Pembroke Express 03-26-2010

By Becca Manning, express staff [email protected]

A Pembroke woman re-mained in critical condition Thursday morning after being shot multiple times Tuesday night by a man who allegedly told police he was paid money to kill her.

Police believe a second male also was involved in the shooting. The man, whose

name had not been not released by press time, is being held at a Connecti-cut jail on

unrelated charges, according to Pembroke Police Chief Mi-chael Ohrenberger.

Dorian J. Membreno, 25, of Bridgeport, Conn., pled not guilty to charges of attempted murder and assault and bat-tery with a dangerous weapon on Wednesday in Plymouth District Court. He is being held without bail at Plymouth County House of Corrections pending a dangerousness hear-ing scheduled for Tuesday, March 30.

According to police re-ports, Membreno told officers he was paid money and given a handgun to kill the victim.

Prosecutor Laura Weier-man said at Membreno’s ar-raignment that he told police he left Bridgeport around 3 a.m. and drove to Pembroke with “the sole purpose to find and kill the victim in this case.” Membreno said he had used GPS to find Lake Avenue and had initially arrived around 7 a.m.

Membreno allegedly told police he was going to shoot the victim then but paused when he saw her with her chil-dren, saying he did not want to shoot the kids, according to

Weierman. The victim, Marybeth

Banks, 31, of Lake Avenue, suffered multiple gunshot wounds. She was listed in crit-ical condition at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston on Thursday morning, accord-ing to a hospital spokesperson said.

Banks did not know the man accused of shooting her but did know the second un-identified suspect, Ohrenberg-er said.

“Last night just after 10 o’clock, Pembroke police re-ceived 9-1-1 calls of gunshots fired and a woman yelling in the area of 20 Lake Av-

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Woman shot outside Lake Ave. homeConnecticut man allegedly hired to kill local resident; victim in critical condition

Tuesday, March 23

3:00 a.m. Suspect allegedly leaves his home in Bridgeport, Conn. to drive to Pembroke, using a GPS to find Lake Avenue.

7 a.m. Suspect allegedly shows up at 20 Lake Avenue with plans to shoot victim; stands down when he sees her with children.

Late morning to early afternoon. Pembroke Police receive calls of a suspicious red Volkswagen Jetta in the Lake Avenue area. Police search the area three times but do not locate the vehicle.

10:09 p.m. Police receive a 9-1-1 call reporting shots fired on Lake Avenue. Police and fire respond and find victim injured by her car, but conscious. Victim transported to South Shore Hospital and treated for gunshot wounds.

Before 11 p.m. Hanover Police pull over vehicle matching descrip-tion of suspicious car from earlier in the day. Officers arrest Dorian J. Membreno, 25, of Bridgeport, Conn. for attempted murder and assault and battery with a dangerous weapon. He is held overnight in Pembroke on $1 million bail.

Wednesday, March 24

Noon. Suspect leaves Pembroke police station for arraignment in Plymouth District Court. Police Chief Michael Ohrenberger releases an official statement about the incident and reveals there is another suspect.

2 p.m. Membreno pleads not guilty in Plymouth District Court. Judge orders him to be held without bail until a hearing on March 30.

HELD WITHOUT BAIL: A Plymouth District Court officer escorts Dorian J. Membreno, 25, of Bridgeport, Conn. into the courtroom for his arraignment on Wednesday. Membreno pled not guilty to attempted murder and assault and battery with a dangerous weapon.

DRIVEWAY SHOOTING: Marybeth Banks, 31, of Lake Avenue was shot multiple times outside her home around 10 p.m. Tuesday, shortly after parking her car. She was in critical condition at Brigham and Women’s Hospital on Wednesday.

SHATTERED: The victim’s vehicle remained parked on Wednesday afternoon where she was shot Tuesday night. The driver’s side window was shattered.

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Pembroke High School sophomore Vanessa Pham is the first PHS student to qualify to compete in the national

competition for Delta Epsilon Chi, commonly called DECA. She will be attending the event, part of DECA’s International Career Develop-ment Conference, on April 24-27 in Louisville, Ky. Along with studying for DECA, Pham keeps busy with a long list of extracurricular activities, such as field hockey, indoor and out-door track, Key Club, Mathletes, writing for the school paper and interviewing citizens for the Pembroke Express’ Question of the Week.

What is DECA? DECA is an organiza-tion of marketing and business students. We do fundraising and community service projects, but mostly it’s about the competitions. There’s a district-level competition, and I got second place at that, and then we went to states. I got first, which was wicked unexpected. There were 1,500 kids at the state conference at the Mariott Copley in Boston. So now I’m going on to nationals, which is in Louisville, Ky., and I’m staying for four nights and five days.

Who is your adviser? Mrs. Schultz. She started the club two years ago. Our first year, only three kids went to the conference, and no one went on to states. This year, we had 12 go to districts and seven went on to states, which is really big for our town. At districts, most of us placed in the top 10 and three of us got tro-phies, and then at states, I was the only one to place.

What is the competition like? There’s a bunch of different categories. I’m in accounting applications. You take a 100-question multiple-choice exam; in my category, I would do the fi-nance cluster, and then I take another multiple-choice exam on economics. Then you’re given two business scenarios. I was given financial statements and then a situation that a business would be in and I had to make a decision. You present this to judges and show them why you made the decision and what effects it will have on your business. All your scores are added up for your final placement. You can get medals in individual categories as well. At states, I got second in my finance exam, second in my eco-nomics exam and second in one of my business scenarios, and I scored pretty high in the last category, which I didn’t place in, but added to-gether I got first overall.

How do you prepare for DECA? For dis-tricts, we didn’t know what to do. It was our first time. We didn’t prepare that much. Other schools have curriculum based around DECA, whereas at our school it’s just an after-school club. But for states, we kind of geared up. I purchased some books — this is one on un-derstanding financial statements. We’ve got old exams that we go over. Ms. Shultz has pur-chased a few books. She’s getting used to the whole process and so are we.

Why did you get involved in DECA? As a freshman, I was kind of interested in busi-ness but I signed up for four clubs; I wanted to see what I was really serious about and I felt like the best way was to try everything. I tried Mathletes, I tried Key Club, and I’m still in that, but freshman year I became parliamentarian of DECA, and then sophomore year I decided I really do care about DECA and I ran for vice president and got it. I feel like I’m competitive and DECA’s very competitive. So it started out being what I enjoyed the most and then DECA became a bigger part of my life.

How do you balance all your activities? I try to take advantage of the time I have. Like after school, instead of just hanging around waiting for sports to start, I’ll do my homework in the library. It’s all about time management and making the better choice between going out with friends for ice cream or something or sit-ting at home and studying maybe that one day of the week. But I definitely still get to spend time with my friends. I make sure I get to do that too or else it wouldn’t be worth it.

What do you want to do after you gradu-ate? DECA has kind of pushed me toward busi-ness, but I don’t want to work with numbers solely. I want to talk to people and I want to be in charge; I definitely don’t want to be told what to do all the time. For the longest time, a dream of mine was to own a lounge. I thought that’d be really fun, but of course that also could be a huge risk. I also have been thinking recently about science. But I don’t really know right now. I’m just trying everything and seeing what I like.

HEADING TO NATIONALS: Pembroke High School sophomore Vanessa Pham qualified to compete at the national competition for Delta Epsilon Chi (DECA), an organization of marketing and busi-ness students. She will represent Pembroke at the event in Louisville, Ky. April 24-27.

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Stimulus bonds from Plymouth County totaling $2.8 million could help Pembroke weatherproof the community center, install sidewalks along Hobomock Street and improve drainage and roads near Old-ham Pond, but Town Meeting voters will have the final say on whether the town should spend the money.

On Tuesday, Plymouth County Commissioners ap-proved three applications sub-mitted by Town Administrator Ed Thorne for economic devel-opment bonds distributed by the county as part of the fed-eral stimulus program.

The county received a to-tal of $17 million in economic development bonds to give towns for “shovel-ready” proj-ects, along with $25.6 million in recovery zone economic development bonds for private sector projects.

On Feb. 2, the commission-ers awarded Pembroke Plaza Limited Partnership a $12.8 million bond to help finance the Center Plaza project.

“Ed Thorne put on a won-derful presentation to us,” said Plymouth County Com-missioner Tim McMullen, a Pembroke resident. “The com-munity center [in particular] provides so much for of Pem-broke that it was great to be a part of getting some funding for that.”

The county approved bonds for three projects:

• $850,000 to weatherproof the community center building by replacing the roof, brick and masonry, exterior wood trim and windows as well as fix one of the handicap ramps;

• $529,000 to install about 4,400 feet of sidewalks along Hobomock Street from the end of Learning Lane down to Four Winds Drive, where sidewalks now exist up to Center Street;

• And $1.4 million to re-place about 8,000 feet of water lines to improve water pres-sure and quality in the Oldham Pines area as well as repave streets and fix drainage issues.

“This is the best deal other than an out-and-out grant that we can get for the community center,” Thorne said.

Through the stimulus pro-gram, the town would borrow funds and the federal govern-ment would reimburse the town 45 percent of its interest expenses, McMullen said.

Thorne said the bond could be paid back over 20 years.

“The county is going to have to turn the money back this week, so at least we’ve given it a shot,” Thorne said of the town’s application. “If the numbers show that we can’t afford to pay this money back over 20 years, then we won’t do it, but I have to give Advi-sory and Town Meeting the op-portunity to discuss it.”

The three projects will be voted on at the April 27 special Town Meeting.

The state has set a deadline for counties participating in the stimulus program to distribute their funds by March 31 — or return that money to the state.

Plymouth County still has about $10 million available for public projects and about $7.3 million left for the private sec-tor. The commissioners also approved a $3.4 million proj-ect for Carver on Tuesday.

“It’s just a function that the Plymouth County Commis-sioners performed willingly in order to create jobs and create economic development,” Mc-

Mullen said of distributing the bonds. “Other counties chose not to participate in this. But we thought this was very im-portant because it was a good thing for Plymouth County.”

Though selectmen agreed to leave the three projects on the special Town Meeting war-rant, Selectman Don Anderson said he did not think now was the time to borrow money. The town still has about $1.5 mil-lion in capital needs — equip-ment, repairs and other expens-es — identified by department heads more than a year ago.

“Now we’re adding more just because someone’s willing to lend us money that we’re going to have to pay back with interest, though it’s going to be lower interest, for a project that I don’t see as a priority at this point,” Anderson said.

Though Anderson said he has “a reputation for saying no,” he said he voted to spend money where he felt it was needed. Anderson voted to re-place a Council on Aging posi-tion and the veterans’ agent de-spite an ongoing hiring freeze.

“You need to look at your population that is most vulner-able and make sure they have the support and the services that they need first,” he said. “Middle-income people — it’s not the comfort we’re used to — but we can get by with another pot hole in the road, with mud on our car going to our son’s baseball game. Can we live without another police officer or another firefighter? I don’t think we can.”

Selectman Dan Trabucco said all three projects are needs the town will have to address.

“We’re going to have to spend this money at some point whether we do this now when it’s a down economy for the cheap interest rate or whether we just hang tight and wait. We’ve seen with the commu-nity center what happens when we just hang tight — it just compounds,” he said. “We’re going to have some tough choices at Town Meeting.”

