was a house in Quincy, where I grew up. The school bus drove by it every day. I thought it was re-ally cool and said, ‘When I get a house, I am going to do the same thing.’ So, when I got a house, I started doing this.

Halloween has always been my favorite holiday. I love going to haunted hous-es; I usually go to Barrett’s Haunted Mansion in Abing-ton. I also go to Nightmare New England in New Hamp-shire. I have friends who work at both of them.

How much help do you get in building your display? For the most part, it is me solo. My wife helps out a little. She will be there with my brother to help with the acting on Hal-loween. It is more than a dis-play. We have some surprises for those who go into the backyard. We change things from year to year. People who went last year will not know what to expect.

About how many people come to visit the display? It is really tough to say because throughout the month at any given time you can see a car

or two out there just checking things out. We usually get over 150 trick-or-treaters on Hal-loween night. We get the count by the number of treat bags we give out to those who come. It seems like we always run out.

Where do you get the ideas for your decorations? What is new for 2010? I de-velop many of them myself and will get others from haunt-ed houses I visit. There is also a large online community of people like me. I run my own Web site, hauntforum.com. We have about 6,000 mem-bers. The gist of the Web site is to share ideas or ask ques-tions about how to do some of the displays; people will come there with a question and they can easily get the answer. It is such a great group of people who just want to help each other in creating displays.

When does the building begin? I start at the begin-ning of September on the big-

ger, more complicated things, though I don’t get going full steam ahead until the begin-ning of October. I will be working until the first trick-or-treater comes up the walk. I have some electronic items that cannot be set up until that day. October can be kind of difficult and weather can make it tough to get things up.

What is the target au-dience for your display? I would say it is 8-10 years and older. I do not do anything that is particularly gory. I wouldn’t bring anyone younger because they could be scared by the skeletons or spiders. I try to appeal to as broad an audience as possible.

How do your neighbors feel about it? They are all great and think it is a riot. They all will come to check it out. At first, they probably were asking, ‘What is this guy up to?’, but they are probably used to it by now.

‘Unpleasant Street’ creator ready for big night

David Lindblom invites people to stop by his house at 119 Pleasant Street on Oct. 31 for a special Halloween tour. Lindblom has been creating a homemade haunted house, dubbed “Unpleasant Street,” since 2001. Photo by Mike Tropeano

Pumpkin carving contestThe Dairy Twist on Route 53 will hold a pumpkin carv-

ing contest on Saturday, Oct. 23. Participants must register at the shop or by calling or call 781-826-5955 by Oct. 22. Sign-up is free. Individuals must provide their own pump-kins. Finished pumpkins should be dropped off at the Dairy Twist on Oct. 23 between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. Voting will take place from 5-8 p.m. Voting tickets can be picked up at the Dairy Twist window (no purchase necessary).

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Though their One Book, One School project was com-

pleted in September, Pembroke High School students and staff welcomed an encore presen-tation on “The Finest Hours” last Friday — a visit from the last surviving member of the Coast Guard crew whose he-roic efforts are chronicled in the book.

Andy Fitzgerald was an engineman and the young-est of the four-member crew based in Chatham who braved a nor’easter in February 1952 to find and save 32 men from two shipwrecked oil tankers.

Fitzgerald, who lives in Colorado, heard about Pem-broke’s project from the book’s co-author, Casey Sher-man. Sherman was invited to speak to students during a week of activities based around the book and incorpo-rating every department from social studies and English to performing arts.

Already planning a trip to the area to see family, Fitzger-ald called the school to see if they would be open to a visit. They were.

“Casey Sherman sent me a list of what you guys were going to be doing with ‘The Finest Hours,’ and I was like, ‘You’ve got to be kidding.’ I wouldn’t have done that when I was in high school,” Fitzger-ald told PHS students Friday, during a presentation to three classes held in the school li-brary. “I’m glad you did it, though. It’s really kind of in-spiring to me to have you guys do what you’re doing.”

Fitzgerald, accompanied by wife Gloria, answered questions and signed copies of “The Finest Hours” near a photo of him from 1952.

“We’re really lucky to have had this project work out so well — and to have Mr. Fitzgerald want to come and meet our students, and stu-dents wanting to meet him,” said Crystal Broberg, PHS li-brarian and part of a commit-tee of students and staff who organized the One Book, One School project.

With hopes of launch-ing another school-wide read this spring, Broberg said both staff and students are already thinking about what book to do next.

“I think now they will probably be even more invest-ed in the project,” she said.

Justin McKinney, a PHS freshman, asked several ques-tions during the presentation.

“We met Casey, and that was nice because we got to meet the author, but every-thing he was saying was com-ing secondhand. So to hear it

firsthand is even better,” McK-inney said.

The teenager admitted he wasn’t thrilled about the idea of another reading assignment when he heard about it during the final week of eighth grade.

“I read the back and thought, ‘This book is going to be decent,’” he said. “I started reading it and the more I read it, the more I became interest-ed in it. After everyone read it, it just ballooned. I didn’t think it was going to become this big. I thought we’d read it, maybe take a test and that would be it.”

Fitzgerald, who was 21 and had been in the Coast Guard for about two years at the time of the rescue, said he became part of the lifesaving crew somewhat by chance. He was around when the man in charge of the rescue, coxswain Bernard Webber, came in look-ing for another person, who was in bed sick after working all day in the snowstorm.

“I was the youngest Coast Guard member there, and I didn’t get to go on many thrill-ing adventures. I was around the station all day that day while a lot of guys were doing quite a bit of work, and frankly I was getting kind of bored,” Fitzgerald recalled. “I thought this would be interesting.”

Fitzgerald, along with Webber and seamen Richard Livesey and Irving Maske, boarded the 36-foot lifeboat and headed out in dark, stormy conditions to search for survi-vors from the two tankers that had split apart in the storm.

They ended up rescuing 32 men from the Pendleton, bringing them all back to shore on a lifeboat designed to carry eight survivors plus the four-member Coast Guard crew.

Though the rescue is still considered one of the Coast Guard’s top successes and all four members of the crew later received the Gold Lifesaving Medal for their efforts, Fitzger-ald said he is still haunted to this day by the one man they

couldn’t save, a crew member from the Pendleton, George “Tiny” Myers.

“Does anything haunt me? Yes. The fellow that died,” Fitzgerald said in response to a student’s question. “We almost had a perfect mission, but we didn’t, because of Tiny.”

Fitzgerald said the rescue changed his outlook on life.

“It was a task that was kind of a hard thing to do, and we went out and did it,” he said. “I think if you can run for something that’s really hard to do, try it and see how you can make out. I bet you’ll do what-ever it is that comes up next.”

As for whether he consid-ers himself a hero, Fitzgerald said “not really,” remarking that it was “guys like the Ma-rines who stormed the beaches at Normandy” with people shooting bullets at them that he thought of as heroes.

But, he added to laughs from the audience, “People told me it so much I’m starting to believe it a little bit.”

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Veteran recalls rescueHigh school gets visit from last surviving member of Coast Guard crew featured in ‘The Finest Hours’

Andy Fitzgerald signs a copy of “The Finest Hours” for Pembroke High School fresh-man Justin McKinney during a visit to the school last Friday. Fitzgerald is the last surviv-ing member of the four-member Coast Guard crew whose rescue is chronicled in the book.Photo by Becca Manning


Jewelry taken in house break-in

Police are investigating a house break-in on Brick Kiln Lane in which someone kicked in the front door and made off with almost $3,000 worth of jewelry.

The resident had left the home around 1:30 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 7 and returned around 5:30 p.m. when she noticed the front door had been kicked in and the door jam was broken. In-side, the resident found that her dresser drawers and jewelry boxes had been rummaged through and several jewelry items valued at close to $3,000 were taken, including a wedding band. An antique gold coin also was reported miss-ing, according to police.

However, a laptop computer in plain view on the kitchen table was left behind.

Pembroke Police Lt. Mike Jenness said it appeared the suspect only wanted jewelry. None of the neighbors reported seeing or hear-ing anything unusual around the time of the break-in.

The Bureau of Crime Investigation was called in, and results of their search have not yet come back, Jenness said. The incident re-mains under investigation.

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A suspicious package con-taining white and brown pow-der that was brought into the police station Tuesday evening provided an exercise for Pem-broke’s emergency response system, though the powder was determined to be a harm-less organic herb.

The package had been de-livered to a Mattakeesett Street home earlier in the day. Without checking the label, a teenager at the home opened the box and discovered two clear bags containing white and brown powders. He then looked at the box and realized the package was supposed to be sent to a house down the street. It had come from Hong Kong and the label was written in Chinese, according to Pembroke Police Lt. Mike Jenness.

Concerned about the con-

tents, a woman at the house brought the package to the police station on Center Street around 4:30 p.m. Before tak-ing her report, the officer on duty had the woman take the package outside and place it on the ground, worried that the box might contain drugs or a hazardous material such as an-thrax.

Police then called Fire Department officials, who re-sponded but were unable to identify the materials. They called in a state hazardous ma-terials team, which treated the powdery substance as a Class 1 hazardous material, wearing hazmat suits to further inves-tigate the package’s contents, according to Jenness. The area was cordoned off from the public, drawing attention from nearby Town Hall, where sev-eral board meetings were un-derway.

Tests came back negative for anthrax and various types of drugs, Jenness said.

“In the mean time, the po-lice were trying to track down the address and find the own-er of the property [where the package was supposed to be sent],” Jenness said.

Eventually, officers were able to track the package to a man renting an apartment at the second address. The man tests organic materials for use in perfumes and other prod-ucts, Jenness said.

Once it was determined that the materials were harm-less, the state team returned the package to the resident and left, Jenness said.

“It was a suspicious pack-age, and we erred on the side of safety,” he said of the inci-dent. “It actually turned out to be a good training exercise for all involved.”

odd package raises concernsState hazmat team called in to deal with powdery substance

Family, pet photo day at South PawsThe first South Paws Family Photograph Day will be held Saturday, Oct. 23 and Sunday,

Oct. 24 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. This event is a celebration of families and their adored pets. The day’s events will be held at South Paws Doggie Daycare, located at Unit 1750, Corporate Park Drive in Pembroke, and photographed by Tracy Sheehan Photography. Admission for the event is $25. All are welcome, and all proceeds will be split between The Department of Children and Families “Children’s Fund” and the National Canine Cancer Foundation, wearethecure.org. A variety of affordable photo packages will be available for purchase online. For information or to schedule a sitting, call South Paws at 781-826-PAWS or visit southpawsdogs.com.

FriDAy, oCTobEr 112:42 a.m. Motor vehicle

crash reported on 168 Ames Way with under $1,000 in damages.

8:11 a.m. Vehicle crash re-ported on School Street and Christina Marie Drive with dam-ages under $1,000.

9:07 a.m. Suspicious vehicle reported on Windswept Bogs.

9:13 a.m. Animal complaint reported on Mattakeesett Street.

10:19 a.m. Fire incident re-ported on Allen Street.

2:28 p.m. Suspicious vehicle reported on Church Street.

2:45 p.m. Larceny reported on Furnace Lane.

3:20 p.m. Vehicle accident with injury reported on Center Street.

8:51 p.m. Noise complaint reported on Pembroke Woods Drive.

sATurDAy, oCTobEr 212:48 a.m. Vehicle crash re-

ported with damages over $1,000 on Church St. Police arrested Gregory W. Hommel, 21, of Marshfield on an active warrant and for operating a motor vehicle with a suspended license.

8:58 a.m. Vehicle crash reported with damages over $1,000 on Church Street and Old Oak Street.

11:56 a.m. Suspicious vehi-cle reported on Lake Street.

3:34 p.m. Disturbance re-ported on Furnace Lane.

5:12 p.m. Domestic inci-dent reported on Country Club Circle.

6:19 p.m. Police arrested Rober G. Rozzi, 19, of 39 Pierce Drive, at a traffic stop for operat-ing a motor vehicle with a sus-pended license.

7:00 p.m. Larceny incident reported on Cyril Ave.

sunDAy, oCTobEr 32:59 a.m. Motor vehicle

break-in reported on Ridge Av-enue.

4:49 a.m. Suspicious activity reported on Mattakeesett Street.

9:37 a.m. Motor vehicle complaint reported on School Street.

10:03 a.m. Fraud reported on Center Hill Road.

10:46 a.m. Suspicious vehi-cle reported on Glenwood Road.

10:50 a.m. Colby J. Vining, 26, of Marshfield arrested at a traffic stop on Schoosett Street for operating a motor vehicle without an inspection sticker.

