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Woman shot outside Lake Ave. home

Connecticut man allegedly hired to kill local resident; victim in critical condition
By Becca Manning, Express Staff
becca@pembrokexpress.com

A Pembroke woman re-

mained in critical condition
Thursday morning after being
shot multiple times Tuesday
night by a man who allegedly
told police he was paid money
to kill her.
Police believe a second
male also was involved in the
shooting. The man, whose
name had
Community not been not
reacts to released by
press time, is
shooting, being held at
page 9. a Connecti-
cut jail on
unrelated charges, according
to Pembroke Police Chief Mi-
chael Ohrenberger.
Dorian J. Membreno, 25,
of Bridgeport, Conn., pled not
guilty to charges of attempted
murder and assault and bat-
tery with a dangerous weapon
on Wednesday in Plymouth
District Court. He is being
held without bail at Plymouth
County House of Corrections
pending a dangerousness hear-
ing scheduled for Tuesday,
March 30.
According to police re-
ports, Membreno told officers
he was paid money and given
a handgun to kill the victim.
Prosecutor Laura Weier-
man said at Membreno’s ar-
raignment that he told police
he left Bridgeport around 3
a.m. and drove to Pembroke
with “the sole purpose to find
and kill the victim in this case.”
Membreno said he had used
GPS to find Lake Avenue and
had initially arrived around 7
a.m.
Membreno allegedly told
police he was going to shoot
the victim then but paused
when he saw her with her chil-
dren, saying he did not want
to shoot the kids, according to
DRIVEWAY SHOOTING: Marybeth Banks, 31, of Lake Avenue was
shot multiple times outside her home around 10 p.m. Tuesday,
shortly after parking her car. She was in critical condition at
Brigham and Women’s Hospital on Wednesday.
Weierman.
The victim, Marybeth
Banks, 31, of Lake Avenue,
suffered multiple gunshot
wounds. She was listed in crit-
ical condition at Brigham and
Women’s Hospital in Boston
on Thursday morning, accord-
ing to a hospital spokesperson
said.
Banks did not know the
man accused of shooting her
but did know the second un-
identified suspect, Ohrenberg-
er said.
“Last night just after 10
o’clock, Pembroke police re-
ceived 9-1-1 calls of gunshots
fired and a woman yelling
in the area of 20 Lake Av-
continued on page 8
HELD WITHOUT BAIL: A Plymouth District Court officer escorts
Dorian J. Membreno, 25, of Bridgeport, Conn. into the courtroom
for his arraignment on Wednesday. Membreno pled not guilty
to attempted murder and assault and battery with a dangerous
weapon.
TIMELINE OF THE SHOOTING
Tuesday, March 23
3:00 a.m. Suspect allegedly leaves his home in Bridgeport, Conn. to
drive to Pembroke, using a GPS to find Lake Avenue.
7 a.m. Suspect allegedly shows up at 20 Lake Avenue with plans to
shoot victim; stands down when he sees her with children.
Late morning to early afternoon.
Pembroke Police receive calls of a
Photos by Becca Manning suspicious red Volkswagen Jetta in the
Lake Avenue area. Police search the
area three times but do not locate the
vehicle.
10:09 p.m. Police receive a 9-1-1 call
reporting shots fired on Lake Avenue.
Police and fire respond and find victim
*
injured by her car, but conscious. Victim
transported to South Shore Hospital
and treated for gunshot wounds.
Before 11 p.m. Hanover Police pull over vehicle matching descrip-
tion of suspicious car from earlier in the day. Officers arrest Dorian
J. Membreno, 25, of Bridgeport, Conn. for attempted murder and
assault and battery with a dangerous weapon. He is held overnight in
Pembroke on $1 million bail.
Wednesday, March 24
Noon. Suspect leaves Pembroke police station for arraignment in
SHATTERED: The victim’s Plymouth District Court. Police Chief Michael Ohrenberger releases
vehicle remained parked on an official statement about the incident and reveals there is another
Wednesday afternoon where suspect.
she was shot Tuesday night. 2 p.m. Membreno pleads not guilty in Plymouth District Court. Judge
The driver’s side window was orders him to be held without bail until a hearing on March 30.
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embroke High School sophomore
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activities, such as field hockey, indoor and out-
door track, Key Club, Mathletes, writing for
the school paper and interviewing citizens for
the Pembroke Express’ Question of the Week.
What is DECA? DECA is an organiza-
tion of marketing and business students. We do
fundraising and community service projects,
but mostly it’s about the competitions. There’s
a district-level competition, and I got second
place at that, and then we went to states. I got
first, which was wicked unexpected. There
were 1,500 kids at the state conference at the
Mariott Copley in Boston. So now I’m going
on to nationals, which is in Louisville, Ky., and
I’m staying for four nights and five days.
Who is your adviser? Mrs. Schultz. She
started the club two years ago. Our first year,
only three kids went to the conference, and no
one went on to states. This year, we had 12 go
to districts and seven went on to states, which
is really big for our town. At districts, most of
us placed in the top 10 and three of us got tro-
phies, and then at states, I was the only one to
place.
What is the competition like? There’s a
bunch of different categories. I’m in accounting
applications. You take a 100-question multiple-
choice exam; in my category, I would do the fi-
nance cluster, and then I take another multiple-
choice exam on economics. Then you’re given
two business scenarios. I was given financial
statements and then a situation that a business
would be in and I had to make a decision. You
present this to judges and show them why you
made the decision and what effects it will have
on your business. All your scores are added up
for your final placement. You can get medals
in individual categories as well. At states, I got
second in my finance exam, second in my eco-
nomics exam and second in one of my business
scenarios, and I scored pretty high in the last
category, which I didn’t place in, but added to-
gether I got first overall.
How do you prepare for DECA? For dis-
tricts, we didn’t know what to do. It was our
first time. We didn’t prepare that much. Other
schools have curriculum based around DECA,
whereas at our school it’s just an after-school
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County awards $2.8M in bonds Gifts for First Communion & Confirmation

