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PLAN PERUSAL: A voter reads through the proposal to change Pembroke to a town managerform of government as Town Government Study Committee member Tony Marino, background,explains why the committee feels the plan is a good idea for Pembroke.

Ton Meetng voters rejectproposed government cange

TOUGH SELL: Lew Stone, aselectman and member ofthe Town Government StudyCommittee, advocates for achange to a town managerform of government. The planfailed Tuesday night.

Potos by Becca Manning

Town Meeting coverage

• Voters reject docks bylaw,page 5.

• Mattakeesett St. projectbrought up twice but post-poned, page 3.

• Dogs banned from towncemeteries, page 8.

By Becca Manning, express staff [email protected]

With just two races on theballot this year, Town ClerkMary Ann Smith isn’t expect-ing a huge turnout to Satur-

day’s town elec-tion, estimatingthat about 1,200voters willshow up to pick

leaders for theDepartment of Public Works,Board of Health and other

boards.Polls will be open from 9

a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday at allve precincts.

“I’m expecting a low turn-out,” Smith said. “There’s only

Tw ac ntwn batLo trnot expected Satrday

Pembroke

votes

Polls will be open on Saturday,May 1 from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. atthe following locations:

• Precinct 1 — PembrokeTown Hall, 100 Center St.

•Precinct 2 and 4 — PembrokeCommunity Middle School,559 School St./Route 27

• Precinct 3 — BryantvilleElementary School, 29 GurneyDrive

• Precinct 5 — NorthPembroke Elementary School,72 Pilgrim Road

Who’s running? Check outthe Express’ guide to all townraces, contested and uncon-tested, starting on page 9.

2010 Town Election

continued on page 9


When looking for an EagleScout project, Pembroke HighSchool junior Jacob Skolnickdidn’t have to go far.

Tucker Preserve, whereSkolnick decided to focushis efforts, lies just down thestreet from his house and isone of his favorite places to gowalking.

“I just love this place. Myparents brought me up goingon the trail systems here,” saidSkolnick, 16.

Located off West ElmStreet, near Luddam’s Ford on

C t hmEagle opefl blds bences,

os at nearby Tcer Preserve

continued on page 20

BENCH TIME: Troop 105 BoyScout Jacob Skolnick tries out

one of two new benches hebuilt and installed at TuckerPreserve on West Elm Street aspart of his Eagle project.


A manager won’t be tak-ing over the day-to-day oper-ations of Town Hall anytimesoon. Annual Town Meet-

ing voters rejected a plan tochange Pembroke’s form of government, with a majorityvoting to “indenitely post-pone” the article.

The item was the sec-ond-to-last to come up at themeeting, held Tuesday nightat Pembroke High School. Atotal of 220 voters had signedin by 7:50 p.m., when themeeting ofcially got under-way.

Lew Stone, a selectmanand chairman of the TownGovernment Study Commit-

tee, said, though the commit-tee’s proposal failed, theirwork was not done.

“Of course I’m disap-pointed that we didn’t win.I think it’s the right thing forPembroke, and that hasn’tchanged mymind any,”

Stone said. “Ithink the jobof selectmanis to always be looking athow we can improve thingsin the town, and this just hap-pens to be about our currentgovernment structure. Thereare certainly other issues thatwe should be looking at, andI believe that is going to con-tinue to happen.”

Assessor Libby Bates,who sat on the rst govern-ment study committee in1997, was among several who

spoke against the change.continued on page 7

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By Mike tropeano,express contriButor

Mattakeesett isWompanoag for“place of much

sh,” which is what Pembrokebecomes when herring maketheir annual run through partsof our town. There are fewevents that dene Pembrokemore than the Grand Old Fash-ioned Fish Fry. The PembrokeHistorical Society’s signaturefundraiser will be held at theHerring Run on Sunday, May2 from 11a.m. to 3 p.m. Fami-lies can enjoy either a sh cakeor hot dog meal prepared byLori Murphy and staff of theBryantville Deli. This year’sevent chairman, Mark Neacy,is maintaining the ties to the

past, including the ever popu-lar duck races, while trying toadd some ideas to make theday an event to remember.

What brought you toPembroke? I believe it was anIsuzu SUV! Seriously, my wifeLynn and I moved to Pembrokein 1992. Her dad, George Os-borne Sr. (better known asOzzie) and her mom both grewup in the town before movingto Marsheld. When we werelooking for a place to live, wedecided Pembroke would bethe type of community wherewe wanted to raise our daugh-

ters, Jennifer and Caroline.How did you originallyget involved with the Pem-broke Historical Society? It was through Lynn and herrelationship with not only theprior generation of HistoricalSociety members through herdad but also the current coregroup of members who arecontinuing the tradition of theprevious generations. In thisdisposable society, it is criticalthat we preserve the past as welook to the future.

What is the history be-hind the Grand Ol’ Fish Fry?

In 1977, when Dick Keen waspresident, Alan Dunphy sug-gested at a meeting that theHistorical Society shouldhold a good old-fashionedsh fry on a Sunday in springwhen the herring made theirrun. The society carried outthe idea and an annual eventwas created. Here we are, 34

years later, hoping for the big-gest and best event to date. Ithas really turned into a day of family fun, with somethingfor everyone — cotton candy,face painting, balloons and theworld famous Captain Quack.

Bobby Hackett, who diedearlier this year, was a bigpart of the event for manyyears. What is your favoritememory of him? I’m glad youbrought up Bobby. He meantso much to the event and thetown. In recognition of hiscontribution over the years tothe sh fry, we are setting-up

a simple tribute to honor hismemory. We all remember himin his white chef’s hat standingbehind the grill cooking sh,leading his team and makingsure everyone was served awonderful meal.

What is your role withthis year’s event? Frankly,my role is to stay out of theway and let the volunteersdo their job. We have a greatcore group of members whohave been involved, many forseveral years, and have theplanning process down to asystem. I see my role as an op-

portunity to bring a fresh per-spective and create an environ-ment where new ideas to drivemembership and revenue arewelcome. All of us involvedwant to create a memorableevent for families to come andenjoy themselves while gain-ing a heightened perspectivearound the rich history of our

town. Since this is our largestfundraiser, the bottom line isto increase membership andrevenue.

Are there any new thingswe can expect at the Fish Fry? Something new this year willbe a silent auction with someneat items available for bid.For example, we have a pair of drumsticks used and signed byJoey Kramer from Aerosmith.Also, along with the RockyRun Band, we are excited tohave several extremely talent-ed musicians from PembrokeHigh School who will be per-

forming during the event.Where do all of the fundsraised go? All monies raisedgo to supporting the mission of the Historical Society, whichis to ‘preserve documents andartifacts of historic interest tothe town of Pembroke and ac-cept the responsibility of anyarticles or items entrusted tothe society for safe keeping orfor permanent placement.’ Weare dedicated to the preserva-tion of the history of Pembrokeand to perpetuate the interest,education, and support of thathistory. We own and manage

three historic buildings: theHistorical Society museumbuilding in the center of town;the Quaker Meeting House atthe corner of Routes 53 and139, which was built in 1703;and the Adah F. Hall House onBarker Street, which havingbeen built in 1685 is one of theoldest buildings in the area.

Fs Fry carman ready for best year everA vt wth Mak Nacy

FISH FRY TIME: Pembroke Historical Society member MarkNeacy is the chairman of this year’s Grand Ol’ Fish Fry, sched-uled Sunday, May 2 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Herring Runpark on Route 14. Poto by Mike Tropeano



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Though he reduced thenumber and the scope of theproject to just cover emer-gency drainage issues at theMattakeesett Street ball elds,

R e c r e a t i o nCommissionmember GregHanley wasunable to con-

vince Town Meeting to vote infavor of Article 8 in the specialTown Meeting.

Now, Hanley said he couldbe back in the fall requestingmore money.

“Here’s what’s going tohappen: Come fall, that prob-lem is going to be a $100,000

problem,” he said after themeeting.

The article would have au-thorized the town to borrow upto $50,000 to install a drainagesystem at the elds. Lack of drainage coupled with two re-cent hundred-year storms havecaused runoff onto the eldsand threaten the investmentthere, Hanley said.

The elds are maintainedby Pembroke Youth Baseballand were built through vol-unteer labor and donations.Along with the youth pro-gram, Pembroke High Schooland American Legion baseballteams play there.

“The Recreation Commis-sion a number of years ago pe-titioned the town to come for-ward and allow us to build ballelds with no taxpayer money,and Recreation has upheld itsend of the bargain. We haveproduced ball elds that havecost this town zero dollars,”Hanley said.

A town-approved bondfor fencing at the site is beingpaid back through user fees, hesaid.

“Now the town has an ob-ligation to fulll its part of theproject, and that is the infra-structure that is required,” hesaid. “What we have now is aproblem associated with drain-age that is physically washingaway the ball elds.”

When the article initiallycame up, Hanley did not speak

on it. After a few comments

from Selectman Don Anderson— who recommended the itembe put off until fall when thetown had a better idea of howmuch money it had leftover— the article went to a stand-ing vote, with 112 in favor of postponing it and 86 againstpostponement.

Hanley then made a mo-tion to reconsider the article,which was lost.

Hanley said he initiallydidn’t argue the point becausehe felt he had convinced theAdvisory Committee of the

project’s need.The committee originallyrecommended postponementbut on Tuesday voted in fa-vor of the project after Hanleyagreed to reduce the numberfrom $85,000 to $50,000 andonly do drainage work.

Anderson said the articleshould be taken up in the fallwhen other capital projects areconsidered.

“We have roads that havedrainage issues we’re going tohave to borrow for, roads thatpeople have to traverse. Everyone of us who came through

any part of Pembroke, I’msure, went over a pothole toget here,” Anderson said.

Fire Chief Jim Neenan saidhe could not support funding aeld project when he had tocut $82,000 from his depart-ment budget. He asked wheth-er FEMA funding would beavailable because Pembrokewas under a state of emergen-cy during the storms.

Hanley said FEMA of-cials had toured the site andthat it could be considered forrelief funding, but he didn’t

know when that might hap-pen.“We don’t know how long

those monies would take to getin. Quite frankly, we’re in anemergency situation,” he said.

But others argued now wasnot the time to spend money.

“I see a lot of my neigh-bors who can’t afford to buyoil or pay their taxes or paytheir water bills,” one resi-dent said. “Maybe in the fallthe money will be there, togive them $50,000 for paving.

Right now, a lot of people are

hurting. Maybe that $50,000could be used for other thingsat this moment.”

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AGAINST POSTPONEMENT: Voters stand to be counted againstpostponement of a special Town Meeting article that would haveauthorized the town to borrow $50,000 to install a drainage systemat the Mattakeesett Street ball fields. The article was postponed,and a motion to reconsider the issue failed.

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ter he was found in possession of two digitalcameras reported stolen in vehicle break-ins inHanson.

Robert P. Hayes, 18, of Standish Street wascharged with two counts of receiving stolenproperty in Plymouth District Court. A warrant

for his arrest was issued Monday.According to police reports, a relative

brought the cameras to the police station onSaturday, believing them to be stolen. The rela-tive told police that Hayes had attempted to sellthe cameras to her the night before.

After checking with Hanson police, ofcerstracked down the victims of two vehicle break-

ins there and had them come to the station,where both people identied the cameras as theones taken in the break-ins.

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friDAY, APril 164:59 a.m. Suspicious activity

reported on Toole Trail.

6:16 a.m. Motor vehiclecrash with over $1,000 in damagereported on Center Street.

8:30 a.m. Motor vehiclecrash with under $1,000 in dam-

age reported on Church Street.9:13 a.m. Disturbance re-

ported on Pilgrim Road.

10:45 a.m. Motor vehicle re-ported on Center and Mattakee-sett streets. Vehicle not found.

12:08 p.m. Suspicious motorvehicle reported on Kennie Lane.Vehicle not found.

3:41 p.m. Missing/lost prop-erty reported on Erickson’s Lane.

4:25 p.m. Larceny reportedon Spring Street.

11:06 p.m. Suspicious mo-tor vehicle reported on ChurchStreet. Area search negative.

11:36 p.m. Suspicious activ-ity reported on Oceanus Avenue.Peace restored.

sATurDAY, APril 1712:33 a.m. Disturbance re-

ported on Oceanus Avenue.

1:28 a.m. Motor vehiclecomplaint reported on West ElmStreet.

6:37 a.m. Suspicious vehiclereported on Edgewater Drive.

7:48 a.m. Suspicious activityreported on Plain Street.

9:47 a.m. Suspicious activ-ity reported on Pembroke WoodsDrive.

2:32 p.m. Animal complaintreported on Church Street.

2:35 p.m. Animal complaintreported on Pleasant Street.

3:16 p.m. Larceny/shoplift-ing reported on Church Street.

6:30 p.m. Animal complaintreported on Schoosett Street.

7:45 p.m. Vehicle complaintreported on Washington Street.

