Pembroke Express 12_23_2010

By Becca Manning, express staff [email protected]

For several weeks, Pem-broke officials have been talk-ing about the possible effects a new Brockton power plant may have on local water resources.

But project manager Jona-than Winslow said his com-pany, Brockton Clean Energy, has no real interest in Silver Lake water. Instead, they want to use recycled wastewater from the city of Brockton to cool steam turbines in the plant, adding another aspect of reuse to a project Winslow said

is all about clean energy and efficiency.

“Our mission is to develop the cleanest and most efficient facility that we can, and I think when people understand that, they will understand much bet-ter what we’re trying to do,” Winslow said.

The plant, to be built near Oak Hill Way in Brockton, will be the first of its kind in the country. Called a “com-bined-cycle natural gas power generation facility,” the plant

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SEASON OF GIVING: Along with providing a good time for all, the Party for the Pantry held at Oliveira’s Restaurant last Friday brought in $2,380 plus a pile of canned goods for the Pembroke Food Pantry. The event was organized by Matt and Beth York (left) and drew a nice crowd, includ-ing Santa Claus and local residents (clockwise from top) Dan Taylor, Janet White, Joyce Oliveira and Kristianne Oliveira. See more photos on page 14. Photo by Josh Cutler


Whether they were learning how gears fit together, building a model race car or discovering

a new kind of Flubber, a group of Pembroke eighth graders were busy in the weeks lead-ing up to December vacation.

Though their classmates completed their projects in class, several Pembroke Commu-nity Middle School eighth graders are still tweaking theirs. In a free period early last Friday morning, the kids gathered in teacher David Lemée’s lab to show off their work, make a few more additions and changes, and talk about why they look forward to class.

“We get to do stuff, and we get to make stuff whenever we want. And you get to use computers and play games,” eighth grader Matt Cavalear said of why he enjoys his En-gineering and Technology class. “But when it gets serious, it gets serious. You’re learning and also having fun.”

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TEAM EFFORT: PCMS eighth graders Zach Burnham and Steven Furtney combined proj-ects to create a motorized LEGO windmill for their class. Photo by Becca Manning


Seats on the Board of Se-lectmen and School Commit-tee and other town boards will be up in the 2011 town elec-tion. Nomination papers will be available in the town clerk’s office beginning Jan. 3.

Below is a list of seats that are up in 2011:

• Town Moderator, one-year term (currently held by Steve Dodge)

• Town Clerk, three-year term (currently held by Mary Ann Smith)

• Board of Selectmen, two three-year terms (currently

held by Bill Boulter and Ar-thur Boyle)

• Board of Assessors, one three-year term (currently held by Libby Bates)

• Board of Health, one one-year term (currently held by Donna Bagni)

• Board of Health, one three-year term (currently held by Liz Cytrynowski)

• Library Trustee, two three-year terms (currently held by Marilyn Dionne and Jillian Taylor)

• Planning Board, two five-year terms (currently held by

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Thursday, December 23, 20102 Pembroke Express – Your Hometown Newspaper!

By Mike tropeano express contriButor

When children and parents put their heads down to

go to sleep on Christmas Eve, there is one person who will be scurrying around the globe to make sure wishes come true. Others may call him Kris Krin-gle or Saint Nicholas, but he is known to most of us as Santa Claus or simply Santa. Work-ing with a crew of nine reindeer and too many elves to count, Santa has a job that is a year-round commitment with all of the present making, list track-ing and distribution planning. Despite his busy schedule, Santa made some time during a pre-Christmas visit to Pem-broke to chat with the Express.

Are the children of Pem-broke on the naughty or nice list? You have some very nice boys and girls in Pembroke. They have been doing many good things over the year. My helpers and I have noticed them mowing the lawn, rak-ing the leaves, helping mom with dinner, cleaning their rooms and even being nice to their brothers and sisters! That doesn’t mean that everyone is on the nice list. We do have some who have been naugh-ty. I am going to be watching them over the next few days to see how they end up.

Do you make all the toys in the workshop? We make most in the North Pole. Now with all this online shopping, Mrs. Claus will scan the Inter-net for some of the items. It is just easier on the elves during the busy time. We also do not have all the equipment to build some of the high-tech gadgets that are on the market.

Did you go to any of the Black Friday sales? No, I was too busy getting ready for the big day to get caught up in the middle of that. Besides, I am not sure that I could have started shopping at midnight and been awake enough to meet all the boys and girls.

What are the hot pres-ents for this year? That is a tough question. As always, I have lots of Barbies, LEGOs,

fire trucks, books and train sets. I always get people ask-ing for sports equipment and video games. This year, many of the lists from the little boys and girls have things like iP-ads, iPods, Xbox Kinect and My Pillow Pets.

How can you make it to everyone’s house in just one night? It is much easier now that I have a GPS attached to my sleigh. One year, even with Rudolph’s nose, we almost got lost because I took a wrong turn in Schenectady, N.Y. We now have some additional people helping out. There are a couple of elves, Homer and Felix, who are dedicated to planning our route. They look at things like the weather in different parts of the country, what planes are flying in the sky and how many presents I can carry until we need to reload. We also need to work with some moms and dads and send presents to some homes ahead of time. If you want to follow my journey across the world, go to noradsanta.com.

What is your favorite treat when stopping at each house? I like them all! Each one is special because it comes from the heart. It is very nice when the boys and girls leave a little extra treat for the rein-deer because they get hungry pulling the big sleigh around. I also appreciate the notes that some children leave for me.

How has technology changed your job? Have you

thought about taking Christ-mas to social media like Fa-cebook and Twitter? It has really helped. I have a large database that has replaced all of the paper lists I used to have to track all of the boys and girls. We also use computers for our new inventory system, which makes sure we have enough toy dinosaurs and not too many Baby Alives — one year that happened and we had a mess all over the workshop.

The people at Facebook have asked me to wait a little while before putting up a page. They are afraid I will get too many friend requests and bring down the system. Twitter was an option, but I am thinking tweeting is for a bird.

What do you and Mrs. Claus do after Christmas? Usually we take a long vaca-tion. Last year, we went to Ha-waii and I got to surf a little. This year my knee has been bothering me so we are going to take it easier. We have a trip planned to a small island in the Caribbean. I hope to do some scuba diving and see some ex-otic fish.

When do you start pre-paring for next Christmas? It is really a full-time job for the elves and I. I also cannot forget how important Mrs. Claus is to this. As soon as I get back from vacation, we start the planning and building process for all the toys for the next year. I also begin to work on my naughty and nice lists.

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Also, you may have noticed that the Express is arriving earlier than it had been previously. We have moved up our printing schedule to ensure that all our readers receive the paper in time to enjoy it over the weekend. That also means all our deadlines — for ads, announcements, news, photos, columns and Pembroke’s Past guesses — should be submit-ted a day earlier, by Mondays at noon. If something should occur after that time, or if you just want to chat, feel free to call Editor Becca Manning at 781-934-2811 ext. 34 or e-mail [email protected].

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The household of John and Nicole Panos is relatively

unhurried on school mornings, and after a nutritious breakfast with homework and books stashed into backpacks, first graders Molly and John Pa-nos are ready to be driven to school by their father.

John Panos is a gentle gi-ant of a man, sociable and good-natured. He’s also a stay-at-home dad.

“This year, the kids are in school full time,” he said. “I get to finish house projects I don’t have time to do when the children are home. Right now, putting up the storm windows is a priority. I guess people wonder what does a grown man do at home all day. I don’t sit around. When you own a house, you have to maintain it. I always have something I have to do. I’m not complaining, but housework has to be done. I’m home, so that’s my job.”

He smiles and adds, “Be-sides, I like a clean house, and so does my wife.”

The decision to have Ni-cole Panos work while her hus-band helped out at home was made shortly after the couple moved from Quincy to Pem-broke with their one-year-old twins, relocating to be closer to their parents.

Nicole and John were both working for the same firm in technology and advancing in their respective fields. John’s mother took care of the twins for eight months, then they hired a nanny. But after only two months, the Panoses re-considered their options.

“It didn’t sit well with Ni-cole and me. We didn’t like leaving the babies in the care of a stranger, though we liked

the nanny,” he said. “It was de-cision time. One of us would stay home. I thought no ques-tion, mothers always do the baby care. Then, out of the blue, my wife got a tremen-dous promotion. She had been one of the early learners in her field of expertise, and she re-ceived a huge pay raise along with the promotion. If one of us had to stay home, it made sense that it would be me.”

Still, it wasn’t an easy de-cision to make, Panos said.

“Like most men, my big ego got in the way. Would my friends think less of me?” he said. “Then I thought, my fa-ther was always there for me and I will be there for my chil-dren. It was the best decision I ever made. I get to spend qual-ity time with my kids.”

Along with home im-provements, Panos keeps busy at home by playing with his children — among their favor-ite games are Battleship and Monopoly.

“Sometimes I think Ni-cole is a little jealous,” he said, laughing. “The kids say,

‘You’re fun, Dad. You play with us.’ We play all kinds of board games.”

Panos also is able to help out his parents and mother-in-law when they need it.

“The perks are pretty good, too,” he said. “I coach soccer and baseball. The sociability is great with other parents from Pembroke. People know me.”

For now, the arrangement works for this family of four. But when the kids get older, Panos said he probably will return to work, perhaps pursu-ing a new career.

“I admit that sometimes I think of that other life,” he said. “Then I think of my kids, and that’s the best perk of all.”

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John Panos and wife Nicole made the decision a few years ago when Nicole landed a major promotion that John would stay at home with twins Molly and John. Along with playing games like Monopoly together, the three find plenty of ways to keep busy. “We do homework,” Molly said. “Lots and lots of homework.”

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Default arrest leads to multiple drug charges

A Rockland woman is facing several drug charges after she was pulled over on Water Street on a default warrant.

Angela Johnson, 26, of Carlys Way, Rockland was arrested around 2:20 p.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 15. A Pembroke Police of-ficer was running radar when Johnson passed by in her vehicle and the officer noted she had a default warrant for failure to appear in court. The officer stopped Johnson and, when he ap-proached the vehicle, he observed pills in the center console, according to police reports. The pills later were identified as trazodone, a Class E drug for which Johnson reportedly did not have a prescription.

During her arrest, Johnson was found to have more prescription pills in her purse, in-cluding suboxone, a Class B drug, and gaba-pentin, another Class E, according to reports. She was charged with drug possession for all three items.

Johnson was held overnight and arraigned Dec. 16 in Plymouth District Court.