11:31 a.m. Vehicle break-in reported on Valley Road.

11:50 a.m. Missing/lost property reported on Ridge Av-enue.

12:36 p.m. Larceny reported on Church Street.

1:45 p.m. Vandalism report-ed on Church Street.

1:53 p.m. Vehicle break-in reported on Parker Road.

2:10 p.m. Vehicle break-in reported on Pine Circle.

3:25 p.m. Suspicious activ-ity reported on Standish Street.

4:05 p.m. Vandalism of a residence reported on Adams Avenue.

5:22 p.m. Suspicious activ-ity reported on Spring Street.

9:29 p.m. Fire incident re-ported on School Street.

9:55 p.m. Suspicious vehicle reported on Wampatuck Street.

MonDAy, oCTobEr 41:31 a.m. Suspicious vehicle

reported on Birch Street.10:07 a.m. Vehicle break-in

reported on Pine Circle.1:13 p.m. Crash reported

with damages over $1,000 on Schoosett Street and Washing-ton Street.

2:03 p.m. Threatening re-ported on Wampatuck Street.

3:22 p.m. Crash reported with damages over $1,000 at Schoosett Street.

3:35 p.m. Suspicious vehi-cle reported on Old Washington Street.

3:52 p.m. Suspicious vehicle reported on River Point Drive.

5:42 p.m. Vehicle break-in reported on Sparrow Lane.

TuEsDAy, oCTobEr 512:35 p.m. Shoplifting re-

ported on Church Street. Jose Barbosa, 40, of Boston arrested for larceny over $250 and on a default warrant for failure to ap-pear.

1:21 p.m. Motor vehicle re-covered in Hanson.

3:50 p.m. Suspicious ve-hicle reported on Pudding Brook Drive.

4:18 p.m. Crash reported on Barker Street with damages over $1,000.

4:31 p.m. Crash reported on Mattakeesett Street with dam-ages under $1,000.

6:23 p.m. Gathering of peo-ple causing a disturbance report-ed on Center Street.

6:25 p.m. Crash reported on Church Street with damages un-der $1,000.

7:31 p.m. Threatening inci-dent reported at Center Street.

8:19 p.m. Residential break-in reported on Center Street.

11:44 p.m. Motor vehicle complaint on Pembroke Woods Drive.

WEDnEsDAy, oCTobEr 612:01 p.m. Fire incident re-

ported on Washington Street.12:07 p.m. Threatening re-

ported on Mattakeesett Street.2:28 p.m. Suspicious activ-

ity reported on Church Street.6:18 p.m. Threatening re-

ported on Schoosett Street.

ThursDAy, oCTobEr 77:17 a.m. Suspicious vehicle

reported on Claremont Road.7:33 a.m. Crash reported

on Learning Lane and Hobo-mock Street with damages over $1,000.

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WHP Hockey Comedy NightThe Whitman-Hanson-Pembroke girls high school hockey

team will hold their third annual Comedy Night on Saturday. Nov. 13 at the Whitman VFW. This year, the comedy headliner is Christine Hurley. Doors will open at 6:30 p.m. for a pasta din-ner; show will start at 8 p.m. There will be a silent auction and raffles. Cost is $25 per person, and all proceeds will benefit the team. For tickets or to donate a raffle item, call Karen Stacy at 781-293-2602. Tickets also will be available at the door.



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Cutler endorsed by League of Environmental VotersThe Massachusetts League

of Environmental Voters has endorsed Josh Cutler for state representative for the Sixth Plymouth District, Executive Director Lora Wondolowski announced recently.

“Josh recognizes that pro-tecting the environment of this district is key to the vital-ity of the local economy and he has been a local leader who has fought to protect open space,” Wondolowski

said. “A new leader like Cut-ler is sorely needed in the Statehouse.”

Cutler, a South Shore na-tive, has been an outspoken leader on issues such as land conservation and renewable energy development. He re-cently led an effort to use thermal imaging technology in town buildings to identify and save on energy costs.

“Environmental issues are also jobs issues,” Cutler said.

“We need to put people back to work and there’s no better way than by promoting new alternative energy develop-ment and ‘green’ jobs.”

Cutler, 39, is a former selectman, newspaper editor and small business owner. He currently serves on the Dux-bury Planning Board. He also is a member of the Pembroke Watershed Association, Wild-lands Trust, Sustainable South Shore and Mass. Audubon.

Mass. nurses and citizens’ groups support WebsterState Representative Dan-

iel Webster recently picked up two endorsements in his re-election bid in the Plym-outh Sixth District. The Mas-sachusetts Nurses Association and Pembroke’s Stetson Pond Preservation Committee have announced their support for Webster. The groups praised Webster for his advocacy in the areas of patient safety, lower taxes and environmen-tal preservation.

“Supporting our nurses and helping them be more effective by mandating ade-quate staffing levels protects both patients and their care-givers,” Webster said. “I‘m honored to have the endorse-ment of some of the most

hard-working members of our medical community.”

Local environmental con-cerns were at the top of the issues that the Stetson Pond Preservation Committee con-sidered.

“When we asked for sup-port to help fight against en-vironmental threats to Stetson Pond, Dan Webster helped us wade through the red tape and get the funding we needed to clean up our waterways,” said Doug Nelson, spokesperson for the group. “Dan worked with us to find grants and programs to help us mitigate the effects of invasive plants and algae. We are grateful for his help and are happy to lend him our support.”

Webster also recently won the endorsement of Citi-zens for Limited Taxation’s 2 1/2 Political Action Com-mittee. CLT’s 2 1/2 PAC, the political arm of Citizens for Limited Taxation, was origi-nally created to support can-didates who would defend Proposition 2 1/2 in the state legislature. It now endorses candidates who support tax-payers on a variety of issues and uses the CLT legislative rating to identify pro-taxpay-er legislators.

Francis J. Faulkner, ex-ecutive director of the PAC, said the group endorsed Webster based on his strong consistent support for tax limitation.


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On Friday, Sept. 24, the ➢South Shore Tennis Association held their awards night at the Rockland Golf Course/Sons of Italy. At the event, Lynn John-son won second place in Wom-an’s 3.5 Singles. Be sure to con-gratulate Lynn when you see her around town.

The Friends of the Pem- ➢broke Library are looking for donations for their 10th annual gift basket raffle. The gift bas-kets take many shapes and sizes and appeal to all ages and gen-ders — they may include items or a service. Consider a basket donation with a theme such as cooking, reading or gardening or handmade items such as knit-ting, jewelry, quilting, artwork or photography. The more cre-ative the better! Gift basket do-nations now are being accepted at the library. The basket raffles starts on Saturday, Oct. 16. The baskets will be on display at the library until the drawings on Nov. 6, which is the date of the fall book and bake sale. Raffle tickets are $1 each or six for $5. For more information, e-mail Carol Watches at [email protected].

On Aug. 21, the marriage ➢of Sarah Faith Cookson and Gregory William Reed took place at St. Joseph the Worker Church in Hanson with the re-ception at Jones River Trading in Kingston. The couple honey-mooned in New Hampshire. Sar-

ah is the daughter of Mrs. John Lee of Abington and Mr. Kevin Cookson and the grandniece of Louise and Lew Stone. The bride, a graduate of Bridgewater State College, is employed by New England Quality Care Al-liance. The groom, a graduate of Bryant University, is employed by KAF Financial Group. Sarah and Gregory live in Hanover.

Barbara and Richard Na- ➢tale had a wonderful time on their recent trip to Myrtle Beach, S.C. They had perfect hot and

humid beach weather while they were there. The water tempera-tures were hovering around 82 degrees — what Barbara likes to call “walk in” warm. The Na-tales love this time of the year in Myrtle Beach when you still have beach weather without the crowds and extreme heat.

The Friends of the Council ➢on Aging are having their an-nual craft fair on Saturday, Oct. 23 at the senior center on Center Street from 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. There will be a bake table at the affair and a quilt made by the Pembroke Bees will be raffled off, according to Mary Salt-ers. Raffle tickets will be avail-able on the day of the craft fair. Tables may be reserved for $25 each by calling 781-826-6082.

Last Tuesday, the Matta- ➢keesett Garden Club of Pem-

broke had their board meeting at the home of Mary Lou Whittle in preparation for their regu-lar monthly meeting to be held Tuesday, Oct. 19 at 7 p.m. at the Pembroke Public Library. The program, “The Incredible Ed-ible Apple,” will be presented by Nancy Hubert, Landscape Designer Council, GCFM. Club members Virginia Mullen and Carol Walker will provide re-freshments. If you are interested in attending, please call Jeana Homola at 781-826-4032.

A few weeks ago, John and I took three of the grandchildren apple picking at a local farm.

I remembered to take my long-handled apple picker with us for the ride. It is a great gadget to have in the orchards. It is nice to be able to reach the high places where the untouched apples hang out in wait. I still can’t believe what they were charging for a bag of apples that you pick yourself. I’m sure you can purchase them at half the price in the supermarket. However, you can’t put a price tag on having fun on a sunny day out in the fresh air. Before leaving, we had hot dogs and hamburgers at the farm stand for lunch. We then took the grandchildren to another farm stand in another town that had a corn maze. I was quite intrigued that the grandchildren were able to decipher the map and navi-gate the corn maze’s three miles of paths with me trailing behind. They did this without getting lost! After completing the journey, they played in the haystacks and then settled down for a treat of giant size sundaes and root beer floats. It was a great way to spend a fall afternoon. I’m sure they slept well that evening. And now let’s see what’s going on around town.

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GIRLS NIGHT: Last Saturday, some Red Hat Ladies from Pembroke traveled to Boston for a night out on the town. They attended a 4 p.m. matinee of “Girls Night: The Musical” at the Wilbur Theater. After singing and clapping to songs like “Girls Just Want to Have Fun,” “I Will Survive,” “Man I Feel Like A Woman” and “We Are Family,” the gals walked from Tremont Street to Park Square. There, they continued to party at M.J. O’Connor’s Pub where they had dinner before returning home to Pembroke. Those in atten-dance were Patricia Mosher, Marian Chruney, Roberta Pulaski (the chauffeur), Carol Smith, Dotty White and Carole Lesieur.

AUGUST ARRIVAL: Todd and Rallin Morris welcomed a new son, Maxwell James Morris, on Aug. 7. Maxwell weighed five pounds and measured 19 inches long at his birth. Proud grand-parents are Linda and Dennis Morris of Pembroke and Aveline Perkins of Hernando, Fla.

FIREHOUSE VISITORS: Pembroke resident Ruth Pilkuhn checks out an ambulance with her two-year-old granddaughter, Lauren McPherson, at the Hanson Fire Department’s open house on Sunday promoting fire safety education. Photo by Stephanie Spyropoulos



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The Pembroke Kiwanis Club installed their

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A highlight of the evening was the presen-tation of the Distinguished Club Award for the 2008-09 Kiwanis Year, with the award-ing of a Distinguished Presi-dent pin to Hussey and a Dis-tinguished Secretary pin to Levesque. In addition, Koohy congratulated the club mem-bers on their past year’s work for the community, as he pre-sented them with awards for

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2010-11 Pembroke Kiwanis Club president Bill Hussey, president-elect Corinne Francis, treasurer Beverly Hussey and secretary Jim Levesque were installed at a recent meeting.

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building on Center Street also will be undergoing a second renovation phase. In 2009, voters approved $25,000 to re-place clapboard and paint the building, making it weather-proof. With a contractor hired, work recently began on the building. The second phase, with a $28,500 price tag, will involve replacing and restor-ing all the windows.

The building is maintained by First Church in Pembroke and houses a thrift shop that is open three days per week year-round. Money raised through the thrift shop goes into the church’s mission fund. First Church serves about 100 mis-sions worldwide.

Though First Church acts as its steward, the Ladies Sew-ing Circle building is impor-tant to the entire town, pastor Rick Giragosian said.

“What’s important to me is the fact that since the mid-19th century this has been an important place for women in the town to gather and find their own strength, their own voices. In fact, it’s probably the strongest monument we have to women’s history in Pembroke,” he said.

The sewing circle was started in 1845 by a group of First Parish women as an aid to the church and other chari-table organizations in town.

Funding for the second phase of this project will come from undesignated reserves.

Adah Hall HouseA third historical building

that will receive funding for a second repair phase is the Adah Hall house on Barker Street/Route 14. The house was built in 1685 on a tract of land Myles Standish gave to Pembroke’s first settler, Robert Barker. It is main-tained by the Pembroke Historical Society and re-cently was named one of the state’s “1,000 Great-est Places” by the Great Places in Massachusetts Commission.