8:48 p.m. Vehicle complaintreported on Mattakeesett Street.

suNDAY, APril 186:56 a.m. Suspicious motor

vehicle activity reported on Pil-grim Road and Oak Street.

7:15 a.m. Fire incident re-ported on Wampatuck Street. Re-ferred to the re department.

10:21 a.m. Vehicle breakingand entering reported on Cham-pion Way.

1:21 p.m. Animal complaintreported on Oak Street.

1:43 p.m. Motor vehiclecrash with over $1,000 in damagereported on Water and Washing-ton streets.

2:10 p.m. Motor vehiclecrash with under $1,000 reportedon Church Street.

2:55 p.m. Suspicious vehiclereported on Sandy Lane. Personsent on his way.

5:12 p.m. Suspicious activityreported on Center Street.

8:53 p.m. Animal complaint

reported on Wampatuck Street.Animal not found.

10:51 p.m. Noise complaintreported on Spring Street.

MoNDAY, APril 198:23 a.m. Larceny reported

on Center Street.

10:10 a.m. Larceny reportedon West Elm Street.

10:21 a.m. Fire incident re-ported on Schoosett Street. Re-ferred to Fire Department.

10:26 a.m. Suspicious vehi-cle reported on Lowell Road.

1:11 p.m. Fraud reported onMattakeesett Street.

1:20 p.m. Domestic distur-bance reported on Cynthia Av-enue.

1:23 p.m. Trafc complaintreported on Pleasant Street.

1:27 p.m. Larceny reported

on Center Street.1:57 p.m. Animal complaint

reported on Barker Street.

7:13 p.m. Larceny reportedon Church Street.

7:15 p.m. Disturbance report-ed on Country Club Circle. Peacerestored.

9:27 p.m. Fire incident re-ported on Water Street. Referredincident to re department.

9:38 p.m. Motor vehiclecrash with over $1,000 in dam-age reported on Old WashingtonStreet.

9:57 p.m. Fire incident re-ported on Plymouth Street. Re-ferred incident to re department.

TuesDAY, APril 2012:03 a.m. Animal complaint

reported on High Street. Referredincident to animal control.

9:00 a.m. Motor vehicle crashwith under $1,000 in damage re-ported on Barker Street.

9:14 a.m. Suspicious mo-tor vehicle activity reported onChurch Street. Reported incidentto re department.

11:33 a.m. Hit and run crashreported on Learning Lane.

11:59 a.m. Residential break-in reported on Center Street.

2:59 p.m. Motor vehiclecomplaint reported on Pelham

Street.5:00 p.m. Bylaw violation re-

ported on Cynthia Avenue.

5:32 p.m. Animal complaintreported on Washington Street.

7:42 p.m. Disturbance re-ported on Schoosett Street.

11:08 p.m. Suspicious motorvehicle activity reported on OldChurch Street.

WeDNesDAY, APril 2112:24 a.m. Suspicious vehicle

reported on South Street.

1:15 a.m. Suspicious vehiclereported on Monroe Street.

12:00 p.m. Suspicious activ-

ity reported on Center Street.3:51 p.m. Suspicious vehicle

reported on Mattakeesett Street.

4:55 p.m. Annoying phonecalls reported on HobomockStreet.

5:32 p.m. Speeding com-plaint reported on Andrew Driveand Queensbrook Road.

THursDAY, APril 226:02 a.m. Residential vandal-

ism reported on Plain Street.

6:43 a.m. Suspicious mo-tor vehicle reported on ChurchStreet. Area search negative.

7:59 a.m. Miscellaneousvandalism reported on Learning

Lane.11:52 a.m. Illegal dumping

reported on Church Street.

1:27 p.m. Fire incident re-ported on Pleasant Street. Issuereferred to Fire Department.

5:35 p.m. Suspicious activityreported on Pleasant Street.

7:21 p.m. Fire incident re-ported on Wampatuck Street.

7:58 p.m. Suspicious activ-ity reported on Pembroke WoodsDrive.

10:48 p.m. Vehicle break-inreported on Old Oak Street.

Pammy’ DayPammy’s Day on the

Green in memory of formerRecreation Director PamRowell will be held on Satur-day, May 22 from 12-4 p.m.on the Town Green. Rain dateis Sunday, May 23, same time.The day will include many

children’s activities, arts andcrafts, music, face painting,food, a silent auction and more.Proceeds will benet the Pem-broke Skate Park Committee.To volunteer, donate an itemfor the silent auction or learnmore, call Kerri-Anne Rowell-Ford at 508-759-1070.

Fason Focsoffers fnal freeLades Ngt

The nal complimentaryLadies Night of the season atFashion Focus will be held onWednesday, May 5 from 7-8:30p.m. at the Fashion Focus stu-dio, 2 Columbia Road. Call781-826-0241 or e-mail Ma-ria Woods at [email protected] to reserve aspot. The evening will includea number of tips on poise, haircare, fashion and more plusskin care tips from Arbonne,samples of the newest colorsand styles from Tupperware, agold and platinum jewelry ex-

change (10 percent of proceedswill be donated to Fashion Fo-cus Against Bullying) and a va-riety of designer handbags byBella’s Accessories.

Smmer basetball sgn-psThe Pembroke Youth Basketball in-town summer rec-

reation league will have its sign-ups on Saturday, May 1from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. All sign-ups will be at the commu-nity center. Pembroke Youth Basketball’s summer program

is a recreational league for boys and girls entering grades4-12. The league is open to all children regardless of abil-ity. All games are played under the lights on the courts ad-

jacent to the community center.Registration costs are as follows: Single child, $65; two

children, $110; three children, $150. Enrollment is limitedby capacity, so enroll early. Parent volunteers are neededfor coaching positions and scorekeepers. Head coachesmay have one child’s registration fee ($65) waived.

For more information, call Robert Raleigh at 781-6969-3028 or e-mail [email protected]. Registration formsalso are available online at pembrokebasketball.net.

Trsday ngtvolleyball

A new co-ed adult volley-

ball program is being offeredThursdays from 7-9:30 p.m. atPembroke Community MiddleSchool gym through June 17.No games will be played onMay 27. All playing levelsare welcome. This program isstrictly for fun. Teams will becreated on a weekly basis de-pending on turnout. The pro-gram is free and open to adultPembroke residents. For moreinformation, call Sue Scrog-gins at 781-294-4366 or [email protected].






Pembroke residents do notwant a harbormaster.

Town Meeting voters madethat issue clear Tuesday nightduring discussion of a bylawthat would have required resi-dents to obtain annual permitsfor temporary docks, rafts andpiers.

Though proponents of thelaw said it would not create a

harbormaster— and it wasnot their inten-tion to do soin the future

— Town Meeting rejected thearticle by voting it be inde-nitely postponed.

Last spring, selectmenBill Boulter and Arthur Boylebrought a similar proposal toTown Meeting but asked vot-ers to postpone the article to al-low them to “ne-tune” it.

“We went over this quiteextensively with all the townsthat are surrounding here.We’ve talked to the DEP [De-partment of EnvironmentalProtection]. We’ve talked toa lot of people,” Boulter said.“We think that this is good forPembroke residents.”

But some disagreed.Phillips Road resident Jer-

ry Fusco, a former town water-ways superintendent, said thebylaw would cost Pembrokeresidents more than it wouldto register their docks with thestate.

Currently, under DEP rules,a property owner may applyfor a 15-year dock permit forbetween $55 and $125, de-pending on the size. A renewalfee for an additional 15 yearscosts just $28, Fusco said. Thestructure could be left in year-round, and the permit is trans-ferable by tax title — improv-

ing property values.“This [town] bylaw, over

15 years, will cost the residentsof Pembroke $375 plus fees,”Fusco said, referring to the $25annual permit fee outlined inthe proposal.

The bylaw also limitsstructures to no more than 200square feet (DEP’s limit is 600square feet) and restricts whendocks can be set out (after April1 and before Oct. 31). And thepermits are not transferable bytax title.

“This bylaw does not com-ply with [DEP rules] … and it

restricts your rights as a citizenof the Commonwealth — formore money,” Fusco said.

Queensbrook Road resi-dent Jerry Golden said the feewas “just another tax.”

Other residents said theyfelt the law was simply “moregovernment involvement.”

“We live on the pond; wetake good care of our pond; webelong to the Watershed Asso-ciation. If we see somethingin the water, we pull it out,”Taylor Point resident Paula

Munier-Lee said. “I see noreason for extra fees. To me,this is just opening the doorfor a harbormaster and moregovernment regulation and allkinds of bad news for my in-vestment.”

Lake Avenue residentDebbie Johnson questionedwho would enforce the law if the intent was not to hire a har-bormaster.

“My biggest concern is

someone has got to be payingfor the enforcement,” Johnsonsaid. “I totally disagree withthis.”

Boyle said as long as hewas selectmen he would not al-low a harbormaster to be hired.Meanwhile, he added, policeboat patrols are available andthe police chief can act as har-bormaster for major issues.

“This is not about hiringa harbormaster; it’s not abouthiring an assistant. It’s aboutpond safety; it’s about pondquality,” Boyle said. “Having

been involved with the Wa-tershed Association virtuallysince the day it started, I cantell you, nobody works harderto clean up their ponds thanthe residents of Pembroke.”

Boyle said the bylaw wasintended to help cover the costof removing docks when theycame loose and washed up onother people’s property. With-out a permit number attachedto the docks, there is no way of knowing who they belong to.

Boyle also said the lawwould help prevent neighbordisputes, because the maxi-mum size and location of thestructures would be regulated.

But Taylor Point Road res-ident Steve Stewart argued itseemed to encourage disputes.

“Just the tone of it encour-ages people to point ngersand look for violations as op-posed to working together,” hesaid. “I’ve been working hardat the end of my street to en-courage people to work witheach other. And we do clean upour pond fronts. This seems topit people against each other.”

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While the proposal out-lined certain duties, Bates feltit left out important details.

“The qualications speci-ed for this person are vague,

to the point where almost any-body could qualify,” she said.Bates argued that the town

administrator already wascharged with many of the du-ties recommended for a townmanager, including general su-pervision of department headsand screening candidates forTown Hall jobs.

“So what are we reallygaining?” Bates asked. “Hasthe Government Study Com-mittee offered any real evi-dence of how this is going tosave the town money and timebeyond the tools that we al-ready have at our disposal?”

Bates suggested a com-mittee be developed to study atown charter — instead of thecurrent system of bylaws —before revisiting this issue.

“I believe this is an over-reaction to some problems thathave occurred in the last cou-ple of years within specic de-partments in Town Hall. Cre-ating this position at this timeand in this way is like buyinga new car when you have a attire,” Bates said.

Several other town of-

cials spoke against the plan, in-cluding Fire Chief Jim Neenan— who said he “couldn’t bemore against this” but did notspecify why — and Depart-ment of Public Works Com-missioners Jim Kilcommonsand Hank Daggett.

Kilcommons argued thatthe DPW had made greatstrides over his 20 years in of-ce and that the change wouldtake all power away from aboard that helped guide the de-partment to where it is today.

“We seem to be the experts,but these people think that theyhave the power to take overevery department in the town— not to your advantage,” Kil-commons told voters.

But study committee mem-ber Brian Krause argued thatthe plan would not changethe commissioners’ role thatmuch.

“We wouldn’t be recom-mending [this change] if wedidn’t feel that the DPW direc-

tor and employees deservedas much credit for the perfor-mance of that organization asthe DPW commissioners do,”Krause said. “The change inthe DPW commissioners isonly from the day-to-day op-erations to advisory.”

Jeanne Gigliotti, whoworks in the assessor’s ofce,also opposed the change.

“I nd it very hard to be-lieve that one person is goingto be able to take care of theentire Town Hall. I think thedepartment heads right nowhave a lot better understand-ing of what goes on in theirdepartments,” she said.

Others felt it was not thetime to increase costs — studycommittee members estimatedthe manager’s salary wouldcost up to $15,000 more thanthe town administrator — andsaid the committee had not ex-plained where the town mightsave money in the future.

Stone said the $15,000 in-crease suggested by the com-mittee included the average$10,000 more in salary report-ed by towns that have a man-ager plus the cost of hiring anoutside rm to search for theright person.

Krause said other towns

the committee had interviewedhad reported a “slowed rateof spending” over time after

switching to a manager.“It’s beyond the scope of

our job as a committee to rec-ommend specic line item cutsand changes to the budget as aresult of this,” he said. “It is alittle bit of a faith, but it’s not

that far of a reach to assumethat once someone actuallygains control it becomes veryclear where we’ll be able topull some savings.”

Other than study commit-tee members, only one personspoke in favor of the plan.

Gerry Dempsey, a for-mer Zoning Board of Ap-peals member, said he felt thechange would help keep Pem-broke modern.

“Very few times in life dowe have the opportunity tomake a profound change in the

way government operates,”he said. “It all comes downto how we want town govern-ment to operate. It should beefcient, it should be modernand it should be operating onthe wishes of the people. Thereare times in life when you haveto have some faith, and this isthe time to do it.”