Vacant home broken into on Wildwood Road

Police say someone forced open a ga-rage door at a home on Wildwood Road last Wednesday but, finding the home vacant, left without taking anything. The house had recent-ly been cleared as the owner had purchased a new home, according to Pembroke Police Lt. Mike Jenness. The latch on the garage door was damaged in the break-in.

Jenness said it appeared to be a random hit and that the burglar left quickly upon discover-ing nothing of value inside.

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• School Committee, two three-year terms (currently held by Paul Bosworth and Su-zanne Scroggins

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• Department of Public Works Commissioner, one one-year term (currently held by Ben Bastianelli)

Here are dates to know for anyone looking to run :

• Last day to obtain nomi-nation papers: Thursday, March 10

• Last day to submit nomi-nation papers for certification: Monday, March 14

• Last day to file nomina-tion papers with the town clerk: Monday, March 28

• Last day to withdraw: Wednesday, March 30

• Last day to register to vote for town election: Wednesday, April 6

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ported on Church Street.3:38 p.m. Lisa M. Dzierzyk,

43, of Mill Street arrested on a straight warrant.

4:30 p.m. Suspicious activ-ity reported on Gurney Drive.

8:03 p.m. Disturbance re-ported on Mill Street.

SAtuRDAY, DeCeMBeR 111:06 a.m. Missing person

reported on Pembroke Woods Drive.

10:23 a.m. Vehicle break-in reported on Adams Avenue.

12:35 p.m. Suspicious activ-ity reported on Old Oak Street.

5:31 p.m. Suspicious activ-ity reported on Plain and School streets.

5:52 p.m. Suspicious ac-tivity reported on Mattakeesett Street and Phillips Road.

6:52 p.m. Motor vehicle crash with over $1,000 in dam-ages reported on Wampatuck Street. Warren Irving Gardner Jr., 39, of Center Street arrested and charged with marked lanes violation and negligent opera-tion of a motor vehicle.

8:37 p.m. Larceny reported on Mattakeesett Street.

SuNDAY, DeCeMBeR 128:23 a.m. Motor vehicle

crash with over $1,000 in dam-ages reported on Church Street.

9:47 a.m. Residential van-dalism reported on Oldham Street.

11:35 p.m. Fire incident re-ported on Valley Street.

MoNDAY, DeCeMBeR 139:36 a.m. Residential van-

dalism reported on Pleasant Street.

10:29 a.m. Disturbance re-ported on Washington Street.

11:04 a.m. A mail carrier came to the police station to re-port that he had been bitten by a dog while on rounds on Satur-day.

1:14 p.m. Police were called to Stop and Shop in the North River Plaza on the report of a man who had hidden several DVDs and an electric toothbrush in his jacket and attempted to leave without paying. Officers arrested Andrew Fletcher, 36, of Carver for shoplifting over $100 by concealing merchandise and also on a default warrant for fail-ure to appear in court.

2:13 p.m. Motor vehicle crash with over $1,000 in dam-ages reported on Center Street.

2:26 p.m. Disturbance re-ported on Andrew Drive.

3:05 p.m. Suspicious activ-ity reported on Pudding Brook Drive.

4:39 p.m. Residential break-in reported on Lake Street.

7:00 p.m. Fraud reported on Standford Hill Road.

tueSDAY, DeCeMBeR 141:39 a.m. Disturbance re-

ported on Schoosett Street.1:43 a.m. Suspicious mo-

tor vehicle reported on Center Street.

8:07 a.m. Suspicious activ-ity reported on West Street.

9:08 a.m. Motor vehicle crash with over $1,000 in dam-ages reported on Church and Old Oak streets.

10:31 a.m. Animal com-plaint reported on School Street.

11:04 a.m. Suspicious motor vehicle reported on Raymond Avenue.

11:37 a.m. Disturbance re-ported on Schoosett Street.

5:02 p.m. Motor vehicle complaint reported on Plain and School streets.

5:18 p.m. Motor vehicle crash with under $1,000 in dam-ages reported on Oak Street and Corporate Park Drive.

5:42 p.m. Motor vehicle complaint reported on Standish Street.

5:59 p.m. Miscellaneous vandalism reported on Church Street.

6:42 p.m. Speeding com-plaint reported on Elm and Spring streets.

9:31 p.m. Juvenile runaway reported on Furnace Lane.

9:46 p.m. Suspicious motor vehicle reported on High Street and Pratt Farm Lane.

WeDNeSDAY, DeCeMBeR 158:37 a.m. Residential break-

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4:58 p.m. Motor vehicle crash with under $1,000 in dam-ages reported on Washington Street.

10:48 p.m. Disturbance re-ported on Valley Street.

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• Bryantville United Methodist Church, 546 Matta-keesett St., Bryantville — Christmas Eve Service, Fri., Dec. 24 at 7 p.m. Pastor: Rev. Elizabeth Whitlinger. For informa-tion, call the church at 781-293-2025.

• First Church, 105 Center St., Pembroke — Christ-mas Eve service, Fri., Dec. 24 at 7:30 p.m. and 10 p.m. Pas-tor: Rev. Rick Giragosian. For information, call the church at 781-293-2584.

• High Street United Methodist Church, 298 High St., Duxbury — Service times not available by press time. For information, call the church at 781-585-9863. Pastor: Dr. Alex K. Musoke.

• North River Community Church, 334 Old Oak St., Pembroke — Christmas Eve services (theme: “Finding Jesus in the Frenzy”), Thurs., Dec. 23 at 7 p.m. and Fri., Dec. 24 at 3 p.m. and 5 p.m. Christmas Eve at North River is designed to add a note of humor and spiritual focus to the Christmas celebration. Special features this year include a dramatic pre-sentation for all ages and bluegrass instrumentals that Pas-tor Paul Atwater calls “smokin’.” For information, call the church at 781-826-0722.

• Pembroke Assembly of God, 786 Washington St., Pembroke — Christmas Eve Candlelight Service, Fri., Dec. 24 at 7 p.m. Pastor: Rev. Joe Quaresimo. For information, call 781-826-2247 or visit pembrokeassemblyofgod.org.

• St. Joseph the Worker Parish, 1 Maquan St., Han-son — Christmas Eve Masses, Fri., Dec. 24 at 4 p.m. and 5:45 p.m., with children’s liturgy at 8 p.m. and midnight and the senior choir concert beginning at 11:30 p.m.; Christmas Day Mass, Sat., Dec. 25, 9:15 a.m. and 11 a.m. Pastor: Fr. John Mark Hannon. For information, call 781-293-3581 or visit stjosephtheworker.org.

• St. Thecla Parish, 145 Washington St., Pembroke — Christmas Eve Masses, Fri., Dec. 24 at 4 p.m. and 6 p.m.; Christmas Day Masses, Sat., Dec. 25 at midnight, 9 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. Pastor: Fr. Joseph McCarthy. For information, call the church at 781-826-9786 or visit stthecla.org.

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Maggie’s Crew will hold their second annual Coffee-house Night fundraiser on Thursday, Dec. 23 at 7 p.m. in the fellowship hall at First Church, 150 Center St.

In October, Maggie’s Crew was again named the largest Multiple Sclerosis So-ciety Walk team in New Eng-land, and they will be back for the 2011 MS Walk in Plym-outh on April 10. All proceeds from the Coffeehouse Night will benefit the MS Society. A minimum $10 donation at the door is recommended. Hot

chocolate, cider and desserts will be provided.

Local bands such as CJ and Nick and The Hiding Spot and other musicians will perform at this family-friendly coffee-house-style event. Attendees also can sign up early to walk with Maggie’s Crew at the 2011 MS Walk.

Maggie’s Crew was start-ed by Pembroke High School alumna Maggie Wandell, who was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis at age 15. Wandell is a junior at Hartwick College in New York.

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The Hobomock Holiday Ex- ➢travaganza on Dec. 4 was a great success. The most popular booth, according to Barbara Devine, was the one that involved a fish tank, over 500 candy canes and 150 fish donated by Fin, Fur & Feather. During the day, more than 500 children with hopes of taking home a gold fish partici-pated in the fun.

Mrs. Becker’s ➢ first grade class decided to donate a raffle to the Hobomock holiday fair that would benefit more than one person. Their suggestion was to donate canned goods and non-perishable items for their raffle. The food would go to the Pembroke Food Pantry in the name of the person who won the raffle. What a great idea for the first grade students to come up with. Ann McKeown won the raffle, and the food was given to the food pantry in her name.

The ➢ Mattakeesett Garden Club of Pembroke will offer a $500 scholarship in February to a college student who is cur-rently enrolled and has just com-pleted their first semester of the 2010-11 school year. Anyone interested may submit an essay stating how community service can benefit your town. Please in-clude any suggestions you have that will encourage involvement. To be considered for the scholar-ship, you must send your essay via e-mail to [email protected] by Jan. 21. The schol-arship will be awarded around Feb. 1, after an official transcript of first semester grades are pro-vided to the scholarship chair-person. The recipient will be no-tified by e-mail. This is a great opportunity to have the money for second semester books, fees or to put toward tuition. For in-formation, e-mail [email protected] or call Susan Leach at 339-788-3195.

Don’t forget: The next ➢Friends of the Library book club meeting will be held on Jan. 4, according to Carol Watches. The book to be discussed will be “Little Bee” by Chris Cleave. There is still time to ask for the book for Christmas and time to read the book in the lull after the holiday festivities.

Susan Blaauw ➢ , owner of Blackheart Basketry in Pem-broke, hosted a Christmas party at her home for her Wednesday and Friday night students who have made a variety of Nan-tucket lightship baskets in their classes. The students enjoyed a relaxed evening of conversation while sampling appetizers and sweets and sipping eggnog and punch.

Be sure to congratulate ➢ Jea-na and Ken Homola on their 25th wedding anniversary when you see them around town. Af-ter lunch at Boca Restaurant on their special day, I hear the happy couple drove to French Memories Bakery in Duxbury for dessert.

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CLASS PICTURE: Students of Blackheart Basketry in Pembroke attended a Christmas party at the home of instructor Susan Blaauw recently, where the annual Christmas photo was taken in front of the fireplace. It includes: Paula Smith, Cathy Bugay, John Blaauw, Anne Di Bona, Marie Dowling, Sue Gilmore, Susan Blaauw, Carol Shannon and Rick Bennett.

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The Pembroke Dull Men’s Club recently celebrated its 10th anniversary with a tur-key dinner at the Pembroke Knights of Columbus Hall.

At the Dec. 8, meeting, the guest speaker was Frederick J. George, author of the book “Switched At Birth: My Life In Someone Else’s World.” George was born in a New Zea-land hospital. He fascinated the group with his experiences as he started to discover his other family and became adjusted to his unusual situation.