Selectmen also discussed an article for the special Town Meeting that would borrow around $100,000 to fix drain-age and pave part of the park-ing lot at the Mattakeesett Street ball fields.

The project would cost about $100,000 and would help the town meet conditions set by the Planning Board, accord-ing to Recreation Commission chairman Greg Hanley.

Currently, lack of adequate drainage means water ends up moving across the big ball field across the parking lot to pud-dle on the little fields, Hanley said.

“This project would solve a major problem we have there now; otherwise, we’re going to have to come up with some sort of storm water manage-ment project so we don’t un-dermine our investment there,” Hanley said.

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“The county is going to have to turn the [stimulus] money back this week, so at least we’ve given it a shot. If the numbers show that we can’t afford to pay this money back over 20 years, then we won’t do it, but I have to give Advisory and Town Meeting

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Police: Woman forged signature to obtain pills

A local woman is facing numerous charges after she allegedly attempted to forge the sig-nature of a former employer to obtain prescrip-tions for Adderal, Percocet and Flexiril.

Gailmarie Grignon, 46, of Fairwood Drive, pled not guilty on Feb. 11 in Plymouth District Court to four charges of forgery of a document, four charges of uttering a false prescription and one charge of receiving stolen property.

According to police reports, on Nov. 11, Grignon forged two prescriptions for Adderal and Percocet using the signature of her former employer, a Hanover doctor, obtaining the drugs illegally at CVS Pharmacy in Pembroke Center. On Nov. 20, Grignon allegedly returned with two more prescriptions for Percocet and Flexiril, also using the doctor’s forged signature.

She also allegedly forged a fifth prescription on Nov. 25 for more Percocet, giving the pre-scription to her father to fill, but the pharmacist on duty did not give him the pills, instead con-tacting the doctor and discovering that he had not issued any of the prescriptions, according to reports.

A fifth charge of forgery was dismissed in court.

Police went to Grignon’s home on Nov. 25 to arrest her on the charges but were unable to locate her at the time.

Grignon’s father, James Kilcommons, 84, of Fairwood Drive, was home when police came to locate her and, during the discussion with po-lice, allegedly became physical, pushing two of-ficers and “shouting obscenities,” according to police reports.

Kilcommons has pled not guilty to two charges of assault and battery of a police officer. He is due back in court on May 6 for a pretrial hearing.

Grignon was summonsed to court on her charges. She was set to appear in court for a pre-trial hearing on March 16 but the hearing was continued to March 30 after she was admitted on March 14 to Jordan Hospital, according to court documents.

Man charged with OUI after Route 3 crash

A Kingston man faces his second OUI af-ter he allegedly ran a red light and made an im-proper turn shortly after leaving the scene of a vehicle crash on Route 3 last Thursday.

Robert Costello, 31, of West Avenue, Kings-ton, pled not guilty Thursday in Plymouth Dis-trict Court to charges of OUI second offense, failure to stop for police, marked lanes violation and negligent operation of a motor vehicle. He is due back on April 21 for a pretrial hearing.

Police stopped Costello around 12:28 a.m. on Thursday, March 18 after he reportedly ran the red light after coming off Route 3 on the southbound ramp. He then allegedly made an improper left turn onto Oak Street, driving into the left hand lane instead of the right. Police ob-served there was no right front tire on Costello’s vehicle and that the vehicle had severe damage to that side.

State police reported a crash had occurred around that time on Route 3 and matched the description of the vehicle in the crash to Cos-tello’s vehicle.

Costello’s previous OUI case from 2002 was continued without a finding, according to court documents.

Probation for woman who resisted arrest

A Pembroke woman was sentenced to a year of probation after she pled guilty to resisting ar-rest and disorderly conduct last week in Plym-outh District Court.

Stephanie A. Graney of Forest Street was arrested on July 12 after police responded to a 9-1-1 call. She was intoxicated and “out of con-trol,” according to reports. When officers arrived at her home, Graney reportedly ran outside, yelled obscenities at the police and jumped a fence into neighbors’ properties. She also ran in front of traffic on Forest Street, forcing vehicles to swerve around her. When she was ordered to place her hands behind her back, Graney re-fused and charged a police officer, swinging at him with a closed fist and spitting on him. She continued to struggle as officers brought her to the ground and struck one officer in the chest and kicked him several times, according to re-ports.

Two charges of assault and battery of a po-lice officer were dismissed on March 17.

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fRIDAY, MARCH 128:33 a.m. Citation issued

for a motor vehicle complaint on Barker Street.

10:27 a.m. Suspicious activ-ity reported on Edgewater Drive.

10:35 a.m. Vandalism re-ported at home on Center Street.

11:56 a.m. Civil complaint issued on Queensbrook Road. Referred to building inspector.

12:15 p.m. Domestic situa-tion on Washington Street.

2:59 p.m. Hit and run crash reported on Old Oak Street.

5:50 p.m. Suspicious activity reported on Center Street.

6:13 p.m. Disturbance on Cyril Avenue.

8:39 p.m. Suspicious activity reported on Montclair Avenue.

9:53 p.m. Suspicious activity reported on Washington Street.

10:19 p.m. Complaint of operating under the influence on West Elm Street.

sAtURDAY, MARCH 1312:27 a.m. Suspicious activ-

ity with a motor vehicle reported on Church Street. William Wag-ner, 39, of Marshfield arrested for OUI liquor and negligent opera-tion of a motor vehicle.

1:01 a.m. Drug law viola-tions reported on Center Street.

3:56 a.m. Crash reported on West Street with damages over $1,000.

5:25 a.m. Suspicious activity reported on Wampatuck Street. Area search negative.

10:06 a.m. Suspicious activ-ity reported on MacDonald Way.

11:21 a.m. Crash reported on Center Street and School Street with damages over $1,000.

5:39 p.m. Suspicious activity reported on Tara Drive.

5:48 p.m. Dog complaint on Matakeesett Street.

8:19 p.m. Richard Briggs, 18, of Hanover, arrested on Church Street for shoplifting and posession with intent to distribute a Class B drug.

sUNDAY, MARCH 142:50 a.m. Motor vehicle

crash with over $1,000 damage reported on West Elm Street.

10:18 a.m. Traffic complaint reported on Center Street.

2:23 p.m. Motor vehicle crash reported on Hobomock Street and Center Street with over $1,000 damage.

5:14 p.m. Domestic incident on Deerfield Lane.

7:10 p.m. Disabled motor ve-hicle reported on Schoosett Street. Vehicle towed and impounded.

9:47 p.m. Animal complaint on Washington Street. Area search negative.

10:44 p.m. Vandalism re-ported on Oak Street.

MONDAY, MARCH 156:40 a.m. Crash reported

on Oldham Street and West Elm Street with damages over $1,000.

6:47 a.m. Disabled motor vehicle reported on Washington Street and Congress Street.

9:07 a.m. Crash reported on Washington Street and Pleasant Street with over $1,000 damage.

12:55 p.m. Breaking and en-tering of a motor vehicle reported on Mattakeesett Street.

2:00 p.m. Report of fraud from resident on Belle Road.

2:43 p.m. Motor vehicle crash with injury reported on Mattakeesett Street.

2:55 p.m. Disabled motor vehicle on Church Street.

5:00 p.m. Call from Schoos-ett Street and Washington Street for highway/water/tree depart-ment. Referred to DPW.

tUesDAY, MARCH 162:01 a.m. Call from Dunn

Lane for highway/water/tree de-partment. Referred to DPW.

5:50 a.m. Motor vehicle stop on Barker Street. Corey Goguen, 39, of Schoosett Street, arrested for failure to appear and operating a motor vehicle with a suspended license, subsequent offense.

11:22 a.m. Larceny reported on Corporate Park Drive.

12:37 p.m. Animal com-plaint reported on Washington Street and Schoosett Street.

4:44 p.m. Officer field in-vestigation on Mayflower Court.

4:45 p.m. Larceny reported on Mayflower Court.

5:43 p.m. Resident on Ole-tree Road called for highway/water/tree department. Referred to DPW.

6:24 p.m. Property recov-ered on Mattakeesett Street.

6:39 p.m. Speeding com-plaint reported on Warren Ter-race.

7:59 p.m. Report of non-agravated assault on Church Street.

9:12 p.m. Dog complaint on Cynthia Avenue.

11:18 p.m. Residential breaking and entering reported on Center Street.

WeDNesDAY, MARCH 1712:15 a.m. Residential break-

ing and entering reported on Pil-grim Road.

5:57 a.m. Crash reported on West Elm Street with over $1,000 damage.

6;30 a.m. Motor vehicle traffic complaint on Water Street and Schoosett Street. Referred to DPW.

10:30 a.m. Suspicious activ-ity on Ridge Avenue and Glen-wood Road.

11:15 a.m. Resident on Pris-cilla Drive reportED fraud.

5:32 p.m. Animal complaint on Pleasant Street referred to ani-mal control officer.

5:52 p.m. Suspicious activ-ity reported on Oak Street.

7:47 p.m. Suspicious activ-ity reported on Fish Street.

8:59 p.m. Party on West Elm Street called for highway/water/tree department. Referred to DPW.

11:39 p.m. Suspicious activ-ity reported on Church Street.

11:26 p.m. Disturbance re-ported on Pilgrim Road.

tHURsDAY, MARCH 1812:28 a.m. Motor vehicle

stop on Church Street and Oak Street. Robert Costello, 31, of Kingston, arrested for OUI, sec-ond offense, negligent operation of a motor vehicle, failure to stop/yield and marked lanes violation.

2:00 a.m. Noise complaint on Pembroke Woods Drive. Area search negative.

9:45 a.m. Suspicious activity reported on Mattakeesett Street.

3:52 p.m. Hit and run motor vehicle crash reported by Olym-pia Sports.

5;58 p.m. Speeding com-plaint on Warren Terrace.

9:56 p.m. Suspicious motor vehicle reported on Forest Street. Area search negative.

CPR class April 13Bill and James Boulter will teach a Heart Saver CPR cer-

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Support Group is running a calendar raffle through April. Tickets cost $10 each or three for $20. Each ticket offers a chance to win prizes that will be drawn each day throughout April, including gift cards to local restaurants, salons and shops as well as cash, jewelry, gift baskets and other items. Tickets are available from Pembroke Military Support Group members or in the se-lectmen’s office at Town Hall.

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will be held Saturday, April 3 from noon to 2 p.m. at the community center. Dogs must be on a leash and ferrets and cats must be in a carrier or pillow case. Fee is $12 for a one-year vaccine and $15 for a three-year vaccine. Pet own-ers should bring the previous year’s certificate.




When Peg Szostak left her job as assistant principal at Pembroke High School last spring to take over as acting principal at Pembroke Com-munity Middle School, she was given a plaque with her name and “Principal” on it.

The plaque stayed in her desk drawer until Tuesday, when she took it out in prepa-ration for the School Commit-tee meeting that night, where the board formally approved her appointment to the princi-pal position.

“I actually took my plaque out today, and I’ll be putting it on my desk,” Szostak said at the meeting. “I’m very excited about that.”