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When it comes to towncemeteries, there are no dogsallowed.

The ruling became of-cial Tuesday night when Town

Meeting ap-proved anamendment tothe town leashlaw that bans

dogs both on and off a leashfrom being in cemeteries.

The article was the last oneon the docket, approved by amajority hand vote shortly be-fore 11 p.m.

The law codies a policy

approved by the Department of Public Works commissioners inDecember, which banned peo-ple from walking their dogs incemeteries but allowed peoplevisiting graves to bring pets.

The bylaw does not in-clude this provision; however,proponent Arthur Boyle, a se-lectman, said the law was notintended to bar residents whohad a legitimate purpose inbringing their pets to the cem-etery.

An amendment on TownMeeting oor added language

to allow guide dogs into thecemeteries.

“The DPW Commissionerswere most gracious in banningdogs from cemeteries in Pem-broke at the request of several

people, including the widow of a police ofcer, the parents of a war hero and several others,”Boyle said. We unfortunatelycan’t control what dogs do.We can control the people whohave them on leashes or not on

leashes.”Boyle said he was recom-

mending the policy becomea bylaw to ensure it stays inplace.

“We put this on to make ita bylaw because, as the com-missioners change, the feelingsmay change as well,” he said.“It is serious business to those

that have a loved one there.”Resident Carol Mont ini-tially wrote a letter to select-men asking for the policychange. Mont, whose husbanddied about two years ago, saidshe visits the cemetery everyday.

“It breaks my heart to seea dog lift its leg on a stone, tosee a dog crouching or defecat-ing on somebody’s grave,” shesaid. “It’s not a dog park. Thereare other places to walk dogs.”

Mont said she had been toldby DPW commissioners thatsigns telling people to clean up

after their dogs and keep themon a leash would be changed tosay “no dog walking” but thatit had not happened.

DPW Commissioner HankDaggett said the board had

been waiting to see if TownMeeting approved the bylawbefore changing the signs.

The Advisory Committeerecommended the article bepostponed.

“It’s a serious situation,

and it’s not appropriate forpeople to desecrate the cem-etery; however, that is a moralresponsibility for people thatown dogs, and I don’t believe

it rises to the level of a townbylaw,” Advisory Committeemember Linda Peterson said.

Advisory member AnneMarie Stanton questioned how

the bylaw would be enforced,as there was no penalty listed.Boyle said the penalty

would be the same as under theleash law — a $50 ne per in-cident.

But, he added, “We’re notlooking to punish people.”

“Twenty-three percent of the town is open space. Youcan’t walk dogs at the HerringRun. You can’t walk the dogsat a ball eld. You sure as hellshouldn’t be able to walk themin the cemetery,” Boyle said.“That’s just a disgrace.”

Last summer, the Con-

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“It breaks my heart to see a dog lift its leg on a stone, to seea dog crouching or defecating on somebody’s grave. [A cem-

etery] is not a dog park. There are other places to walk dogs.”

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Atotal of 220 reg-istered votersshowed up to the

annual Town Meeting onTuesday night at PembrokeHigh School.

Longtime town modera-tor John Walsh showed up toofcially open the meeting —his 60th annual Town Meeting—and to lead the Pledge of Allegiance. Walsh retired lastyear and was succeeded byStephen Dodge, who ran Tues-day’s meeting.

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THANKS FOR SERVING:Selectman Arthur Boylepresents Selectman DonAnderson with an award forhis three years of service onthe board. Anderson has optednot to run for re-election.

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two competing races on theballot, plus it’s First Commu-nion in town, and it’s soccerseason and baseball season.I’m putting 400 ballots at eachprecinct, and I think we’re

going to be lucky if we havemuch more than that.”

An average election drawsaround 2,000 to 2,500 voters,Smith said.

In the 2009 town elec-tion, a total of 1,586 residentsvoted. The ballot then featuredcontested races for selectman,moderator, Planning Boardand Board of Assessors. Thatturnout, including absenteevoters, accounted for about 20percent of registered voters,according to Smith.

By comparison, the Jan.

19, 2010 special state electionto ll the late Ted Kennedy’sseat drew about 60 percentof Pembroke voters — aboutthree times the turnout of theDec. 8 special state primary.And the November 2008 pres-idential election drew about 82percent of voters.

On this year’s town ballot,

voters will see two contestedraces: DPW CommissionerHenry “Hank” Daggett is run-ning for re-election to his three-year term against PlanningBoard member Paul Whitman,and new candidates Vincent

Flaherty and Thomas Driscollare vying for one three-yearterm on the Board of Health.Current Board of Health mem-ber Scott MacInnes has optednot to run for re-election.

In the selectmen’s race,Greg Hanley, a former Zoning

Board of Appeals member andcurrent Recreation Commis-sion chairman, is running un-opposed for a three-year termcurrently held by SelectmanDon Anderson, who is not run-ning for re-election.

School Committee mem-ber Patrick Chilcott is runningunopposed for a second three-year term on his board.

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By the numbers: Pembroke voter turnout

Here’s a look at how many Pembroke voters showed up at the pollsover the past two years:

Election # of voters Percent turnout

May 2008 Town Election 2,382 not available

Nov. 2008 Presidential election 9,564 82 percent

May 2009 Town Election 1,586 20 percent

Dec. 2009 Special state primary 2,174 20 percent

Jan. 2010 Special state election 7,605 60 percent

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My wife Jen and I have built ourhome and started our family herein Pembroke. Like many of my

neighbors, I share a concern for the quality of water in our ponds, cleanliness and food safetyin our stores and schools and support an expan-

sion of the low interestseptic upgrade program.Although the Board of

Selectmen has taken overthe trash and recyclingfunction for the town, Iwould still like the Boardof Health to be active inencouraging recycling.

As of right now, I aman alternate on the Zon-ing Board of Appeals as

well as a member of the Solid Waste and Re-cycling Committee. I also am a member of theMassachusetts Air National Guard.

Do you support the Board o Selectmen’s decision to transer oversight o solid waste and recycling programs to the town administrator and selectmen? I agree with the Board

of Selectmen taking over the solid waste andrecycling, as it is done in many towns throughthe board or through the local DPW. The Boardof Selectmen now must improve services andrecycling and get the costs under control. Af-ter looking at a single-stream recycling system,I think that this way may be the best way to go.I know that other towns have done a “pay asyou throw” system, and I have looked at howthe this system works. I think this might be anoption as well.

What do you think is the biggest health- related issue acing the town currently, and what would you do to address it? The most im-

mediate issue facing Pembroke and the healthboard in the near future is the anticipated recordnumber of mosquitoes due to the recent heavyrains and now an abundance of standing wa-ter. As we know, mosquitoes carry disease andare a general nuisance in the good weather. Iwould favor an advisory system through the lo-cal news media and the public cable TV chan-nels. I would also request Plymouth Countymosquito control to step up local spraying.

Do you eel the town appropriately handled a recent situation in which a Board o

Health clerk was notifed o her layo due toeconomic reasons via a letter delivered to her

home by police? Do you eel steps should be taken to make Board o Health activity more transparent? I only am familiar with the situ-ation based on what I have read in the newspa-pers and am not familiar with the town’s em-ployee contractual obligations. But, yes, I dofeel it was handled the right way.

As for transparency, having sat in on acouple of meetings, I think that it’s very open.I would like to see more meetings shown oncable television —perhaps the Board of Healthone week, the ZBA another, and so on.

THE DRISCOLL FILE

Name: Thomas J. Driscoll (Tommy)

Address: 21 Cedar Terrace

Family: Married to Jennifer; father of three:Thomas, Matthew and Maggie

Lived in Pembroke: 4 years

Prior offices/government experience: Alternatemember on the Zoning Board of Appeals, mem-

ber of the Solid Waste and Recycling Committeeand currently serving with the Massachusetts AirNational Guard

TOMMY DRISCOLL

BoArD of HeAlTH — 3-YeAr TerM

D o you support the Board o Select-

men’s decision to transer oversight o solid waste and recycling

programs to the town administrator and selectmen? My concern with the proposed changeis the citizens’ loss of oversight and control of

one of the largest operat-ing costs placed upon thecitizens of Pembroke. Be-fore, all costs were con-tained within the Board of Health budget. Thus, theboard was aware of andcould question any and allincreases in the operatingcosts.

With selectmen taking

over, the operating costswill be lost in the general tax rate. In addition,what will become of the seven part-time/tem-porary staff members now working at the recy-cling center? Are they to become town employ-ees? Will they be given the same benets townemployees are entitled to?

At present, I do not have a problem withtown curb-side pick-up, as this is a bidding pro-cess. Recycling has to be user-friendly for ourtown citizens. I would look at other towns as totheir achievements in recycling.

What do you think is the biggest health-re-lated issue acing the town currently, and whatwould you do to address it? All issues related tohealth are extremely important, as evident this

year with the H1N1 u epidemic. The Boardof Health should be prepared for all possiblehealth-related concerns and present a continu-ing effort to expand or correct present issues. Iwould strive to enhance upon our water resourc-es, as in drinking and recreational. In addition,I would work to improve septic systems around

ponds, which have an effect on water quality. Do you eel the town appropriately handled

a recent situation in which a Board o Health clerk was notifed o her layo due to econom-ic reasons via a letter delivered to her home by

police? Do you eel steps should be taken to make Board o Health activity more transpar-ent? Use of a town’s police department to notifyan employee that they are losing their job due toa layoff, no matter what the reason, in my opin-ion is a misuse of our police department. It is anembarrassing situation for the employee, and Isuspect the patrolmen who had to deliver thisletter. Without a doubt, I believe that all Boardof Health activities must be transparent andmade public when requested.

THE FLAHERTY FILE

Name: Vincent Flaherty

Address: 205 West Elm Street


Prior offices/government experience: Currentlyhealth agent for the town of Hanson; formermember of the Pembroke Board of Health (twoterms)

VINCENT FLAHERTY

The Pembroke Educa-tion Foundation is now ac-cepting nominations for the2010 PEF Teacher of the Yearaward. Deadline to submit aname is June 15. Individualsmay nominate any teacheras long as they teach full-time in the Pembroke PublicSchool system. The Teacher

of the Year will receive $500in the form of a grant that theteacher can direct in any wayhe or she wants. Nominationforms are available online atpembrokeeducationfounda-tion.org.

The Pembroke EducationFoundation started in 2003when a group of concerned

citizens came together to re-spond to years of educationalbudget cuts that forced theschools to eliminate essentialprograms. Their goal remainsto support the Pembrokeschool system in its commit-ment to bring the best thateducation has to offer to thechildren of Pembroke.

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Istarted with the Water Department whenthe DPW came into existence. I ran forthe commissioner seat and have been

there for 22 years representing the town of Pembroke. I also workedfor the Pembroke FireDepartment for 34 years.

I am running for re-election because I have

sidewalk projects thathave been surveyed andengineered that I wish tosee completed. Stimulusmoney has been allocat-ed to the town for side-walks from the center of town to Learning Lane,

Route 14 sidewalks, and from Maquan Streetto Bryantville Center. I also have started a ve-year water improvement program for distribu-tion maintenance.

Do you support the Department o PublicWorks’ plan to relocate ofces to a renovated

building on Glenwood Road? Yes, I do supportthe move to Glenwood Road. Water payments

are made at the Town Hall, calls will come tothe new ofce, and our department will havemore room — so will the Town Hall instead of

going for a third oor and new elevator.

Pembroke has had a ew issues with brownwater and E. coli over the past two years. How

do you think these issues were handled by the Department o Public Works, and do you eel there is something more that should be done to better protect the town’s drinking water supply? The DPW worked with state ofcialsto determine how to remedy the E. coli problemthat occurred. There was an article at the TownMeeting requesting a general maintenance planfor the water towers to be cleaned at a mini-mum of every two years. A request is also be-

ing made to install an agitation device insidethe towers, which should help with the brownwater problem.

My husband and I moved to Pembroke in 2001. Itturned out to be one of the best decisions of ourlives. This is a beautiful town, and we feel fortu-

nate to be a part of this community.I am running to keep my seat on the Board of Health so I can

continue to help the residents of Pembroke successfully resolveany issues they may have that requires ourhelp. [Cytrynowski was appointed last year

to ll a vacant seat on the board.] It is fullling when a residentcomes in with a concern and we are able to give them help andoptions that sometimes they didn’t know they had. Most peoplewho come before the board leave satised and feel we have close-ly listened to their concerns andhave been fair. In addition tohelping residents with septic is-sues, we play an important rolein keeping the town, specically

its ponds, clean.It is important to be in-volved with town governmentbecause you can really make apositive impact by becomingactive. I live in Pembroke andlove this town. I want to seethe ponds cleaned up, the feesremain low and the town retainits character. The only way toachieve these goals is through action, not just words. I have hadthe pleasure of working in various capacities with many dedicat-ed people in Pembroke, and I am condent our town is blessedwith many who invest time and resources striving to keep it abeautiful place to live, work and raise children.