This year, for the first time, the Dull Men’s Club is reach-ing out to assist others in the community. They are making donations to two needy causes: the Pembroke Food Pantry and the Pembroke Fuel Assistance Program.

In the last month, the group has welcomed into member-ship three new Dull Men. These additions put the mem-

bership over the 30 mark, and the club continues to average over 80 percent attendance at its weekly meetings.

The invitation is always open for new members from the Pembroke area to join the group of (not so) Dull Men. They meet at the Council On Aging building each Wednes-day from 10-11 a.m.

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A FEW GOOD MEN: The Dull Men’s Club recently celebrated its 10th anniversary with a turkey dinner at the Pembroke Knights of Columbus Hall. The group also added three new members, putting the membership just over 30. Courtesy photo

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Winslow said the plant will be able to power about 250,000 homes in the Brockton area.

Though the project could create jobs for Pembroke residents, for now it is mostly drawing local interest for its potential impact on water re-sources.

Questions about where the plant’s water would come from arose after Brockton Clean En-ergy submitted a project change to the state’s Energy Facilities Siting Board in April. The com-pany is seeking approval to use Brockton municipal water (the city’s drinking water supply) in the plant rather than recycled wastewater from the Brockton Advanced Water Reclamation Facility. A large portion of the city’s water supply comes from Silver Lake in Kingston, which is fed by ponds in Pembroke.

But Winslow said the re-quest was only made in re-sponse to a lack of action from the Brockton City Council and that it was up to the city to de-termine where the plant’s ap-proximately 1.1 million gallons of water per day come from.

Legally, Brockton can draw up to 10 million gallons per day from Silver Lake, but they also will be able to draw up to 7.5 million gallons from the Aquaria desalinization plant by the time the plant is operational, Winslow said.

With Brockton requiring about 9 million gallons per day, the two sources provide ample water supply without a need to draw more from Silver Lake, Winslow said.

Even so, Brockton Clean Energy would prefer to use re-cycled wastewater, he said.

“If we have approval to use the Brockton municipal sys-tem, we would only use that if the city of Brockton maintains its position that it does not want to sell us the water treat-ment facility water. We would still prefer to use water from them,” he said. “We would be back in front of the city coun-cil presenting them the two al-

ternatives before we actually went and started any meaning-ful construction.”

The Energy Facilities Sit-ing Board granted Brockton Clean Energy a permit to move forward with the project in Au-gust 2009, but plans hit a snag when Brockton officials were unresponsive to the company’s request to negotiate purchase of wastewater, Winslow said.

“[The Energy Facilities Siting Board] said to us in Au-gust 2009 that if Brockton does not make this source of cooling water available to the project, then we needed to come back and describe the alternatives in more detail,” Winslow said.

In December 2009, the company sent a letter to the Brockton City Council and to the mayor requesting a meet-ing to negotiate purchase of the treated wastewater. The city council tabled the issue.

“They would not open ne-gotiations,” Winslow said.

Brockton Clean Energy representatives sent officials another letter requesting more information. The city council responded with a letter saying the matter had been tabled in-definitely, Winslow said.

“That was a clear indication that the city of Brockton did not want us using the wastewater,” he said. “They were aware of the decision the Energy Facili-ties Siting Board made that if we went to the use of Brock-ton municipal water, we would have to go back to the board for a project change.”

The company submitted a project change in April 2010, which included the alternative water source as well as a reduc-tion in building height and the elimination of a second type of fuel (a cleaner diesel known as ultra-low sulfur distillate). Brockton Clean Energy repre-sentatives agreed to eliminate the use of the distillate because area residents were concerned about increased truck traffic required to bring in the fuel, Winslow said.

The Energy Facilities Sit-ing Board has been holding a series of hearings to gather more information about the plan and determine whether to approve the change.

A hearing was scheduled for Tuesday, Dec. 22 in Bos-ton. At that meeting, the city of Brockton was expected to bring in an expert witness to testify about water usage.

Pembroke Selectman Dan Trabucco has been sitting in on the hearings, concerned about how the project could affect Pembroke’s water supply. He said Brockton was supposed to have brought a witness at the last hearing but failed to do so.

“The city of Brockton re-fused to provide an expert wit-ness. The Energy Facilities Sit-ing Board was dumbfounded at that; they couldn’t understand why Brockton wouldn’t pro-vide a witness,” he said.

The state board threatened to subpoena a witness if the city refused to present one, Trabucco said at the select-men’s meeting on Dec. 13.

“I want to know why. I want to know why Brockton won’t let them use the waste-water effluent to cool the plant,” Trabucco said. “The power plant has been approved. It’s been sited. I understand the citizens; I understand the poli-ticians — they’re trying to do their best to save their commu-nity. But to put the power plant in the position where they have to take water from our fragile ecosystem to cool the plant when they can use water that’s being flushed down the drain now, I cast doubt on that.”

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In a light meeting cut somewhat shorter by winter weather, selectmen on Monday approved a request to relocate a utility pole, acknowledged a donation to the 300th Anniver-sary Committee and discussed a few Pembroke-focused gift ideas for those last-minute hol-iday shoppers.

Linda McCollum, chair-woman of the Pembroke Cul-tural Council, told selectmen the council had voted to donate $500 to the 300th Anniversary Committee, a volunteer group that is planning the town’s tri-centennial events for 2012. The

council sold prints of watercol-ors painted by Pembroke artist Becky Haletky as a fundraiser.

McCollum, who also works at the Pembroke Public Library, reminded residents that the library is selling holi-day ornaments that also feature Pembroke landmarks. These are painted by local artist Sally Dean, and proceeds from their sale support the Pembroke El-ementary School Science Fair. This year’s ornament features the High Street Fire Station.

The library also has other items for sale from the Pem-broke Historical Society, such as “Pembroke 2000,” a local

history book by Ed Quill, Pem-broke postcards, Adah Hall House note cards, copies of the Pembroke Resolves and more. For more information, call the library at 781-293-6771.

Selectman Bill Boulter an-nounced that a red merlot wine and white chardonnay wine are available to benefit the 300th anniversary. They can be pur-chased for $18 a bottle at Pem-broke Center Liquors, Lindy’s and Bryantville Liquors. A special Pembroke cranberry wine is now in production and will be released in 2012.

In other business Monday, the board approved a request from National Grid to relocate a utility pole on Chapel Street to a location approximately 11 feet north of the existing loca-tion to make the way clear for a primary conductor.

Selectmen also announced that DelPrete & Sons would pick up Christmas trees on Sat-urday, Jan. 15. Trees should be at curbside by 7 a.m.

The board tabled making an appointment to the Advi-sory Committee because the town moderator, Advisory chairman and one of the se-lectmen were caught in traffic because of the snowstorm and were unable to get to the meet-ing. The appointment must be made jointly by the moderator and the chairmen of the Board of Selectmen and Advisory.

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Thursday, december 23Town Hall Holiday. Some town offices may be closed after noon. Call ahead to make sure offices are open.

Maggie’s Crew Coffeehouse Fundraiser. 7 p.m., at First Church fellowship hall, 105 Center St. All invited to this family-friendly event to hear coffeehouse music and raise funds for Maggie’s Crew — the largest MS Walk team in New England. Minimum $10 donation suggested. Hot chocolate, cider and desserts will be served. Featuring local bands CJ and Nick and The Hiding Spot and other musicians. Sign up early to join Maggie’s Crew for the 2011 MS Walk, scheduled April 10 in Plymouth.

Christmas Service. 7 p.m., at North River Community Church, 334 Old Oak St. Theme: “Finding Jesus in the Frenzy.” Everyone is welcome. Christmas Eve at North River is designed to add a note of humor and spiritual focus to the Christmas celebration. Special features this year include a dramatic presentation for all ages and bluegrass Christmas instrumentals. For information, call 781-826-0722.

Friday, december 24Christmas Eve. Town offices closed all day. Merry Christmas!

Christmas Eve Service. 3 p.m. and 5 p.m., at North River Community Church, 334 Old Oak St. Theme: “Finding Jesus in the Frenzy.” Everyone is welcome. Christmas Eve at North River is designed to add a note of humor and spiritual focus to the Christmas celebration. Special features this year include a dramatic presentation for all ages and bluegrass Christmas instrumentals.

Christmas Eve Mass. 4 p.m. and 6 p.m., at St. Thecla Parish, 145 Washington St./Route 53.

Christmas Eve Mass. 4 p.m. and 5:45 p.m., at St. Joseph the Worker Parish, 1 Maquan St., Hanson. Children’s liturgy at 8 p.m. and midnight. Choir concert begins at 11:30 p.m.

Candlelight Service. 7 p.m., at Pembroke Assembly of God, 786 Washington St./Route 53. All are

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Christmas Eve Service. 7 p.m., at Bryantville United Methodist Church, 546 Mattakeesett St. All are invited.

Christmas Eve Services. 7:30 p.m. and 10 p.m., at First Church, 105 Center St.

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Christmas Day Mass. 9:15 a.m. and 11 a.m., at St. Joseph the Worker Church, 1 Maquan St., Hanson.

monday, december 27Drop-in Storytime. 10:30 a.m., at the Pembroke Public Library. For ages 2 and up. For information, call 781-293-6771.

Library Performance: 12 Days of Recess. 1 p.m., at Pembroke Public Library. Musician Jay Mankita will present a fun, participatory concert featuring a combination of songs and stories, with themes of kindness, generosity, sharing and peace. Appropriate for ages 5 and up. Tickets are available now. For information or to sign up, call 781-293-6771.

Meet an Animal. 2 p.m., at The South Shore Natural Science Center, 48 Jacobs Lane, Norwell. Learn about the different species of turtles and other animals living at the Science Center. A different animal is featured each day. Free with paid admission to the center. Registration not required. For information, call 781-659-2559 or visit ssnsc.org.

Tuesday, december 28Drop-in Storytime. 10:30 a.m. and 3:30 p.m., at Pembroke Public Library. For ages two and up. For information, call 781-293-6771.

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

Operation Anime Screening: Full Metal Panic Disc 1. 1 p.m., at Pembroke Public Library. Rated TV-14. No registration required.

Community Blood Drive. 1-6 p.m., at Pembroke Public Library. 142 Center St. For information, visit redcrossblood.org or call 800-733-2767.

Meet an Animal. 2 p.m., at The South Shore Natural Science Center, 48 Jacobs Lane, Norwell. Learn about the different species of turtles and other animals living at the Science Center. A different animal is featured each day. Free with paid admission to the center. For information, call 781-659-2559 or visit ssnsc.org.