The Adah Hall House received $33,450 in 2008 for its first phase of renova-tions. For the second phase, the Historical Society is seek-ing $35,000 to replace the roof on both the house and garage.

Funding will come from undesignated reserves.

Town record booksRequesting CPA funding

for the first time, Town Clerk Mary Ann Smith hopes for $10,000 to restore and pre-serve old record books from

the 1700s and 1800s.“It’s been an ongoing

project, as we get grants, but I don’t think they’ve been done for years,” Assistant Town Clerk Peg Struzik said.

The records include hand-written minutes from Town Meetings dating back to the 1700s, as well as marriage, birth and death records used by people tracing their family lineage.


Community center Also requesting CPA

funding for the first time is the Energy Committee, which is seeking $35,000 to weather-proof the community center. The building, a former school, is used by several groups in-cluding the Recreation De-partment, Pembroke Media Broadcasting, the Pembroke Food Pantry, the Commission on Disabilities, Pembroke Youth Hockey, Center Pre-school and Childcare and oth-ers.

In April, town officials placed an article on the annual Town Meeting warrant to bor-row up to $850,000 to reno-

vate the building’s exterior, but the article was tabled.

This funding would help make the community cen-ter more energy efficient and keep rain and snow out until the town decides what should be done with the building.


Town-wide trail systemAnother new request

comes from the Planning Board, which is seeking $45,000 to create a town-wide trail system.

The Planning Board is looking for a comprehen-sive plan that will help link up green spaces in town with trails that can be used for rec-reational activities such as hiking, biking and historical preservation. The funds will help the board start to deter-mine the scope of the project, which will include mapping out trails, legal costs for ease-ments necessary to bridge gaps between town parcels, signage, historical markers and other considerations like ADA compliance, according to board member Andy Wan-dell.

“We have a lot of open space in the town of Pem-broke, and through this ap-propriation we would like to make it more accessible and widely used,” he said.

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Work recently began on phase I of the renovation of the Ladies Sewing Circle building on Center Street. The building is up for a second round of funding to restore and replace windows.

The town clerk is seeking fund-ing to restore and preserve town records from the 1700s and 1800s, such as lists of mar-riages, at left and below dis-played by Assistant Town Clerk Peg Struzik. Photos by Becca Manning



The 13-year-old Scout, an eighth grader at Pembroke Community Middle School, said he decided this summer would be the perfect time to start working toward his Eagle award, which has been his goal since joining Cub Scouts.

“This summer was an ideal time to start the proj-ect because I didn’t have too much going on. I was just hanging around a lot and since I had just gotten Life Scout I thought, why don’t I just get a jump start on this Eagle proj-ect,” Latwas said. “Had I wait-ed longer, maybe I would have gotten more involved in sports or other activities, so I just felt like it was a great time.”

Latwas said he went look-ing for a project by check-ing out the area around both schools.

“I drove back down here [to the corner] and realized this area needs a real picking up, a real face lift. That’s how I got the idea,” he said.

The corner previously fea-tured a small metal sign on two tall poles with a red arrow pointing down Learning Lane. The new sculpted sign, made by Litchfield’s Art & Sign in Cor-porate Park, features the town logo and both school names in large white letters on a blue background and is mounted on two large white poles.

Latwas appeared before both the School Committee and the Board of Selectmen to seek approval for the proj-ect and also had to get the OK from Building Inspector George Verry.

The project involved a lot of help from area businesses and volunteers like the ones from Troop 43 who showed up Saturday.

“I knew I wanted different age groups, to demonstrate for some of the younger people in the troop what it was like to do an Eagle project, and I needed some of the older Scouts to do the harder work like digging the holes and putting up the signs,” Latwas said.

With the installation com-plete, Latwas’ next goal is to hold a ribbon cutting with town officials. He then must submit paperwork for approval by the Eagle Scout board of review.

When he earns Eagle sta-tus, Latwas will join a list of more than a dozen Eagle Scouts over Troop 43’s 11-year history. To achieve Eagle rank, the highest in the Boy Scout-

ing program, a Scout must complete all requirements by his 18th birthday.

Latwas’ parents, Carol Hogan and Robert Latwas, of-fered support on Saturday. Ho-gan said she was impressed by her son’s go-to attitude.

“I was a nervous wreck — didn’t sleep too well last night — but he’s cool as a cu-cumber. He’s totally prepared,” Hogan said. “All of the merit badges that he has had to take up to this point and all of the experiences he’s already had through Scouts have prepared him for this big project. He’s totally in control.”

After achieving Eagle rank, Latwas said he intends to stay involved with the troop.

“I’m hoping to stay in the program, stay in the troop, and maybe go for Eagle Palms, which is after Eagle Scout — there’s bronze, gold and silver palms,” he said. “That just involves earning more merit badges and staying active in the troop.”

Though he still has four years of high school before having to make a career de-cision, Latwas said he hopes to go to a good college and is leaning toward something in science and technology.

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Robert Latwas and Scouts from Troop 43 help hold up one of the sign posts while Drew Latwas checks to see that the post is level during a work day on Saturday. The finished sign (below) at the corner of Learning Lane and Hobomock Street is set off with land-scaping and flowers. Photos by Becca Manning


Titan triumphThe Titan Division 4 Mites clinched their seat in the

playoffs this weekend during Sunday’s game punish-ing the Whitman Panthers. The Mites comfortably

sit seeded second in the playoffs with a 4-0-1 record. They are coached by Will Milewski and Mark Hendriksen.

photos By Melissa parMenter

Will Milewski (7) can’t be stopped as he plows his way through a line of Whitman Panthers during Sunday’s game at Whitman-Hanson High School. Noah Rothhar (21), Jack Boulter (77) and Glenn Egan (55) are only a few of the offensive linemen who dominated over Whitman in the game.

LEFT: Stephen Amatucci (99) and Korey Jones (42) stop a Whitman Panther in his tracks, displaying some beautiful teamwork. RIGHT: Titan ball runner Warren Clark (35) makes his way up the field with Will Milewski (7) clearing his path.

The Pembroke Titans Division 4 Mites practice their hitting drills moments before taking the field against the Whitman Panthers on Sunday.

Will Milewski (7) looks up

the field for his running path.

Nothing gets by Michael Hendriksen (22) as he pulls down a Panther in their backfield.

Quarterback Noah Rothhaar (21) delivers an easy handoff to running back Tommy Brooks (18). Offensive linemen include Nicholas Forney (34), Korey Jones (42) and Tyler Gillis (23).

Michael Hendriksen (22) looks for the hand-off while his offensive line — Noah Rothhaar (21), Stephen Amatucci (99) and Glenn Egan (55) — does an outstanding job of making their blocks.

Teammates Will Milewski (7), Glenn Egan (42) and Tyler Gillis celebrate the touchdown run in by Warren Clark (35).



Friday, OctOber 15Council on Aging Activities. Every Friday: Line dancing class, 9:15 a.m.; card crafting ($2), 10:30 a.m.; games, 12:30-3 p.m.; jewelry-making class, 12:30 p.m. For information, call the senior center at 781-294-8220.

Hanson Children’s Museum Traveling Bog Pit Exhibit – Tools of the Trade. 10-10:45 a.m., at the Pembroke Public Library. Ages 2-5. Registration required. Sign up at the youth services desk or call 781-293-6771.

Saturday, OctOber 16Community Blood Drive. 9 a.m.-2 p.m., at First Church, 105 Center St. Call 800-RED-CROSS or visit redcrossblood.org to schedule an appointment to donate blood.

Memorial Bench Dedication. 10 a.m., at the Town Green in front of the community center, 128 Center St. A bench built on the edge of the green in memory of longtime recreation director Pam Rowell will be dedicated. The public is invited to attend. For information, call the recreation office at 781-293-3249.

Pembroke Youth Basketball Sign-ups. 11 a.m.-2 p.m., at the Town Hall, Veterans Hall. Recreational in-town league for boys and girls in grades 2-9. All registrations must be submitted in person. Fee is $75 for a single player, $130 for two players and $165 for three or more players. $10 late fee after Oct. 17. Season runs mid-December-March. Sign-up forms available at pembrokebasketball.net. For information, call Robert Raleigh at 781-696-3028 or e-mail [email protected].

Pembroke Chamber Harvest Fest. 12-3 p.m., at the Herring Run park on Route 14. The Pembroke Chamber of Commerce invites the public to this fun community event with pumpkin decorating, bobbing for apples, doughnut-on-a-string, a moonwalk and more. Pembroke restaurants will be giving out free samples of their fall menus. Free admission with donation for the Pembroke Food Pantry. Rain date is Sunday, Oct. 17. For more information, go to pembrokechamber.org.

Sunday, OctOber 17North River Community Church Services. 9 a.m. and 11 a.m. Sunday services. Located at 334 Old Oak St., Pembroke.

Pembroke Assembly of God Services. 9:30 a.m. Christian Education, 10:30 a.m. worship, 7 p.m. Renew, at 786 Washington St. For information, call Pastor Joe Quaresimo at 781-826-2247.

MOnday, OctOber 18Drop-in Storytime. 10:30 a.m., at the Pembroke Public Library. Ages 2 and up. No registration required.

Open Craft Studio. 4 p.m., at the Pembroke Public Library. Ages 5 and up. Make something scary/Halloween themed using craft room materials. Just bring an idea. For information, call 781-293-6771.

tueSday, OctOber 19Sit and Be Fit Exercise Class. 10 a.m., at Council on Aging. $5 per class. For information, call the senior center at 781-294-8220.

Drop-in Storytime. 10:30 a.m. and 3:30 p.m., at the Pembroke Public Library. Ages 2 and up. No registration required.

Seniors Living with Chronic Illness. 1-2 p.m., at the senior center, 144 Center St. Sandy Putney, LICSW, a clinical social worker, leads this support group every Tuesday for seniors living with conditions such as arthritis, diabetes, cancer, MS, lupus, heart disease, COPD and others.

Board of Selectmen Meeting. 6:30 p.m., at Pembroke High School. Before the special Town Meeting.

School Committee Meeting. 6:30 p.m., at Pembroke High School. Before the special Town Meeting.

Mattakeesett Garden Club Meeting. 7 p.m., at the Pembroke Public Library meeting room. Nancy Hubert, landscape designer and lecturer, will present “The Incredible, Edible Apple,” about the history and benefits of apples. Free and open the public.

Fall Special Town Meeting. 7:30 p.m., at Pembroke High School auditorium. All registered Pembroke voters invited to participate in town business.

WedneSday, OctOber 20Dull Men Meeting. 10 a.m., at Council on Aging building. Always open to new members. Stop by the senior center, 144 Center St.

Yoga Class. 10 a.m., at Pembroke Public Library. Held in four-week sessions. Cost is $35 per session for Friends of the Pembroke Public Library members; $45 per session for all others. For information, call the library at 781-293-6771.

Baby Lap Sit. 10:30 a.m., at the Pembroke Public Library. Ages 6-24 months. No registration required.

COA Beginners Knitting Group. 1 p.m., at senior center, 144 Center St. Seniors’ beginners knitting group meets every Wednesday. For information, call 781-294-8220.

Republican Town Committee. 7:30 p.m. Meets on the third Wednesday of each month at Town Hall.

thurSday, OctOber 21Seniors Quilting Group. 10 a.m., at the senior center, 144 Center St. Group meets every Wednesday. For information, call 781-294-8220.

Caregivers Support Group. 12:30 p.m., at the senior center, 144 Center

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Teen Advisory Group Meeting. 5 p.m., at the Pembroke Public Library. For information, call 781-293-6771.

Yoga Class. 6 p.m., at Pembroke Public Library. Held in four-week sessions. Cost is $35 per session for Friends of the Pembroke Public Library members; $45 per session for all others. For information, call the library at 781-293-6771.

Adult Volleyball. 7-9:30 p.m., at the Pembroke Community Middle School gym. This is a free, strictly-for-fun co-ed volleyball program open to Pembroke adults of all playing levels. Teams will be created on a weekly basis depending on who shows up. Games will be played every Thursday through Nov. 18 (except for Nov. 11). For more information, call Sue Scroggins at 781-294-4366 or e-mail [email protected].

Pembroke Watershed Association Meeting. 7:30 p.m., at the Pembroke Public Library meeting room. Raffle drawing will be held.