BoArD of HeAlTH — 1-YeAr TerM

THE CYTRYNOWSKI FILE

Name: Elizabeth Cytrynowski(Liz)

Address: 35 Cranberry Lane

Lived in Pembroke: 9 yearsPrior offices/governmentexperience : Current mem-ber of the Board of Health,Pembroke Republican TownCommittee and RecyclingCommittee; former boardmember of the Plymouth AreaCoalition for the Homeless

DPW CoMMissioNer — 3-YeAr TerM

THE DAGGETT FILE

Name: Henry A. Daggett (Hank)

Address: 46 Four Winds Drive

Family: Married to Doris; father of eight: Denise,Lisa, Julia, Jennifer, Andrew, Ann, Linda andCheryl


Prior offices/government experience: 22 yearson the DPW and Water Department

HANK DAGGETT

Ibelieve that my years of experience on the PlanningBoard, working with developers on new subdivisionsand site plans, will enable me to bring a new and better

way of working with the other boards and commissions withinthe town. I also believe that keeping thepublic well informed of the daily andlong-term projects that the DPW is in-volved in is of extreme importance. It isa fact that water and road issues are ma-

jor concerns to the citizens of this town;my personal and professional experiencewill allow me the ability to address theseissues. I work as an electrician for Mas-sachusetts General Hospital in Boston.I have been a licensed electrician since1988 and have worked on many com-mercial and industrial construction sites

throughout Massachusetts, including experience in sewer/waterltration.

Do you support the De- partment o Public Works’ plan to relocate ofces to a renovated building on Glen-wood Road? I believe that thecitizens of Pembroke would

be much better served if theDepartment of Public Worksremained at Town Hall. Thisallows taxpayers of this townto have all of their needs metin one location. Furthermore,I feel the entire issue surround-ing the renovation project of the Glenwood facility was undertaken in an inappropriate man-ner. In these times of scal uncertainty, the money spent on thisbuilding should have been used more wisely.

Pembroke has had a ew issues with brown water and E. coli over the past two years. How do you think these issueswere handled by the Department o Public Works, and do you

eel there is something more that should be done to better protect the town’s drinking water supply? I believe that the Water

Department is working hard to correct problems with brownwater caused by poor circulation of water within water tanksand water lines throughout town. When E. coli was suspectedin the town water supply, I sincerely believe that the depart-ment should have sounded a warning sooner so the public couldhave been aware that tests had shown some bacteria in the sys-tem. This would have enabled citizens with medical conditionsto make changes with their day-to-day use of the town watersupply. However, I do feel that once E. coli was conrmed theWater Department worked hard to locate the cause and ush thesystem.

LIZ CYTRYNOWSKI

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THE WHITMAN FILE

Name: Paul Whitman

Address: 7 Mira Mesa Drive

Family: Married to Mary;

father of two: Marianne andJoanne


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THE HICKEY FILE

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Iam running for Board of Selectmen be-cause I want to make an impact on thedecision making of government on is-

sues affecting the quality of life of my family,friends and neighbors. I think everybody wholives in Pembroke has a common goal of mak-

ing sure that we have thebest quality of primarytown services in terms of

public safety, public worksand public education, as areceipt for the taxes wepay and the aid we receivefrom the Commonwealth.

It is a town’s “livabil-ity” factor that makes atown desirable to peoplewho may want to settle

in town, and it is those secondary services thatdifferentiate living in one town versus another.By being involved with the Recreation, Wageand Personnel and Zoning boards, and now theHousing Authority, I believe that my involve-ment has had a direct impact on the decisionmakers as to how our local aid and taxes arespent with respect to the priorities of its resi-

dents. Running for Board of Selectmen is thenext logical step for me.

What do you think should be done with the community center? I think the town shouldadopt the recommendations of the CommunityCenter Task Force. Back in 2003, selectmencommissioned a group of residents and townofcials to come up with a master plan for thecommunity center. At Town Meeting two yearslater, the town voted to appropriate $25,000to hire a consultant and help produce a masterplan that was submitted for the town’s reviewin 2007 and has yet to be acted upon. In light of the recent request by Advisory for emergencyrepairs to the building’s exterior, the time hascome to act upon the recommendations of the

Task Force and build a new community center.I feel the town would be making a terrible

mistake to continue a band-aid approach to aheart attack situation. Deferred maintenanceon the building has forced the hand of town of-cials to make a decision on weatherproongthe building to protect it from further deterio-ration that could render the building unusable.Before expending valuable tax dollars on thislatest remedy, one must consider the aging sys-tems on the interior of the building like heating,plumbing, cooling and electrical that all needto be upgraded, and look at the situation in itsentirety. Before we spend another dollar at thecommunity center in repair, we should reallyweigh the cost alternatives so that the taxpayers

get the best return of investment for their tax

dollars.What is your take on the Government

Study Committee’s proposal to change Pem- broke to a town manager orm o government?Town manager form of government is a moredesirable way of doing business because of the

efciency and timeliness of decision-makingprocesses. The committee should be commend-ed for conducting a referendum on the matterfor the people to vote on. There are a coupleamendments that I would have liked to see in-cluded in the article.

First, I propose that board members be ap-pointed as opposed to being elected. Grandfatherevery current elected board member and allowthem to serve the town in an appointed manner.It has been my experience while representingthe Recreation Commission on the various proj-ects over the last seven years before some of theelected boards, that we were delayed unneces-sarily due to political ideology and not substan-tive grounds. Politicians get elected. It is onlynatural that an elected ofcial represent his/

her constituency; however, Pembroke residentsget a better shake when a board answers to thelaws and regulations that enable and empower aboard to govern.

The second amendment I would have likedto see adopted is in the contract term of the townmanager. I rmly believe that, in order to attract aqualied applicant, you need to offer a competi-tive package of wage and benets to a candidatethat offers security. Having said that, I feel that acontract term should be renewable by selectmenannually. If the person’s performance is high,then he or she should be compensated. Do notreward a manager because they were fortunatein securing a job based on their reputation in aprevious community. Reward a manager based

on measured categories of performance.

THE HANLEY FILE

Name: Gregory Hanley (Greg)

Address: 18 MacKenzie Orchard

Family: Married to AnnMarie; father of four:John, Kerri-Ann, Erin and Margaret


Prior offices/government experience: FormerQuincy City Councillor; current chairman of the

Recreation Commission and Wage and PersonnelBoard; former chairman of the Zoning Boardof Appeals; current member of the PembrokeHousing Authority and CommonwealthMassachusetts Board of Examiners for Plumbersand Gas Fitters; general manager of PembrokePost 143 American Legion Baseball team; FourthDegree member of the Pembroke Knights ofColumbusGREG HANLEY

BoArD of seleCTMeN — 3-YeAr TerM

Ihave lived in the town of Pembroke foralmost 40 years, moving from Dorcesterwith four young children in 1970. My

rst home was on B Street, and I moved to mycurrent home on Forest Street in 1973. I was

working at the HobomockArena when I learned of aposition with an appraisalrm. I worked for the J.M. Cleminshaw Revalu-ation Company for twoyears until the Pembrokeofce closed. That posi-

tion gave me the neces-sary experience to applyfor a temporary job inthe Pembroke assessor’s

ofce. The in-house revaluation of real estatevalues was the project name, and the job lastedabout a year.

I was fortunate to have been hired as a full-time permanent employee in the assessor’s of-ce after the revaluation was completed. I spenta year as the assessor’s clerk and became the as-sistant assessor in 1985. In 1988, I accepted mycurrent position as assessor/appraiser in the townof Hanson. In January 1989, I was appointed toll a vacancy on the Board of Assessors and

have been a member of the board since then.Running for re-election to the Board of As-

sessors is my way of giving back to the town.The majority of my assessing education wasmade possible by the town of Pembroke. I havebeneted immensely from my former employ-ment in Pembroke, and I will continue to sharemy knowledge and experience with my peers inthe assessor’s ofce and on the board.

BoArD of Assessors — 3-YeAr TerM

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THE LONG FILE

Name: Cynthia Long (Cindy)

Address: 130 Forest Street

Family: Mother of six; grandmother of 20


Prior offices/government experience: Full-timeassessor/appraiser for the town of Hanson, chair-man of the Pembroke Board of Assessors, mem-ber of the Mass. Association of Assessing Ofcers,member of the Plymouth County AssessorsAssociation and member of the Farmers ValuationTechnical Subcommittee. Former member of theCommunity Center Reuse Committee and the275th Anniversary Committee, Camp Fire leader,Pembroke Youth Hockey team mother, memberof the Pembroke Youth Hockey Board of Directorsand Eucharistic minister at St. Thecla Parish





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Iam running for re-election because the student, the tax-payer and the family should always be represented intown government. We as a district have come a long

way in three years. We hired a superintendent ready to bringus to the next level. We have expandedour curriculum work, further integratingwhat our kids learn across one grade levelin all schools, as well as better integra-tion of the curriculum from grade level to

grade level. We have expanded our nearts programs, our athletic programs andour advanced placement offerings. Wehave retained class sizes envied by manytowns on the South Shore. In a scal en-vironment where towns are eliminatingtheir athletic programs, closing schools

and laying off teachers, we in Pembroke are expanding ourclass offerings, furthering our curriculum work, supporting ourathletes and musicians and have held onto our teachers. I amrunning to continue this work, further our successes and ensuremy children and yours have the best public education we cangive them.

How do you think Pem- broke Public Schools has ared over the past fve years, and what would youlike to see accomplished in

the next fve? What a differ-ence ve years makes. Fiveyears ago, our PembrokeSchool district was at itsinfancy as a K-12 district.With the many challenges of putting together a K-12 dis-trict, the school district wasalso recovering from recenteliminations of art, musicand gym due to severe s-cal problems early in the de-cade. Our class sizes regu-

larly saw elementary classes28-32. Today, we have aschool district that is thriv-ing, with class sizes rangingfrom 19-25. We have a teamon the school committeeworking together cohesively to deliver a well planned, scallyresponsible program for a variety of kids.

With a strong advanced placement program, great extra-curricular offerings, and a huge sports program, Pembroke haseverything a student may want. We have made enormous stridesin developing and integrating our curriculum, we are assessingkids locally and not waiting for MCAS and we are focused ondata and making decisions with a longer term view. We as acommittee work with the administration to focus on long-rangenancial, capital and educational planning. We have focused on

delivering technologies, like Power School, to give parents moretools to be active participants in the education of their children.We have protected our classrooms through prioritization. Whilemany towns are reducing programs and laying off teachers, weare making smart priority choices and cutting in a surgical wayto protect education, classrooms and teaching positions.

The next ve years will bring new and potentially greaterchallenges. We were successful to bring to the town a budgetthat is $625,000 less for the coming year than this year. The nextve years will need to see focus on increasing economic re-sources; we will have regulatory and curriculum demands fromthe state and federal government, and we will need to watchour student enrollment. Our long-range planning has shown aneed to focus on building maintenance and eld maintenance.We will have technology needs. Changes to student enrollment(that have not decreased as some may have thought) will also

bring new challenges. The Commonwealth continues to pushunfunded mandates to our school system, and the more the stategovernment wants to be involved in our schools, the more dif-cult it is for local districts to be innovative. Academically, ourcurrent student body has given us great insight into their fu-ture needs. There is a greater need to add to foreign languageand computer resources and strengthen our math and guidancecapabilities. However, if there is one thing our current SchoolCommittee has proven, it is that, with collaboration, coopera-tion, scally conservative values and the trust of the commu-nity, we do accomplish great things. The challenges of the nextve years will become the opportunities of the next ve years.They will afford our children and those who come after them agreat public education.

THE CHILCOTT FILE

Name: Patrick M. Chilcott

Address: 66 Four Winds Drive

Family: Married to Sabrina;father of three: Teaghan, Tessand Olivia


Prior offices/government expe-rience: School Committeemember for three years, currentvice chairman; elected memberof the Pembroke RepublicanTown Committee; former mem-

ber of Pembroke DemographicsCommittee (2005-07); active inHobomock Elementary School;member of Knights of Columbus

and Pembroke WatershedAssociation; longtime activemember of South Shore YMCA

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Iam a long-term resident of Pembrokeand a product of the Pembroke schoolsystem. After several years living in

adjoining towns, I moved back to Pembrokein 2006. I have been in the banking and nan-cial industry since 1989. For the last 10 years,

I was vice president forbusiness developmentat a small community

bank and am excited tohave recently accepted aposition with RocklandTrust. I have been activein many local chambersof commerce, SouthShore Chamber of Com-merce Ambassadors,South Shore Hospital’sLINKS, Duxbury Art

Association, Scituate Animal Shelter and manyother charitable organizations.

I was raised with a strong respect for com-munity and public service and therefore was

looking for a position where I could do some-thing for the community I live in. My back-ground in the nancial industry working withbusinesses and developers to arrange nanc-ing for projects should assist me with the in-tense learning curve necessary for the PlanningBoard position.