Wednesday, december 29Baby Lap Sit. 10:30 a.m., at Pembroke Public Library. For ages six months to two years. For information, call 781-293-6771.

Feed the Animal. 3 p.m., at The South Shore Natural Science Center, 48 Jacobs Lane, Norwell. See what Hedwig, the barred owl, eats. Free with paid admission to the center. For information, call 781-659-2559 or visit ssnsc.org.

Family Vacation Movie. 4 p.m., at Pembroke Public Library. For information to find out what’s playing, call 781-293-6771.

Thursday, december 30Meet an Animal. 2 p.m., at The South Shore Natural Science Center, 48 Jacobs Lane, Norwell. Learn about the different species of turtles and other animals living at the Science Center. Free with paid admission to the center, which includes the EcoZone with interactive exhibits and live animals. For information, call 781-659-2559 or visit ssnsc.org.

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The middle school program is one half of “PEMTECH,” a new focus on technology and engineering that spans from seventh grade up through high school, led by Lemée — who is in his second year at PCMS — and by Chris Connors — who started at the high school this fall.

The eighth grade class as-signment — to use technic LEGOs to build an invention — started off as a one-week project, but several students wanted to keep going, and Le-mée said he wasn’t about to discourage their efforts.

“These guys are still go-ing. It’s like, hey, if you’re psyched, that’s great; keep building,” Lemée said of his students. “The point is to look at the design process, where you have an idea, figure out how to do it, test it, and if it breaks, redesign it. The design process is something you do over and over again.”

The students used technic LEGOs — a more grown-up version of the popular building toy that features special parts such as gears, axles, tires and pulleys.

“I’ve been teaching for 12 years so far, and LEGOs are the most indestructible me-dium for building something,” Lemée said. “They’re tough; they’re reusable. Plus, if you go to MIT or other colleges, they still use them there.”

The kids also experiment-ed with battery boxes and mo-tors, bringing their projects to life.

Eighth grader Steve Berry built a model dump truck with hydraulics that move the truck bed up and down.

Berry, whose dad owns a trucking company, said he knew the basic parts of vehi-cles just from paying attention at home, but he had to learn other things by trial and error.

“The gears kind of messed me up, but other than that, nothing was really too hard,” he said.

Berry said he is thinking of attending a vo-tech school in a few years, possibly with a focus on automotive. He said he truly enjoys Lemée’s class.

“It’s fun,” he said. “It’s not boring like the rest of school.”

After their teacher showed them the basic structure of a vehicle, Lindsay Rourke and Payton Schlager got to work adding on to their motorized LEGO cars, learning how to fit the gears together and make the cars move.

“I look forward to this class because we learn a lot of stuff,” Rourke said. “We do a lot of projects, so you start to understand how ev-erything fits together.”

Cavalear took a differ-ent direction with his in-vention, opting to use a mix rather than bricks.

“Me and my friend were trying to make glue and all of a sudden his was black and mine was kind of drying, and then two weeks later I took it out and I started hold-ing it and playing around with it. It was super sticky at first, but now it’s all soft and you can pull it and play with it,” he said. “It’s bouncy and it makes little popping noises.”

The homemade “Flubber” bounces when thrown but also can stick to flat surfaces.

Classmates Zach Burn-ham and Steven Furtney built a combination windmill and motorized generator featuring a dozen or more gears, spin-ning together.

“Since I want to become an architect when I get older, I always think of structures as what can I do to improve them, what can I do to look at some-thing, make it better, maybe demolish it and build some-thing different, maybe build something entirely different,” Burnham said. “So we com-bined our two projects to make a generator and a windmill.”

The pair learned how the smaller gears turned faster, with shorter rotations, while the larger ones turned slower.

“The hardest part was fig-uring out how to get the gears meshing together perfectly. We had to line them up so they didn’t come apart,” Furt-

ney said.As for why he enjoys En-

gineering and Technology, Furtney said: “I like that we can build anything we want.”

Outside of class, Lemée continues to encourage stu-dents’ interests. He recently started a model aviation club that now meets weekly to learn about airplane design, the physics of flight and other aspects of aviation. They will build their own model planes, starting with a “tissue plane” using balsa wood and tissue paper, and working up to more professional models, such as a model plane Lemée owns that can fly at speeds up to 200 miles per hour.

Toward the end of the school year, Lemée, who holds a commercial pilot’s license, hopes to take the students on a field trip to a local airport, where they can sit in a real jet plane and possibly get a ride in another plane.

Starting in February, Le-mée will introduce his stu-dents to the West Point Bridge Design Contest, a national competition sponsored by the American Society of Civil En-gineers in which students age 13 through grade 12 use the West Point Bridge Designer software to build a bridge ac-cording to set specifications.

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learning, brick by brickcontinued from page one PCMS Eighth grad-

er Lindsay Rourke gets ready to launch her motor-ized LEGO car dur-ing a free period Friday, Dec. 17.

Photos by Becca Manning

Below, Eighth grader Matt Cavalear shows off his version of Flubber — a bouncy, sticky, toy created when he experimented with mixing different types of glues.

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Party for the Pantry

Beth York (left), who organized the Party for the Pantry with husband Matt, chats with pals Tracey and Eric Littlefield at the Christmas-themed fundraiser held at Oliveira’s on Friday, Dec. 17. The event pulled in over $2,300 for the Pembroke Food Pantry, plus a ton of canned goods to help local resi-dents make it through the winter.

Becky Coletta and her son Luca have a good time party-ing for the food pantry.

Linda and Dan Trabucco came out to show their support for the food pantry.

Matt York and Arthur Boyle (below) have a laugh.

Bob and Sue DeMarzo were among those who turned out to show their community spirit.

Pembroke Express publisher Josh Cutler and his wife Leslie showed their support for the cause (and Josh doubled as photographer for the event).

Matt York’s mother, Ann Drysdale, was a familiar face at this summer’s Pembroke Farmer’s Market, which Matt and his sister Christine Falk organized. She again showed her support for Pembroke at the food pantry fundraiser, where she took time out to give son Matt a squeeze.

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alkaline batteries and other trimmings and trappings of the sea-son. Once again, it is a year for microchip-driven presents, and I sat in awe as I read each box, impressed by the wondrous things these gifts could do. I couldn’t help but think back to a simpler time when toys were run on imagination and not “C” cell batteries. For inspiration, I once again turned to the pages of the Bryant-ville News in search of the flavor of Christ-mases from 100-plus years ago.

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One of my favorite seasonal traditions is the annual school holiday concert. I was delighted to find a write-up on the “Christmas Exercises” held at School No. 5 (the Central School) in Pembroke: “For some days the past week, Miss Gage, teacher at School No. 5, was busy planning and preparing for her Christmas exercises, which took place Friday afternoon. The school room was a bower of hemlock and holly, and a good sized tree well laden and tastefully decorated was the centre of attraction. At 2 o’clock the visitors began to arrive, and they numbered 28. At 2:45 the exercises began, and were as fol-lows: ‘Christmas,’ Miss Cynthia Lewis; ‘Three Cheers,’ Ida Baker; song, Emily Shepherd; ‘The Christmas We Like,’ Clara Maude Baker; ‘The Angels Song,’ school; ‘Christmas,’ Dorothy Holmes; ‘A Surprise for Santa Claus,’ Clara May Bunker; ‘Bes-sie Bonners’ Christmas Eve Lark,’ Emily Holmes; ‘Christmas Bells,’ Ethel Graham and ‘Christmas Stockings,’ a very pretty dialogue given by Marion Shepherd, Nellie Martin, Arthur Graham, Harold Ford, Sylvia Lewis, Marshall Pulsifer, Jennie Martin, Karl Pulsifer, Emily Holmes and Clara Bunker. Melvin Shepherd was Santa Claus. Each pupil received a present and a pretty box of candy from the teacher, and the pupils presented a pretty picture to their teacher.”

It’s kind of comforting to see that while many things do change, other things seem to remain relatively the same.

This week’s picture, submitted by Fred Doyle, was of Bryantville Shoes, Boots and Dry Goods, which was owned and operated by Fred’s mother’s family into the 1920s. It was located in Bryantville Square. There were no correct guesses this week. Photo courtesy of fred Doyle

Snow rules, regulations

The Pembroke Depart-ment of Public Works is re-minding all town residents that there will be salted sand available outside the gate at the town shed, lo-cated at 387 Mattakeesett St., for emergency use this winter.

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Small Duxbury CottageOn Powder Point. Seasonal monthly rental, washer/dryer, dishwasher, very private, small yard, newly renovated, $1200 in-cludes utilities. Available Dec. 1 through June 18. One month rentals available. Call 781-934-2449.

Plymouth Center WaterviewDowntown Plymouth multi-use buildings with water views. Offer-ing furnished offices, unfurnished office suites, from 600 - 30,000 sq. ft. Prime retail space from 1400 - 15,000 sq. ft. For sale or lease. Call 781-789-6711.

Duxbury 4 BedroomOn Powder Point. Seasonal monthly rental, furnished, washer/dryer, large yard, newly renovated, $2,900 plus utilities. Seasonal monthly rental available Feb. 1 through June 18. One month rentals welcome. Call 781-934-2449.

“We cannot hold a torch to light another's path without brighten-ing our own.”

–– Ben Sweetland

Office Space For Rent370 sq. ft. of space in great condition. 1500 Tremont St., Duxbury. $475/month plus utilities. Additional 600 sq. ft. abutting space available as well. Call 781-934-2186.

At YourServiceA Grade Above

Is your child struggling in school? Does your child need to improve test scores? Does your child need help with organiza-tional and study skills? Experi-enced tutors for all major sub-jects. One-on-one tutoring for Grades K-12. For more informa-tion, call 781-829-9829.

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Absolute Removal Large or small cleanouts of base-ments, attics, sheds, yards. Small construction sites. Storage units. We do the work or you can make a pile and we’ll take it away. Fast reliable service seven days/week. Free estimates. 781-588-4036. South Shore.

Tree ServiceTree removal and pruning. Skilled aborist with over 20 years experi-ence, UMass degree in Urban Forestry. Free estimates. Call Steve at 781-733-0429.The taxpayer –– that's someone who works for the federal govern-ment but doesn't have to take the civil service examination."

– Ronald ReaganFall Yard Cleanups

We specialize in raking and removing leaves, small trees, branches and yard debris. Any and all junk removed, in-side and out. We also clean gutters, install gutter guards, and wash windows. Please call Mike at 781-789-3612.

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Michael’s Windows & Gutter Cleaning

A local service. Windows start at $5 each. Also, repair loose and leaking gutters, and can install gutter screens. Also, repair win-dow and door screens. (A great gift idea!) I answer my phone. Cell 508-523-9927.