Friday, OctOber 22Council on Aging Activities. Every Friday: Line dancing class, 9:15 a.m.; card crafting ($2), 10:30 a.m.; games, 12:30-3 p.m. For information, call the senior center at 781-294-8220.

upcOMingHigh Street UMC Harvest Fair. Sat., Oct. 23. 9 a.m.-3 p.m., at High Street United Methodist Church, 298 High St. (near the Pembroke/Duxbury town line). Shop from baked goods, crafts and treasures in Grandma’s Attic, bid on items in the silent auction and enjoy a delicious lunch in the church.

COA Craft Fair. Sat., Oct. 23. 9:30 a.m.-3 p.m., at the senior center, 144 Center St. Tables cost $25 each; reserve by calling 781-826-6082. This event is sponsored by the Friends of the Pembroke Council on Aging, who will raffle off a quilt made by the Pembroke Bees. Tickets cost $2 each or three for $5 and can be purchased that day or from Friends members.

South Paws Family Photograph Day. Sat., Oct. 23. 10 a.m.-4 p.m., at South Paws Doggie Daycare, Unit 1750, Corporate Park Drive. Families invited to celebrate their pets and help raise funds for The Department of Children and Families “Children’s Fund” and the National Canine Cancer Foundation. Admission is $25. A variety of photo packages will be available for purchase online. For more information or to schedule a sitting, call South Paws Doggie Daycare at 781-826-PAWS or visit southpawsdogs.com.

First Church Annual Halloween Festival. Sat., Oct. 23. 11 a.m.-3 p.m., at First Church, 105 Center St. Games, crafts, activities, a moonwalk and tours of the Spooky School. Bake sale and lunch items for sale. Costumes encouraged. For information, call the church office at 781-293-2584.

Good Shepherd Christian Academy Harvest Auction. Sat., Oct. 23. 6:30 p.m., at First Baptist Church, 2 Tremont St., Duxbury. Free and open to the public. Silent and live auction featuring handmade crafts, games, entertainment, hors d’oeuvres and desserts. While adults attend the auction, kids can attend free movie night with adult supervision (two

movies — ages 7 and under and older kids). For more information, call the school at 781-934-6007.

South Paws Family Photograph Day. Sun., Oct. 24. 10 a.m.-4 p.m., at South Paws Doggie Daycare, Unit 1750, Corporate Park Drive. Families invited to celebrate their pets and help raise funds for The Department of Children and Families “Children’s Fund” and the National Canine Cancer Foundation. Admission is $25. A variety of photo packages will be available for purchase online. For more information or to schedule a sitting, call South Paws Doggie Daycare at 781-826-PAWS or visit southpawsdogs.com.

Drop-in Storytime. Mon., Oct. 25. 10:30 a.m., at the Pembroke Public Library. Ages 2 and up. No registration required.

Drop-in Storytime. Tues., Oct. 26. 10:30 a.m. and 3:30 p.m., at the Pembroke Public Library. Ages 2 and up. No registration required.

Two Old Friends Performance. Tues., Oct. 26. 7 p.m., at the Pembroke Public Library. Two Old Friends, Mac McHale and Emery Hutchins, will play songs from Ireland, the mountains and the sea. Sponsored by the Friends of the Pembroke Public Library, this program is free to all. Seating is limited. For more information, call 781-293-6771.

Baby Lap Sit. Wed., Oct. 27. 10:30 a.m., at the Pembroke Public Library. Ages 6-24 months. No registration required.

Dollar Day Lunch. Wed., Oct. 27. 11:30 a.m., at the senior center, 144 Center St. A movie will be shown after lunch. To sign up for lunch and transportation, call 781-294-8220.

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The Pembroke High School Thespian Society will hold a fundraiser drama work-shop for all interested students in grades 3-8. The Little Stars workshop will be held on Tuesday, Nov. 2 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the high school auditorium. Each participat-ing student will need to bring a bag lunch.

This will be a fun day de-signed to introduce younger

students to the high school pro-gram and space. The students will work on improvisation, acting and voice projection. Students also will be taught about the technical aspects, such as the correct terms for areas of the auditorium, how the lighting system works and how to use the rigging. The workshop will culminate in a small performance piece.

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served event and space is lim-ited to 30 students. The cost of the workshop is $30 per student. Checks should be made payable to Pembroke High School. Registration forms must be received by Wednesday, Oct. 27. For more information or to receive a registration form, e-mail PHS Thespian Society adviser Mar-cie Herold at [email protected].

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Friday, October 15Spirit Week — Color Day (Freshmen, gray; sophomores, white; juniors, red; seniors, blue; staff, black). @ PHS.

Pep Rally. 1:05 p.m. @ PHS.Tailgate Party. 5 p.m. @ PHS.

Homecoming Football Game. 7 p.m. @ PHS.Saturday, October 16

Family Portraits Fundraiser. 11 a.m.-4 p.m. @ Hobomock. Sponsored by the Hobomock PTO. For information or to schedule

an appointment, e-mail Jackie Curran at [email protected] Dance. 7-10 p.m. @ PHS.

Monday, October 18Hobomock Chorus Rehearsal. 2:50-3:30 p.m. @ Hobomock.

Tuesday, October 19School Committee Meeting. 6:30 p.m. @ PHS.

Special Town Meeting. 7:30 p.m. @ PHS.Thursday, October 21

Bryantville PTO Meeting. 7 p.m. @ Bryantville library.Friday, October 22

Scholastic Book Fair. Oct. 22-29. @ Bryantville.Bryantville Monster Mash. 6-8:30 p.m. @ Bryantville.

North Pembroke PTO Halloween Party. 6-8 p.m. @ North Pembroke.

Hobomock Monster Mash. 7-9 p.m. @ Hobomock.Thespian Society Fall Play: The Diary of Anne Frank.

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Thespian Society Fall Play: The Diary of Anne Frank. Sat., Oct. 23. 7 p.m. @ PHS.

Pembroke Idol. Thurs., Oct. 28. 6:30 p.m. @ PHS. $6.Home Football Game. Fri., Oct. 29. 7 p.m. @ PHS.

In-Service Day — No School. Tues., Nov. 2.

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Voter’s guide to fall special Town MeetingBy Becca Manning, express staff

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Here is an article-by-article look at what’s on the

Oct. 19 special Town Meeting agenda as well as a review of the Board of Selectmen and Advisory Committee recom-mendations as of Wednesday:

ArTiCLE 1Article 1 authorizes the

town to pay for capital items — repairs, equipment and improvements to town build-ings. Some

of the items will be funded through “free cash,” which is money left over in the FY11 budget from unspent funds and higher-than-anticipated revenues. Other items will be funded out of specific accounts or the money will be borrowed and paid back through annual payments.

Funding recommendations include:

• $8,000 from the capital fund to purchase a security system at the library, including motion detector lights around the sides and back of the build-ing and upgraded video moni-toring inside the building and at the front entrance. Library Director Deborah Wall said the system is needed to ad-dress increased loitering and damage to the building.

• $6,700 from free cash to purchase a phone system — replacing the current 15-year-old system — at the Council on Aging building. The senior center receives more than 200 phone calls weekly, according to Director Mary Willis, in-cluding many people just look-ing for town information. The new system will feature caller ID, voice mail and separate extensions for transportation, meals and other services to help COA workers better meet the needs of Pembroke’s senior population.

• $4,415 from the perpetual care fund for building repairs for the cemetery department.

• $100,000 to be borrowed to replace roofs on the three elementary school buildings. The School Department is working with an engineer-ing firm to identify where the greatest needs are so they can prioritize; the results will be presented on Tuesday, accord-ing to Director of Finance and Operations Erin Obey. Though some of the schools have had minor repairs in recent years, all three roofs have issues with leakage. Any borrowing will require a two-thirds vote.

• $65,000 from the water fund to clean the No. 4 well.

Selectmen and Advisory support all items.

ArTiCLE 2Article 2 transfers funds to

cover unpaid bills from previ-ous fiscal years. There are no

unpaid bills. Select-men and Advisory recommend that no action be taken.

ArTiCLE 3Article 3 trans-

fers money within the FY11 budget to cover expenses not antici-pated in the budget approved at the April annual Town Meeting. Proposed transfers in-clude:

• $525 from free cash to town clerk wages and salaries (all wages and salaries transfers will correct oversights in the ap-proved FY11 budget)

• $1,093 from free cash to Veterans Ser-vices wages and sala-ries

• $2,019 from free cash to Recreation Department wages and salaries

• $3,728 from free cash to the conserva-tion office for wages and sala-ries

• A total of $3,180.59 for library operating expenses and $5,182.15 to purchase new library materials (to meet the state’s minimum expense re-quirement), to be paid out of unspent money approved for repair projects at the Novem-ber 2005, October 2006 and November 2007 special town meetings

• $113,500 from free cash to cover town employee retire-ment costs, specifically Pem-broke’s agreed-upon share of retirement costs for retired teachers of Silver Lake Re-gional School District.

Also included in the trans-fers, the town will take back $220,348 approved for the School Department to account for a drop in local aid fund-ing through Chapter 70. The schools are not actually losing this money; the schools will make up for the local aid cuts with federal stimulus funds. This transfer changes how the schools receive funding for FY11, as school officials an-ticipated when preparing the budget, but it does not affect the bottom line.

Selectmen and Advisory support this article.


Board of Assessors to transfer $2,038.40 from the overlay surplus account to complete its digital mapping program. Previously, the town’s parcel maps were available only in paper form. The digital maps show lot lines as well as a ba-sic satellite view of properties. They will be updated regu-larly to reflect changes to the properties. This article will supplement funding approved at previous Town Meetings for the project. Selectmen and Ad-

visory support this article.

ArTiCLE 5Article 5 transfers money

into a special fund to cover the separation pay benefits for town employees who retire or otherwise leave town service. The fund was created at the November 2003 special Town Meeting. Town officials are not recommending that any money be directed into the fund at this time. Selectmen recommend this article be dis-cussed on Town Meeting floor. Advisory recommends no ac-tion be taken.


town to transfer $368,093 from free cash to pay for the town’s unbudgeted snow and ice removal costs from last winter. This transfer will al-low the town to submit a bal-anced budget to the state for approval. Selectmen and Advi-sory support this article.

ArTiCLE 7Article 7 transfers money

into the town’s stabilization or “rainy day” fund to be used for future purposes. Town of-ficials are recommending that no money be placed in the fund at this time. This action would require a two-thirds vote. Town Accountant Mike Buck-ley said officials are hoping to hold onto $300,000 in unspent free cash in case the state pass-es down local aid cuts mid-year, as it did in 2008. Select-men recommend this article be discussed on Town Meeting floor. Advisory recommends no action be taken.

ArTiCLE 8Article 8 accepts Lilah

Lane (formerly known as Rob-erts Road) as a town way, to be used and maintained as a pub-

lic road. Lilah Lane is located off Washington Street/Route 53, south of the intersection with Barker Street/Route 14 and across from Fieldstone Drive. The Planning Board submitted this article. Select-men and Advisory recommend this article be discussed on Town Meeting floor.


town to transfer $36,000 from free cash to pay an energy contractor to audit energy use at all major town and school buildings. This is the first step toward entering an energy performance contract with a private company that would help the town pay for repairs and building upgrades through money saved on energy bills. Selectmen and Advisory sup-port this article.


selectmen to transfer a parcel of land on School Street to New England Village. About a year ago, the board put the tax-title land up for sale and received one bid, for $25,000, from New England Village. The company, which oper-ates a residential program for adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities, al-ready owns property on both sides of this town-owned par-cel. This article authorizes se-lectmen to transfer the title to New England Village, accord-ing to Town Administrator Ed Thorne. Selectmen and Advi-sory support this article.


town to borrow up to $806,342 to complete the Mattakeesett baseball fields project, in-cluding drainage, paving of the parking lot, handicapped accessibility, lights for the large baseball field, bleach-ers for several fields and other amenities to finish the athletic complex and allow Pembroke to host regional tournaments. This article is necessary to make the town eligible to receive a $500,000 grant through the state’s Park-land Acquisition and Renova-tion for Communities Act. If Pembroke receives the grant, selectmen could vote to bor-row the remaining funds through the general fund, ac-cording to Town Adminis-trator Ed Thorne. That bond could be paid back using new money the town will receive from a rental agreement for a telecommunications tower on the Birch Street Park site. If Pembroke does not receive the PARC grant, the town would not borrow the funds. Thorne said he expects to hear about the grant sometime this month. This article requires a two-thirds vote. Selectmen support this article. Advisory does not support this article.