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THE TAYLOR FILE

Name: Daniel Taylor (Dan)

Address: 23 Felicia Terrace


DAN TAYLOR

PlANNiNG BoArD — 1-YeAr TerM

Ihave been a library patron in Pembrokesince moving to town and have been sohappy to be a part of the changes in our

library over the years. My career and current po-sition as the area director of the Greater Boston

Ofce of the Departmentof Developmental Servic-

es has rened and increased the administrativeand scal knowledge that I bring to my role aslibrary trustee.

It has been a privilege to be involved withthe Pembroke Public Library, both as a trusteeand as a member of the Library Building Com-mittee. As a community, we are fortunate tohave a lovely and functional building, wonder-ful staff, a collection that has been in the processof growing over time and an array of interestingand challenging programs. I consistently hear

such positive comments from library patrons;these reinforce the direction of the work we aredoing. The support from the town of Pembrokefor the library has been outstanding, and I wouldconsider it an honor to be able to continue in thisposition.

Iwas appointed to the Planning Board

in December 2009 to ll the vacancyof Joe Mulkern, who resigned. I waselected as a sewer commissioner in Scituate in

1974 and served for oneyear until the sewer de-partment was incorporat-ed into the Public WorksDepartment.

I am a constructionprofessional with ap-proximately 49 years of experience. Most of myexperience has involvedsite work, which is whatthe Planning Board isconcerned with. In May

of last year, I applied to be appointed to thePlanning Board and was not selected. But, at

the suggestion of the Board, I attended everymeeting of the Planning Board to get a feel forhow the system operated in anticipation of Joeretiring.

I am running for this position because I feelthat my construction experience will be an as-set to the board and, because I am semi-retired,

I have more time to be available.



TOM IRVING

THE IRVING FILE

Name: Thomas W. Irving (Tom)

Address: 275 Valley Street

Family: Married to Sharon; father of seven;grandfather of 18 (19th due in August); great-grandfather of one


Now that the town has metthe state requirement of 10percent affordable housing

for communities — a major accom-plishment for atown our size,I may add — Iwould ask thevoters to supportme in building a“greener” com-munity. I’m run-

ning for ofcebecause I wouldlike to have theopportunity to

continue to contribute my public ser-vice to the town of Pembroke.

BRIAN VANRIPER

THE VANRIPER FILE

Name: Brian K. VanRiper

Address: 27 High Street

Family: Married to Debra; father of three


Prior offices/government experience: Two terms on thePlanning Board; former chairman of the Strategic PlanningCommittee and Community Center Task Force; current mem-ber of the Affordable Housing Committee and CommunityPreservation Committee; former member of the MasterPlan Committee, Center Courts Construction Committee,

Planning Board Center Plaza Subcommittee; founder andformer chairman of Summer Ball, summer basketballleague for boys; former Pembroke Youth Basketball coach,chairman and coach for Silver Lake Pop Warner Footballand founder and coach for Pembroke Basketball Club, firstPembroke traveling basketball program for boys

liBrArY TrusTee — 3-YeAr TerM

KATHLEEN CATANO

THE CATANO FILE

Name: Kathleen Catano

Address: 35 Liane Way

Family: Married to Vincent; mother of three:Caroline, James and Sarah

Lived in Pembroke: 35 yearsPrior offices/government experience: LibraryTrustee, Pembroke Library Building Committee

liBrArY TrusTee — 3-YeAr TerM

As a mom, higher education administrator and for-mer teacher, I see the positive inuence of readingfrom an early age on the students with whom I work

and live. A library is more than books, and the PembrokeLibrary has much to offer: computers and resources for job

seekers, creative outlets such asbook groups, yoga classes and

story times, meeting rooms for clubs and organizations,free DVD and CD rentals, books on tape and CDs and re-search materials thatare available 24/7.These are just a fewof the offerings of our library. I wouldlike to continue inmy role as trustee tohelp ensure they re-main available to allPembroke residents.

MARY BETH COURTRIGHT

THE COURTRIGHT FILE

Name: Mary Beth Courtright

Address: 77 Fairwood Drive

Family: Married to Anson; mother oftwo: Aidan and Michael


Prior offices/government experi-ence: Library Trustee for four years

LIBRARY TRUSTEE — 3-YEAR TERM: A candidate questionnaire mailed to Library Trustee candidateKaren Wry was not returned by press time. Wry is running for re-election to a three-year term.





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My glass slippers are, once again, packed carefullyin the back of the closet. Two weeks ago, I at-tended the 50th anniversary dinner for Les Dames

d’Escofer, a nonprot organization for women in the foodand hospitality industry. Les Dames was started by an intrepidgroup of women who had been barred from the all-male Des

Amis d’Escofer, composed of well-known chefs and othermen in the food industry. We recently gathered at the OmniParker House in Boston to commemorate the rst dinner heldat the same location in April 1959 and to pay homage to thosecutting-edge women who were just a pinch before their time.The world has changed greatly since then but, on that night,1950s glamour and grace were in plentiful supply.

Dressed in my best, Iwas greeted at the door of the wood-paneled PressRoom by tuxedoed, white-gloved waiters bearingsilver trays of champagne— perfection. The cock-tail hour ew by in a blurof passed hors d’oeuvres,

champagne and remarks bythe chapter president. The caviar station — replete with icedsilver bowls of sturgeon, roe and all the xins including blinis,toast points, chopped egg, purple onion, tomato and sour cream— set the tone for the elegant evening. With an eight-coursedinner waiting in the Louisa May Alcott Dining Room, I onlyvisited the caviar table once.

The dining room was laid out in classic Escofer style:Auguste Escofer preferred his dining rooms set up in theshape of the letter “U.” The tables are placed this way to pre-vent the sense that one table is more valuable or less valuablethan any other. The table was graced with a dizzying array of cutlery and glassware, ne linens and whimsical centerpieceslled with edible fruits. Each course arrived via a battalion of servers with dishes held high. Each course was set on the tablesimultaneously: remember, all diners are equal. Escofer rules

require a few moments of silence as the food is served to affordthe food its well-deserved moment to shine.

Each plate was carefully created by a cadre of attentivechefs eager to honor the memory of Chef Escofer and the leg-acy laid down 50 years earlier by the founding members of LesDames. A bowl of consommé arrived rst with an unexpectedpairing of Napoleon Amontillado Sherry. Soon to follow wasa piece of North Atlantic Sea Bass with Grilled Spring Leeks,Seared Duck Breast with Hudson Valley Foi Gras, a GrapefruitGranité cleverly served in a diminutive block of ice, RoastedVeal Mignon with Grilled Wild Mushrooms, a Lemon Cressand Amaranth Salad, a plate of luscious cheeses and — at last— a Soufé Grand Marnier, coffee and tea.

Six hours of dining, toasting and celebrating came to anend and, like Cinderella dashing from the ball, I climbed intomy Toyota and drove south to reality. Fortunately, Chef Es-

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Iam a licensed clinical social worker(LICSW), recently retired from Mass.Dept. of Mental Health. This will be my

third election to the Housing Authority, and Ienjoy serving in this po-

sition. We also have avery good Board of Commissioners, a wonder-ful and efcient staff and an exceptionally ca-pable and knowledgeable executive director.

ToWN MoDerATor — 1-YeAr TerM

Iwas honored to be elected to succeedlongtime Moderator John Walsh lastyear and look forward to a second term,

continuing John’s tradition of impartialityand fairness in runningTown Meeting. At myrst Town Meeting lastfall, we were able to takeaction on almost 30 ar-ticles in one evening. Atthis year’s annual TownMeeting, we were able toget through all 36 articles(including the specialTown Meeting within theannual) in one night.

Over the past year, I have spent time withother moderators, listening to their practices andprocedures. My familiarity with how town gov-ernment works here, along with my knowledgeof parliamentary procedure — much of whichis unique to Town Meetings — I believe quali-es me to run for a second term. I was raisedhere, lived most of my life here and have been

attending Town Meetings in Pembroke since Iwas a child with my parents. I have always felt,as did my father, that it was important to givesomething back to the town. This is my oppor-tunity to serve the town in a unique way.

I am running to continue not only the tra-dition of fairness and impartiality of my pre-decessor but also to work on the changes I in-

stituted last fall to make Town Meeting moreefcient and understandable for voters. Thesechanges included a timely start; changes to pastprocedural customs, which has led to a votingprocess that is clearer to voters; and more co-ordination between departments prior to TownMeeting, which has led to a clearer presenta-tion on Town Meeting oor. These initiativeswill not only provide for a timely and efcient

meeting but hopefully attract newcomers toTown Meeting as well. Town Meeting is thepurest form of democracy — a unique NewEngland tradition — and I would like the op-portunity to continue to conduct Pembroke’sTown Meeting in a fair and efcient mannerand in a manner that allows voters to be edu-cated as well.

STEVE DODGE

THE DODGE FILE

Name: Stephen C. Dodge (Steve)

Address: 286 High Street

Family: Married to Beth; father of two: Thomasand Michaela

Lived in Pembroke: 24 years+ (born and raisedin Pembroke; permanent resident since 1986)

Prior offices/government experience: Currently acemetery trustee and treasurer of the RepublicanTown Committee. Past member of the EnergyCommittee, Advisory Committee (chairman), andformer co-chair and member of St. Thecla ParishCouncil

HousiNG AuTHoriTY — 5-YeAr TerM

VALERIE KROON

THE KROON FILE

Name: Valerie A. Kroon

Address: 523 Washington Street

Family: Mother of four; grandmother of 10


Prior offices/government experience: HousingAuthority member, two terms

HOUSING AUTHORITY — 3-YEAR TERM: Board of Selectmen candidate Greg Hanley also is running tofill a vacancy on the Housing Authority board. For more about Hanley, see his profile on page 12.

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HOBOMOCK &BRYANTVILLE

ELEMENTARY SCHOOLSMonday: Chicken nug-

gets, corn, dinner roll, BBQ,sweet ‘n sour sauces, peaches

Tuesday: Baked potato,cheese sauce, bacon bits, broc-coli, breadstick, pears, animalcrackers

Wednesday: Hot dog on abun, mustard, relish, soft pret-zel, pickles, tater tots, ketch-up, diced apricots

Thursday: Pancakes withsyrup, sausage, mufn, yo-gurt, fruit mix

Friday: Sausage or cheesepizza, green beans, breadstick,cookie

NORTH PEMBROKEELEMENTARY SCHOOL

Monday: Baked potato,cheese sauce, bacon bits, broc-

coli, breadstick, pears, animalcrackers

Tuesday: Chicken nug-gets, corn, dinner roll, BBQ,sweet ‘n sour sauces, peaches

Wednesday: Hot dog on abun, mustard, relish, soft pret-zel, pickles, tater tots, ketch-up, diced apricots

Thursday: Pancakes withsyrup, sausage, mufn, yo-gurt, fruit mix

Friday: Sausage or cheese

pizza, green beans, wheat roll,cookie.

PCMSMonday: Chicken nug-

gets, dinner roll, BBQ, sweetand sour sauces, corn, peach-es

Tuesday: Baked potato,cheese sauce, bacon bits, broc-coli, soft pretzel, diced pears.

Wednesday: Americanchop suey, smiley fries, ketch-up, whole wheat breadstick,frosted cake

Thursday: Early releaseday — no lunch

Friday: Pizza dippers,pizza dipping sauce, greenbeans, cookie, fruit

PEMBROKE HIGHSCHOOL

Monday: Chicken nug-gets, dinner roll, BBQ, sweetand sour sauces, corn, peach-

esTuesday: American chop

suey, green beans, smileyfries, ketchup, whole wheatbreadstick, frosted cake

Wednesday:Oven friedchicken, mac and cheese,peas, dinner roll, diced pears

Thursday: Early releaseday — no lunch

Friday: Pizza dippers,pizza dipping sauce, greenbeans, cookie, fruit

These PembrokeCommunity MiddleSchool students

earned academic honors forthe second trimester of the2009-10 school year.

Grade 7High Honors: Rachael

Armstrong, Alyssa Arone, Mi-chael Baird, Shannon Benoit,

Alison Bostwick, MatthewCampbell, Cheryl Cannata,Kellie Cannone, Jenna Capuz-zo, Corissa Craven, TimothyCurley Giana DeAcetis, JuliaDeBenedictis, Erin Devine,Nicholas DeVitto, ThomasDuane, Rachel Fletcher, Shael-ah Foresman, Connor Gallagh-er, Ashley Galvin, CourtneyGarvey, Connor Gibbons, Tay-lor Godfrey, Lauren Hickie,Courtney Kearney, KatherineLaMarre, Drew Latwas, KylieMacDonald, Steven McCor-mack, Conor McDonald, Jen-

nifer Murphy, Melanie Muzy-ka, Kimberly O’Keefe, JessicaPanton, Amanda Pennie, JohnRinkus, Casey Scholl, EmilyScoledge, Matthew Short, Jo-seph Taylor and Alivia Woko-ske.