Need Help Around The House?JK Handyman Services offers: Light electrical, plumbing, carpentry; blinds and curtain rod installations; maintain gardens and shrubs; garage, basement, and closet shelving. Reorganize attics, basements, garages; Install/remove Christmas lights; property security checks. Vacation home property management. Reasonable rates. Small jobs welcome. Jack Kilduff, 781-826-9328.

Painting Etc.50% off interior painting booked this winter. Specializing in interior/exterior painting, power washing, gutters, carpentry, dump runs, and window washing. Free estimates, best prices guaranteed. Fast and reliable service. Please call Mike, 781-789-3612.

Guitar/Voice LessonsLessons with Berklee grad and local performing artist Greg Lander. Regularly $25/half hour, $45/hour, 30% off all lessons purchased through New Year’s day. Call for Stocking Stuffer Gift Certificates. 617-686-7473 /781-626-6486.

Plantation Shutters & BlindsHunter Douglas blinds and shutters. Specializing in plantation shutters in real wood, composite, and vinyl. Free in-home consultation, free installation. Call for in-home quote. We offer lowest prices on shutters and blinds. Call 781-985-5480 Frugalblindsandshutters.com

Wallpapering/Interior PaintingCeiling, walls, woodwork, drywall repairs, touch-ups, cleanouts done at low, reasonable prices. MC and Visa accepted. Free esti-mates. Call Debbie, 781-585-8043.

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The Paint SaintProfessional interior/exterior painting, gutter cleaning, power washing and window washing. Best prices and service always with a smile. Will paint your home like it was our own. Call Andrew for your free estimate. 781-264-3628.

Driveway PlowingWinter’s coming. Experienced and reliable plow driver, I will be there when you need me. Will do a neat, clean and thor-ough job. Call Jonathan, 781-706-7031.

“I'm a great believer in luck and I find the harder I work, the more I have of it.”

–– Thomas Jefferson

Grades 1-5 TutorRetired school psychologist, for-mer elementary school teacher, who has been tutoring individual children, has openings to assist your child with reading, literacy skills, math, homework and or-ganization. Please call Terry, 781-585-9022.


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BOARD OF ZONINGAND

BUILDING LAW APPEALS

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

A public hearing will be held on Monday, January 3, 2011 at 7:00 p.m. in Pembroke Town Hall, Lower Level, Room 6 on the application of American Law Care/Scott A. Buitta requesting to amend an existing special permit of the Zoning By-Laws of the Town of Pembroke, Sec. V, 5. Non-Conforming Uses to increase the number of outside storage items. Property is located at 167 Washington Street, Pembroke as shown on Assessors’ Map D-14, Lot 22.

Frank Baldassini,Chairman

Zoninng Board of Appeals

2PZBA, 12/16, 12/23

PEMBROKE CONSERVATION

COMMISSIONPUBLIC HEARING

Notice is hereby given of a public hearing conducted by the Pembroke Conservation Commission under the provisions of M.G.L. Chapter 131, Section 40 (Wetlands Protection Act) on Monday, January 3, 2011, at 7:50 p.m. in the Pembroke Town Hall Selectmen’s Office to consider the Notice of Intent filed on December 16, 2010, by the Edwin Thorne, Town Administrator, Town of Pembroke, 100 Center Street, Pembroke, MA, to cap a 19.2 acre solid waste landfill including clearing and the construction of swales & detention ponds on land located on Hobomock Street, Pembroke, Massachusetts, shown on Assessor’s Map D6, Lot 2.

Marcus FordChairperson

12/23/10

THE COMMONWEALTH

OF MASSACHUSETTS:

NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS:The Massachusetts Division

of Marine Fisheries, through the Office of Fishing and Boating Access, invites sealed bids for the reconstruction of the Herring Pond Fishway, spillway improvements and miscellaneous work in the Town of Pembroke, MA, in accordance with plans and specifications prepared by

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Tibbetts Engineering Corporation. This project consists of the installation of a pre-fabricated steeppass fishway, modifications to the existing spillway and miscellaneous work in accordance with the above referenced documents. The estimated project value is ($130,000). Bids will be submitted on the forms furnished by the Department, in the bid package and will be received at the office of the Office of Fishing and Boating Access, 1440 Soldiers Field Road, Brighton, MA 02135, until 11:00 AM, local time, Wednesday, January 18, 2011, at which time they will be publicly opened and read. All bids must be submitted in accordance with the Contract Documents and shall be accompanied by a bid deposit in the amount of 5% of the value of the bid. Bid deposits, payable to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Department of Fish and Game, shall be in the form of a bid bond, certified, cashier's or treasurer's check issued by a responsible bank or trust company. Contract Documents will be available after December 22, 2010, from the office of the Office of Fishing and Boating Access, 1440 Soldiers Field Road, Brighton, MA 02135. The documents may be examined free of charge at the aforesaid address from Monday-Friday between the hours of 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM, local time. Copies of the Contract Documents may be obtained at the office of the Office of Fishing and Boating Access, upon receipt of $25.00 per set, made payable to the Office of Fishing and Boating Access. A $10.00 separate non-refundable mailing fee made payable in U.S. Postage Stampsto the Department of Fish and Game shall accompany all requests for mailing (cash, checks or money orders in lieu of postage stamps shall not be accepted). A valid Fed-Ex, UPS or DHL Express account number may be used in lieu of postage stamps. Contract document deposits will be returned in full for formal bidders only. Minimum wage rates for this project have been predetermined by M.G.L. under Chapter 149, Section 26 to 27D, inclusive. Proposals that do not have the Affidavit (of non-collusion, etc.) properly completed will be declared informal. Bids are subject to provisions M.G.L. Chapter 30, Sections 39F, 39G, 39H, 39K and 39M and Chapter 149, Sections 44A to 44H, inclusive. This contract is subject to all State Laws and Regulations concerning Minority Business Enterprises including Executive Order 237. The right is reserved to waive any informality in or reject any or all proposals. An award will not be made to any Contractor who is not able to complete the work no later than October 15, 2011. No work will be allowed between March 31 and June 15 of any year.

By: Mary Griffin, Commissioner of Department

of Fish and Game.

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TOWN OF PEMBROKE

OFFICE OF THEPLANNING BOARDNOTICE OF PUBLIC

HEARING

Notice is hereby given that the Pembroke Planning Board and the Department of Public Works will hold a joint public hearing on January 10, 2011 at 7:00 p.m. in the Planning Board Room Town Hall, 100 Center Street, Pembroke, MA 02359 on the application of James Wheeler, 45 Sheila Way, Hanover, MA 02339 to remove trees on the way and a portion of a stone wall to construct a driveway opening off West Elm St., Pembroke, MA. This notice is posted as per the legal requirements of Chapter 87, Section 3 and Chapter 40, Section 15-C of the General Laws pertaining to “Scenic Roads”.

Andrew WandellChairman

2PPB 12/16, 12/23

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NOTICE OF MORTGAGEE'S

SALE OF REAL ESTATE

By virtue and in execution of the Power of Sale contained in a certain mortgage given by Janice Ann Smith Roberts to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. as Nominee for IndyMac Bank, F.S.B., dated February 28, 2006 and recorded with the Plymouth County Registry of Deeds in Book 32292, Page 5 of which mortgage Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee of the IndyMac Mortgage Loan Trust 2006-1, Asset-Backed Certificates Series INDB 2006-1 under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated June 1, 2006 is the present holder, by assignment, for breach of the conditions of said mortgage and for the purpose of foreclosing, the same will be sold at Public Auction at 11:00 AM on January 6, 2011, on the mortgaged premises located at 728 Auburn Street, Unit #C-7 of the Eliot Woods Condominium, Whitman, MA, all and singular the premises described in said mortgage, TO WIT: Unit No. C-7 of Eliot Woods Condominium (Whitman) created by Master Deed dated September 15, 1988 and recorded on September 23, 1988 with the Plymouth County Registry of Deeds as Instrument No. 80027 of 1988 in Book 8726, Page 2, as shown on a plan entitled "As-Built Building Location Plan Eliot Woods in Whitman (Plymouth County) MA June 8, 1988 Scale 1"=40" by Briggs Associates, Inc., which plan is recorded with said Deeds as Plan No. 1064 of 1988 in Book 8780, Page 303, in Building C, Plan No. 1064 of 1988 Floor Plan No. 1065 of 1988. The undivided percentage interest of the Unit in the common areas and facilities of the Condominium is 2.174%. For mortgagor's title see deed recorded with the Plymouth County Registry of Deeds in Book 32292, Page 3. These premises will be sold and

conveyed subject to and with the benefit of all rights, rights of way, restrictions, easements, right of ways, covenants, liens or claims in the nature of liens, improvements, public assessments, any and all unpaid taxes, tax titles, tax liens, water and sewer liens and any other municipal assessments or liens or existing encumbrances of record which are in force and are applicable, having priority over said mortgage, whether or not reference to such restrictions, easements, improvements, liens or encumbrances is made in the deed. TERMS OF SALE: A deposit of TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS ($10,000.00) by certified or bank check will be required to be paid by the purchaser at the time and place of sale. The balance is to be paid by certified or bank check at ABLITT|SCOFIELD, 304 Cambridge Road, Woburn, Massachusetts 01801, other terms and conditions will be provided at the place of sale. The description of the premises contained in said mortgage shall control in the event of an error in this publication. OTHER TERMS, IF ANY, TO BE ANNOUNCED AT THE SALE. Present holder of said mortgage, Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee of the IndyMac Mortgage Loan Trust 2006-1, Asset-Backed Certificates Series INDB 2006-1 under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated June 1, 2006 By its Attorneys, ABLITT|SCOFIELD, 304 Cambridge Road, Woburn, Massachusetts 01801 Telephone: 781-246-8995 Fax: 781-246-8994

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LEGAL NOTICETOWN OF HANSON

Invitation for BidsPurchase of One (1)

New Fire Safety House Trailer

The Town of Hanson, acting through its Board of Selectmen, the Awarding Authority, is seeking sealed bids for the purchase and delivery of one (1) New 2010 Fire House Safety Trailer, in accordance with bidding documents prepared by the Town of Hanson. Delivery shall be made to the Hanson Fire Department at 505 Liberty St. Hanson, MA 02341.