ArTiCLE 12Article 12 deletes a section

of town bylaw that reads, “No aircraft shall land on or take off from the lakes and ponds except in case of emergency,” to be replaced by different language at a later date. This change stems from an incident that occurred several years ago in which a pilot landed a small aircraft on frozen Little Sandy Pond and was arrested for en-dangering public safety, ac-cording to Town Administra-tor Ed Thorne. The man later was found guilty but he sued Pembroke, saying the long-standing town bylaw used to charge him was illegal be-cause it was not approved by the Mass. Aeronautics Com-mission (which did not exist when the bylaw was created). The town is still negotiating that case.

This article will delete the old bylaw and allow the town to craft a new one that does have state approval. Voters will see the new bylaw at a future meeting. Selectmen and Advisory support this article.


town to borrow $2.8 mil-lion to seal the old landfill on Hobomock Street with state-approved materials. Pembroke is under an administrative consent order with the Mass. Department of Environmen-tal Protection to complete this project. The landfill stopped operating in 1989. Currently, Pembroke is eligible to receive a low-interest loan through the state revolving fund, which would allow the town to pay 2 percent interest over 20 years. Town Administrator Ed Thorne said the bond would be paid back through solid waste fees. This article requires a two-thirds vote. Selectmen and Advisory support this article.


selectmen to enter into an agreement with Covanta En-ergy, formerly SEMASS, to extend the town’s contract for solid waste disposal at the Co-vanta facility in Rochester for another five years. The current contract expires June 30, 2014; this extension would carry the town through June 30, 2019. If selectmen decide to extend the contract, the town could benefit from a lower monthly tipping fee over the final years of the contract; however, the board still has to review the pros and cons of this arrange-ment. Selectmen and Advisory support this article.

ArTiCLE 15Article 15 increases the

hourly wage for a Council on Aging driver by a dollar de-pending on years of service. The old salary range was $10.86 for a Step 1 driver

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ARTICLE 11: Selectman Dan Trabucco speaks in favor of completing the Mattakeesett Street athletic complex at the November 2009 special Town Meeting, where voters authorized the town to bor-row money for the project if Pembroke received a state grant for more than half. Pembroke was not given the grant last year but is up again for the same $500,000 grant. Voters again will decide whether the project should move forward.



(under two years of service), $11.40 for Step 2 (2-4 years) and $11.95 for Step 3 (four years and up). The new range sets the hourly wage as $11.82 for Step 1, $12.36 for Step 2 and $12.91 for Step 3. The change will increase COA ex-penses by about $2,500 in the current fiscal year and $5,000 in FY12, according to COA Director Mary Willis.

The Council on Ag-ing board recommended this change after a survey of eight surrounding towns revealed that the average salary for drivers was $15 per hour. Even with the wage increase, Pem-broke’s driver compensation is low compared to other towns in the area, Willis said.

Council on Aging drivers take seniors to medical ap-pointments and other places. This cost will be reimbursed through Pembroke’s contract with the Greater Attleboro Taunton Regional Authority.

Selectmen and Advisory support this article.

ArTiCLE 16Article 16 consists of the

Community Preservation Com-mittee’s recommendations for Community Preservation Act funding for FY2011. This is the third round of CPA funding since Pembroke passed the 1 percent property tax surcharge in 2006. To be eligible for CPA money, projects must fall into one of three categories: afford-able housing, historical and open space. The committee has recommended six projects for this round of funding. See story on page 1. Selectmen support this article. Advisory recommendations were not available by press time.

ArTiCLE 17Article 17 changes job titles

in the Veterans’ Office to con-form to the state Department of Veterans’ Services. The “vet-erans’ agent,” David McPhil-lips, will become a “veterans’ service officer” and the “vet-erans’ counselor,” Mary Whit-man, will become the “veter-ans’ service officer assistant.” The title change will not affect the budget. The Department of Veterans’ Services allows only two people in town offices to access its electronic filing sys-tem. This change will ensure both McPhillips and Whitman continue to have access to the program. Selectmen and Advi-sory support this article.


town to transfer $25,000 from the capital fund to transport crushed roadway materials from the Department of Public Works gravel pit on Monroe Street to the highway barn at 387 Mattakeesett Street. The DPW is working with the Mass. Department of Environmental Protection to obtain a permit to crush the approximately 4,000

cubic yards of materials left over from roadway projects that is stored there. The crush-ing is covered under highway funds Pembroke receives from the state through Chapter 90.

At a public hearing held this summer, DPW commis-sioners said they planned to crush the materials on site and leave them there to use as need-ed until the site was cleared out. Afterward, the land would be turned back over to the town for a new use. However, residents told commissioners they wanted to see the mate-rials moved immediately. The DPW is requesting this money to cover the additional cost of transportation.

Selectmen support this ar-ticle but recommend money come from the town’s capital fund rather than be borrowed. Advisory recommends this article be discussed on Town Meeting floor.


town to borrow $87,000 to replace the failing culvert on Mill Street at the Herring Run/Hobomock Street end. See box at right. This article requires a two-thirds vote. Selectmen and Advisory support this article.


town to borrow $30,000 to im-prove drainage on Glenwood Road because of safety issues. See box at right. Selectmen and Advisory support this article.

ArTiCLE 21Article 21 adopts the

Stretch Energy Code as an al-ternative to certain provisions of the base building code. The Stretch Energy Code requires about 20 percent greater build-ing energy efficiency than current requirements. Most new residential construction, including additions and sub-stantial renovations, would be covered under this code, but historic buildings would be exempt from Stretch Code requirements. Most new com-mercial construction would be covered, but new commercial buildings under 5,000 square feet and specialty buildings under 4,000 square feet with unique energy requirements — such as supermarkets, laboratories and warehouses — would be exempt from Stretch Code requirements. The Energy Committee sub-mitted this article. Selectmen and Advisory both support this article.

ArTiCLE 22Article 22 changes the

town’s zoning bylaws by add-ing two new definitions for “renewable energy” and “al-ternative energy” and adding a section that allows renewable or alternative energy research and development and manu-facturing facilities to have

an expedited application and permitting process — within one year from the application date. This article, along with Article 21, is designed to make Pembroke eligible for grant funding under the state Green Communities Act. Selectmen and Advisory both support this article.


selectmen to form a permanent Recycling Committee consist-ing of seven or more members and dedicated to improving Pembroke’s recycling rate. The committee would have total authority to make all decisions about the design, operation and contractual obligations of the recycling center and would function as a typical board of directors. Jim McCollum and other citizens submitted this article by petition.

McCollum said the Re-cycling Committee would be similar to other boards ap-pointed by selectmen, such as the Conservation Commis-sion, Recreation Commission and Cable Advisory Board, which report to the selectmen but take over the daily opera-tions of those areas of town business.

“The selectmen have plen-ty on their plates and not all of them are enthusiastic about recycling,” McCollum said. “Dedicated recycling residents know exactly what needs to be done and will make a concerted effort to deal with that single issue. Of course, the recycling committee would certainly serve at the will of the Board of Selectmen, so total autonomy is not going to happen.”

Selectmen previously ap-pointed a Solid Waste and Re-cycling Committee to study solid waste practices and rec-ommend changes for the town. After completing its research, the committee was disbanded in September.

Selectmen and Advisory do not support this article.

ArTiCLE 24Article 24 directs select-

men to include pay as you throw in the town’s future plans for handling solid waste, whether they decide to build a transfer station or have all items collected at the curb. Jim McCollum and other citi-zens submitted this article by petition.

McCollum said pay as you throw, which is used in many communities around the state and nation, is the most equi-table way to pay for trash dis-posal.

“There are lots of compli-cations, as we found [when studying the issue] on the Solid Waste and Recycling Commit-tee, but basically, those who throw out large amounts of trash pay more than those who throw out small amounts,” McCollum said. “My wife and

I are dedicated recyclers, and each week we traditionally put out one barrel with one, two or three typical grocery plastic bags of trash that we cannot somehow recycle. It is totally unfair that some homes put out three, four or five barrels of trash — sometimes heap-ing full — and pay the same for trash disposal as those who only put out a small amount.”

Selectmen and Advisory do not support this article.


town to transfer or borrow $60,000 to purchase two com-pactors and four container boxes for the recycling center that would accept all plastics numbers 1-7.

By compacting plastics, the town could ship three to four times as much tonnage per container as it currently does, saving money, according to Jim McCollum, who sub-mitted the article by petition with other citizens.

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The Department of Public Works is seeking fund-ing for two projects they hope to complete be-fore winter sets in — $87,000 to replace a failing

culvert on Mill Street and $30,000 to improve drainage on Glenwood Road.

DPW officials were alerted to the Mill Street issue a few weeks ago when a resident who was walking over the cul-vert fell into a sinkhole up to his knee. Highway foreman Scott Manning came out and placed a metal plate over the hole, but officials knew they had a big problem.

“We knew there was damage from the March floods — the heavy rains and the flooding. We had to pull a fish ladder from down below here, so it backs up, creates pres-sure, and we figure it probably had something to do with that,” said Bob Demers, assistant DPW director.

DPW officials have met with representatives from the federal and state emergency management agencies, trying to get funding for overtime and damage suffered be-cause of the storm. The state and town declared a state of emergency during the rains.

The town has yet to hear back from FEMA about wheth-er the culvert repairs can be covered through state or federal funds. In the mean time, the department is seeking approval at the Oct. 19 special Town Meeting to borrow $87,000 for the project.

When evaluating the problem, crews discovered the cul-vert — which pipes a small stream underneath Mill Street — is actually the original stonework, believed to have been built in the mid-1800s, Demers said.

Town officials are exploring several options for funding, including a historical grant program that may work if the culvert is restored as it was. Another option is to replace the system with a modern steel culvert, Demers said.

“We still don’t have an answer as to which way we’re going to go,” he said.

A portion of the road from Hobomock Street to just past the culvert has been closed to through traffic until repairs can be made.

The Glenwood Road drainage project would help elimi-nate a regular issue with water collecting at a low point in the road between two hills. Because of the location and ge-ography of the site, and the fact that there is no drainage system in place, the area frequently fills with water — up to two feet in some places — whenever it rains.

If money is borrowed for the project, crews will install leaching basins and a pump system to connect into an exist-ing pipe that drains into nearby Little Sandy Pond.

Though other roads around town flood somewhat in heavy rains, Demers said the Glenwood Road area is by far the worst.

“We have other areas that do flood a bit, but the system is in place — it just has to be replaced. This has nothing,” he said.

ARTICLES 19 & 20: DPW projects

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With a lack of drainage in place, Glenwood Road is often under water after a little rain.


Two old Friends to performTwo Old Friends, Mac McHale and Emery Hutchins,

will perform at the Pembroke Public Library on Tuesday, Oct. 26 at 7 p.m. The duo will sing and play songs from Ireland, the mountains and the sea. Mac and Hutch were the original founders of Northeast Winds. They will be per-forming some of their favorites from Northeast Winds as well as some old-time traditional country music. Mac and Hutch will be playing the banjo, guitar, mandolin, concer-tina, bodran and the octave mandolin. The program is sure to include some favorite Irish sea songs, a good amount of hot picking instrumentals and some great sing-a-longs. This program is sponsored by the Friends of the Pembroke Public Library. It is free to all; seating is limited. For more information, call 781-293-6771.

of plastics accepted at the re-cycling center, the town also would reduce the amount of items going into the trash, allowing Pembroke to save money on its tipping fee at the SEMASS/Covanta facility, McCollum said.

McCollum did not say how this equipment would be funded.

Selectmen do not support this article. Advisory supports this article.

ArTiCLE 26Article 26 adds a section to

Pembroke’s bylaws that allows the town to deny, revoke or sus-pend any town-issued building license or permit for failure to pay real estate taxes and trash and water fees. Currently and since at least the 1990s, when a resident or developer comes in for a building permit, of-fice employees check to make sure all their taxes and bills are up-to-date, Town Treasurer/Collector Kathleen McCarthy said. This article will formalize that policy as a town bylaw.

The bylaw would not apply to licenses and permits such as marriage licenses, dog licenses and fishing, hunting and trap-ping licenses. Selectmen and Advisory support this article.

ArTiCLE 27Article 27 pulls $314,250

from the town’s stabilization fund to be placed in an escrow account for Pembroke’s share

of teachers’ health insurance and retirement costs after split-ting from Silver Lake Region-al School District. This action was recommended by town counsel pending the result of a lawsuit with Silver Lake; the two parties have not agreed on what exactly is owed on both sides following the split, ac-cording to Town Administra-tor Ed Thorne. This action requires a two-thirds vote. Se-lectmen and Advisory support this article.