Honors: Rachel Archi-bald, Mirza Baig, Emily Bell,Samantha Benvie, JenniferBoulter, Hannah Bowness,Maxwell Bullock, ZacharyBurnham, Jennifer Camer-lengo, Andrew CaraDonna,Mckenna Cassford, AustinColon, Peter Coner, Viviane

Costa, Cameron Covert, Me-lissa Curran, Kevin Daven-port, Bradley Davis, Saman-tha Davis, Allison DeRito,Anna DeVitto, Katya Evans,Sarah Fennick, Jacob Fennick,Paige Fogarty, Steven Furtney,Michael Gigliotti, Ryan Gil-lenwater, Anne Gouthro, An-drew Gray, Heather Gureckis,Lindsay Hale, Nicole Hal-loran, Lauren Harnedy, JamesHartigan, Hannah Higgins, Ja-cob Higgins, Thomas Hoare,Anne Hogan, Olivia Horkan,Kyle Horn, Adriana Hudson,

Brandon Ip, Hayley Johnson,Kaitlyn Joyce, Michelle Kar-ol, Kylie Keefe, Grace Kelly,Joseph Lagner, Mikayla Law-rence, Kendall Leddin, KaylaLeland, Korey Leonard, KyleLeonard, Matthew Leonard,Caroline Leung, Kyle Lin-dahl, Taylor Lyons, Saman-tha Lyons, Elizabeth Mac-Donald, Tyler MacGregor,Mark MacPherson, LauraMalley, Dylan Malm, JakeMarcelino, Angeline Mar-tin, Zena Marzuq, Jonathan

McBurnie, Justin McClarey,Anna McCormack, AnthonyMcLaughlin, Amber Mogan,Derek Moylan, Montana Mur-phy, Aya Nagaki-DiLazzaro,Soa Noguer, Colleen Nulty,Ryan Nurmenniemi, MichaelO’Donnell, Willamina Pana-cy, Hannah Parker, Paige Par-rella, Haley Phillips, MadisonPrifti, Samantha Rice, Kristo-pher Rockman, Olivia Rog-ers, Mauretta Roth, LindsayRourke, Siobhan Ryan, Dela-ney Ryan, Nicholas Smith,Jessica Stimpson, BenjaminStoyle, Matthew Tormey,Mark Venuto, Stephen Ver-collone, Taylor Walsh, EmmaWandell, Thomas Watereldand Nicole White.

Grade 8High Honors: Cheryl

Acampora, Meghan Beane,Joseph Colangeli, Megan Col-lins, Addison Fine, KatelynFlaherty, Jillian Gallagher,Alisandra Grifn, AbigailHanson, Tristan Hussey, Mel-anie Johnson, Austin Malley,Yassmeen Marzuq, KathleenMcAlear, Kaitlyn McElligott,Diana McLaughlin, McKen-zie McNamara, Craig Miz-zoni, Cailin Murphy, Col-lette O’Connor, Shama Patel,Joanna Richards and ColbyWeron.

Honors: Madeline Ally,Molly Andersen, Anna Arscott,Molly Baragwanath, Tristan

Birnstiel, Christopher Biroli-ni, Alexander Bowler, NicoleBulger, Abigail Burgess, Han-

nah Burns, Shannon Cahill,Christen Cahill, Joseph Carey,Melissa Carmichael, AndrewChampa, Brianne Chapelle,Erin Comeau, Kayla Comper-chio, Tyler Conant, MacaulayCorcoran, Marissa Dakin, Jer-emy Dunleavy, Danielle Du-puis, Alexander Dyer, Lind-sey Engle, Brianna Fabrizio,Stephanie Fano, Julia Flynn,Alan Flynn, Katherine Freitas,

Drew Garneau, Zachary Gen-tile, Andrew Gillis, NicholasGirard, Victoria Gosalvez,Alden Graham, Anthony Gra-ziano, Carly Harkins, VictoriaHendrix, Julianne Holbrook,Ian Horkan, Miranda Hudson,Teresa James, Paige Johnson,Adriana Judkins, CarolineKelley, Stephen Lathrop, JohnLebedew, Eric Leonard, TylerLevesque, Emily Lo, JoshuaLothrop, Kelsie MacDonald,Courtney MacFadgen, MarkMacRae, James Marsh, LauraMartynowski, Julie Matthews,

Brendan McIsaac, Jarrett Mc-Sherry, Samantha McSweeney,Brooke Mello, SamanthaMenkello, Candace Mitchell,Tamara Mitchell, David Mor-rissey, Joselyn Morritt, SophiaNogueira, Jeffrey Panton,Emily Plumb, Austin Potter,Victoria Proctor, Lia Puopolo,Soa Ready, Madeline Rear-don, Grant Royek, MeganRoyek, Tyler Royek, HannahSchissel, Daniel Sheehan, Ni-cole Snell, Michael Stazinski,Lucas Tocher, Danielle Tom,John Valeri, Jackson Wain-

wright, Ashley Walsh, JohnWoods, Morgan Worley andAshlee Wright.

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JACKS AND JILLS OF ALL TRADES: Mrs. Kennedy’s all-day kin-dergarten class shows off their costumes for Nursery RhymeDay on Thursday, April 15 at Bryantville Elementary School.Front row: Samantha Raleigh, Olivia McDermott, AudreyMessner, Abby Mathisen, Patrick Bekheit, Dominic Butler andSergei Henderson. Middle row: Emma Milchunes, DarleneGardner, Valerie O’Donovan, Emma Ledger and Isabella Fox.Back row: Lexi Johnson, Jaden Norton, Sage Smith, NickRoukounakis, Gage Leonard, Aidan Keefe, Madison Feetham,Izabelle Jonsson and Nick Flaim. Poto by Becca Manning

Friday, April 30

TV Turn-Off Dance. @ Bryantville.

Junior SEMSBA Music Festival.

Tuesday, May 4

North Pembroke Preschool PTO Meeting.7 p.m. @ North Pembroke.

School Committee Meeting. 7:30 p.m.@ North Pembroke library.

Wednesday, May 5

Spring Concert. 7 p.m. @ North Pembroke.

Thursday, May 6

Early Release Day. All grades.

Celebrate PCMS. 6-7:30 p.m. @ PCMS. All sixth, seventhand eighth grade students and parents invited to view and

participate in school-wide demonstrations of different subjectareas including math, art, music and more.

Upcoming

Pembroke SEPAC Meeting. Mon., May 10. 6:30 p.m.@ Hobomock.

Bryantville Math Night. Wed., May 12. 6:30-8 p.m.

@ Bryantville. For grades 5-6.





Friday, april 30Council on Aging Activities. EveryFriday: Soft-shoe line dancing class,9:15-10:15 a.m.; $2 card craftingclass, 10:30 a.m.; playing cards,12:30-3 p.m. For information, callthe senior center at 781-293-8220.

Saturday, May 1Town Election. Polls open 9 a.m.-7

p.m. in all ve precincts.

16th Annual Karate Tournament.8 a.m., at Marsheld High Schoolgymnasium. Doors open at 8 a.m.,live demonstrations begin at 9:30a.m. Students ages 4 through adultof all levels will compete for rstand second place trophies. Specialdemo by Yuan Yen Do Masters andYuan Yen Do Karate Centers founderMichael H. Brown, 12th degree blackbelt. For info, call Yuan Yen DoKarate Centers Inc. at 508-747-2700.

Summer Youth Basketball Sign-Ups. 11 a.m.-3 p.m., at communitycenter. Recreational in-town leagueis open to boys and girls entering

grades 4-12, regardless of ability.Registration forms available atpembrokebasketball.net. Forinformation, call Robert Raleighat 781-6969-3028 or e-mail [email protected].

Town Spelling Bee. 1 p.m., atPembroke Public Library. Fifth annualspelling bee will feature six divisionsfrom rst grade through adult, withprizes for each group. No registrationrequired. For information, call thelibrary at 781-293-6771.

Rachel Crowley MemorialFundraiser. 7 p.m.-midnight,at Halifax Country Club, Route106, Halifax. Evening of dancing,appetizers, silent auction and cash

bar to benet the Rachel CrowleyMemorial Scholarship, which isawarded annually to Pembrokeand Silver Lake graduates whoare pursuing careers in art or earlychildhood education. To purchasetickets ($25 each), contribute to theauction or rafe or make a donation,call Sharon Crowley at 781-294-1908or e-mail [email protected].

Sunday, May 2May Breakfast. 8-11 a.m., atEast Pembroke Community Clubschoolhouse, 27 Taylor St. Breakfastcosts $6 for adults, $3 for childrenunder 12, with a $1 discount for

seniors. Breakfast includes ham, eggs,pancakes, beans, home fries, juice,tea and coffee. May Baskets availablefor purchase. All proceeds supportrestoration of last freestanding one-room schoolhouse in Pembroke. Forinformation, call Linda Porazzo at781-826-5563.

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

Grand Ol’ Fish Fry. 11 a.m.-3 p.m.,at the Thomas Reading MemorialHerring Run Park on Route 14.Enjoy sh cake or hot dog meals for$5 each; duck races led by Captain

Quak; items for sale by the PembrokeHistorical Society; and music, facepainting, balloons and cotton candy.Corporate sponsorships available for$100 or more. To become a sponsoror learn more, call 781-293-9083.

Monday, May 3Drop-in Story Time. 10:30 a.m., atPembroke Public Library. For ages 2and up. No registration required.

Cub Scout Pack 105 Sign-ups. 5:30-7 p.m., at First Church in PembrokeCenter. Lean more about Pack 105and sign up for Scouting program;

open to boys entering grades 1-5 thisfall. For info, visit pembrokepack105.org or e-mail [email protected].

Board of Selectmen Meeting. 6:30p.m., at Town Hall, Veterans Hall.

tueSday, May 4Sit and Be Fit Exercise Class. 10a.m., at Council on Aging. $5 perclass. For information, call the seniorcenter at 781-294-8220.

Drop-in Story Time. 10:30 a.m., atPembroke Public Library. For ages2 and up. No registration required.For info, call the library at 781-293-6771.

Seniors Living with ChronicIllness. 1-2 p.m., at Council onAging building. Ruth Coleman,MSW, a clinical social worker, leadsthis support group every Tuesday forseniors living with conditions such asarthritis, diabetes, cancer, MS, lupus,heart disease, COPD and others.

Yoga for Tweens. 4-5 p.m., atHanson Holistic Center, 156 LibertySt., Hanson. Beginners welcome. Ledby certied instructor Becky Paul.Eight-week session costs $80. Drop-

ins welcome at $12/class. Register bycalling 781-293-2774 or [email protected].

Friends of the Library Book GroupMeeting. 7 p.m., at Pembroke PublicLibrary. Join this informal group for alively discussion of the May selection,“The Guernsey Literary and PotatoPeel Pie Society” by Annie Barrowsand Mary Ann Shaffer. For info, callthe library at 781-293-6771.

School Committee Meeting. 7:30p.m., at North Pembroke ElementarySchool library.

WedneSday, May 5Dull Men Meeting. 10 a.m., atCouncil on Aging. Always open to

new members. Stop by the seniorcenter, 144 Center St.

Baby Lap Sit. 10:30 a.m., atPembroke Public Library. For ages 6months to two years. No registrationrequired. For info, call the library at781-293-6771.

Beginners Knitting with MaryLeydon. 1 p.m., at senior center, 144Center St. Every Wednesday. Call781-294-8220 for information.

Fashion Focus ComplimentaryLadies Night. 7-8:30 p.m., at Fashion

Focus, 2 Columbia Road. Fashion,hair and skin care and other useful tipsfor women. Refreshments provided.Sign up by calling 781-826-0241 ore-mailing [email protected].

thurSday, May 6Pack 43 Cub Scout Sign-ups. 2-5p.m., at Bryantville ElementarySchool, 29 Gurney Drive. NewCub Scouts invited to sign up;current Scouts and families invitedto participate in kickball and otheractivities. For boys in grades 1-5. Forinfo, call Chris or Barbara Devine at781-294-9273 or e-mail simpdevine@

aol.com.Coping With the Loss of a SpouseSeries. 6-7:30 p.m., at BeaconHospice, Plymouth. Free supportgroup and grief education series willmeet for eight weeks starting May6. Registration required; call ScottA. Ciosek, M.Div., bereavementcoordinator, at 508-747-7222.

Recreation Department OpenHouse. 6-8 p.m., at communitycenter. Sign up for spring andsummer programs, including SummerHappenings day program, soccer,T-ball, Zumba and summer drama.For information, call 781-293-3249.

Drop-in Adult Volleyball. 7-9:30

p.m., at Pembroke Community MiddleSchool gym. Adult Pembroke residentsof all playing levels are invited to

stop by for free, fun volleyball everyThursday through June 17. No gameon May 27. Teams will be created ona weekly basis depending on turnout.For information, call Sue Scrogginsat 781-294-4366 or e-mail [email protected].

Friday, May 7Council on Aging Activities. EveryFriday: Soft-shoe line dancing class,

9:15-10:15 a.m.; games, 12:30-3 p.m.For information, call the senior centerat 781-293-8220.