Szostak was chosen out of more than 30 applicants na-tionwide for the middle school position and was among three interviewed by the superinten-dent. She took over this spring for then-PCMS Principal Ste-ven Lamarche, who was hired as the district’s new director of operations and accountability, essentially replacing retiring Associate Superintendent Dick White.

The district had recently undergone a search to replace Bryantville Elementary School Principal Cathy MacLeod, and the committee decided to hire Szostak in the temporary position until a full search for the PCMS spot could be orga-nized.

Szostak’s old position at the high school was changed from an assistant principal to a dean of students role, and part of Szostak’s one-year contract was that she could return to the high school at the end of the 2009-10.

That won’t be necessary.“It’s very different going

for the job that you’re work-ing in,” Szostak said Tuesday. “There’s been a wonderful amount of support from all of you, from the administration, from the parents, from the teachers, from the students. I don’t think things are any dif-ferent — I’m still opening the cafeteria door at five minutes to seven in the morning. So to [the staff and students], I’m

still just there.”Szostak was assistant prin-

cipal at the high school for four years and this year entered her 30th year in education.

Superintendent Frank Hackett said Szostak’s expe-rience at elementary, middle and high school levels was one of the reasons he felt she was most qualified for the job.

“She has a great perspec-tive for the K-12 continuum just coming from the high school,” he said. “She has a great sense of what students are going to face when they get to the high school, so in terms of the transitions for us, she understands those issues.”

Hackett said he also had received a lot of positive feed-back on Szostak’s work at the middle school.

“She works very well with parents, and she’s proven her-self this year,” he said.

School Committee mem-ber Paul Bosworth said he was pleased with Hackett’s choice.

“I think it’s great that out of the national search that the best applicant’s already in the district,” Bosworth said. “I think it’s a reflection of all the administration and everyone else here.”

Szostak said she would continue to focus on easing the transition for students from elementary school to middle school and from middle school to high school, as well as be-tween grades 7 and 8.

She also wanted to help the middle school move out of the state designation of “correc-tive action” based on MCAS scores.

“There are a lot of great things that are being done, but we need to look at some of our scores on MCAS as well as other measurements. We have a large ‘needs improvement’ group that needs to be moved along,” Szostak said.

Szostak’s contract will be-gin July 1.

Currently, the district’s plan is to return Szostak’s old position at the high school to an assistant principal role, though Hackett said that issue was still under consideration as part of FY2011 budget talks.

Former PHS teacher Caro-lyn Connolly currently holds the dean of students position.

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A group of Red Hat La- ➢dies from Pembroke attended a workshop at the Pottery Playce in Hanover. This paint-your-own pottery shop is owned by Cathy Roop. The instructor for this workshop was Judy Shaughnessey. Pottery selec-tions made by the ladies ran the gamut from tiles to trinket boxes, to wedding cake orna-ments to open mouthed frogs to hold scouring pads. The ladies used their imagi-nation, selected the col-ors they wanted to use, applied three coats, and had a great time doing so. Some were even smart enough to bring an apron. Everyone agreed it was a great experience!

Airman ➢ Derrick R. Haggerty has gradu-ated from basic training at Lackland Air Force Base in Texas. He will continue his schooling at Lackland in security forces. Airman Hag-gerty is a 2005 gradu-ate of Pembroke High School. Proud parents are Joanne and Kevin Haggerty.

Full-day kinder- ➢garten student Sarah Bradley read to the principal of Hobomock Elementary School on Friday, March 12. The

name of the book was “Can We Get A Pet?”

The ➢ Pembroke High School Class of 2011 has been awarded the Most Spirited Team trophy by the American Cancer Society’s Relay For Life of Marshfield. This event celebrates the lives of those who have battled cancer, re-members loved ones lost and fights against a disease that takes too much from too many too soon. The trophy is awarded each year to the local team of walkers and fundraisers whose enthusiasm and energy has the most positive impact on others at this annual event. This year’s event will take place at Marsh-field High School on June 25-26. For more information about Relay For Life and how you can help, call volunteer Liz Spurr at 781-293-5094).

The ➢ Hobomock School Council fundraiser “Super Hero Day” was a great success. This event raised more than $1,067 to help Haitian victims after the earthquake. To see photos of the event, go to the Web site, pembrokepublicschools.org and click on Hobomock Hap-

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Bryantville Elementary ➢School will have an art show on May 27 from 5-7 p.m. Art teacher Maria Dunn is looking for parent volunteers to help hang the artwork and to help out the night of the show. If anyone is willing to help, e-mail Mrs. Dunn at maria.dunn@pem-brokepublicschools.

Tami Rice and James ➢Christie III, originally of Pembroke and now of Plymp-ton, welcomed a new son, Ty-ler Robert, on Friday, March 12. Born in Weymouth, Tyler weighed 6 pounds, 6 ounces at birth and was 19 1/2 inches long. He is welcomed home by and big sister Tori, 14, pa-ternal grandparents James and Joanne Christie Jr. and maternal grandparents Robert and Jeanette Rice, all of Pem-broke. Be sure to congratulate the proud parents and grandpar-ents when you see them around town.

What a surprise we had when arriving home from Florida — we found the basement

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FOURTH GRADE CHAMPS: The Pembroke fourth grade girls basketball team won their championship game on Friday, March 12 in a thrilling 1-point victory over Rockland. Their fourth grade league was run at the Plymouth Rock Courts and consisted of eight teams including Duxbury, Marshfield, Abington, East Bridgewater, Halifax and Hanover. Pictured above are play-ers (back row) Amanda Schafer, Megan DiMaio, Taylor Armstrong, Abby Gouthro, Sarah Tormey, Rory Ryan, (front row) Sarah MacDonald, Nicole Cobb, Sam Goodman, Charleen Lamagna, Chelsea Smith and Kate Norton along with coaches Andrea Schafer and Erin Cobb.

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Many Pembroke students could be getting 15 more min-utes of sleep next September.

The School Committee talked for the second time Tuesday night about changing school start times next year to better facilitate after-school staff training and align Pem-broke with other schools in the area that are following a later trend.

The plan tentatively is to adjust the start time at Hobo-mock Elementary School from 8:10 a.m. to 8:30 a.m., aligning it with Bryantville Elementary School, which would stay the same. This change would allow staff from those two schools some travel time to get to North Pembroke Elementary School, where staff development workshops would be held, according to School Committee chairman Ginny Wandell.

North Pembroke would continue to start at 9 a.m.

The committee had dis-cussed having all three el-ementary schools start at the same time to provide consis-tency across the district. But with an additional cost of $521,000 to organize busing for that kind of change, the committee chose not to purse that option.

The proposed change would not impact the budget, Wandell said.

The change also would af-fect Pembroke High School, moving start time from 7:25 a.m. to 7:40 a.m., and moving the middle school start time from 7:15 a.m. to 7:30 a.m.

This adjustment follows a trend among area schools to start school later and would allow Pembroke students to better fit in with the after-school program schedules of surrounding high schools in towns such as Duxbury, Hing-ham and Scituate, according to PHS Principal Ruth Lynch.

For all schools, the length of the school day would remain the same, so school would end 15 minutes later than it does currently.

The School Committee plans to make a decision on the time changes at the next meeting, scheduled for Tues-day, March 30.

Also Tuesday, the School Committee continued its dis-cussion of the fiscal year 2011 budget, reviewing the latest

information from the state as well as their priorities for pro-grams and services.

Superintendent Frank Hackett said the town is ex-pecting a reduction of up to 4 percent in Chapter 70 fund-ing from the state — part of the state’s effort to ensure all school districts are at least funded at “foundation” levels.

Each district’s foundation is determined by the Chapter 70 formula, based on student enrollment and accounting for inflation.

“Essentially, the state runs the numbers, they look at the funding levels, and they de-termine what the foundation funding level will be for us. They want to bring everyone to foundation,” Hackett said. “School systems who are now spending over foundation are essentially getting penalized, because we’ve got a lot of systems that are below foun-dation.”

Planning for a funding re-duction, the town has spread those cuts across all depart-ments. For the school depart-ment, that means between a 2 and 3 percent drop in its bud-get from last year, which was about $27.4 million.

The School Committee is looking at developing a $26.8 million budget for FY2011.

The board will continue its budget discussion at the next meeting, asking administra-tors to prepare a list of poten-tial cuts to bring the district to that $26.8 million number.

Currently, the FY2011 budget recommended by the administration is about $687,000 over that number.

A public hearing on the FY2011 budget is set for Tues-day, April 13.

In other business Tues-day, the School Committee approved a request for Pem-broke High School teacher

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The School Committee is considering starting four of the five schools about 15 minutes later to align Pembroke with other area schools and help make after-school staff training sessions more efficient.

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Start End Start End

PHS 7:25 a.m. 1:43 p.m. 7:40 a.m. 1:58 p.m.PCMS 7:15 a.m. 1:30 p.m. 7:30 a.m. 1:45 p.m.Hobomock 8:10 a.m. 2:20 p.m. 8:30 a.m. 2:40 p.m.Bryantville 8:30 a.m. 2:40 p.m. 8:30 a.m. 2:40 p.m.North Pem. 9:00 a.m. 3:10 p.m. 9:00 a.m. 3:10 p.m.

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enue,” Ohrenberger said dur-ing a press conference held Wednesday afternoon. “Pem-broke police officers and fire-fighters responded and found a 31-year-old female had been shot while parking her car in her driveway at 20 Lake Av-enue.”

Banks had been shot mul-tiple times at close range and was conscious and alert when officers arrived, Ohrenberger said. Pembroke EMTs trans-ported her to South Shore Hospital. She was later moved to Brigham and Women’s.

“This was a close-range firing; it occurred in close quarters, and [with] the fact that five shots were fired in a close period of time and she was hit by more than one, I would say she’s very lucky,” Ohrenberger said.

Banks’ family was home at the time of the shooting, but Ohrenberger said he did not know whether any of them were children.

Police had received sever-al calls earlier in the day about a suspicious red Volkswagen Jetta with Connecticut license plates in the neighborhood. Officers went to the area on three occasions but were un-able to locate the vehicle or the man who was reportedly driving.

Because of those early re-ports, police were looking for a vehicle matching that de-scription, and Hanover police pulled over Membreno’s red Jetta on Route 53 less than an hour after the shooting.

“The driver and lone oc-cupant of the vehicle was arrested and transported to the Pembroke police station, where he was held overnight on $1 million bail,” Ohren-berger said.

During her summary of the facts at Membreno’s ar-raignment, the prosecutor said Banks was able to talk with police when they first arrived on the scene and told them that she had been pulling into her driveway when she saw

a white male running away from the house. She noted that her security lights had been turned on. She parked her car, and that’s when the man ap-proached her side of the car and began shooting at her.

The only other description

she could give was that he was wearing a gray sweatshirt.

When police pulled over Membreno, they reportedly found a gray sweatshirt in the vehicle along with ammuni-tion in the driver’s side door, latex gloves on the front seat

and a bag of marijuana in plain sight, according to Weierman.

Ohrenberger said Wednes-day that police had Membre-no’s vehicle at the station and were applying for a warrant to search for evidence.

“We expect that we will find the handgun in that car,” Ohrenberger said.

Pembroke Police and Massachusetts State Police are investigating the case and planned to release more in-

formation later, Ohrenberger said.