Stimulus funds could help Pembroke finish projects for less

By Becca Manning, Express Staff “You need to look at your
becca@pembrokexpress.com

Stimulus bonds from

What population that is most vulner-
able and make sure they have
Plymouth County totaling $2.8 do you the support and the services Douglas Jewelers
million could help Pembroke

weatherproof the community
center, install sidewalks along
Hobomock Street and improve
drainage and roads near Old-
ham Pond, but Town Meeting
voters will have the final say
on whether the town should
spend the money.
On Tuesday, Plymouth
County Commissioners ap-
proved three applications sub-
mitted by Town Administrator
Ed Thorne for economic devel-
opment bonds distributed by
the county as part of the fed-
eral stimulus program.


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tal of $17 million in economic
development bonds to give
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“The county is going to
have to turn the money back
this week, so at least we’ve
given it a shot,” Thorne said of
the town’s application. “If the
numbers show that we can’t
afford to pay this money back
over 20 years, then we won’t
do it, but I have to give Advi-
sory and Town Meeting the op-
portunity to discuss it.”
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that they need first,” he said. 5NION3T2OCKLANDs 
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not the comfort we’re used
to — but we can get by with
another pot hole in the road,
with mud on our car going to
our son’s baseball game. Can
we live without another police
officer or another firefighter? I
don’t think we can.”
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We’ve seen with the commu-
towns for “shovel-ready” proj-
ects, along with $25.6 million
in recovery zone economic
development bonds for private
sector projects.
On Feb. 2, the commission-
ers awarded Pembroke Plaza
Limited Partnership a $12.8
million bond to help finance
the Center Plaza project.
“Ed Thorne put on a won-
derful presentation to us,”
said Plymouth County Com-
missioner Tim McMullen, a
Pembroke resident. “The com-
munity center [in particular]
provides so much for of Pem-
broke that it was great to be a
part of getting some funding
for that.”
“The county is going to have to turn the [stimulus] money back
this week, so at least we’ve given it a shot. If the numbers show
that we can’t afford to pay this money back over 20 years, then
we won’t do it, but I have to give Advisory and Town Meeting
the opportunity to discuss it.”
— Town Administrator Ed Thorne on the decision
to apply for economic development bonds
through Plymouth County
The county approved
bonds for three projects:
• $850,000 to weatherproof
the community center building
by replacing the roof, brick and
masonry, exterior wood trim
and windows as well as fix one
of the handicap ramps;
• $529,000 to install about
4,400 feet of sidewalks along
Hobomock Street from the end
of Learning Lane down to Four
Winds Drive, where sidewalks
now exist up to Center Street;
• And $1.4 million to re-
place about 8,000 feet of water
lines to improve water pres-
sure and quality in the Oldham
Pines area as well as repave
streets and fix drainage issues.
“This is the best deal other
than an out-and-out grant that
we can get for the community
center,” Thorne said.
Through the stimulus pro-
gram, the town would borrow
funds and the federal govern-
ment would reimburse the
town 45 percent of its interest
expenses, McMullen said.
Thorne said the bond could
be paid back over 20 years.
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voted on at the April 27 special
Town Meeting.
The state has set a deadline
for counties participating in the
stimulus program to distribute
their funds by March 31 — or
return that money to the state.
Plymouth County still has
about $10 million available for
public projects and about $7.3
million left for the private sec-
tor. The commissioners also
approved a $3.4 million proj-
ect for Carver on Tuesday.
“It’s just a function that the
Plymouth County Commis-
sioners performed willingly in
order to create jobs and create