Drop-in Mother’s Day Craft. 10:30a.m. and 4 p.m., at Pembroke PublicLibrary. Ages 4 and up invited to makea Mother’s Day photo ower bouquet.Bring four photos. No registrationrequired. For info, call the library at781-293-6771.

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Pet Microchip Clinic. Sat., May8. 10 a.m.-1 p.m., at MarsheldFairgrounds. Sponsored by the SouthShore Kennel Club. Register aheadof time for $30 per pet; $35 per petfor walk-ins. For information, callDianne Daley at 508-559-6532.

Drop-in Story Time. Mon., May10. 10:30 a.m., at Pembroke PublicLibrary. For ages 2 and up. Noregistration required. For info, call thelibrary at 781-293-6771.

Creative Writing Club Meeting. Mon., May 10. 4:30 p.m., at PembrokePublic Library. Grades 4 and upinvited to participate in AspiringAuthors writing group. For info, callthe library at 781-293-6771.

Dora the Explorer Story Time. Tues., May 11. 10:30 a.m., atPembroke Public Library. Meet Doraand hear stories about her. Ticketsfor this event will be available May1. Sign up at the youth services desk.

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The kickoff to our local election season is always springTown Meeting. Tuesday was an enormous successthanks to our moderator Steve Dodge. Steve did a tre-

mendous job moving the meeting along, and we were able to getthrough over 30 articles in one night. He should be commended.

Sitting in the auditorium at TownMeeting, it is evident the people still holdthe controls here in Pembroke. Whether

it is the standard articles to be voted onor some of the more hotly debated items,it is up to the people. We began the nightwith close to 230 registered voters inattendance, and many of those seats werestill lled at 11 p.m. when the meetingwas adjourned. For many new faces,Tuesday night was their rst meeting.The attendance, the debate and the manynew faces are further evidence of theengagement level in our community.

The next phase of this season is our town election. ElectionDay is Saturday, May 1. This columnist would strongly encour-age all of you to exercise the most fundamental of rights andvote. Your vote lets your town representatives know that the

seats they hold and the volunteer jobs they

do are accountable to you — the residentsand taxpayers of Pembroke. Local racesaffect our everyday lives more directly than any other. Castingyour vote is fundamentally important, even more so when sonsand daughters of Pembroke are overseas protecting those veryfreedoms. These elections, the ones not on the nightly news,are a great opportunity to teach our children the importance of participation. My girls will certainly be with me on Saturday; itis an important lesson in duty and freedom.

This election is also an early kickoff to the more advertisedand followed congressional, statewide and state representativeraces coming in the fall. Getting engaged now, learning about thecandidates, their beliefs and how some have been a great help toPembroke over the years will assist in making the best primaryand general election votes in September and November. It willbe enormously benecial to the residents of Pembroke and the10th Congressional district to have a real choice this November.

Understanding how town, state and national races impact yourhousehold, your pocketbook and your town is going to give usall an opportunity to really make a difference in November.

Please exercise your right to vote tomorrow, Pembroke, andremember these seats are guaranteed to no one — only the votercan decide who has the privilege of representing them.

By Patrc Clcott

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The people of Pem-broke nally hadtheir chance to vote

on the proposed town managerposition Tuesday night. As amember of the committee pro-posing the change, I was ad-mittedly disappointed with theoutcome, but certainly proud of the work put in and the generalresponse and thanks receivedfrom across the town. But whatreally took me back was theirony that preceded, and mayhave reinforced the decidingvote against the change.

The proposed change intown government was an at-tempt to put in place a town

structure built upon account-ability and efciency for thefuture. But moments beforevoting, one town employeeactually addressed the peopleand stated that no single per-son could ever manage whatis going on within all the de-partments, suggesting insteadthat keeping the current dis-connected system is actuallybenecial to the people of thetown in some way. The same

person then added that if askedto cover the phones of an ofcethat would otherwise have to

close for the day or week, theywould do so with such a poorattitude that the ofce wouldbe better off closed. This actu-ally received applause.

It is disappointing that wefailed in being proactive inpreparing for the future, andI hope that we aren’t forcedinto revisiting this after someunforeseen event that costs thetown and its taxpayers. But it isinnitely more disappointingthat the exact systemic prob-lems we were trying to correctand eliminate were not only af-

rmed but openly applauded.Brian Krause

William Avenue

Ton manager vote not tot rony —

Pembroke Youth Bas-ketball would liketo thank everyone

who attended the third an-nual PYB Shootout Challengeon Wednesday, April 7 at thePembroke Community MiddleSchool. Approximately 100boys and girls in grades 3-8participated in this fundraiser

by testing their shooting anddribbling skills against oth-ers in their grade. Congratu-lations to all the winners, andour deepest appreciation goesout to all of the volunteers who

assisted that evening. PYB isproud to be able to present theJett Foundation with a checkfor $750 to help raise aware-ness and money to nd a curefor Duschenne’s MuscularDystrophy.

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Do yo tn casnos or slot macnes sold be alloed n Massacsetts?

John BartlettFerndale Avenue

“Casinos or slot machines should be allowed in Massachusetts

because they would bring jobs to the community and help

the economy.”

Brianna MitchellHazelwood Drive

“Massachusetts should allow casinos because I don’t think they cause any harm. They are a orm

o entertainment.”

Ross WaldronPine Circle

“Yes, they should be allowed, but only i regulated and taxed. The extra revenue and jobs created will beneft Massachusetts in a

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April 22 is GirlScout Leader Ap-preciation Day. It

is a day set aside to purpose-fully thank the wonderful vol-unteers who give not only theirtime but their humor, skills,values and hearts to younggirls in Scouting. Leaders willoften say: “It’s all about thegirls,” and of course it is. Butwithout our volunteer leaders,

the Girl Scouts wouldn’t be

able to experience the wonder-ful leadership journey that weoffer. Without our volunteersas role models for courage,condence and character, theunique success of Girl Scout-ing would be unlikely to cul-minate in the development of the future women leaders as it

does so effectively.

So to all our Girl Scoutleaders and volunteers inPembroke, Leader Apprecia-tion Day is about you. Thankyou for all that you give to ourgirls. Girl Scouting would notand could not happen withoutyou.

Ruth N. BramsonChief Executive Ofcer

Girl Scouts of EasternMassachusetts

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Reginald H. Grover Sr.,96, died Saturday April 24 af-

ter a period of failing health.Mr. Grover was born in

Halifax on Aug. 10, 1913, theson of the late E. Lawrenceand Mildred (Wentworth)Grover. He graduated fromBridgewater High School in1930, served in the U.S. Navyduring World War II, and wasdischarged in 1945.

In November 1943, hemarried E. Frances Thomas of Whitman. He built a home onMattakeesett Street in Pem-broke, where he lived withhis wife and family for the re-

mainder of his life.A master carpenter andcabinet-maker, he was a leadcarpenter in the restoration of the birthplace of General Syl-vanus Thayer, the founder of West Point. The home is opento the public on the campus of Thayer Academy in Braintree.He was the builder of manycustom homes in the SouthShore area.

In the latter part of hiscareer, he was a general con-struction superintendent whosupervised the building of anumber of high-rise housing

for the elderly projects.He was a 60-year member

of the Masons and the Wam-patuck Lodge in Hanson. Anaccomplished gardener, hewas a guest on several localradio programs, and his cab-inet-making skills were well

known in the areaMr. Grover was preceded

in death in 2005 by his wifeof 61 years. He also was pre-ceded in death by four broth-ers and one sister.

He leaves a son, ReginaldH. Grover Jr. of Old Saybrook,Conn.; a daughter, DianneChuckran of Naples, Fla.;two grandchildren, KatharineGrover of Boston and SusanGrover of Newton Centre; andone brother, Albert Grover of Kent, Wash.

A memorial service willbe held at the WampatuckLodge of Masons in Hanson

on a date to be announced. Fu-neral arrangements are by theBlanchard Funeral Chapel inWhitman.

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WHO IS IT? How well do you know Pembroke? If you canidentify the person in this his-toric photo, drop a line toExpress history columnistKaren Proctor at [email protected]. Answers must be submitted by Tuesday atnoon. Correct answers will be recognized next week.

Poto courtesy of Pembroke historical Society

SEND OBITUARY NOTICES to [email protected] fax to 781-934-5917. DEADLINE: Tuesday at noon.

Arlene Paiva, 79, of Pem-broke died Monday, April 19.

She was preceded in deathby her husband of 51 years, Al-fred J. Paiva.

Arlene leaves her son,James D. Paiva and his wifeChristine of Halifax; grand-daughter Alexandra Paiva of Bakerseld, Calif.; and herdog and cat.

Arlene was a Pembrokeresident for 55 years. She at-tended high school at the Cot-ting School in Lexington. Sheoperated her home sewingbusiness, Alterations by Ar-lene.

Arlene assisted her hus-band Al in running A.J. PaivaCarpet Service of Pembroke.She enjoyed wintering many

years in New Port Richey, Fla.Arlene was a member of thePembroke Republican Com-mittee, a charter member of the Pembroke Commission onDisabilities, the Garden Cluband Bryantville United Meth-odist Church, where she wasa past member, lay leader andfundraising chairperson.

Funeral services were heldon April 25 at Shepherd Fu-neral Home. Burial was Mon-day, April 26 at Pine GroveCemetery in Pembroke.

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the Indian Head River, TuckerPreserve features more than 78acres of woods and wetlands.It is owned and managed bythe nonprot Wildlands Trust,which provided guidance and

some materials for Skolnick’sproject.

The Troop 105 Boy Scoutcleared a new section of trail,built a wooden map kiosk andtwo new benches, installed aseries of erosion bars to keeptrails from being washed awayand set up a new vehicle bar-rier at the preserve’s Old WestElm Street entrance.

“I thought the kiosk wouldmake the area look a lot nicer,and it just helps people navi-gate,” Skolnick said. “There’salso a link to the map online

that you can print off, on theTroop 105 Web site [pem-broketroop105.org]. I also putsome benches further in alongthe trail for people that need arest stop.”

On Sunday, Skolnick in-vited family, friends and fel-low Scouts to visit TuckerPreserve, walk the trails andcheck out his completed proj-ect. Up next, he will send hispaperwork to a national com-mittee for review before of-cially receiving the EagleAward at a future ceremony.

Skolnick will be Troop

105’s 37th Eagle Scout sincethe group was founded 42years ago.

“Only about 3 percent of boys who go through Scout-ing earn their Eagle award,so to have that many Eaglesis a pretty good record,” saidTroop 105 Scoutmaster DavidSkolnick. “Both troops havedone really well.”

Troop 43, which has beenaround just over a decade, hasgraduated 13 Eagle Scouts.

As Jacob’s dad as well ashis Scoutmaster, Skolnick was

glad to see the project com-pleted.“I’m kvelling,” he said.

“I’m pretty psyched. He’s beena good Scout, a good leader.It’s just fun to watch him getthrough and help other guysalong their way too.”

The Eagle Scout projecttypically requires at least 100hours of effort on the part of the Scout plus a similar com-mitment from other volun-teers, usually fellow Scoutsand leaders. Projects aim tobenet the community in someway.

“The project isn’t justabout the Scout’s efforts butabout how he relates to adultsand to other youth and exertsleadership to overcome obsta-cles and achieve his vision,”David Skolnick said.

Scouts become the “proj-ect manager,” coordinating allaspects from labor and mate-rials to fundraising and publicrelations.

“For guys this age, in theirmid-teens, to get that kind of experience, it really puts them

ahead of the game. It givesthem a leg up on things thatthey’re going to face in col-

lege or things they might facein the service,” Skolnick said.“It helps them understand ata really early age that thingsdon’t just happen, that theyhave to be helped along, andthat usually it’s not the physi-cal things like the size of thewood you’re working with or

the amount of money you needto raise that’s the big problem.The real challenges are being

able to work creatively withpeople, to meet them halfwayand to nd ways to make itwork.”

Jacob Skolnick, who hasone more year at PembrokeHigh School, said he plans togo to college and study engi-neering.

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A LITTLE DIRECTION: Hikers at Tucker Preserve now can see amap of the trail system at a wooden kiosk built by Eagle Scouthopeful Jacob Skolnick. The map also is available online at pem-broketroop105.org. Potos by Becca Manning


Though heshowed upSunday to

support another Scoutwho recently completedhis Eagle project, Troop43 Boy Scout WesleyCarroll also had a reasonto celebrate.

The Pembroke HighSchool junior recentlycompleted his own Eagleproject: rehabilitation of the boxing gym at thePembroke Police BoysClub on Center Street.

After nishing the

work at the end of Feb-ruary, Carroll is nowworking to gather hispaperwork to send in tothe local council for ap-proval. He then will for-ward the materials on tothe national Boy Scout-ing council for review.

If approved, Carrollwill be Troop 43’s 14thEagle Scout.

On Sunday, he turnedout to help friend and Troop 105 Scout Jacob Skolnick cel-ebrate the completion of his completed Eagle project. Thetwo teens helped each other with their projects.