ArTiCLE 28Article 28 authorizes se-

lectmen to grant a utility ease-ment to Verizon, National Grid and other utility providers over the Birch Street Park property to serve a telecommunications tower located there. Once the easement has been granted, T-Mobile will begin construction of the 150-foot tower, which was approved by the Zoning Board of Appeals in March. The town will receive a rental fee of between $25,000 and $30,000 annually, according to Town Administrator Ed Thorne. This action requires a majority vote. Selectmen and Advisory support this article.

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ARTICLES 23, 24 & 25: Resident Jim McCollum and others submit-ted citizen’s petitions to have articles on the special Town Meeting warrant related to handling of the town’s solid waste and recycling. Article 23 would create a citizens’ Recycling Committee to take over management of the recycling center (pictured above). Article 24 would direct selectmen to include pay as you throw in any plans for solid waste handling. Article 25 would authorize the town to pur-chase two compactors and accept all plastics, numbers 1-7.

Chamber Harvest Fest

The Pembroke Cham-ber of Commerce invites the public to attend a Har-vest Fest on Saturday, Oct. 16 from 12-3 p.m. at the Herring Run park on Route 14. The event will feature fun fall activities such as pumpkin decorating, bob-bing for apples, doughnut-on-a-string, a pie-eating contest, moonwalk and more. Many of Pembroke’s restaurants will be giving out free samples of their fall menus. Admission to this event is free with a donation for the Pembroke Food Pantry. Rain date is Sunday, Oct. 17. For more information, go to pem-brokechamber.org.

Also, starting this Fri-day, the Chamber will be selling stadium cushions at Pembroke High School football games. The cost is $10 each. These are the perfect answer for comfort on those chilly, fall nights sitting in the aluminum stands. Proceeds will go directly to the PHS foot-ball program.

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By karen proctor, express coluMnist [email protected]

Most of the history of the town of Pembroke is tight-ly intertwined with that of the Native Americans who worked the land long before the first Euro-

pean settlers set eyes upon it. This is shown by the history of Furnace Pond.

In 1662, Plymouth Colony purchased land from Josiah Wampatuck, Sachem of the Massachusetts tribe. This land was granted to the settlers of the towns of Marshfield and Duxbury, of which Pembroke was then a part.

Chief Wampatuck, whose tepee was located on a point of land roughly behind the present site of Hosea’s Restaurant, kept for himself and his people a tract of land of about 900 acres sur-

rounding Furnace, Old-ham, Macquan, Indian Head and Sandy ponds. In 1695, the shore land began to be sold piece-meal by the Indians.

Around 1701, a group of buyers, including the Barkers and a man from the Braintree area named Lambert Desperd, purchased a tract of land at the mouth of the Herring Brook. There is some question as to wheth-er or not the land was acquired through some type of fraudulent means, but the records are not clear.

Desperd had constructed an iron furnace in Braintree, so by 1702 a blast furnace was operating at what was to become known as Furnace Pond in what was soon to become the town of Pembroke. The furnace is said to have been located against the base of a steep hillside so that it could be stoked from the top of the hill. Bog iron, which appears as a crumbly, rusty rock forma-tion, was plentiful in the waters of Furnace Pond. The heavily forested areas around the pond served as an excellent source of wood, which was turned into charcoal to fuel the furnace.

The base of the furnace poured “pig iron,” which was mixed with bits of charcoal and other impurities. This could be poured into molds or “cast.” The pig iron also was taken to forges in-cluding the Curtis Forge, located on the Hanover side of the North River. When it was molten, it was worked into a better grade of cast iron. During its almost 50 years in operation, the furnace produced all types of household and agricultural imple-ments. Local legend says that the first cannons ever made in this country were made here.

One note about the Curtis Forge that has direct bearing on Furnace Pond: For more than 150 years, anchors for the U.S. government were wrought at the forge in South Hanover. A small article in the “Old Colony Memorial Legion” on Oct. 3, 1930 states that iron work for “Old Ironside” was wrought at this furnace and that this iron was taken out of Furnace Pond. I guess we just have to draw our own conclusions.

Whatever the true details, one thing seems certain. The oper-ation of the furnace had a major impact on the Pembroke econ-omy. Because it was the only furnace in the area at that time, its finished wares were sold to the surrounding communities.

Some historians believe that this had an indirect bearing on the incorporation of the town in 1712. Prior to the furnace, the economy was strictly agricultural. The furnace and the resulting trade made it possible for Pembroke to fulfill the incorporation requirement that a community had to be able to show that it could support a church and a school.

Karen Proctor is research director for the Historical Society. For details about these images, call 781-293-9083.

Congratulations to Fred Doyle, George Migre, Carol Reed, Brooks Kelly and Chuck Crossley for correctly identifying the source of the name “Furnace Pond” as the iron blast furnace that was located there as early as 1702. Photo courtesy of Pembroke Historical Society

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By roB tocci, DeMocratic town coMMittee

The opposition against Martha Coakley has tapped into voters’ anger and frus-tration over unemployment, job secu-

rity, their economic future and Martha herself. Some want to vote them all out, “blow up the sys-tem and see if a new one is better” (Sharon Be-gley, Newsweek, Oct. 11). Political opportunists want to exploit voter emotion as a springboard to power. Certain Democrats are still angry about Martha’s loss in January’s Senate race. Every-one has reasons to be angry. However, anger is an unpredictable beast. Voting them all out might satisfy righteous indignation, but a new set of un-

knowns would be created. It is time to take emotion down a notch and look at the candidate herself.

Martha Coakley is an ex-cellent attorney general. In

September and October alone, her office has re-covered or secured more than $24 million dollars from health care and insurance companies. The money either benefited individuals or the Com-monwealth. These are not the actions of an attor-ney general who, as Lew Evangelidis, Worcester County sheriff candidate, claims, “doesn’t repre-sent us.” My question to Mr. Evangelidis is: “Who is she representing?” Certainly not the interests of the health care or insurance industries. I be-lieve she does represent us when she aggressively pursues wrongdoers. In the last two months, she has indicted or sued individuals or companies for fraud, bribery, theft and conspiracy. I want an attorney general who strives to make Massa-chusetts a more equitable place to live and work, who insists that both individuals and companies obey the law, and who holds my interests as an ordinary citizen central to her mission. Martha Coakley is all these.

Her opponent has said that if elected, “he will assemble a public corruption task force to investigate fraud and corruption allegations at the Statehouse, that he will take on ‘sanctuary towns’ such as Cambridge, Brookline and communities on Cape Cod, that he will consider joining other states in their fight to repeal national health care reform” (Jennifer Huberdeau, North Adams Tran-script, Oct. 8). These are the issues he will focus on? As a voter, I am not inspired by his platform. Though these issues are on some people’s minds, I want an attorney general whose job descrip-tion is to protect all citizens and to prosecute all wrongdoers, not simply focus on issues that reso-nate emotionally.

Mr. McKenna also claims, “Martha has had her time.” I beg to differ. We can’t afford an at-torney general who thinks that losing $2.5 bil-lion from our state budget if Question 3 passes won’t adversely affect law enforcement, which is what he said in his first debate with Martha. McKenna said, “I wouldn’t support that mea-sure if I thought it would endanger the people of Massachusetts.” He can’t be serious. The federal stimulus was a two-year stop-gap measure that prevented thousands of police, firefighters and teachers from being laid off. As that money has been spent, municipal officials are bracing for a huge round of layoffs in the coming fiscal year. I would like Mr. McKenna to explain how laying off police officers won’t endanger the people of Massachusetts.

Finally, I want an attorney general who has the knowledge of and the experience with the complex law enforcement issues facing the Com-monwealth. In the last four years, Martha Coak-ley has proven that she possesses these qualities and can continue her exemplary work. Mr. McK-enna’s required long learning curve would leave a gap in the oversight from the state’s highest law-enforcement agency. Simply put, Mr. McKenna isn’t ready for prime time.

By Dottie Macinnes, repuBlican town coMMittee

The people of Massachusetts have spoken: It’s time for a new attorney general. This message rang loud

and clear once the votes were counted in the recent primary.

Jim McKenna, a late write-in candidate for attorney general, caused a major stir in Septem-ber. To qualify to be on the mid-term election Republican ballot, McKenna needed 10,000 votes in the primary. Not only did he exceed the hopeful expectations of his grassroots network of loyal supporters, but McKenna sent a shock-wave into the hearts of Martha Coakley’s com-fortably confident colleagues on Beacon Hill. This political “unknown” from Millbury made history, receiving 27,711 votes — almost three times what he needed to clinch his chance to run against Coakley. McKenna did this in a little over a month after announcing his candidacy on Aug. 1.

McKenna’s goals are to fight public cor-ruption and protect the rights of law-abiding citizens. He feels strongly that no one is above the law, that there shouldn’t be one set of laws for government officials and another set for the rest of us. To quote him, “Before a government can be effective, it needs to be trusted.” That statement should ring true with today’s voters. It is a sad fact that “we the people” have lost trust in our government. This sentiment echoes across the country. Whether it be on Capitol Hill or Beacon Hill, there is little trust in gov-ernment, and it tends to trickle down into town halls as well. McKenna seems sincere. I’ve met him, looked him straight in the eye and listened to him talk about his goals. He has the experi-ence and background to implement change on Beacon Hill, as well as where corruption might have trickled down into town halls across the commonwealth.

McKenna has worked as a prosecutor for 10 years. He spent a year as a prosecutor in the civil division of the Franklin County (Ohio) prosecuting attorney’s office. He served as as-sistant district attorney in the Organized Crime Division of Suffolk County for three years, prosecuting organized crime and public corrup-tion in Boston. Six years were spent as an as-sistant district attorney in the Worcester County district attorney’s office, including two years as supervisor of the Grand Jury Unit.

Coakley has stated that illegal immigrants aren’t illegal. This is the most recent hot issue under criticism regarding the attorney general’s office. Some 80 percent of the citizens in the Commonwealth are against illegal immigration. Coakley isn’t listening. Meanwhile, illegal im-migrants are costing taxpayers for benefits that many of our own citizens are unable to afford. This is an insult to those immigrants who come legally, learn our language, pay their taxes and seek citizenship just like our ancestors did. Hav-ing the top law enforcement official in the Com-monwealth ignore a federal law is disturbing.

Coakley also is known for looking the other way regarding corruption within the political machine on Beacon Hill. The laundry list of corrupt officials is long. We’re all familiar with Diane Wilkinson and the bribe money she famously stuffed into her bra. This is just one of many examples of the corrup-tion within the ranks of our elected officials. We can look to McKenna to take a different stand on these issues, as well as the illegal immigration problem. Martha could use a long vacation. Time to cut her loose and make it possible. A vote for Jim is a vote to stop government corruption. Vote Jim McKenna for attorney general on Nov. 2.

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Voters should approach town finances like personal budget

Going into the Oct. 19 special Town Meeting, let’s remember a few basic principles that every one of us uses to balance our personal finances.

1. If you don’t spend money now, you still have it for later.

2. If you borrow money, you have to pay it back.3. When money is tight, you take care of the essentials

first.We are starting the meeting with $825,321 in free cash —

money that has not yet been budgeted. This seems like a lot of money until you subtract the $368,093 we already spent on snow and ice last winter (Article 6), and the $314,250 we need to set aside in an escrow payment as part of a prior agreement

with Silver Lake (Article 27). Then there is the $100,000 needed for the leaking roofs on the schools (Article

1); $36,000 for energy-saving measures (Article 9); $25,000 for the DPW to move materials (Article 18); and $87,000 for a failed culvert on Mill Street (Article 19). After just those es-sentials, we are almost $70,000 short of what we need.

But let’s not forget that the 2008 Town Meeting voted to allow the selectmen to borrow another $1.5 million for capital items that had already exceeded life expectancy and might fail soon. That was in 2008, and we haven’t borrowed it yet. So now we are looking at $1,570,000. With this, refer to principle 2, stated earlier.

So why did the selectmen put more articles on the war-rant that require borrowing? They are asking for $806,342 to pave the parking lot at the Mattakeesett ball fields (Article 11). We have $1.5 million in delinquent, outdated and dilapi-dated capital items carried over from 2008 that have not been addressed. Are we going to pave a parking lot when there are roofs leaking? Even if we get $500,000 back through grants, there is $300,000 that we have to shoulder. See principle 3.