Specifications and bid documents may be obtained at the office of the Board of Selectmen, Hanson Town Hall, 542 Liberty Street, Hanson, MA 02341, Monday through Thursday, between the hours of 8:00 A.M. and 5:00 P.M., by calling (781) 293-2131 or by request to [email protected]. Inquiries relative to this Invitation for Bids should be directed to Mr. René J. Read, Town Administrator at the number listed above. All inquiries relative to the specifications should be directed to the Hanson Fire Department, Chief Jerome A. Thompson or

Firefighter Robert O’Brien 781-293-9571.

Bidding procedures shall be in accordance with the latest edition of Massachusetts General Laws, Chapter 149 and Chapter 30B as applicable. All bids shall be accompanied by bid deposits in form of a bid bond, cash, or certified check, or a treasurer’s or cashier’s check issued by a responsible bank or trust company payable to the Town of Hanson in compliance with Chapter 149 Section 44B. The amount of bid deposits shall be 10% of the value of the bid submitted.

If applicable, addenda issued during the bidding period will be forwarded to all bidders who have obtained Bidding Documents. Receipt of addenda shall be acknowledged in the designated space on the Form of Bid.

Complete bid proposals must be submitted in duplicate in sealed envelopes clearly marked “INVITATION FOR BIDS – PURCHASE OF ONE (1) NEW 2010 FIRE HOUSE SAFETY TRAILER.” Bid proposals will be received at the Office of the Board of Selectmen until Thursday, January 13, 2011, at 2:00 p.m., at which time they will be opened publicly. Bids received after the specified time will not be considered and faxed bid proposals will not be accepted. Delivery of bid proposals will be at the expense of the proposer. Any and all damages that may occur due to packaging, shipping or timely arrival will be the sole responsibility of the bidder. The Town of Hanson reserves the right to reject any bids if deemed to be in the best interest of the Town. All bids will be taken under consideration for award of contract at a later date.

The Town of Hanson is an equal opportunity employer. Minority Business Enterprises (MBE) and Woman’s Business Enterprises (WBE), certified by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, are encouraged to submit a proposal.

Rene’ J. ReadTown Administrator

Goods & Services BulletinDecember 27, 2010

Hanson ExpressDecember 23, 2010

WHITMAN BOARD OF APPEALS

PUBLIC HEARINGThe Board of Appeals will

hold a public hearing on Monday 1/10/2011 at 7:00 PM in the Lower Town Hall on the petition of M&P Realty Trust for relief from Section IX the applicant wishes to add additional signs to an existing car dealership for property located at 741 Temple St.

John GoldrosenChairman

12/23/2010 &12/30/2010

Everybody reads the Express Newspapers!

SUDOKU ANSWERS

www.southshorexpress.comPLACE YOUR EXPRESS CLASSIFIED ORDER ON OUR WEBSITE 24/7...

Home ImprovementSemi-retired remodeler with 30 plus years experience. De-sign and build. Bath, kitchen, tiling, family room etc. Your problems, our solution. Call Larry McCarthy, 508-746-7829.

Gutter CleaningWe clean gutters, install gutter guards, and wash windows. We also specialize in raking and removing leaves, small trees, branches and yard debris. Any and all junk removed, inside and out. Please call Mike at 781-789-3612.

Seasoned FirewoodCut and split 14”-16” lengths. Buy an order of seasoned fire-wood now, you’re automati-cally entered into raffle to win a free cord of seasoned fire-wood, cut and split. Proceeds go to Marshfield Community Christmas. Call Nessralla’s Farms in Marshfield, 781-834-2833, or visit www.nessrallas.com.

“Don't approach a goat from the front, a horse from the back or a fool from any side.”

– Yiddish Proverb

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Window And Gutter CleaningLet local firefighters brighten your day! Residential and storefront. Pressure washing - house, patio, deck, etc. Free gutter cleaning with every full house window job. Reasonable rates. References available. Fully insured. Keith McWalter. 781-340-5183 or cell-781-690-2000.

Website DesignWeb design, graphic design, web-site maintenance. Free consulta-tion. Call now, 781-452-7027.

�Car & Truck Cleaning/Detailing

Over 20 years experience. Inte-rior-steam cleaning, leather treat-ments and odor removal, Exte-rior-waxing, polishing and com-pounding. Entire job completed by J. Scott Russell, Jr., owner. Local pick-up and delivery. Gift certificates available. For ap-pointments/ information, 781-424-9113.

Junk BustersJunk removal, specializing in cleanouts of basements, garages, attics, yard debris, odds and ends. We also specialize in carpentry, painting, gutter work, and window washing. Best prices, free estimates. Please call or leave a message for Mike, 781-789-3612.

Bettencourt’s Walls & CeilingsSpruce up for the Holidays. Painting, drywall finishing, sheet-rocking, water damage, wallpaper stripping. Specializing in interior work. Skim coating over horsehair plaster and tex-tured ceilings a specialty. 25 years experience. Call Steve, 508-833-0546 or 617-922-0944 (cell).

Planes, Train& Automobiles

18' Marshall Sanderling Catboat1974 catboat; 6 HP Yamaha outboard, 1994 trailer included; both trailer and boat updated; Presently on mooring In Duxbury; $11,000. Call 781-934-6417

1998 Buick LeSabreMeticulously maintained. Runs great, ready to go. 94,000 miles. Averaged about 8,000 miles per year. Asking $3700. Call 781-582-2065 or 339-788-0685.

Starter Boat, Motor, Trailer'Crestliner' 14' aluminum open runabout with 15HP electric start Suzuki and a Venture trailer. All in excellent condition. All extras including anchor, lines, oars etc. $3500. Call 781-934-1332.

2005 Toyota Camry XLECar in good condition, excellent Carfax report. 75,00 miles, heated seats, leather, moon roof, $10,500. 617-680-9792.


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

Eat a live toad the first thing in the morning and nothing worse will happen to you the rest of the day.

– Author Unknown

36’ Sabre “Spartina” 1986. Excellent condition, fully equipped. Great boat for cruising couple or family. Roller furling main and genoa. Full electronics (radar, GPS chart plotter, autopilot...) power windlass, ESPAR hot air heating system etc. Price drastically reduced, $59,000. 781-452-7321.

2002 Hitchhiker 5th Wheel31.5’ long, 3 slides, glide ride hitch, new tires, new water heater, rebuilt furnace. Propane/electric refrigerator and heater. Queen-size bed w/upgraded matteress. Double sleeper sofa. TV and stereo system. Desk station set up for computer. Storage inside and out. Excellent condition, asking $19,999. 617-538-2113.

2006 Mini Cooper S ConvertibleExcellent condition, 44,200 miles, 6-speed manual, traction control, leather interior, dual front and side airbags, alloy wheels, ABS, cruise control, run flat tires, rear parking sensors, 4 new tires, Minimal winter use. Garaged. $17,250. 781-424-1102.

“Let your hook always be cast; in the pool where you least expect it, there will be a fish.”

–– Ovid


Acura MDX 20022002 Acura MDX For Sale. Good

condition, 132k miles. Black exterior, beige interior. 4wd. Fold up 3rd row of seats. $7,500. Call 781-934-0803.

“If you are writing about baloney, don't try to make it a Cornish hen, because that is the worst kind of baloney there is. Just make it darned good baloney.”

–– Leo Burnett

2004 Pursuit 2270 Center console. Low hours, T-Top, 225 Yamaha 4-stroke, color fishfinder, GPS, live bait well, brand new aluminum Venture tandem trailer with disc brakes. $26,900. Call George, 781-561-5995.

2001 Nissan Altima80,000 miles, Silver, no dents or rust, good AC, great commuter car. Excellent condition. $5495. Call Tom at 617-817-4299.

2003 GMC Yukon Denali XLAlpine white w/sandstone leather. Capt. chairs. New (9/10) factory installed trans. w/3yr. 100k mi. warranty. Always garaged dealer serviced. 84k mi. Excellent condition. Title in hand. $15,500/b.o. Call 781-820-8874.

Pick-Up Truck For Sale1997 blue 3/4 ton V-8, 8' bed, 143,000 miles, 1 owner. In good condition. $4,500 or best offer. Call Bob, 781-447-0026

Halmatic 8.80 Motor SailerYou could buy a new 14’ outboard or, for the same price, my motor sailer which sleeps 5 in full-length berths. Recently rebuilt 40HP diesel engine, 3 sails, shallow draft. Galley, head, equipped. Ideal for local waters. $19,950. 781-934-2132.

4 Sail $2,200 1988 Hunter '23 Free winter

storage. Nissan 8.9 outboard; Three sails; Free boat stands. Available in Duxbury for viewing. Kevin, 617-620-9479 or Ron, 781-724-1270.

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BOARD OF ZONINGAND

BUILDING LAW APPEALS

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

A public hearing will be held on Monday, January 3, 2011 at 7:00 p.m. in Pembroke Town Hall, Lower Level, Room 6 on the application of American Law Care/Scott A. Buitta requesting to amend an existing special permit of the Zoning By-Laws of the Town of Pembroke, Sec. V, 5. Non-Conforming Uses to increase the number of outside storage items. Property is located at 167 Washington Street, Pembroke as shown on Assessors’ Map D-14, Lot 22.

Frank Baldassini,Chairman

Zoninng Board of Appeals

2PZBA, 12/16, 12/23

PEMBROKE CONSERVATION

COMMISSIONPUBLIC HEARING

Notice is hereby given of a public hearing conducted by the Pembroke Conservation Commission under the provisions of M.G.L. Chapter 131, Section 40 (Wetlands Protection Act) on Monday, January 3, 2011, at 7:50 p.m. in the Pembroke Town Hall Selectmen’s Office to consider the Notice of Intent filed on December 16, 2010, by the Edwin Thorne, Town Administrator, Town of Pembroke, 100 Center Street, Pembroke, MA, to cap a 19.2 acre solid waste landfill including clearing and the construction of swales & detention ponds on land located on Hobomock Street, Pembroke, Massachusetts, shown on Assessor’s Map D6, Lot 2.