Membreno’s attorney, David Nagle Jr., did not chal-lenge the prosecutor’s request to hold his client until March 30. After the arraignment, Na-gle spoke briefly to reporters outside the courtroom.

“This is a preliminary in-vestigation. This is a prelimi-nary report … and the facts are anything but certain at this point,” he said.

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Dorian J. Membreno, 25, of Bridgeport, Conn. is placed into a Pembroke Police cruiser to be transported to Plymouth District Court for arraignment Wednesday afternoon.

Prosecutor Laura Weierman presents a summary of the facts during Membreno’s arraignment in Plymouth District Court. Membreno is being held without bail pending a dangerousness hearing scheduled for March 30.

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Shooting suspect linked to ’05 murder?Dorian Membreno may have been linked to a homicide

in his hometown of Bridgeport in 2005. According to a 2006 online article from the Ridgefield Press, a man with the same name and the same age as the Pembroke suspect was charged with the murder of 22-year-old Ariel Ortiz in Bridgeport on May 22, 2005. Although he confessed to police that he had killed Ortiz, he was acquitted by a jury after his lawyer argued that police had coerced his confession by threatening to call INS on his family. (The Dorian Membreno involved in the Pembroke shooting was born in Nicaragua, according to court records.)

Phone calls to the Bridgeport Police records department were redirected to City Attorney Melanie Howlett, who was not available for comment by press time.



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When local residents heard news reports Wednes-day morning that a woman on Lake Avenue had been shot by an assailant late Tuesday evening, many reacted with disbelief and shock that such a violent crime could occur here in Pembroke.

“This is one of the most beautiful places in town,” Old-ham Street resident Deb Flana-gan said as she and her grand-son walked along Shore’s Edge on Wednesday, a street just off Lake Avenue where the shoot-ing occurred. The pair goes for walks most mornings in the area, enjoying the quiet neigh-borhood that features a combi-nation of converted lake-side cottages and newer homes.

“I just couldn’t believe it. I never would have believed something like this could hap-pen here. It’s such a safe place to live,” Flanagan said.

She said she did not hear any shots or see anything sus-picious the night before but heard about the incident when television crews descended on the area early Wednesday.

By noon the day after the shooting, Lake Avenue was quiet, with most neighbors at work or not answering their doors when reporters came knocking. Police were no-where to be seen, and the only sign of the violence the night before was a strip of broken-down yellow crime tape, one end tied to a tree at the end of 20 Lake Avenue and the other flapping in the wind.

At the end of the drive-way, still parked where she left

it, was the victim’s gray Ford Taurus, the driver’s side win-dows lying mostly in shattered pieces on the ground.

Lake Avenue itself is a small road — narrow enough that vehicles passing each oth-er have to slow or stop to pass — and ends in a cul-de-sac.

Lake Avenue resident Judy Graham said she and her hus-band heard the shooting.

“We did hear about four to five shots a little after 10 o’clock at night and very quickly the police arrived and the ambulance was on the scene,” she said.

Graham said she did not know the victim, Marybeth Banks, 31, describing her as a “very quiet gal we don’t really see too much of.”

Pembroke Fire Chief James Neenan lives down the street from where the incident occurred but said he didn’t see or hear anything that night. He learned about the shoot-ing while watching the news Wednesday morning.

“You’re never immune from it. It doesn’t always hap-pen to someone else. It doesn’t always happen in another town,” Neenan said. “You don’t know.”

Over at Town Hall, the shooting was on everyone’s mind. Town Clerk Mary Ann Smith said she was shocked to hear about the incident.

“It’s scary just to know there could be a shooting in Pembroke. You think it’s a lit-tle quiet community — then to wake up to the news … I don’t know,” she said.

Washington Street resi-dent Alf McHugh, who cam-paigned last spring for the Planning Board on his goal to keep the “small town feel” of Pembroke, said he first heard about the shooting on a police scanner Tuesday night.

“It’s unbelievable,” McHugh said. “That’s not the small town I’m talking about.”

The Tuesday night shooting occurred outside a home on a small cul-de-sac near Oldham Pond. Residents expressed disbelief over the violent crime.

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It wasn’t easy for Dana Bean to walk into Town Hall Saturday morning and see a picture of his son Matthew smiling down

from a wall of about 130 other faces — not easy, but he was glad to be there, remembering Matt and all the other men and women who have died in the service of their country since 9/11.

“It’s difficult. In talking with the other Gold Star parents, you have times when you get be-yond everything, and then an event like this just starts it all fresh,” Bean said. “It’s a little bit of a challenging day.”

Bean and his wife Cheryl were among a number of Gold Star parents — those who have lost a son or daughter in the war — who turned out Saturday for the local debut of Woburn art-ist Gina Johnson’s exhibit “Operation Home Ties: Faces of Remembrance.” In it, Johnson features sketches of Massachusetts servicemen and women drawn from photographs. The ex-hibit has been at the Statehouse as well as a few other towns.

Saturday marked the seventh anniversary of the start of the war in Iraq.

From 8 a.m. until 8 p.m., a steady stream of visitors came into the veterans hall inside Town Hall to see the pictures and support the families of the fallen — including the rela-tives of Pfc. Matthew Bean, First Lt. Brian McPhillips and Spc. Jesse Crudup.

“It makes me appreci-ate what people have given and gone through,” said Julie Caruso , chairman of the Pem-broke Military Support Group, which brought the exhibit to Pembroke. “These families are amazing. They come in and thank us and I say, ‘No, no, no — it’s got to be us thanking you.’ They gave the ultimate sacrifice.”

For the artist, the day was about making connections and celebrating lives.

“It’s exactly like I thought it would be. They [family members] thought it would be hard and more emotional, but they’re very pleased look-ing at all these heroes together, and that’s what I hoped would happen — that it’s more of a celebration of their lives rather than a sadness,” Johnson said. “To step back and see people looking at their family members is just a bless-ing. I’m thrilled to be here.”

For Lawney Crudup, whose son Jesse died in 2008 of health complications after returning from Iraq, the event was a mixture of sadness and celebration.

“[My son] didn’t die in battle — he died as a result of being there. He had a lot of problems that started to come up after he had gotten home. It doesn’t affect these guys right away some-times. And unlike Vietnam, it would be nice for people to recognize these guys,” Crudup said. “This traveling wall is going to bring it home to people, because when you see a face it’s dif-ferent than seeing a coffin on TV. You can look into these faces and see these people were alive. It makes it much more personal.”

His wife, Elaine, said she was pleased with the turnout and hoped to see the wall make its way around the South Shore.

“This town has always been incredible as far as supporting the troops. This is just another way of showing it,” she said. “I’ve seen some people come in today that used to live in Pem-broke and have moved away and saw the article in the papers and came up to see it. That says a lot. They still come home to Pembroke.”

Ken and Rena Lagerblade moved to Mid-dleboro five years ago. The couple knew Jesse Crudup from when he was a boy.

“I’m a veteran myself, and it’s just awe-some. It just gives you chills up and down your

spine, to see something like that,” Ken Lager-blade said.

Selectman Arthur Boyle stopped by with his daughter, Amanda Grazioso and granddaughter Kaitlyn, 2. The Boyles were close friends with the Beans and Arthur’s daughter Jennifer went to school with Jesse Crudup.

“It’s very impressive,” Boyle said of the exhibit. “She caught — in Matthew’s case, par-ticularly, how I remember him. It’s an incred-ible likeness.”

Kathy Murray of Hanover came out to sup-port the families of those pictured on the wall. Murray’s son has served two tours with the Army in Iraq and is looking to return for a third tour as part of a bomb squad.

“She just has done such a remarkable job of catching their essence,” Murray said of John-son. “Some of these guys, it’s like they’re right there looking at you. That’s what this is all about, these guys and women and their lives. They’re all special in their own way.”

Caruso said Johnson has agreed to return to Pembroke on Sept. 11, 2011, when the Military Support Group plans to hold a vigil marking the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks. The artist also is hoping to create a wall honor-ing Vietnam soldiers and would bring that ex-hibit to the vigil as well.

Johnson said she hopes to travel around the state with the “Faces of Remembrance” wall.

“Even if one person came and was affected by it, it would be heartwarming. To me it’s not necessarily the number; it’s that the word gets out there and the healing begins,” she said.

Looking up at a picture of her son — Sgt. William J. Callahan of Easton, who was killed while serving in Iraq in 2007 — Mary Ellen Callahan of Hanson said she was glad to see him recognized.

But, like Dana Bean, she acknowledged the overwhelming sadness, too.

“It’s tough,” she said, her voice breaking. “Nobody wants to see their kid on a wall.”

faces of RemembranceFamily, friends turn out to see memorial art exhibit

Selectman Arthur Boyle, a close family friend of the late Matthew Bean, points out an image on the wall to his daughter. Photos by Becca Manning

Pembroke natives First Lt. Brian McPhillips (left), Pfc. Matthew Bean (center) and Spc. Jesse Crudup are honored with portraits in the exhibit “Operation Hometown Ties: Faces of Remembrance.”

Images courtesy of Gina Johnson

Kaitlyn Hunt, 10, and Maeghan Glynn, 9, point out pictures on the wall as Donna Pettinelli, a member of the Pembroke Military Support Group, also views the exhibit.

Cousins Ashleigh Jensen, 7, of Kingston and Hailey Barros, 7, of Pembroke keep busy learning to draw from materials provided by artist Gina Johnson while their parents greet family and friends at the exhibit. The girls’ uncle, Jesse Crudup, is one of the soldiers featured on the wall.

Cheryl Bean, stepmother of the late Pfc. Matthew A. Bean, and Mary Ellen Callahan of Hanson, mother of the late Sgt. William J. Callahan, look at pictures of their sons.

Artist Gina Johnson jokes with Kathy Murray as they look at pic-tures of Murray’s son, who is currently serving with the military.

Longtime Pembroke resident Ann Anderson, now of Plympton, looks at the wall. Anderson has known the family of Spc. Jesse Crudup for many years, having sold her home to the family of Lawney Crudup, Jesse’s dad, in the ’60s.



Friday, March 26Council on Aging Activities. Every Friday: Soft-shoe line dancing class, 9:15-10:15 a.m.; games, 12:30-3 p.m. For information, call the senior center at 781-293-8220.

Saturday, March 27Titans Football and Cheerleading Registration. 10 a.m.-2 p.m., at Pembroke Community Middle School. The former Pop Warner Titans and the former Old Colony Titans have united into one football and cheerleading league for the town of Pembroke. Football and cheer fee is $125 per child with a family cap of $300. For information, e-mail Andrea Campbell at [email protected] or Liz Hartigan at [email protected].

Pembroke Titans Lacrosse Camp Sign-ups. 10 a.m.-noon, at Town Hall. Camp will run April 20-23 from 9 a.m. to noon at Pembroke High School. Open to boys ages 8-14. Fee is $100 per person. All proceeds benefit the PHS varsity lacrosse program. For information, e-mail [email protected]. Deadline to sign up is April 14.

Vernal Pools: Exploring Giant Puddles. 10-11:30 a.m., at South Shore Natural Science Center, Norwell. Crafts, activities and guided walk to explore a nearby vernal pool. Ages 5 and up. $5 members; $7 non-members. Registration required; call 781-659-2559 or visit ssnsc.org.