Then they want to borrow money to cap the landfill at a cost of $2.8 million (Article 13). This is a project that has been in limbo for years. The state of Massachusetts has not changed any demands for completion. If we borrow money now, we have to start paying it back now. Even at 2 percent, that is still about $165,000 a year in payments.

But here is the part that I liked least. You will be told that it won’t affect the general fund. The payback will come out of the money that we currently pay for trash pick-up fees. Somehow it has escaped the notice of officials that the trash fee could be reduced instead by the same amount. Reducing our fees and taxes in these tough economic times seems more appropriate than trying to find ways to spend our money.

Lastly, with the Commonwealth forecasting a 4 percent cut in next year’s local aid, we cannot be giving raises to anyone, not even the Council on Aging drivers (Article 15). If Pembroke is not having a difficult time finding drivers at the current rate, there is no need to raise it. We have to start saying no to increases and hold the line for everyone. We are trying to save jobs, not give out raises.

Don’t be fooled by the argument that it will not cost the town anything because it comes out of GATRA money reimbursement. GATRA is not an unlimited fund of money. The reason we don’t have more bus routes in town is not be-cause of our inability to hire drivers; it is because there is not enough GATRA money to fund additional hours or routes.

The types of articles that the Town Meeting needs to sup-port are money-saving measures (Articles 5 and 7). Both put money aside. Saving increases our bond rating and gets us the best interest rates. Even though we don’t have any money for either of the funds, I suggest we symbolically put $1 into each. This shows our commitment as a community to save for a real emergency, like a failed culvert or a leaking roof. See principle 1.

Don AndersonFormer selectman

Plymouth Street

Commentary

I read the article about Roland Bedard getting his well-deserved med-

als he earned during World War II. I think most veterans don’t realize that in order to receive your medals you have to request them.

If you are a Navy veteran, write to: Navy Liaison Office, Room 3475, National Person-nel Records Center, 9700 Page Blvd., St. Louis, MO 63132.Enclose a copy of your DD214 when filing the request. If you

don’t have a copy of your DD214, request a copy from the same address. State your name, date of birth, dates served in the military and your service number.

I would assume that the address would be valid for all services — just change original to Army Liaison Office, etc. You also can get all the assis-tance you want from your vet-erans’ agent.

Mario ThumudoQueens Brook Road

Veterans must request medals



q U E S T I O N O F T H E W E E k By vanessa phaM

PHS students: What is your favorite homecoming ‘spirit week’ day?

As Nov. 2 draws clos-er, I’m fairly certain I’m not alone when I

say it’s not coming fast enough. I think it’s also pretty safe to say we (the voters) are tired of the negative campaign ads, the blame game and scare tac-tics as a way to garner support for a candidate. In my humble opinion, this type of campaign-ing only serves to question our ability to make an intelligent decision based on facts and not emotions.

While I’m on my soapbox, I’d like to add a few other opin-ions that I believe we, the voters, share. We like the truth. If you’re the right candidate, it doesn’t matter if you’re a Democrat or a Republican as long as you give 100 percent to the people who

elected you to represent them. After all, we share a common goal of wanting what is best for our community and our state.

That being said, I’m a Re-publican. I’m supporting Josh Cutler for state representative because I think he’s the right person for the job. He is a man of integrity and honesty. He is intelligent and articulate and I believe he will work tirelessly for our district. If Josh works one-tenth as hard as our state representative as he has worked on his campaign, Plymouth’s Sixth District will have one hard-working state rep. I hope you will join me and vote for Josh Cutler when you go to the polls in November.

Denise M. Hawes Alma Avenue

Well here we go — it’s election time again, pundits get

revved up and the mudslinging begins. I know this seems to be the norm, but I’m sick of it. I’ve been giving a lot of thought to this election. Maybe I’m fueled by the concern I have when gov-ernment gets involved with our banks, our medical care, busi-nesses, houses of worship, our environment, our food and our children through the schools. Paying attention to the candi-dates who want to represent us on Capitol Hill is critical. Too many of them have supported big government getting involved in every aspect of our lives, chipping away systematically at our freedom, and many people don’t see it. Those who know history know this is alarming. We need to make careful choic-es in November.

Locally, we need to make the same careful choices when we vote to send candidates to Beacon Hill. As a long-time Independent, no party “owns” me. However, in this election, I’m supporting Tom Keyes for the Senate. He has 10 years in local government and founded his own business, with strong proven ethics. Dan Webster has my vote for the House. He has shown his mettle. While having his law practice, he has certainly

earned his state income as well. How many towns have school committees that have been able to give back $200,000 to their town like our competent one in Pembroke? Ask any one of them — they’ll tell you thanks to Dan meeting with them and using his experience and his ex-pertise, they were able to do this for Pembroke.

Dan passed Melanie’s Law, he has never voted for a tax hike, has worked to help mitigate pond problems, and he and Jeff Perry (running to represent us in Washington) were the only two legislators who voted against the compulsory state health in-surance plan as written, to name a few of his accomplishments. In these tough economic times, returning an experienced candi-date with a proven record, who knows the ropes and can nego-tiate, makes sense. I have also noted that Dan Webster always runs a clean campaign. No need for mudslinging. I like that.

It takes courage, time, mon-ey and sacrifices made by a can-didate’s family when he or she has thrown a hat into the ring — we owe all of them some respect for giving us choices. This is an important part of our freedom. May we never forget to value this freedom. Vote wisely.

Dottie MacInnesMacDonald Way

Please attend the spe-cial Town Meeting on Tuesday, Oct. 19 at

7:30 p.m. at the high school. The Town Meeting warrant has sev-eral articles that could improve our recycling rate and save the town money in solid waste dis-posal. These articles are on the warrant as citizen’s petition ar-ticles because they received the necessary 100 registered voter signatures to get each of them included.

One is an article to instruct the Board of Selectmen to form a permanent seven-member Recycling Committee made up of Pembroke residents who are dedicated to recycling. This committee would be charged with making all rules and regu-lations related to recycling.

Second is an article to in-stall a compactor station at the recycling center that would take all plastics, numbers 1-7 in one container, compacted to force as much air as possible out of the containers so we are not paying high transportation costs just to transport the plastics we re-cycle. This would eliminate the need to sort plastics and would take plastics numbered 3-7 that we currently are forced to in-clude in our curbside trash and pay SEMASS to dispose of.

Third is an article requiring the inclusion of PAYT (pay as you throw) in any solid waste disposal system. PAYT is used

in 130 communities in Massa-chusetts and literally thousands nationwide. PAYT has been shown to drastically reduce solid waste. One company that provides the bag type of PAYT claims their history shows a 48 percent reduction in solid waste. If we could attain that lofty goal, it would be the equivalent of saving us $54.24 for each ton currently transported to SE-MASS, yielding a net reduction to $58.76 per ton where we cur-rently are paying $113 a ton. We wouldn’t actually get a per ton reduction, but we would get a 48 percent reduction in total tons transported to SEMASS and consequently a 48 percent reduction in our total paid to SEMASS.

So please attend Town Meeting and support these im-provements to our solid waste and recycling systems. It is al-ways difficult to get anything passed in Town Meeting that does not have the support of town officials, but town officials have been dragging their feet for years about this issue and have essentially done nothing, causing Pembroke residents to have one of the highest-costing solid waste systems in the state. It is your money they are wast-ing, so come to Town Meeting and make a first step in reducing those high costs.

Jim McCollumHigh Street

When I first met Josh Cutler, I was immediately im-

pressed with his intelligence, ability to communicate and genuine interest in the Plymouth Sixth District. Ten months later, after dozens of interactions, I still feel that way.

I suppose I could go on about Josh’s roots in our district, that he’s been a selectman, legisla-tive aide, planning board mem-ber and small business owner. I could add that these experiences in the public and private sector provide him with a rounded per-spective that will enable him to address the complex issues our district and commonwealth face. If I really wanted to point out his leadership qualities, I could relate that Josh was recently rec-ognized as one of the region’s top 40 young business leaders.

But I don’t want to simply point out Josh’s accomplish-

ments, impressive as they are. I want to emphasize how his values mirror the district’s. For one, Josh believes in hard work. Since December, he has worked nonstop to meet the residents of the district (he has already worn out one pair of shoes) by knock-ing on doors, attending events and remaining open to ideas from all the people in the four towns. I want a representative who is willing to work for and at the job.

Josh believes in fiscal re-sponsibility. State government must live within its budget, just as we do. He is no wild-eyed liberal, intent on spending our tax dollars. In fact, he is in fa-vor of returning the sales tax to 5 percent in recognition of the deep recession and high unem-ployment. To offset that lost revenue, Josh would continue the process begun by the legisla-ture to consolidate departments

in the state government to make it more efficient. He will scruti-nize tax breaks to corporations and organizations to ensure that those breaks are still justified. He won’t accept taxpayer-fund-ed per-diem payments to drive to work. He recognizes that the majority of us pay for commut-ing costs out of our pockets. He wants to use any saved revenue to create jobs and ensure that local aid and school funding re-main a priority.

In short, Josh is the candi-date for me. He embodies the qualities of thoughtful, indepen-dent thinking, a genuine interest in the people of the district and a desire to help them improve their lives. He will be an ap-proachable, visible hands-on representative. I can’t think of anything I would like more in an elected official.

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Josh Cutler will not only be a new face on Beacon Hill, he has pledged not to take any money from lobbyists, making him unique among candidates for office.

A vote for Josh Cutler is a vote against business as usual in the Massachusetts legislature.

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Questions with the candidates: state rep.

This week’s question: In the weeks leading up to the state election, the Clipper will be asking questions of the candidates running for state representative for

the Sixth Plymouth District. This week’s question follows:Part 1: How do you (if you are an incumbent) or how would you (if you are a challenger) stay in touch with your constituents and keep the district informed of what’s going on at Beacon Hill. Part 2: What are your views on

the future of casino gambling in Massachusetts?

Pembroke votes

Communication and constituent service are the two most important aspects of serving as a state representative. Un-

fortunately our current representative has been an abject failure at both.

We can debate whether a full-time or part-time leg-islature is more appropriate, but right now we are paying a full-time salary –– we de-serve more than a part-time effort. Serving as represen-tative will be my full-time focus. I will not be practic-ing law and spending most

of my day at the probate court. Representing the residents of the Sixth Plymouth District will al-ways be my top priority.

I will hold regular office hours at the senior center as well as additional evening office hours rotating through each town for those who are not able to meet during the day. And more important I will attend these office hours myself. I will not dispatch an aide to take my place.

In addition to being available and accessible in the community, a representative must also stay in regular communication with constituents. Rather than coming out of hibernation during election season, I will work hard to keep residents informed all year round. I will do this with regu-lar e-mail updates, monthly newspaper submis-sions, meetings with town officials, attendance at community events, as well as using social media tools like Twitter, YouTube and Facebook.

And finally, I always invite residents to contact me directly should they have a question or need help. My cell phone number is 781-217-5854 and

my personal e-mail is [email protected]. Part 2: I don’t view casino gambling as a

panacea for all our economic woes, nor should it be a substitute for real economic development and reform. Nonetheless, if properly regulated, casino gambling can create good jobs and recapture tax dollars that are currently flowing out of state to Foxwoods and Mohegan Sun. Resort-style casi-nos can also serve to give a much needed boost to economically depressed areas of the state.

I am mindful that gambling brings with it certain social ills and for that reason I will fight to ensure that final legislation dedicates a portion of new revenues to compulsive gambling, anti-addiction and substance abuse programs.

I was disappointed that legislative leaders (and many in my own party) could not come to a consensus on this important issue. Were I in of-fice at the time, I would have advocated coming back into formal session for further debate.

Again, I think this issue highlights a differ-ence in approach between my opponent and my-self. Whereas our current representative prefers to take potshots from the sidelines, hand out blame and issue press releases, my approach is to roll up my sleeves and get to work solving problems. That means bringing Democrats and Republicans together to find common ground, working with legislative leaders but also making sure that the voices of the rank and file are heard.

We need more problem-solving and less ran-cor and partisanship. Harry Truman once said you can get a lot accomplished if you don’t care who gets the credit, and I ascribe to that philosophy.

Mr. Cutler is the Democratic nominee for the Sixth Plymouth District.

Constituent service has, and always will be, a top priority in my office. I recent-ly reviewed the database I use to keep

track of constituent casework, and my records show that I have assisted over 7,000 residents in my district.