Marcus FordChairperson

12/23/10

THE COMMONWEALTH

OF MASSACHUSETTS:

NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS:The Massachusetts Division

of Marine Fisheries, through the Office of Fishing and Boating Access, invites sealed bids for the reconstruction of the Herring Pond Fishway, spillway improvements and miscellaneous work in the Town of Pembroke, MA, in accordance with plans and specifications prepared by

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Tibbetts Engineering Corporation. This project consists of the installation of a pre-fabricated steeppass fishway, modifications to the existing spillway and miscellaneous work in accordance with the above referenced documents. The estimated project value is ($130,000). Bids will be submitted on the forms furnished by the Department, in the bid package and will be received at the office of the Office of Fishing and Boating Access, 1440 Soldiers Field Road, Brighton, MA 02135, until 11:00 AM, local time, Wednesday, January 18, 2011, at which time they will be publicly opened and read. All bids must be submitted in accordance with the Contract Documents and shall be accompanied by a bid deposit in the amount of 5% of the value of the bid. Bid deposits, payable to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Department of Fish and Game, shall be in the form of a bid bond, certified, cashier's or treasurer's check issued by a responsible bank or trust company. Contract Documents will be available after December 22, 2010, from the office of the Office of Fishing and Boating Access, 1440 Soldiers Field Road, Brighton, MA 02135. The documents may be examined free of charge at the aforesaid address from Monday-Friday between the hours of 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM, local time. Copies of the Contract Documents may be obtained at the office of the Office of Fishing and Boating Access, upon receipt of $25.00 per set, made payable to the Office of Fishing and Boating Access. A $10.00 separate non-refundable mailing fee made payable in U.S. Postage Stampsto the Department of Fish and Game shall accompany all requests for mailing (cash, checks or money orders in lieu of postage stamps shall not be accepted). A valid Fed-Ex, UPS or DHL Express account number may be used in lieu of postage stamps. Contract document deposits will be returned in full for formal bidders only. Minimum wage rates for this project have been predetermined by M.G.L. under Chapter 149, Section 26 to 27D, inclusive. Proposals that do not have the Affidavit (of non-collusion, etc.) properly completed will be declared informal. Bids are subject to provisions M.G.L. Chapter 30, Sections 39F, 39G, 39H, 39K and 39M and Chapter 149, Sections 44A to 44H, inclusive. This contract is subject to all State Laws and Regulations concerning Minority Business Enterprises including Executive Order 237. The right is reserved to waive any informality in or reject any or all proposals. An award will not be made to any Contractor who is not able to complete the work no later than October 15, 2011. No work will be allowed between March 31 and June 15 of any year.

By: Mary Griffin, Commissioner of Department

of Fish and Game.

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TOWN OF PEMBROKE

OFFICE OF THEPLANNING BOARDNOTICE OF PUBLIC

HEARING

Notice is hereby given that the Pembroke Planning Board and the Department of Public Works will hold a joint public hearing on January 10, 2011 at 7:00 p.m. in the Planning Board Room Town Hall, 100 Center Street, Pembroke, MA 02359 on the application of James Wheeler, 45 Sheila Way, Hanover, MA 02339 to remove trees on the way and a portion of a stone wall to construct a driveway opening off West Elm St., Pembroke, MA. This notice is posted as per the legal requirements of Chapter 87, Section 3 and Chapter 40, Section 15-C of the General Laws pertaining to “Scenic Roads”.

Andrew WandellChairman

2PPB 12/16, 12/23

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NOTICE OF MORTGAGEE'S

SALE OF REAL ESTATE

By virtue and in execution of the Power of Sale contained in a certain mortgage given by Janice Ann Smith Roberts to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. as Nominee for IndyMac Bank, F.S.B., dated February 28, 2006 and recorded with the Plymouth County Registry of Deeds in Book 32292, Page 5 of which mortgage Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee of the IndyMac Mortgage Loan Trust 2006-1, Asset-Backed Certificates Series INDB 2006-1 under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated June 1, 2006 is the present holder, by assignment, for breach of the conditions of said mortgage and for the purpose of foreclosing, the same will be sold at Public Auction at 11:00 AM on January 6, 2011, on the mortgaged premises located at 728 Auburn Street, Unit #C-7 of the Eliot Woods Condominium, Whitman, MA, all and singular the premises described in said mortgage, TO WIT: Unit No. C-7 of Eliot Woods Condominium (Whitman) created by Master Deed dated September 15, 1988 and recorded on September 23, 1988 with the Plymouth County Registry of Deeds as Instrument No. 80027 of 1988 in Book 8726, Page 2, as shown on a plan entitled "As-Built Building Location Plan Eliot Woods in Whitman (Plymouth County) MA June 8, 1988 Scale 1"=40" by Briggs Associates, Inc., which plan is recorded with said Deeds as Plan No. 1064 of 1988 in Book 8780, Page 303, in Building C, Plan No. 1064 of 1988 Floor Plan No. 1065 of 1988. The undivided percentage interest of the Unit in the common areas and facilities of the Condominium is 2.174%. For mortgagor's title see deed recorded with the Plymouth County Registry of Deeds in Book 32292, Page 3. These premises will be sold and

conveyed subject to and with the benefit of all rights, rights of way, restrictions, easements, right of ways, covenants, liens or claims in the nature of liens, improvements, public assessments, any and all unpaid taxes, tax titles, tax liens, water and sewer liens and any other municipal assessments or liens or existing encumbrances of record which are in force and are applicable, having priority over said mortgage, whether or not reference to such restrictions, easements, improvements, liens or encumbrances is made in the deed. TERMS OF SALE: A deposit of TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS ($10,000.00) by certified or bank check will be required to be paid by the purchaser at the time and place of sale. The balance is to be paid by certified or bank check at ABLITT|SCOFIELD, 304 Cambridge Road, Woburn, Massachusetts 01801, other terms and conditions will be provided at the place of sale. The description of the premises contained in said mortgage shall control in the event of an error in this publication. OTHER TERMS, IF ANY, TO BE ANNOUNCED AT THE SALE. Present holder of said mortgage, Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee of the IndyMac Mortgage Loan Trust 2006-1, Asset-Backed Certificates Series INDB 2006-1 under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated June 1, 2006 By its Attorneys, ABLITT|SCOFIELD, 304 Cambridge Road, Woburn, Massachusetts 01801 Telephone: 781-246-8995 Fax: 781-246-8994

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122.4903

LEGAL NOTICETOWN OF HANSON

Invitation for BidsPurchase of One (1)

New Fire Safety House Trailer

The Town of Hanson, acting through its Board of Selectmen, the Awarding Authority, is seeking sealed bids for the purchase and delivery of one (1) New 2010 Fire House Safety Trailer, in accordance with bidding documents prepared by the Town of Hanson. Delivery shall be made to the Hanson Fire Department at 505 Liberty St. Hanson, MA 02341.

Specifications and bid documents may be obtained at the office of the Board of Selectmen, Hanson Town Hall, 542 Liberty Street, Hanson, MA 02341, Monday through Thursday, between the hours of 8:00 A.M. and 5:00 P.M., by calling (781) 293-2131 or by request to [email protected]. Inquiries relative to this Invitation for Bids should be directed to Mr. René J. Read, Town Administrator at the number listed above. All inquiries relative to the specifications should be directed to the Hanson Fire Department, Chief Jerome A. Thompson or

Firefighter Robert O’Brien 781-293-9571.

Bidding procedures shall be in accordance with the latest edition of Massachusetts General Laws, Chapter 149 and Chapter 30B as applicable. All bids shall be accompanied by bid deposits in form of a bid bond, cash, or certified check, or a treasurer’s or cashier’s check issued by a responsible bank or trust company payable to the Town of Hanson in compliance with Chapter 149 Section 44B. The amount of bid deposits shall be 10% of the value of the bid submitted.

If applicable, addenda issued during the bidding period will be forwarded to all bidders who have obtained Bidding Documents. Receipt of addenda shall be acknowledged in the designated space on the Form of Bid.

Complete bid proposals must be submitted in duplicate in sealed envelopes clearly marked “INVITATION FOR BIDS – PURCHASE OF ONE (1) NEW 2010 FIRE HOUSE SAFETY TRAILER.” Bid proposals will be received at the Office of the Board of Selectmen until Thursday, January 13, 2011, at 2:00 p.m., at which time they will be opened publicly. Bids received after the specified time will not be considered and faxed bid proposals will not be accepted. Delivery of bid proposals will be at the expense of the proposer. Any and all damages that may occur due to packaging, shipping or timely arrival will be the sole responsibility of the bidder. The Town of Hanson reserves the right to reject any bids if deemed to be in the best interest of the Town. All bids will be taken under consideration for award of contract at a later date.

The Town of Hanson is an equal opportunity employer. Minority Business Enterprises (MBE) and Woman’s Business Enterprises (WBE), certified by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, are encouraged to submit a proposal.

Rene’ J. ReadTown Administrator

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Hanson ExpressDecember 23, 2010

WHITMAN BOARD OF APPEALS

PUBLIC HEARINGThe Board of Appeals will

hold a public hearing on Monday 1/10/2011 at 7:00 PM in the Lower Town Hall on the petition of M&P Realty Trust for relief from Section IX the applicant wishes to add additional signs to an existing car dealership for property located at 741 Temple St.

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even these children led strictly structured lives. Christmas and its richness must have been a greatly anticipated day of in-dulgence for children. Sugar-plums, a plum-less treat made from a piece of dried prune or cherry that has been swirled in fondant or rolled in decadent sugar, would have been an ex-travagant treat worth dreaming of on Christmas Eve.

Did you know that the lifespan of a fruitcake, another Christmas confection from Victorian England, is up to 25 years? According to the Joy of Cooking, a fruitcake can last a quarter of a century “when they are well-saturated with alcoholic liquors, which raise

the spirits, and keep down the molds.” Times were tough, and frugal families stretched the budget by making a sweet sponge cake with bits of dried fruits and soaking it in alcohol as a preservative. The left-over cake wouldn’t be thrown away but would be drenched in booze and more cake and fruit would be added to the leftovers the following Christ-

mas. Get ready to celebrate: The oldest “living” fruitcake will turn 100 years old in De-cember 2011. According to the Star Tribune in Minneapolis, a man moved into an apartment in 1992 where he found a box of fruitcake with a note on top that said “Xmas cake, baked in December of 1911.” A note on the bottom says “Xmas cake baked by my mother’s brother Alex died on December 27. Was operated on Xmas Day.” Pierre Gerard trots out the sto-ried fruitcake every year and sets it as a centerpiece at his Christmas table. What a con-versation starter that fruitcake must be!

Yesterday, my husband’s

family gathered for the annual Christmas party and Aunt Dar-lene served a simple pie that evoked Christmas at Grand-mother’s house. The humble “Graham Cracker Pie” was el-evated to rock-star status when I learned that Grandma Lil got the recipe from her mother, Nana Moynah. I glanced down the table at two-and-half-year old Lilliana and realized that five generations separate this darling little girl from Nana Moynah. That piece of pie in front of her was just as magi-cal today as it was when her great-Grandma Lil was two.

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Molly Dillon qualified for the states twice in her first high school swim meet. Tuesday, she added a third in her sec-ond.