Sunday, March 28North River Community Church. 9 a.m. and 11 a.m. Sunday services. Located at 334 Old Oak St., Pembroke.

Palm Sunday Services. 10:30 a.m. and 7 p.m., at Pembroke Assembly of God, 786 Washington St. All welcome to join in celebrating Palm Sunday. For information, call the church at 781-826-2247.

Taste of Pembroke. 12-3 p.m., at Pembroke Country Club on West Elm Street. Sample some of the finest cuisine Pembroke restaurants have to offer. Raffles and entertainment by PJ the DJ. Tickets $5 in advance or $10 at the door; all proceeds benefit Pembroke boys soccer and ice hockey programs. Purchase tickets at Sovereign Bank in Pembroke Center, the community center bingo hall, Pembroke Science Fair or boys soccer or hockey players. For more information, call 781-829-8758.

Nature Rocks. 2-3:15 p.m., at South Shore Natural Science Center, Norwell. Musician Mike McCusker of Kids Power will lead interactive concert. $5 each with $20 family cap. Registration required; call 781-659-2559 or visit ssnsc.org.

Monday, March 29Story Time. 10:30 a.m. and 3:30 p.m., at Pembroke Public Library. Open to ages 2 and up. Register at the youth services desk or by calling 781-293-6771.

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

Titans Football and Cheerleading Registration. 6:30-8:30 p.m., at Pembroke Community Middle School. The former Pop Warner Titans and the former Old Colony Titans have united into one football and cheerleading league for the town of Pembroke. Football and cheer fee is $125 per child with a family cap of $300. For information, e-mail Andrea Campbell at [email protected] or Liz Hartigan at [email protected].

tueSday, March 30Sit and Be Fit Exercise Class. 10 a.m., at Council on Aging. $5 per class. For information, call the senior center at 781-294-8220.

Tai Chi. 10-11 a.m., at The Wellness Community-Massachusetts South Shore, 273 Hanover St., Hanover. Drop-ins welcome. For info, call 781-829-4823 or visit thewellnesscommunitymass.org.

Story Time. 10:30 a.m., at Pembroke Public Library. Open to ages 2 and up. Register at the youth services desk or by calling 781-293-6771.

Newcomer’s Orientation. 10:30-11:30 a.m., at The Wellness Community-Massachusetts South Shore, 273 Hanover St., Hanover. For people living with cancer, their loved ones and caregiver to learn about TWC-MSS’ free programs and services. Drop-ins welcome. For info, call 781-829-4823 or visit thewellnesscommunitymass.org.

Seniors Living with Chronic Illness. 1-2 p.m., at Council on Aging building. Ruth Coleman, MSW, a clinical social worker, leads this support group every Tuesday for seniors living with conditions such as arthritis, diabetes, cancer, MS, lupus, heart disease, COPD and others.

Exercise Class. 3-4 p.m., at Council on Aging. $3 per class. For information, call the senior center at 781-294-8220.

Kids Book Club Meeting. 4 p.m., at Pembroke Public Library. Third and fourth graders will discuss “Geronimo Stilton.” For information, call 781-293-6771.

Yoga for Tweens. 4-5 p.m., at Hanson Holistic Center, 156 Liberty St., Hanson. Beginners welcome. Led by certified instructor Becky Paul. Eight week session costs $80. Drop-ins welcome at $12/class. Register by calling 781-293-2774 or e-mailing [email protected].

Wii Mario Kart Tournament. 5-7:30 p.m., at Pembroke Public Library. Open to ages 11 and up. Call 781-293-6771 to register. The winner of the March 23 event will face the winner of the March 29 event for a gift certificate to GameStop.

Baseball Camp Registration. 6-8 p.m., at community center, 128 Center St. American Legion Baseball Pembroke Post 143 will hold its spring training camp on April 19-23

at Mattakeesett Field, from 9 a.m. to noon each day. Open to ages 8-13. $100 per camper. Deadline to register is April 9. For information, call Greg Hanley at 781-858-0648 or e-mail [email protected].

WedneSday, March 31Dull Men Meeting. 10 a.m., at Council on Aging. Always open to new members. Stop by the senior center, 144 Center St.

Participant Support Group. 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., at The Wellness Community-Massachusetts South Shore, 273 Hanover St., Hanover. For people living with cancer. Registration is required by calling 781-829-4823.

Baby Lap Sit. 10:30 a.m., at Pembroke Public Library. Drop in for literacy games aimed at ages ages six to 24 months. For information, call 781-293-6771.

Beginners Knitting with Mary Leydon. 1 p.m., at senior center, 144 Center St. Every Wednesday. Call 781-294-8220 for information.

Wii Arcade Night. 5-7 p.m., at Pembroke Public Library. Play several exciting Wii games from RockBand to Super Mario Brothers. Open to ages 11 and up. No registration required.

thurSday, april 1Community Easter Egg Hunt. 4:30 p.m., at Town Green. Open to all. Volunteers needed to help spread out the eggs the morning of the event. Call the recreation office at 781-293-3249 for information.

Friday, april 2Council on Aging Activities. Every Friday: Soft-shoe line dancing class, 9:15-10:15 a.m.; games, 12:30-3 p.m. For information, call the senior center at 781-293-8220.

upcoMingAnimal Rabies Clinic. Sat., April 3. 12-2 p.m., at the community center. Dogs must be on a leash and ferrets and cats must be in a carrier or pillow case. Fee is $12 for a one-year vaccine and $15 for a three-year vaccine. Bring previous year’s certificate.

Baseball Camp Registration. Tues., April 6. 6-8 p.m., at community center, 128 Center St. American Legion Baseball Pembroke Post 143 will hold its spring training camp on April 19-23 at Mattakeesett Field, from 9 a.m. to noon each day. Open to ages 8-13. $100 per camper. Deadline to register is April 9. For information, call Greg Hanley at 781-858-0648 or e-mail [email protected].

Government Study Committee Hearing. Tues., April 6. 7 p.m., at Town Hall. Pembroke Government Study Committee will hold a public hearing on a proposed article establishing a town manager form of government. The hearing will continue on Tuesday, April 13.

Friends Book and Bake Sale. Sat., April 10. 10 a.m.-2 p.m., at Pembroke Public Library. Annual fundraiser sponsored by the Friends of the Pembroke Library. Shop from thousands of books, tapes, CDs and DVDs from a quarter to a dollar and grab a treat from the bake table. For information about donating items, call the library at 781-293-6771.

Youth Baseball Umpire Meeting. Sat., April 10. 10 a.m.-1 p.m., at community center. For anyone ages 13 and up interested in umpiring in-town baseball games. For information, call Randy Sylvester at 781-294-1124.

Parents Night Out. Sat., April 10. 7-11 p.m., at Monponsett Inn in Halifax. Hobomock Elementary School PTO fundraiser will include “Wicked Trivia” with Pat Lally, raffles and silent and live auctions. Tickets $20 or $150 for a table of eight. Raffle donations welcome. Contact Kim Kibbe at 781-864-7859 or [email protected] or Kellene Falco at 781-826-3995 or [email protected].

Yom Hashoah: The Holocaust Remembrance. Sun., April 11. 7 p.m., at Congregation Shirat Hayam (Marshfield Methodist Church), 185 Plain St., Marshfield. Interfaith service featuring Holocaust survivor. Sponsored by Congregation Shirat Hayam and Marshfield No Place For Hate. For info, call 781-582-2700 or e-mail [email protected].

Men Coping with Grief. Tues., April 13. 1-2:30 p.m., at Plymouth Council on Aging. Group will meet every Tuesday for eight weeks. Registration required. Call Scott A. Ciosek, M.Div., Bereavement Coordinator at Beacon Hospice at 508-747-7222.

Congregation Shirat Hayam Bar Mitzvah. Sat., April 24. 10 a.m., at Shirat Hayam Synogogue, 185 Plain St., Marshfield. Celebrate the church’s 13th birthday with a reception featuring the Jewish rock band of Jon Nelson, Yom Hadash.

Annual Town Meeting. Tues., April 27. 7:30 p.m., at PHS.

Neon Night Dance. Fri., April 30. 6-8 p.m., at Pembroke Community Middle School. Annual Girls Scouts “She and Me Dance” includes music, dancing, refreshments and photo opportunities for Girl Scouts and an adult female relative or family friend.

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Pembroke High School’s Class of 2011 really knows

how to walk the Walk.The group of juniors along

with their advisers, teachers Bob Mallon and Lynn Place, were recognized Monday with the Most Spirited Team Award for their efforts at the 2009 American Cancer Society Re-lay For Life in Marshfield.

“There were 40 teams total that were at the event, and the Pembroke High School Class of 2011 team members were up all night. They just kept walk-ing and walking and walking and running,” said Liz Spurr, event co-chair. “They just had so much energy and so much spirit and went above and be-yond any other team. They made me tired just watching them.”

Spurr and other Relay For Life volunteers presented the team with a plaque and trophy — theirs until next year’s win-ners are announced — at the high school on Monday.

The two-day event, held in June, raises money for the American Cancer Society. Each team raises funds to par-ticipate in the event, which involves at least one team member walking around the Marshfield High School track at all times throughout the event, from 3 p.m. Friday to 10 a.m. Saturday.

Two of the team members, then sophomores, challenged

themselves to walk the entire 19-hour event without stop-ping.

“We got there, and at least one person has to be walking at all times, so we thought, we’ll go as much as we can, and if we can stay up all night, why not?” said Mike Carter, who walked all night — 34 miles in all — with Jessica Cesario.

“At like 1 o’clock [in the morning], we were hurting and we were like, I don’t know if we can do this. People were telling us we weren’t going to do it,” Carter said. “Then we’d walk by and we’d start running and people from other teams would be cheering us on.”

The Relay For Life event includes a survivor’s recep-tion and a luminary ceremony as well as games, raffles and prizes. Teams set up tents out-side the track where they rest and socialize between turns on the track — unless, like Carter and Cesario, they just keep go-ing.

“We didn’t know when to stop,” Carter said. “As soon as they started serving breakfast, everyone kind of got up and left our tent area and went to eat. We just kind of fell down, and I fell asleep. It was crazy.”

Cesario said she could not recall ever walking that much at one time.

“It felt so good to finish,” she said. “Our bodies were pretty sore, but we felt great. We’re definitely going this year.”

Along with raising funds

for events such as prom, the Class of 2011 participates in a community service project each year. Last year, the stu-dents decided to do Relay For Life, and they are hoping to re-turn this year, Place said.

“The energy that they brought was incredible,” she said of her team. “It was a rainy night, too. The weather wasn’t great, but they had fun.”

Last year, the group raised bout $425. This year, they hope to top $500.

“It was a blast. Of all the fun things we did last year, it was absolutely the best thing we did,” Mallon said.

Stephanie Jones said the event was the highlight of her sophomore year.

“It really kicked off the summer,” she said. “It was a blast getting to talk with peo-ple and just hang out and to see how life-changing the experi-ence was. I’m really happy I went and did it.”

Jones said the event means even more to her this year. She recently had a cousin die of cancer and also has an aunt who was diagnosed with lung cancer.

“Last year, it wasn’t really a part of my life, but within the past couple of months it’s become a really big thing,” she said. “It hits close to home now.”