Whether it’s teaching my government course with seniors at the Duxbury and Hanson Councils on Aging or having a cup of coffee with a concerned taxpayer to resolve a pending home foreclosure, these are great opportunities for me to stay in touch with the voters and communicate

with them on the issues that matter most. Holding monthly office hours opens the door for schedul-ing more face time with people so I can focus on their personal needs. On a routine basis I attend many meetings on the local level with councils on aging, school committees, boards of selectmen, chambers of commerce, veterans groups and law enforcement officials.

I also have a proven record of community in-volvement. During my time in office, I’ve worked closely with a number of constituent groups to help them secure financial assistance from both the state and private institutions. Just recently I advocated on behalf of the Hanson Children’s Museum, the Pembroke Skate Park Committee and the Hanson Little League to help them obtain funding to expedite project development. I have also worked closely with the Pembroke Watershed Association to win state approval for a new algae treatment program to preserve Oldham Pond as

well as the Stetson Pond Preservation Commit-tee. Yesterday, I spoke with the Pembroke town administrator and a Pembroke Zoning Board of Appeals member following up on a request to MassHighway to install a traffic light at the inter-section of Pleasant Street and Route 53. As you can see, there are many constituent issues that are addressed on a daily basis.

Part 2: Unfortunately, the prospects for ca-sino gambling are, for the near term, dim at best. For the first time since I’ve been in office, House and Senate Democratic leadership and the gover-nor seem to have been poised to embrace casino gambling. Despite this, the casino bill was only introduced as the end of the legislative session was looming. The bill was rushed through the leg-islative process. In the House, it was railroaded through three legislative committees in two days. The House never held a public hearing on this omnibus gambling bill. The haste was unneces-sary. A legislative session lasts for two years, yet the Democratic leadership decided to take up the issue at the last possible minute. The result is that we have no casino gaming in Massachusetts, as the Democratically controlled House and Senate quibble over details that could have been resolved if the process had been timely. All the while, reve-nues are flowing to Connecticut and Rhode Island and the Commonwealth is squandering the oppor-tunity to create jobs. This is a prime example of the utter failure of one-party rule on Beacon Hill. Despite their supermajority, 179 Democrats out of 200 lawmakers once again can’t get the job done.

Mr. Webster is the Republican nominee and incumbent for the Sixth Plymouth District.

By Josh Cutler

By Daniel WeBster

Next week’s questions: Part 1: If a bill that would require adults applying for public benefits such as public housing, unemployment benefits, welfare or workers compensation to supply proof of legal residence such as a state driver’s license came up for a vote in the House, would you support it? Part 2: What would you do to foster job creation in the district moving forward? How would you foster the growth of existing businesses or encourage new businesses?


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Shaw 24’ Classic YawlBuilt 1961 Jensen in Denmark. Midget ocean/racing cruiser. Mahogany, oak, sitka, teak, double planked mahogany. Teak centerboard, bronze centerboard trunk, 1500 lb. slotted lead keel. Accomodations: four berths, galley, head. $6000. 508-747-1235.

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16' Crestliner16' Crestliner Angler Aluminum boat with live well, custom canvas cover, custom trailer, 9.9 hp, 4-stroke Honda electric start motor, additional electric trolling motor, ship to shore radio, lawrance fish finder, 3 life jackets, 3 anchors. $7400 or bo. Call 781-934-2349.

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Molly Dwyer fires a shot toward the cage as the Titans made a second half charge.

Titans tie Norwell

Vanessa Pham knocks the ball out of the Pembroke defensive end and carries the ball up the field.

Photos by Dave Palana

Captain Brenda McAlear closes off the angle to make a save. Melissa Hatch knocks the ball away from a Norwell forward. Captain Krystal Barnard hops over a Norwell midfielder as she goes toward goal.

The Titans get fired up as they come out-of a time out late in the second half.

Devin Foley keeps the ball inbound and smacks it out of the Pembroke corner. Captain Kristen Cunningham fights to keep the ball in the Norwell end.



SENIOR MOMENTSA visit with field hockey captain

Krystal Barnard

Barnard is looking to captain the field hockey team back into the MIAA tournament in her senior year before switching her attention to WHP hockey

and lacrosse. She shared her thoughts on …

… the schools she is looking at. I’ve been look-ing at UNH, Babson and Salve Regina. The coaches looked at me and saw me play when I went to a field hockey tournament that college coaches go to. They

e-mailed me, and I went to look at the schools and I really liked them.

… her thoughts on a major. I’m thinking about sports management or something like that because I’m ath-

letic and I like playing a lot of sports.

… how she got into field hockey. I’ve been playing hockey since I was five, and it was so similar that I figured I should give it a try. I definitely want to play in college, probably because I’m the best at it [laughs].

… playing hockey as a kid. I have four brothers and they all play, so that got me into it.

… helping start WHP. I think it’s been going really well. My favorite memory is making it to the champion-ship at the Boston Garden. It was really exciting.

… what she likes to do in her free time. I don’t know [laughs]. Sports kind of takes over my life.

A while back when I was using my PhotoShop expertise to put all the seniors on baseball cards for our fall sports supplement, it dawned on me

when I got to Michelle Coate that the first picture I ever took for the Pembroke Express, though it never got into the paper, was of her high jumping as a freshman.

Ryan Kelley was also part of that first photo shoot, and got his face in the paper’s first issue. Matt McCa-rtney was in the second photo op as part of the baseball team, and Matt Sheehan and Chris Waterfield were part of the third when I covered a lacrosse game.

We did have Whitman and Hanson papers before our company came to Pembroke, so technically the first Pembroke athlete to get into the Express sports section was Saman-tha Fallon during the first season of WHP hockey, and she also would be a member of this year’s graduating

class if she didn’t transfer to Southfield. It then dawned on me that the Class of 2011 is the

first one I have covered at the Express for their entire four years of high school, which was one hell of a revelation for someone who didn’t feel that old. I don’t like this.

It’s strange to think of how many things, big and little, have changed from 2007 when these kids were fresh-men and I was fresh out of college. Eric Gagne pitched for the Red Sox, Dustin Pedroia, Daisuke Matsuzaka and Jacoby Ellsbury were all rookies, Kevin Garnett and Ray Allen had never played for the Celtics, Randy Moss and Wes Welker had only played two games for the Patriots, there had never been a WHP hockey game, Ted Kennedy was still alive, so was Heath Ledger, there were no stupid Twilight movies, the recession hadn’t happened yet and I lived in blissful ignorance of the fact that somewhere in the world there was a person named Sarah Palin.

Oh what I wouldn’t give to have my Palin-less life back, and maybe all the money spent on broken cameras, but for the most part this job has been all good. It amazes me how much these kids have accomplished in three years between the league championships, sectional champion-ships, state races, national championships and whatever else. Hopefully, this class can finish on a high note after setting a pretty high standard during their first three years, and maybe they can take me with them. I tried to get my bosses to pay for me to go to Los Angeles when Nora Vas-concellos was in the X-Games, but for some reason they didn’t want to. Maybe if the cross-country teams head to Oregon for nationals, they will foot the bill for that. A guy can dream.

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The Pembroke volleyball team seems to have righted their ship just in time for their second swing through the Pa-triot League.

After losing three straight games at the end of September, the Titans have now reeled off three straight wins and capped their streak by avenging a home loss to Hanover with a 3-2 win over the Indians on the road Tuesday.

The Titans lost 3-1 to the Indians at Pembroke High School on Sept. 20 in what head coach Dave Rix said was one of the worst matches of the season. However, the Titans outlasted Hanover in back-and-forth matches, with every game decided by four points or less.

“It was a really well-played match,” Rix said. “I’ve been saying all year that we have a good mix of youth and veter-ans, and I think the youth has caught up and is ready to play in big moments.”

One of the young guns who

stepped up was sophomore Alana Atchinson, who domi-nated the middle with captain Lisa Higgins, as both had eight kills. Sophomore Lauren Tres-sel also had a good game serv-ing and adding defense from her outside hitter position.

“Lauren played great de-fense, and her serving was per-fect tonight,” Rix said. “Alana and Lisa had great games. Ev-erybody played well.”

Serving was also key for the Titans when they shut out the Whitman-Hanson Panthers

for the second time this season on Friday.

After winning 25-18, Pem-broke jumped up by 10 in the second set only to see the Pan-thers cut the lead to three at 15-12. However, Pembroke’s strong serving helped the Ti-tans pull away 25-19. Pem-broke then finished off the Panthers 25-16 in the final set.

“It just comes to now just getting a solid, consistent per-formance from the service line,” Rix said. “Everybody re-ally contributed today.”

Serving up a streakVolleyball tops Hanover to win third straight

Alana Atchinson tips the ball over the net against Whitman-Hanson. Atchinson continued her strong play at the net on Tuesday with eight kills and three blocks against Hanover.

VolleyBAllPembroke 3Whitman-Hanson 0

VolleyBAllPembroke 3Hanover 2

Photo by Dave Palana




For the past few years, the boys soccer team has got-ten just enough offense to let their talented defense carry them deep into the MIAA tournament.

The defense is strong again this year, but the of-fense just isn’t there.

The Duxbury Dragons shut out the Titans 2-0 at the high school Tuesday night, marking the fifth time this season Pembroke has left the pitch without scoring a goal.

“We scored against Hing-ham [last Thursday], which was a great goal, but we’re going to get any open shots

today,” head coach George Stagno said. “I give them credit, they played hard in the second half, but when we play a team like [Duxbury], we are looking for a 0-0 tie because we are not going to score.”

Though Pembroke was on the attack for most of the second half, the Titans strug-gled to put the ball into the box and find open players up the field.

“The skill level that we have up top is not there this year,” Stagno said. “We don’t have anybody that can take charge and maneuver the ball.”

Pembroke’s trouble in the box extended to the other end of the field as well on Tues-day. Duxbury earned a corner in the 34th minute and sent two shots at Pembroke keeper

Andrew Madden before Eric Larsen sent the third rebound into the net.

“They had four headers on that one goal, and that was the name of that,” Stagno said. “We’re struggling with being tough in the box against teams like that.”

The Dragons started the second half strong again but a collision between a Duxbury forward and Madden that forced the Titan keeper to the bench seemed to wake the Titans up. Pembroke went on the attack but could not get a shot on net, and a yellow card to captain Matt Sheehan seemed to put a damper on their intensity.

The Titans continued to press for the equalizer, but Duxbury was able to catch Pembroke on the attack, and Larsen nailed down the win with his second goal of the game.

The Titans fell to 4-8-1 on the season with the loss. They will play on the road in Scituate on Monday.

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CleAR! Captain Maggie Harrington smacks the ball away from the Pembroke net in the final min-utes of the Titans’ game against Norwell on Friday to preserve the scoreless tie and a point for Pembroke.

Titans tie Norwell to keep moving toward MIAA tourney


It may not have been the win the Titans were looking for after a 6-0 loss to Duxbury on Oct. 4, but they got what they needed at the high school against Norwell on Friday.

The Titans played the Clippers to a scoreless draw to earn a much-needed point and build momentum for a late-season push toward the MIAA tournament.

“Today was a good point for us,” head coach Bill Flynn said. “Norwell is a good team that has played teams in our league like Hingham and Ha-nover very well. So this was a good confidence-building point for us today.”

Pembroke controlled the pace of the game for most of the second half but saw their best scoring chance go by the boards when no one could knock the ball through the scrum in the final four min-utes. Goals have been coming at a premium for the Titans, who have lost three games

by two goals or less and have been shut out four times, but Flynn said picking up the tie against the Clippers was a big step forward.

“It’s been that way for us most of the year,” he said. “We seem to start out slow and then play better in the second half. The problem for us has been that we fall behind early and then we run out of time, but today wasn’t one of those games and I’m very pleased with that.”

Norwell made a quick charge down field in the fi-nal two minutes and got an open look on goal, but captain Brenda McAlear made the save and Pembroke got a big clear from Maggie Harrington to escape the danger.

The Titans improved to 4-6-2 with the tie and need 10 points in their final eight games to make the tourna-ment. Pembroke already owns wins over Middleboro, Sil-ver Lake and Taunton, whom they will play again down the stretch, and they will need to scrounge a win or a tie against Hingham, Bridgewater-Rayn-ham and Norwell to get back into the postseason after miss-ing it in 2009.

Trouble up front

FielD HoCKeyPembroke 0norwell 0

Duxbury shuts out boys soccer

Boys soCCeRPembroke 0Duxbury 2

TeRRiBle TWos: Tom Cahill (2) battles with Zach Gino (22) of Duxbury along the sideline. Cahill neutralized the Dragon for-ward all game, but the Titans couldn’t contain eric larsen, who scored both goals for Duxbury.



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