Dillon swam the 200 free-style in 2 minutes and 7.4 sec-onds to add the race to her list of qualifying times as the Pem-broke girls swim team picked up their first win of the season with a 77-51 win over the Sil-ver Lake Lakers at the Percy Walker Pool in Duxbury.

Dillon now has state quali-fying times in the 200 free-style and individual medley to go with one in the 100 back-stroke.

“She just keeps getting bet-ter,” head coach Brian Noyes said.

Dillon is also part of the freestyle and medley relay teams with seniors Emma Ri-patrazone, Jenn Salas and Jen-na Bostwick that have already earned a sectional qualifying time, but Noyes is hopeful the teams can also reach state qualifying time as they keep improving this season.

“It would be nice if they could go together,” Noyes said. “Hopefully they can get there.”

Bostwick, who won the individual medley and breast-stroke against the Lakers, was also on the verge of a sectional qualifying time in the breast-stroke, something Noyes hopes she can accomplish as she gets more pool time this season.

“She’s been right on the

border the last three years,” he said. “Hopefully, she can finally get there.”

The Titans will look to get over the .500 hump when they open up 2011 at Middleboro on Jan. 4. Noyes expects Mid-dleboro to have some good in-dividual swimmers, but hopes the Titan depth can carry them past the Sachems and possibly

to their first ever winning sea-son.

“They have some very good swimmers, but they are not very deep,” he said of the Sachems. “The girls have nev-er won more than two meets in the Patriot League, but they have a chance to get over .500 this year. It’s going to be excit-ing.”

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After talking to Pembroke cross-country coach Greg Zopatti last week, I recalled his quote about his team winning the Eastern Mass. Championship last year in a monsoon:

“The guys were so focused mentally for this race that it could have been raining cinder blocks and they would have broken through,” which is one of my favorite quotes ever. Zopatti may give the best post-game gems, but my favorite in-game quotes come from Whitman-Hanson’s girls bas-

ketball coach and master of sarcasm Jim Daley, who will say backhanded things like, “Way to fall into her after she fouled you, Brit,” when calls go against the Panthers that must get under a referee’s skin. So without further ado, and in no particular order, I present some of my favorite things ever said to or around this friendly neighborhood sports reporter:

“How about we all hold hands and sing Kumba-• ya? — Jim Daley to his team after a less than stellar effort rebounding the basketball.

“He’s the gear box.” “No, no, he’s the universal • axle.” — J.R. Manetta and T.J. White discussing which part of a car works best as an analogy for head coach Kevin Black’s importance to the team.

Whitman-Hanson football lost the worst football • game I have ever seen at Sandwich in 2007. Toward the end of that game, one of the players sauntered over to the cheerleaders and said, “How about you do a back flip?” with as much bravado as he could muster. Without skipping a beat, one of the cheerleaders turned and said, “How about you score a touchdown?”

“I raced pretty smart. I didn’t make any passes • I didn’t have to and settled on one runner. Not a whole lot can happen in the first mile, so I wasn’t worried.” —There was nothing funny about this quote from Pem-broke’s Ryan Kelley after the D-IV outdoor track cham-pionship last year, but when I played the interview back later, I realized I should have chosen a better location because part of what Kelley said was drowned out by another runner violently throwing up behind him.

“Oh my god, I was like ‘Whaaaaaaaaaaat?’” • — Pembroke’s Becky Stoyle on having to triple jump immediately after crossing the finish line in the 200-meter dash. To be fair to her, she was about to pass out when she said this.

“Her legs were feeling a little prommy.” – Greg • Zopatti on one of his triple jumpers substandard perfor-mances the day after the senior prom. Print does not do justice to the disdain he put into his made-up word.

“He’s our Jacoby Elsbury.” — Kevin Black on • Tyler Sullivan four years ago. It was a compliment then, but if he said it this year, I guess it would mean Sullivan had fallen off the face of the Earth.

“I was playing doubles with [my sister] and I • served it three times in a row and hit her in the head all three times. She ended up crying.” — East Bridgewater tennis captain Emily Kovak when asked about her favor-ite sports memory during her Senior Moments interview.

“You look at his trophies kinda jealously because • you don’t have any.” — Me talking to Pembroke cross-country runner Heather Connick while trying to set up a posed photo for the Fall Sports Preview. It came out a lot meaner than I intended.

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Senior Jay Wainwright dives into the water on his way to a win as Pembroke grabbed their first team victory of the season against Silver Lake at the Percy Walker Pool.

Boys on the boardSwim team picks up first win of the season


The Pembroke boys swim team has high expectations this season, and Tuesday at the Percy Walker Pool, they got moving in the right direction.

The Titans improved to 1-1 on the season with a 74-59 win over the Silver Lake Lakers.

Andrew Salas led the Ti-tans with wins in the 200-yard individual medley and 500-yard freestyle, but head coach Brian Noyes said the win was a team effort.

“The boys are very deep this year,” Noyes said. “They have a chance to finish over .500, which has never hap-

pened before, so it’s going to be exciting to watch them.”

The Titans will try to get over the .500 mark in a tough road meet in Middleboro against the Sachems.

“They’ve got a pretty good boys team,” Noyes said. “It’s going to be a good challenge for us.”

Freshman on fire for girlsDillon adds third qualifier as swim team rolls

Senior Jenna Bostwick wins the individual medley against the Lakers. Bostwick has already qualified for sectionals in the relays and is closing in on 100-yard breast stroke qualifying time.

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The Pembroke girls bas-ketball team is a work in prog-ress with mostly underclass-men and one senior, which made for a mismatch against the seventh-ranked team in the state.

The Scituate Sailors hand-ed the Titans their third loss of the season on Tuesday 58-19 at Scituate High School.

“They’re one of the best teams in the state, and we are still very young, so it was a tough game for us,” head coach Hillary Russell said.

The loss comes on the

heels of a 55-33 loss to the Quincy Presidents at Pem-broke High School on Friday night. The Titans fell behind 20-4 after one quarter and could not climb out of that hole despite playing better in the second half.

“The press definitely af-fected us and our shots weren’t

falling,” Russell said. “The confidence really isn’t where it needs to be right now.”

Point guard Kelsey Butler led the team with nine points while freshman Katy McGel-liot had eight points to go with 13 rebounds.

The Titans have a week off before they host Silver Lake on Tuesday. Russell said the team may take some bumps as they get used to varsity play, but that the Titans are staying upbeat despite starting 0-3.

“They are positive and working hard and that is half the battle,” she said.

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SENIOR MOMENTSA visit with cross-country captain Ryan Moran

Moran helped captain the cross-country team to 19th in the country at the Nike Nationals be-fore beginning his final season of indoor track

last week. He will also run outdoors for the Titans in the spring before heading to college. He shared his thoughts on …

… looking at schools. I’m looking at Worcester Poly-Tech and I’m also applying to Brown, Bowdoin, Stonehill and UMass Amherst. I’m really inter-ested in going to a tech school, because I have a big interest in math and science, and I’m look-ing to run in Division III.

… choosing a major. I’m undecided right now, but I’m thinking a lot about physics and maybe engineering. I like problem solving and just figuring out how stuff works.

… discovering running. I started out my freshman year with spring track to get in shape for basketball the next year and just fell in love with running. I continued on to cross-country the following year and fell in love with that, and I’ve just been running ever since. I like that there is al-ways room for improvement and if you work hard at it, you know you are going to improve. The at-mosphere of this team was really fun, too.

… going to nationals. It was just a great expe-rience, a once in a lifetime thing. It was good for us as a team because now they’re going to try to return next year and do a little better.

… track versus cross-country. I prefer cross-country. You feel the team atmosphere in track, but you are separated into distance, sprinting, throw-ing and jumping, where in cross-country you are all doing the same thing with the same goal.

… his other hobbies. I like to make movies. I make silly movies with some other kids on the track team. It started out with English projects and just snowballed from there. We made a full-length movie recently that was our own version of “Jesus Christ Superstar.”

… his future. I hope to someday run a mara-thon and just keep keep running and keep having fun.

Growing pains for girlsGirls basketball team drops first three games

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Point guard kelsey Butler carries the ball up the court against Quincy. Butler is one of four underclassmen starting for the titans this season.

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PiLe DriVer: Sophomore Brad Wong folds up Hanover’s Matt Smith in the finals of the 103-pound division at the Patriot League meet on Saturday. Smith ended up winning the match by decision with Wong picking up one of two second-place finishes on the day for the titans, who finished third overall.

Titans take third placeYoung wrestlers look strong at All-Patriot League meet


Pembroke’s wrestling team is a team in transition this season, but they showed the rest of the Patriot League that they are still dangerous on Saturday at Whitman-Hanson High School.

The Titans grabbed two second places, three thirds, three fourths and one fifth place to score 152 points and finish third, first among Fisher Division teams, at the All-Pa-triot League wrestling meet.

“I think we did about what we expected,” head coach Dave Vining said. “I was hop-ing to get some champions, but we also had some kids do better than expected.”

Sophomore Brad Wong finished second in the 103-pound division, and junior Mike Bunszell did the same at 125. At 135, sophomore Ryan Chapman bounced back from a loss to eventual champion Tim Dann to take third place with two pins in less than one minute in his final two match-es.

Fellow sophomore Colin Claflin also took third at 140 pounds while J.P. Zografos took third at 160 to cap an im-pressive tournament for the Titan junior.

“He gave [champion Tim] Fitzgerald a decent match. I was very happy with him,” Vining said of Zografos. “He’s really worked hard in the off-

season.”Senior captain Mike Mc-

Burnie took fourth in the 160-pound bracket but had to forfeit his final match after suffering a concussion. Ju-nior Rich Benoit took fourth at 171, as did sophomore Nate Provitola at 115.

Freshman Ian Horkan fin-ished fifth at 115 and sopho-more Kevin Beane did the same at 215.

“He got his first two wins of the year,” Vining said of Beane. “That was good for him.”

The injury to McBur-nie may hurt the Titans, who were already short captain Matt Merritt for the tourna-ment. The defending sectional champions only have four seniors on the 22-man roster while suiting up 10 freshmen. The massive overhaul this sea-son means the Titans need to develop a new team identity, Vining said, but the influx of new talent has him excited about the potential.

“Things haven’t really gelled for us yet, and we are struggling a bit with camarade-rie,” he said. “But I’m excited about our young kids, not only on varsity but JV. Things are looking good for the future.”

The Titans close out 2010 at the Marshfield Tournament starting Monday and go back to league action when they host the Middleboro Sachems on Jan. 5.

a LittLe LeVerage: Junior Mike Bunszell rolls over Hanover’s Jack Zinke for a pin in his first match of the tournament. Bunszell followed up with two more wins to finish second in the 125-pound division.

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