Relay For Life Marshfield, which includes people from Marshfield, Pembroke, Dux-bury, Hanover and Norwell, will be held June 25-26.

SPIRITED SOPHOMORES: Pembroke High School’s Class of 2011, now juniors, participated as sophomores in the 2009 American Cancer Society Relay for Life in Marshfield and took home the Most Spirited Team Award. Pictured above with Relay For Life volunteers Brittney Spurr, Liz Spurr and Debbie Cornwall are team members Lynn Place, Bob Mallon, Mike Romero, Mike Cummings, Jake Schissel, Ryan Moran, Matt Butler, Chris Waterfield, Meagan Hall, Noelle Cormier, Jessica Cesario, Stephanie Jones and Mike Carter. Not pictured is teacher and teammate Jessica Fisher.

PHs Relay for Life team honored for spirit in ’09

Friday, March 26Education Subcommittee Meeting. 11:30 a.m. @ PCMS.

Saturday, March 27PPO/PHS Consortium Performance. 8 p.m. @ PHS. Pembroke High School students will perform with the

Plymouth Philharmonic Orchestra.Sunday, March 28

Taste of Pembroke. 12-4 p.m. @ Pembroke Country Club. Proceeds benefit PHS boys soccer and boys ice hockey teams.

Monday, March 29MCAS Testing and Make-up Testing.

Mon.-Fri., March 29-April 9. Grades 3-6.Bryantville Report Cards Sent Home.

Tuesday, March 30PHS PTA Meeting. 7 p.m. @ PHS.

School Committee Meeting. 7:30 p.m. @ North Pembroke.Thursday, April 1

PHS Sentinel Hosts The Dating Show & Singled Out. TBA. @ PHS. Fundraiser for the Sentinel.

April Fool’s Dance. 6:30-8:30 p.m. @ Hobomock. Sponsored by the PTO.

Friday, April 2Good Friday — No School. Fri., April 2. All grades.



Elaine (Manning) Miller, 71, of Hingham, died on Sat-urday, March 20 at her home, surrounded by her family after a courageous 3-1/2-year battle with cancer.

She was born in Wilkins-burg, Pa. and came to Hing-ham 56 years ago.

Mrs. Miller was a 1956 graduate of Hingham High School and a 1958 graduate of Forsythe School for Dental Hygienists in Boston. She also attended Quincy Junior Col-lege. Mrs. Miller was a dental hygienist by profession and over the years was associated with the Hingham offices of Dr. Elbert S. Stallard, Dr. Peter D. Kramers and most recently with Dr. Jeffrey B. Darling.

She was devoted to her grandchildren and was con-

stantly going to their baseball, hockey, football and soccer games as well as supporting their skiing at the Suicide Six Ski Area in Vermont. For the past two summers, she trav-eled to Cooperstown, NY, where her grandsons partici-pated in games in that famous baseball town.

She was the wife of Fred Miller of Hingham; mother of Douglas H. Miller and his wife Kathryn of Woodstock, Vt., Heather M. Hutchins and her husband Ronald of Hing-ham and the late Julie Elaine Miller; sister of Bruce S. Manning and his wife Toni of Pembroke; and loving grand-mother of Elizabeth and Kath-ryn Miller of Woodstock, Vt. and David, Robert and Brian Hutchins of Hingham. She

also leaves her sister-in-law, Marcia C. Bohlke of Quincy.

Visiting hours where held at Downing Cottage Funeral Chapel, Hingham on Tuesday, March 23. In lieu of flowers, donations in her memory may be made to Hospice of the South Shore, P.O. Box 9060, Braintree, MA 02185-9060. The funeral services and buri-al are to be private.

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Carol Ann Keane, 69, of Braintree, died Saturday, March 20.

She was the wife of the late Robert T. Keane; mother of Robert T. Keane Jr. of Brain-tree; daughter of the late James E. and Ruth (Grimshaw) Ful-

lum; sister of Virginia Johnson of Springfield, Va., her twin sister Roxanna McCormick of Pembroke and Ruth Coffey of Malden; and sister-in-law to Paula Kelley of Newton. She also leaves many nieces and nephews.

Visiting hours were held on Tuesday, March 23 at Shep-herd Funeral Home, Pembroke. A funeral mass was held at Our Lady of the Lake in Halifax on Wednesday, March 24. Burial was at Mt. Pleasant Cemetery in Pembroke.

Joan Celeste (Sprosty) Norris, 76, of Pembroke, died during the early morning of March 16.

Joan was a singular person: smart, often prickly, but to the end awake and caring. In her working life, she was a nurse and a radiological technician. She was educated in Chicago and Cleveland nursing schools and practiced in those cities

and Massachusetts, to which she moved in the 1980s. For six years, she was a steward-ess with Eastern Airlines.

Joan was briefly married to the late Gordon Norris.

She was a passionate lover of animals and plants. Though often mercurial, she had many friends and admirers, and con-tributed much to the lives of fellow worshipers, particularly

at Trinity Episcopal Church in Weymouth.

She leaves her brother, Paul Sprosty and his wife Anne; her extended family; and her many friends. Her younger sister, Bonnie Sprosty Sussel, preceded her in death.

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SENd itEMS for the opinion page to [email protected]. dEadliNE is tuesday at noon. Robert DeLeo, speaker of the Massachusetts House, has made an expanded gaming proposal for a limited number of slots at four racing venues as well as two

resort casinos. He says, “... it is a plan that creates a new eco-nomic sector and new jobs in Massachusetts when we need them most. And we will reinvest a portion of whatever revenue we generate in economic development to create other new jobs.”

Job creation is a no-brainer! Jobs are maintained and/or cre-ated when purchases are made for goods and/or services, but in turn, one needs a job to earn the necessary income to make those purchases. The most effective way to create jobs is by creat-

ing an economic environment where one has disposable income to make purchases, therefore increasing the business need to hire additional employees to produce goods or provide those services. The best way to do that is through tax incentives, as well as reduction in taxes and fees.

Obviously, just as important, is a pas-sionate need by our state representatives to first rid our state of corruption and waste, and, second, to live within our means while still maintaining social programs — entitlement reduction and/or elimination

is usually the first action considered because it is an easy way out while leaving real obstacles to effective governance in place.

The incentive of lower taxes and effective state governance is also the best way — not slots and casinos — to attract manu-facturers to come to Massachusetts and encourage those that are here to stay.

In regard to generating revenue, it is important to realize that casinos are designed to offer within their establishments prod-ucts and services their customers may need in order to keep their customers in their casinos. So, in fact, casinos are in competi-tion with non-gambling businesses in the communities within which they operate. Accordingly, it has been the experience of other states that government overestimates gambling rev-enues. The bottom-line is that money spent gambling will not be spent elsewhere. University of Massachusetts urban-planning professor Robert Goodman supports this contention by saying, “Newly opened casinos suck money out of the local economy, away from existing movie theaters, car dealerships, and clothing shops and sports arenas.”

And there is the moral issue.James Dobson, Ph.D., Commissioner of the National Gam-

bling Impact Study (1997-99), says the study concludes: “gam-bling depicts a depth of pain and devastation that compels a change in the way betting is regarded; it preys on the desperation of the poor by peddling false hope; and, it exploits the most vul-nerable. It undermines the ethic of work, sacrifice and personal responsibility that exemplify the best qualities of American so-ciety. If you scratch beneath the veneer of gambling-induced prosperity, the pain, despair and hopelessness of problem and pathological gamblers is recognized as a stark tragedy. We must reject the fantasy that wagering is innocuous entertainment and deal earnestly with the destruction and pain that it causes to in-dividuals, families and society.”

Joe Fitzgerald, Boston Herald columnist, says Speaker De-Leo is turning a deaf ear toward what ought to concern him most: ‘How can you justify exploiting the misery of the public you al-legedly serve?’ It simply ‘[encourages] more people to bet, then let the state stuff its pockets with the money the losers leave behind.’

Despite the gaming industry’s claim that within their opera-tions they address pathological gambling, nevertheless, gam-bling addiction and associated large-scale social issues are never fundamentally resolved.

Robert DeLeo’s proposal simply does not represent the best example of effective leadership, nor good government.

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The Pembroke Express welcomes all views. Thank you letters will be accepted if concise. Anonymous letters or letters published in other publications will not be considered.

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send us your letters!It’s a sad day in Amer-ica, but let this serve as a wake-up call to all

of us. In November, we need to purge the U.S. Congress as well as Beacon Hill of those elected officials who are not responsive to the will of the people.

Americans must return or elect new U.S. Representatives and U.S. Senators who pledge to repeal the health care deba-

cle and vote against any future funding required for the imple-mentation of this unsustainable entitlement program. To repeal this bill, we need a two-thirds majority in a new Congress to override an inevitable veto by President Obama.

In November, the vot-ers must also bring balance

to Beacon Hill. The political maneuvers and gamesmanship we have recently witnessed on Capitol Hill have been busi-ness as usual on Beacon Hill for years.

Let’s work together to take back our country and our state.

Daniel WebsterState Representative

I’m not sure “resound-ing, clear and consis-tent” is exactly the

message that was sent in the two gubernatorial races that Patrick Chilcott referenced in his column last week. In fact, I’m guessing that about 95 per-cent of Pembrokians couldn’t name the new governors in New Jersey and Virginia and, the last time I checked, gover-nors don’t get to vote on leg-islation before Congress. And while we Democrats really ap-preciate all the help Patrick is offering the electorate, since his party was absolutely ham-mered in both the 2006 and 2008 elections and has never fared well in Massachusetts, I’d take his advice with a grain of salt.

The irony, with regards

to health care, is that the pre-sumptive presidential favorite for Patrick’s party in 2012 is likely to be the, um, beloved former governor of Massa-chusetts, Mitt Romney. Now, there have been several com-parisons made between the current health care legislation and our state’s health care. Most say that the Democrats’ plan mirrors about 90 percent of the plan that was signed into law by Romney (and voted for by Senator/nude model Scott Brown). And while anybody that follows politics knows that Romney’s political posi-tions change hourly, the facts are that he agreed with the overwhelmingly Democratic-

leaning statehouse and signed a bill into law that 78 percent of Massachusetts residents now say that are happy with.

This time around, the GOP decided they weren’t going to dance when it came to health care. Strategically, they de-cided at the outset that a bi-partisan health care bill would further marginalize their party and boost the President. I un-derstand the politics of it. I just hope in a couple of years the GOP makes campaign signs for Romney and Brown say-ing, “Vote for our guy — he only voted for a bill that was 90 percent like Obama’s health care bill,” though, admittedly, that’d be a lot of words to fit on a sign.

Matt YorkFurnace Colony Drive

As usual, informa-tion given to the public about the

Board of Health is not hon-est. The formal request for a forensic audit of the comput-ers in the BOH, by a disinter-ested third party, was made to the selectmen at their meeting on Monday, June 8, 2009. The comment made to the Express by BOS Chairman Boyle, published in last week’s edi-tion, that an audit was done in February 2009, making anoth-er audit unnecessary, appears to misinform the public. The limited audit was not a foren-sic audit of the computers, and it was done in October 2008 by someone chosen by the town administrator. This is not the first time erroneous informa-tion has come from the town administrator’s office, hand in hand with the selectmen.