“A lot of these guys, they’ve all been through Scoutingtogether and they’ve been helping each other with EagleScout projects,” Troop 105 Scoutmaster David Skolnicksaid. “It’s just neat to watch them not just learn lots of newstuff but help younger guys along the way.”

For his project, Carroll xed up the Boys Club gym withrepairs, trim and a new coat of paint, plus other work.

“I go there anyway, and everyone’s always complainingabout how bad the room looks, so I decided that I could xup the room I use anyway and at the same time do my Eagleproject,” he said.

Carroll has been using the gym and weight room at theBoys Club for about three years.

After graduation next spring, Carroll said he hopes to goto college and work toward his pilot’s license.

Boys Clb project done

NOW FOR THE PAPERWORK: Troop43 Scout Wesley Carroll recentlycompleted his Eagle project: therehabilitation of the boxing gymat Pembroke Police Boys Club onCenter Street. Carroll and fellowScout Jacob Skolnick, a memberof Troop 105, helped each otherwith their projects. Both are hop-ing to receive their Eagle Awardsin the near future.

Pac 43Cub Scout Pack 43 will

hold its annual sign-ups andeld day on Thursday, May 6from 2-5 p.m. at BryantvilleElementary School. Scoutsand their families are invitedto stop by for kickball and

other activities as the packinvites new members. CubScouting is for boys enteringgrades 1-5. For information,call Chris or Barbara Devineat 781-294-9273 or [email protected].

Pac 105Cub Scout Pack 105 will

hold its sign-ups on Monday,May 3 from 5:30-7 p.m. atFirst Church in PembrokeCenter. The Scouting pro-gram is open to all boys whowill be entering grades 1-5

this fall. Those who signup now can participate inScouting programs all sum-mer. For more information,visit pembrokepack105.orgor e-mail [email protected].

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Matt McCartney was goodfor the Titans in his rst startof the season, but unfortu-nately for him and the Titans,Christian Petta was better forWhitman-Hanson.

Petta went the distancewithout allowing an earnedrun and striking out 12 Titansto hand Pembroke a 4-3 loss atthe Mattakeesett Street eldson Monday.

“He’s the best we’ve seen,”head coach Bob Flynn saidof Petta. “It wasn’t the mostdominating performance, buthe’s certainly better than any-body we’ve faced so far.

Petta struck out six of therst seven batters he facedand carried a no-hitter into thefourth inning, but McCartneywas right there with him. Afterthe Panthers took a 1-0 in the

top of the rst on a Pembrokeerror, McCartney shut downthe Panthers until the fourthinning.

“I thought Matty pitchedwell,” Flynn said. “He onlywalked one or two guys,which was big for us becausewe’ve been walking too manybatters. I was happy with hisperformance.”

The Panthers got to Mc-

Cartney for three runs in thefourth inning on an RBI singleby Matt MacDonald and atwo-run double by Petta. Butthe Titans answered back withtwo in the fth, capitalizing on

a Panther error to get back inthe game.Derek Staples then led off

the seventh with a single, andafter Petta walked Matt Ne-gus and Nick Indelicato, cutthe Whitman-Hanson lead toone when he scored on a passball. Indelicato advanced tosecond on the pass ball, put-ting the winning run in scoringposition for Pembroke with

one out. But Sean Goldmanreached over the fence to retireKevin Plant on a foul pop upand Petta caught Luke Naglelooking after a lengthy at batto end the game.

“We got ourselves in a po-sition to win it but we just cameup short,” Flynn said. “We hadour shot, but those things don’talways work out.”

The Titans fall to .500 withthe loss at 4-4 on the season.Pembroke will continue theirswing through the Keenan Di-vision of the Patriot League onFriday when they host Scituateat Mattakeesett Street.

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spots or the Titans in their

loss to Whitman-Hanson on

Tuesday when she won the

frst race o her high school

career in the 400 meters.

Girls Track

SENIOR MOMENTSA visit with track captain Andrew Chapman

Chapman had to give up wrestling last winter due to football inju-ries, but he found success with the indoor track team. Now,he is hoping for more success during his rst and only

spring track season before heading off to college. He shared hethoughts on …

… where he declared for next year. I’m going to UConn; Isent my stuff in a few weeks ago and got my orientation packet, soI’m really excited. I wanted to go to a big school, so I lookedand UConn was the best t for me. I really liked it there.

… what he plans to major in. I’m going for biomedi-

cal engineering. A lot of my family are engineers, and Igot a lot of different opinions from them. It’s the biggestgrowing eld right now, so I gured why not get a jobwhen I get out of college.

… recovering from his concussions. The rst one Igot during a kick return against Whitman-Hanson. I tooka hit to the head and got a white ash. Two games lateragainst Middleboro, I got wrapped up; I spun aroundand my head hit the ground really hard. That was it forme. I don’t have any lasting effects, and I’ve made afull recovery.

… his favorite sports memories as a Titan. Lastyear’s homecoming game against Norwell was denitelyone of my favorites. It was pouring rain, but I scored twotouchdowns and we ended up winning, which was awe-some because it turned out to be one of only three winsthat year. My other favorite was my rst race of springtrack; it was 100 against [Hanover’s] Brett Wheeler,who is one of the best kids in the state, and I ended upcoming in rst.

… his other hobbies. I like hanging out with my friendsand we play basketball a lot down at the center. That’s one of my favorite things to do. I play guitar, but nothing too seri-ous.

… his goal during college. I want to do a semester incollege in California because I went on vacation out thereand it was absolutely awesome. I found a way to do thatthrough a national student exchange program.

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The Pembroke softballteam went into Whitman-Hanson on Monday knowing

they had a tall order in front of them, but they left with a keyinjury in addition to a toughloss.

The Panthers beat theTitans 19-0 in a mercy-rule

shortened game in which start-er Taylor Cahill took an AimeeBombardier line drive off thehand and had to leave thegame. Jennifer Rufni tookthe mound for the rst time inher varsity career. Though she

took her lumps from the veter-an Panther offense, head coachTony Pina liked the grit fromhis young pitcher.

“She did a nice job clean-

ing up,” Pina said of Rufni.“I was happy with her.”

While the Panthers got 19hits off Titan pitching in thegame, including two home

runs, ve Panthers who reached

base on errors came around toscore while Titan miscues inthe eld allowed more Pan-thers to cross the plate.

“They’re good, but theyare not 19 runs better thanus,” Pina said. “We let them

keep their innings alive withmistakes. You can’t do thatagainst a team like Whitman-Hanson because they will hurtyou, and that’s what happenedto us today.”

Offensively, the Titansmanaged only one hit and twowalks off Panther ace RyleeBurt, and Pina emptied thebench in the nal innings to getmost of his team to the plate.

The Titans had untilWednesday to shake off theirbad day at Whitman-Han-son before taking to the eldagainst their archrivals SilverLake in a game Pina hopes willbe an emotional bounce back

for the team.“We always play them

tough,” Pina said. “Hopefullythat will be a big game forus.”

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Several Titans turned insome gutsy performances inthe rain and the cold at thehigh school on Tuesday, butit wasn’t enough for the boystrack team to overcome a deepWhitman-Hanson team.

The Titans fell 81-55 tothe Panthers in a meet that wascloser than the score makes it

seem, with nearly every placein contention.

“Whitman-Hanson is prob-ably the strongest team in ourleague,” Pembroke head coachJames Rooney said. “They arethe model for the program we

want to become. We put upa good ght; we had all ourkids in their best events. Butthey have a lot of horses, andwe have a lot of horses and afew ponies that will turn intohorses eventually.”

While the Titans couldn’tmatch the Panthers’ depth,Rooney got several big per-formances to keep Pembrokein the meet until the end. With

junior star Ryan Kelley sittingout the meet with a sore ankle,sophomore Wesley Gallagherpicked up the slack and outranPanther star Tyler Sullivan towin the mile run.

“Ryan is one of the grit-

tiest kids on our team, butwe decided to rest him andWes stepped up with a hugeperformance,” Rooney said.“He kept us in the meet goingagainst Tyler Sullivan, who isone of the best distance run-ners in the league. That was anunbelievable performance by asophomore.”

Kris Horn, Bobby Gratzerand Andrew Chapman also

continued their strong seasons.Horn broke his own schoolrecord in the long jump whilealso winning the high jumpand placing second in the 200meters. Chapman won the 100meters with a personal bestand nished just shy of a newschool record, and Gratzer ledthe Titans in the eld with winsin the shot put and discus.

“Kris Horn keeps on get-ting better,” Rooney said.“Bobby is our automatic 10points every meet and keepson getting it done. Chapman

ran a great 100 meters. We’regetting better and going tokeep putting it together.”

The Titans also got a winfrom Brendan Adams in thetwo-mile and a second forJohn Owen in the javelin inwhat Rooney said was themost complete meet of the sea-son for his team.

“I’m not happy with theoutcome of the meet, but wekeep on getting better everyweek,” he said. “We’re gettingit done.”

By Dave Palana, SPortS eDitorS [email protected]

The girls track team hasenjoyed a meteoric rise overthe past two seasons to one of the elite programs in the state.But how the Titans respond toa loss to Whitman-Hanson atthe high school Tuesday willgo a long way to determiningif the two-time defending statechampions stay at the top.

The Panthers clipped theTitans 79-57 on a cold and

rainy day on the track in whathead coach Greg Zopatti saidwas a lackluster effort frommost of his team.

“Going in, I had the sensewe were going to lose, andI’ve never really felt that as acoach,” he said. “Whitman-Hanson did a great job; theycame to win, and we came torun, jump and throw, then putour sweatpants on because it

was so cold. We need morededication to the team andto themselves as athletes. Ascoaches, we can’t x that it’sgoing to have to be them.”

The loss was not withoutits bright spots for Pembroke.Captain Katherine Spauldingshaved nearly a second off her2009 time in the 100-meterdash to qualify for the statemeet, and junior Caroline Cla-in broke her personal best inthe discus by 11 feet.

Zopatti was also pleasedwith juniors Becky Stoyle andMary Scanlan. Stoyle won thetriple jump, 100-meter dashand 200-meter dash for Pem-broke, while Scanlan took the800-meters and anchored the4x400 team despite battling astomach virus.

Underclassman Chel-sea Savage ran what Zopatticalled, “the toughest double

in track,” and nished secondin both the 400-meter hurdlesand 800 meters. Fellow sopho-more Michaela Ng also wonthe rst race of her track careerin the 400.

“She’s done her thing, andnow she is starting to believeshe is one of the best,” Zopattisaid of Ng. “I’m really happyfor her.”

However, Zopatti said sev-eral of the Titans’ other topperformers did not perform up

to par. He hopes the Titans canlearn from the loss – that theycan’t win a third state champi-onship on talent alone.

“This is a turning point inour program,” he said. “Thosewere six solid performances,but there were some namesthat you didn’t hear that youshould,” he said. “I’ve beentelling these girls the last cou-ple of weeks that they can’t

keep looking at each otherand saying ‘hey we’re reallygood.’ If we want to win ourthird title in a row, they needto step it up. If the girls don’t

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The Titan boys tennis team

went into the vacation break

on a down note after a loss

to Randolph on their home

court. In their rst match back

on Monday, the Titans looked

like a team determined not to

let that happen again.

Pembroke dominated

Whitman-Hanson 5-0 at the

high school, winning all ve

matches in straight sets to im-

prove to 5-2 on the season.

Third singles Nikko Sas-

sorossi and the rst doubles

team of Ryan Tressel and cap-

tain Graham Edwards both

shut out their opponents, win-

ning 6-0, 6-0.Mike DiTocco and Luke

Leavitt won their second dou-

bles match 6-2, 6-3, while rst

singles Mark Petrie and sec-

ond singles Bobby McElligot

both won 6-0, 6-2.

“Bobby played a great

serve and volley game today,

which is something we’ve

been working on with him,”

head coach Dave Rix said. “He

was able to get to the net really

well. And Mark turned in an-

other very solid performance.

We’re coming to expect that

from him.”

After the Titans faced Sil-

ver Lake Wednesday night,

they will be back at the high

school courts on Friday to face

Scituate.

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Girls tennisshakes things up


The Titan girls tennis play-

ers have taken new positions

on the court this season with

all three 2009 singles play-

ers graduating. Monday af-

ternoon at Whitman-Hanson,

the team had to shufe aroundagain with three of this year’s

starters absent, but they didn’t

seem to miss a beat.

Pembroke defeated the

Lady Panthers 4-1 for the sixth

“Everyone played a com-

pletely different position,”

head coach Meredith Fogarty

said. “We had to rely on a lot

of new players.”

The rst doubles team of

Elise Samiglietti and Gina Pet-

rie scarped a straight-set win

in their match despite neverteaming together before, while

normal doubles players Lisa

Higgins and captain Laura

McConarty won their second

and third singles matches.

“They normally don’t play

any singles at all,” Fogarty

said. “And [Elise and Gina]

are a totally new pair, but they

all did very well ”

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