Gail McSweeney lost her

job last week. I have never seen such extraordinary at-tempts and means to discredit an honest employee, who came across multiple dis-crepancies (ones not tied to a former employee who was charged with criminal activ-ity) while performing her job in the BOH. These are things that an employer (and taxpay-ers) should be glad to have uncovered, especially in this economy, and instead of pur-suing these findings, officials chose to cover them up, dis-credit an honest employee and find a way to remove her from her job. This reeks of the old “whistle blower” situation re-played right here in Pembroke Town Hall. Not once was Gail McSweeney (or I) asked to sit down to discuss these matters.

They were, for the most part, left to Town Administrator Thorne to handle. Now the se-lectmen are looking to shuffle the deck to create a town man-ager, at a significantly higher salary, while eliminating other peoples’ jobs. Scary.

Why, if McSweeney’s job was budgeted through this fis-cal year (through June 30), did she get notice that she was to be gone last week and totally off the payroll by April 1? Will she receive the three months compensation and health coverage her job is budgeted for? Maybe Town Accountant Mike Buckley has the answer. If not, then who?

Perhaps it’s time for more citizens of our town to start asking questions and demand-ing answers. The BOH is a good place to begin.

Scott MacInnesN. Pembroke

Obama’s health care plan should be familiar

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By karen proctor, express coluMnist [email protected]

The town of Pembroke has been birthplace and adopted home to a number of famous figures over its long and distinguished history. One such no-

table individual is Alexander Parris, the respected architect of such structures as Quincy Market in Boston and our own First Church in Pembroke.

Parris was born in 1780 in Halifax. His family moved to Maine when he was a child and then to North Pembroke when Parris was a teenager. Early in his life, he became an appren-

tice carpenter and worked at the more practical side of his craft, all the while purchasing and studying books on design. He soon earned a reputation lo-

cally for his house designs and attention to detail. By the time he was 20 years old, he had become a talented architect. He soon married Pembroke resident Sylvia Stetson and moved to Portland, Maine.

While in Portland, he built a home for a Navy commodore and was given the opportunity to rebuild the forts in Portland Harbor. Unfortunately, the 1807 embargo caused a severe economic slowdown and Parris had difficulty finding work. He eventually moved to Boston. During this period, he traveled to the cities of Richmond, Philadelphia and New York.

When the War of 1812 began, Parris served as a captain in the Army Corps of Engineers. After the war, he returned to Boston and joined a small group of architects who studied and worked under the influence of a Boston architect and designer of the Massachusetts State House and the National Capitol in Washington, D.C., Charles Bulfinch.

Parris proved to be one of Bulfinch’s most talented stu-dents and soon developed his own following. Between 1818 and 1821, he worked on Massachusetts General Hospital. In 1825, he designed Quincy Market as part of a Boston water-front redevelopment project. He also designed buildings for the Watertown Arsenal and the Charlestown Navy Yard, and he built the Chelsea Navy Hospital and Pilgrim Hall in Plymouth. In 1837, he was called upon to design the third (and current) First Church Meeting House in Pembroke. During his lifetime, Parris designed many other notable structures as well as private residences.

In 1852, while returning from a trip to Washington, D.C., Parris became gravely ill and died at his home on Washington Street in Pembroke. He is buried at the Briggs Burying Ground near his home.

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

Congratulations to Pat Carey, Joe Murray, George Migre, Judy (Henrich) Russo, Deb Clark, Nancy Nogler, Rosemarie Egerton, Otis Hathon, Chuck Crossley, Tricia Kelly and Cheryl Ryan for correctly identifying the house on Washington Street, formerly a nursing home and currently Roctronics Park, historically known as the Alexander Parris farm. Photo courtesy of Pembroke Historical Society

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Drivers through North Pembroke now have another reason to pause.

A pair of stop signs were set to be installed at the corner of Elm Street and Spring Street this week, replacing a two-way stop with a four-way, along with signs warning motorists there is a new stop sign ahead.

New “No Trucks” signs on Oak Street also were scheduled to go up this week. Both proj-ects are part of an effort to curb traffic in the residential area.

“Because of the speeding vehicles and the terrain of the street, residents felt there was a safety issue backing out of their driveways,” said Select-man Lew Stone, who has been spearheading a traffic study in the area.

The study, conducted by the Old Colony Planning Council earlier this year, looks at large truck and regular vehicle travel through North Pembroke.

In its report, the Old Colony Planning Council determined there was not a need for a four-way stop at Elm and Spring, based on the amount of traffic in the area and the history of vehicle crashes there.

But Pembroke Police Chief Michael Ohrenberger, Depart-ment of Public Works Director Gene Fulmine and DPW Com-missioners took another look at the site and determined it would be a good idea.

The signage will be funded out of the DPW’s current bud-get, Stone said.

Selectman Dan Trabucco has lived on Elm Street for about 12 years and said he had witnessed the problem at that intersection.

“I’ve had concerns on my own, but my neighbors bring-ing it to my attention is what prompted me to bring it to the forefront to Lew and the people that he was working with on his committee,” Trabucco said.

He said the intersection was at the bottom of a large “blind” hill near a school bus stop and that drivers often had to jam on their brakes because they did not see the bus right away.

“Over time, the volume of traffic and the speed have in-creased, and the neighborhood has grown with more and more younger families,” Trabucco said. “I feel knowing a stop sign is ahead will slow people down.”

The second project related to the traffic study involves moving “No Truck” signs so that drivers of large trucks will have more notice that they are not allowed on certain residen-tial streets, Stone said.

“We had two ‘No Truck’ signs at the juncture of Elm Street and Oak Street, and trucks would get there and they would turn down Elm Street to get to Route 53 because the sign said trucks couldn’t go any further on Oak Street,” Stone

said. “So to address that issue, the DPW took signs down on Oak Street at that location and moved one of the signs down to the entrance to Oak Street from Route 139, saying ‘No Thru Truck Traffic.’”

Trucks will be allowed to go as far as Winter Street to ac-cess the Corporate Park area in that industrial zone but should not be continuing on through residential streets, Stone said.

A third part of the solution is to work with Duxbury and Marshfield officials to discour-age trucks from entering resi-dential streets in those towns and using the neighborhood as a thru-way to Route 53 and Route 139, Stone said.

“Our final plan is to keep all truck traffic — the big trucks like gravel trucks — off the residential streets in Pem-broke that border Route 139 and Route 53. These are all residential streets that have no sidewalks and were never built for truck traffic,” Stone said.

With the expanded use of GPS, drivers who want to find “the quickest way from Point A to Point B” often find shortcuts through areas where heavy traf-fic was never expected, Stone added.

The study also involved High Street — another residen-tial street used frequently by large trucks as a cut-through,

this time between Route 14 and Route 53. Stone said officials were looking at a solution for that issue as well.

All proposals related to state routes must be submitted to MassHighway, he said.

Though Pembroke resi-dents and officials have long advocated for a traffic light at the intersection of Pleasant Street and Washington Street/Route 53, Stone said that issue was not part of the latest study.

“We’ve approached that particular site several times because everybody believes that it’s a hazard there, and the state agreed to put a stop light at Barker Street and Route 53. They felt that would give the traffic on Pleasant and Water streets enough of a break in the flow of traffic so that they could get out safely,” Stone said. “Af-ter they did that, we continued to press for a traffic light at Pleasant, and the state said, ‘We gave you one on Barker Street. We’re not going to give you an-other one on Pleasant Street.’”

However, part of the condi-tions of approval for a second phase of the Pembroke Woods 40B project — which has yet to be started — was that sidewalks be installed down Oak Street and that developers look into the funding required to place a traffic light at the end of Pleas-ant Street, Stone said.

Signs to go up this week as part of N. Pembroke traffic study

FOUR-WAY FINALLY: A two-way stop at the intersection of Elm and Spring streets will be changed into a four-way stop this week with the addition of two stop signs as well as signs warning motorists that the traffic rule has changed.

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In other business Monday:

• Selectmen appointed Interim Recreation Director Sue Roche

as the full-time recre-ation director.

• Selectmen a c k n o w l -edged a letter signed by 50 residents of Keens Way and Benjamins

Path requesting the town repair their streets. Selectman Lew Stone said the issue had been forwarded to the Department of Public Works and that the project would be added to the department’s list of priorities. He did not know when work might be funded. According to the residents’ letter, the streets

were accepted as public ways in 1985 and there had been no “meaningful maintenance” of the streets since that time.

• The board heard a presentation from George A. Woodbury and William Repoff of LightSmart Energy Consulting about the potential savings for Pembroke if the town were to purchase its street lights from National Grid rather than lease the lights. Woodbury said the town had about 550 lights and could save about $24,700 annually by own-ing them. Typically, Woodbury said, towns could pay back the cost of buying the lights in less than two years. The board authorized the town administra-tor to write a letter to National Grid requesting an estimated cost to purchase the lights.

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Notice is hereby given pursuant to M.G.L., Ch. 40A, Sec. 5, that the Planning Board will hold a Public Hearing in the Pembroke Town Hall Hearing Room, Lower Level, 100 Center Street, Pembroke, MA on Monday, April 5, 2010 at 7:30 P.M. to hear comments relative to proposed amendments to the Pembroke Zoning By-laws which have been included as Articles on the Warrant for consideration and action at the Annual Town Meeting to be held

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on Tuesday, April 27, 2010 as follows:

Article #: To see if the Town will vote to amend the Zoning By-laws of the Town of Pembroke by adding a new definition for Personal Service Business to Section II, Definitions as follows:

Personal Service Business - business which provide personal care to people, including hair salons, barbershops, nail salons, beauty spas, businesses providing simple ear-piercing services (piercing of the earlobe with a presterilized singe-use stud-and-clasp system manufactured exclusively for ear-piercing) and similar businesses.

and to add Personal Service Business as a use allowed by right in new numbered subsections in the Residential-Commercial District, Business District A, Business District B and Center Protection District, or take any other action relative thereto.

Submitted by the Planning Board and Building Inspector

Text and maps of the aforementioned proposed amendments may be inspected at the offices of the Pembroke Planning Board and the Town Clerk during regular business hour.

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Friends, family, lo-cal officials and long-time customers

turned out by the hundreds to support Joyce and Eddie Ol-iveira Monday night. The lo-cal owners of Oliveria’s Res-taurant on Center Street lost their Abington home in a fire on Feb. 8.

The fundraiser, held at the restaurant, raised thousands through ticket sales, a live auc-tion, raffles and on-the-spot donations made by many peo-ple who just wanted to help, according to Julie Thompson, who organized the event along with Arthur Boyle.

“It was a very good turn-out,” Thompson said. “I was hoping to sell 200 tickets; we ended up selling over 300. I was hoping we’d make maybe a few hundred at the auction; we made over $2,000. It was overwhelming. Truly, there is a community spirit in Pem-broke, which is why I love this town so much. It was a terrific night all the way around.”

Pembroke answers the call

Selectman Arthur Boyle, former Pembroke resident Marty Moran, State Rep. Daniel Webster and Town Clerk Mary Ann Smith socialize at the benefit for Joyce and Eddie Oliveira held Monday night at the restaurant.

Event organizers Arthur Boyle and Julie Thompson run the live auc-tion, selling off items such as a fly-fishing trip, Red Sox tickets and tickets to see a musical.

Town Clerk Mary Ann Smith and her grandson Evan Smith, 10, enjoy good food and friends. Josh Cutler, a candidate for state representative, shakes hands with

Mike White of Marshfield after outbidding him for fly-fishing tickets in the live auction. White plays in a hockey league at the arena down the street and came out to support the local business.

The benefit drew a huge crowd and raised thousands for the Oliveiras.

At right, Pembroke

High School juniors Abby

Thompson and Noelle

Cormier and senior Nick

DiPrizio helped out

at the event by working

the door. Thompson’s

mother, Julie, organized the

event.

The family of Joyce Oliveira came from all over to show their support Monday night, including aunts Marianne Hasik of Crown Point, Ind., Patricia Campo of Salem, N.H., Norene Wardynski of Quincy, Florence Potter and Andrea Mackendrot of Waterville, Maine and Lillian Dresselaers of Everett; uncle Richard Dresselaers of Quincy; mom Leona Hambarian of Rockland; and sister Johnna Lewis of Rockland, with whom Joyce and husband Eddie have been staying since the fire. Visitors check out the silent auction table.

Photos by becca Manning

Volunteers raise thousands to help Oliveiras rebuild



A visit with wrestling captain Mark King

King was a four-year wrestler at Pembroke High School, winning three team South Sectional championships and an individual South Sectional championship in his time on the mat. He shared

his thoughts on …

… his college plans. I’m not positive where I’m going yet. I’m looking at URI, Berkeley and West-field and I’m intending to go for music education, but I’m not sure what it’s like.

… why he wants to pursue music. Music is really what my passion is. I got into it when I was in seventh grade when I heard Blink-182 and just wanted to play because I liked them so much. It turned out to be all that I’m really good at, so I might as well keep it going. [Laughs]

… his favorite instruments. I play bass guitar, tuba and I also sing, but I re-ally like funky bass — that’s my favor-ite. I’ve been in a couple of bands over the years, but right now I’m in one with a bunch of guys from Plymouth. With them, we’re a hip-hop alternative rock group. It’s pretty cool and a lot different than anything I’ve done before.

… how he got into wrestling. My fresh-man year I was playing soccer and one of the captains that year asked me to try it out. I thought, ‘I like that kid, so I figure I’ll listen to him.’ It takes a lot of hard work and a lot of discipline, and I didn’t really do anything that involved any of that stuff before, so I kind of needed that.

… his other goals besides going to college. I would really like to establish a good, solid rock band from Pembroke because I’m not in any bands with Pembroke kids right now, and I would like to find some and see what we can get going.

A visit with hockey captain Rian Regan

Regan finished her high school athletic career last month as assistant captain on the Whitman-Hanson /Pembroke girls hockey team and now has her sights set on college plans

and keeping busy. She shared her thoughts on …

… where she wants to go next year. I’m think-ing about going to Massasoit and then transferring to another school once I get my grades up. I want to do nursing and eventually maybe be a surgeon. I’m going to look at the University of South-ern Maine and maybe Florida.

… pursuing nursing. It’s always interested me and I’ve always wanted to help people. I’m also not grossed out by anything. [Laughs]

… taking up hockey in high school. I tried it when I was little and I didn’t really like it. But my friend Ka-tie told me I should start playing, so I signed up for the U-19 team in town and got into it that way. I’ve loved it ever since.

… her favorite high school sports memory. Definitely last year when we went to the Garden, and I’ve also made so many new friends from the team. The Garden was huge. It’s so different watch-ing a game and then being out there on the same ice. It makes you really nervous, but once you start playing, it’s like any other sheet of ice.

… her other hobbies. I go to the gym and I like softball, so I play outside of school.

… her goals after graduation. I want to get a different job and get my license. Eventu-ally, I want to move away to someplace warm. Hopefully I can get down to Florida.

as told to sPorts editor dave Palana

I have really taken to track since I started up at The Express. While I have railed against the Reggie Lewis Abyss, I like the

chess match that goes into a track meet and the fact that someone finishing fifth can be almost as

crucial to a team victory as someone who wins an event.

That being said, I have gotten the question, “Did you do track?” and the state-ment “You sound like you ran” from athletes, coaches and parents for the past few years. Whilst I am flattered that many people think I have an athletic bone in my body, perhaps this little personal anecdote about my first and only experience on

the oval will lay that myth to rest.My one foray onto the track in high school

consisted of two races with my good friend and future roommate Jen Harlow from East Bridgewa-ter. Local track buffs may know her name be-cause she currently coaches sprints and jumps at Stonehill College, and was an All-American high

jumper at Wheaton who still usually wins the Bay State Games. But in high school, Jen was an ath-letic freak of nature. Basically, she went to track meets, won the high jump, won the hurdles and then won whatever other race she felt like running that day. Jen once reduced a girl from Duxbury to tears by winning the 200 without having run that race all year while Little Miss Dragon went into the meet unbeaten. Meanwhile, I had a radio show, orange hair and a Ramones T-shirt with holes in it so I could wear suspenders without having to tuck it in. (On a side note, I still think that was the best idea I’ve ever had.)

Clearly, the stage was set for one of those epic races on par with Donovan Bailey vs. Michael Johnson. The race was pretty straightforward: one time around, fastest wins. She beat me by half the track.

I chalked that one up to the quesadilla value meal from Taco Bell that I just ate and then started scheming. During our rematch, I let Jen get about five or six strides ahead of me so she could see what I was doing, then took off across the center of the track. Just as we pulled about parallel, I heard her yell, “What the hell?!” Apparently, Jen was running on pity after the first race, but when she realized I was cheating she blew past me and was standing waiting for me when I got to the end. Take note, kids: cheaters never win and the shortest distance between two points depends on who’s in better shape. To this day, she still laughs at me for this from time to time.

As we get set to begin another great spring sports season, you’ll find me enjoying strolling around a track meet every week taking pictures of as many events as possible, and I urge my readers to do the same. But out of respect for the real athletes, do not mistake my enthusiasm for the sport and my due diligence to my job for any personal history in the sport. I only run when I’m being chased.

I am very bad at track

By Dave Palana

The Tale of The TaPe

the tale of the taPe is a weekly coluMn by sPorts editor dave Palana. he can be reached by e-Mail at [email protected].

Clearly, the stage was set for one

of those epic races on par with

Donovan Bailey vs. Michael Johnson.

The race was pret-ty straightforward:

one time around, fastest wins. She

beat me by half the track.

SENIOR MOMENTS

as told to sPorts editor dave Palana



by dave Palana, sPorts editor [email protected]

In 2001, Pembroke na-tive Kevin Johnson got a fleeting taste of his

lifelong goal of playing golf on the PGA Tour. The former Silver Lake and Clemson star spent 10 years clawing his way to the tour after turning pro in 1990, only to have his prover-bial cup of coffee before losing his tour card and going back on the Nationwide Tour.

After nine long years in professional golf’s minor leagues, Johnson, now 42, is finally back on the grand stage — for good this time, he hopes.

“It took me 10 years to get up there, and I didn’t play up to scratch,” Johnson said. “Then it took me another nine years to get back. It’s been a strug-gle, but we just kept trying and it finally paid off.”

Last year might have been it for Johnson after winning just $6,479 in 2008 to finish 208th on the Nationwide Tour. But two big playoff wins in the Rex Hospital Open last May and the Knoxville Open last June helped the veteran finish

13th on the Nationwide money list with $266,915 and earn his long-awaited second PGA Tour card.

“I started asking, ‘Am I kidding myself?’” he said. “I’m 42 years old and there are kids coming in who are 20 and can drive the ball 300 or 400 yards, so I started to question if I still have it. Then all of a sudden, I got two wins on the Nationwide Tour and now I am going to be competing against the best players in the world.”

This recent promotion to

the PGA is the latest in a career path for Johnson that began in Pembroke. Johnson comes from a golfing family. His fa-ther introduced him and his brothers to the game, and his brother Chip is the head pro

at Hatherly in Scituate. After joining the golf team at Sil-ver Lake, Johnson enrolled at Clemson University, where he honed his skills before gradu-ating in 1989.

“I had a pretty good junior year [at Silver Lake] and then went to a big time gold pro-gram at Clemson,” he said. “It was just a progression and I just kept getting better.”

Because of that long pro-gression to the PGA, Johnson said he feels confident he will have a good year despite a slow start. Johnson has made the cut three times in eight tourna-ments so far in 2010 with his best performance coming last week when he tied for 38th at the Puerto Rico Open on March 14.

“It’s been a dream come true, but I haven’t played that well,” he said. “I’ve been play-ing so long that I have been down this road before. When I’m playing well, I know I’m plenty good enough, so I’ve just got to play through this.”

In addition to stiffer com-petition and larger purses, Johnson said the PGA tour offers much better travel than

the Nationwide. He hopes the change in venue will allow him to travel with his wife and two young daughters at some point during this year’s tour.

“Now I’m going to be playing in places like Boston and Chicago where before I was going to Fort Smith, Ar-kansas,” Johnson said. “The course is nice, but there is a lot of nothing.”

Even when he cannot travel with his family, Johnson is still able to spend lot of time at his Palm Beach, Fla. home dur-ing the year despite the travel schedule of the tours, which he said is heavy but also stag-gered.

“I’m home in big chunks,” he said. “I’m home quite a bit in the winter and by the time spring rolls around my wife can’t wait to get rid of me.”

Despite living down south, Johnson said he still makes it back to his old hometown a few times a year to see family and friends and play golf. Johnson was excited to hear about Jer-emy Roenick buying the Pem-broke Country Club and said he looks forward to breaking in a revamped course.

“That will be pretty inter-esting,” he said. “I grew up playing Pembroke, Halifax and Duxbury. I want to see what they’ve done.”

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What a long, strange tripPembroke native Kevin Johnson back in the PGA

A walk-in registration session for the Pembroke Titans Lacrosse Camp will be held Saturday, March 27 from 10 a.m. to noon at the Town Hall. The camp is open to boys ages 8-14 and will run April 20-23 from 9 a.m. to noon at Pembroke High School. Campers will be grouped according to their age, so space is limited. Camp fee is $100, and all proceeds benefit the Pembroke High School varsity lacrosse program. For information or to obtain a registration form, e-mail [email protected]. Deadline to sign up is April 14.

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“i started to question if i still have it. Then all of a sudden, i got two wins on the nationwide Tour

and now i am going to be competing against the best

players in the world.”

Kevin Johnson celebrates sink-ing a putt on the Nationwide Tour last year. Johnson had more to celebrate this year when he took to the links on the PGA Tour starting in January.

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Youth Basketball plans shoot-out

Boys and girls in grades 3-8 are invited to test their basketball shooting skills at Pembroke Youth Basket-ball’s Shootout Challenge on Wednesday, April 7 from 6-8:30 p.m. at Pembroke Com-munity Middle School. Prizes will be awarded to winners in each age group. Registration fee of $12 includes a T-shirt. Proceeds will benefit the Jett Foundation. For a registration form, e-mail Ginger Comeau at [email protected]. Registrations will be allowed the night of the event, but T-shirts cannot be guaranteed.

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