economic development,” Mc-
Mullen said of distributing the
bonds. “Other counties chose
not to participate in this. But
we thought this was very im-
portant because it was a good
thing for Plymouth County.”
Though selectmen agreed
to leave the three projects on
the special Town Meeting war-
rant, Selectman Don Anderson
said he did not think now was
the time to borrow money. The
town still has about $1.5 mil-
lion in capital needs — equip-
ment, repairs and other expens-
es — identified by department
heads more than a year ago.
“Now we’re adding more
just because someone’s willing
to lend us money that we’re
going to have to pay back with
interest, though it’s going to be
lower interest, for a project that
I don’t see as a priority at this
point,” Anderson said.
Though Anderson said he
has “a reputation for saying
no,” he said he voted to spend
money where he felt it was
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Pembroke police log
FRIDAY, MARCH 12
8:33 a.m. Citation issued
for a motor vehicle complaint on
Barker Street.
10:27 a.m. Suspicious activ-
ity reported on Edgewater Drive.
10:35 a.m. Vandalism re-
ported at home on Center Street.
11:56 a.m. Civil complaint
issued on Queensbrook Road.
Referred to building inspector.
12:15 p.m. Domestic situa-
tion on Washington Street.
2:59 p.m. Hit and run crash
reported on Old Oak Street.
5:50 p.m. Suspicious activity
reported on Center Street.
6:13 p.m. Disturbance on
Cyril Avenue.
8:39 p.m. Suspicious activity
reported on Montclair Avenue.
9:53 p.m. Suspicious activity
reported on Washington Street.
10:19 p.m. Complaint of
operating under the influence on
West Elm Street.
SATURDAY, MARCH 13
12:27 a.m. Suspicious activ-
ity with a motor vehicle reported
on Church Street. William Wag-
ner, 39, of Marshfield arrested for
OUI liquor and negligent opera-
tion of a motor vehicle.
1:01 a.m. Drug law viola-
tions reported on Center Street.
3:56 a.m. Crash reported on
West Street with damages over
$1,000.
5:25 a.m. Suspicious activity
reported on Wampatuck Street.
Area search negative.
10:06 a.m. Suspicious activ-
ity reported on MacDonald Way.
11:21 a.m. Crash reported on
Center Street and School Street
with damages over $1,000.
5:39 p.m. Suspicious activity
reported on Tara Drive.
5:48 p.m. Dog complaint on
Matakeesett Street.
8:19 p.m. Richard Briggs,
18, of Hanover, arrested on
Church Street for shoplifting and
posession with intent to distribute
a Class B drug.
SUNDAY, MARCH 14
2:50 a.m. Motor vehicle
crash with over $1,000 damage
reported on West Elm Street.
10:18 a.m. Traffic complaint
reported on Center Street.
2:23 p.m. Motor vehicle
crash reported on Hobomock
Street and Center Street with over
$1,000 damage.
5:14 p.m. Domestic incident
on Deerfield Lane.
7:10 p.m. Disabled motor ve-
hicle reported on Schoosett Street.
Vehicle towed and impounded.
9:47 p.m. Animal complaint
on Washington Street. Area search
negative.
10:44 p.m. Vandalism re-
ported on Oak Street.
MONDAY, MARCH 15
6:40 a.m. Crash reported
on Oldham Street and West Elm
Street with damages over $1,000.
6:47 a.m. Disabled motor
vehicle reported on Washington
Street and Congress Street.
9:07 a.m. Crash reported on
Washington Street and Pleasant
Street with over $1,000 damage.
12:55 p.m. Breaking and en-
tering of a motor vehicle reported
on Mattakeesett Street.
2:00 p.m. Report of fraud
from resident on Belle Road.
2:43 p.m. Motor vehicle
crash with injury reported on
Mattakeesett Street.
2:55 p.m. Disabled motor
vehicle on Church Street.
5:00 p.m. Call from Schoos-
ett Street and Washington Street
for highway/water/tree depart-
ment. Referred to DPW.
TUESDAY, MARCH 16
2:01 a.m. Call from Dunn
Lane for highway/water/tree de-
partment. Referred to DPW.
5:50 a.m. Motor vehicle stop
on Barker Street. Corey Goguen,
39, of Schoosett Street, arrested
for failure to appear and operating
a motor vehicle with a suspended
license, subsequent offense.
11:22 a.m. Larceny reported
on Corporate Park Drive.
12:37 p.m. Animal com-
plaint reported on Washington
Street and Schoosett Street.
4:44 p.m. Officer field in-
vestigation on Mayflower Court.
4:45 p.m. Larceny reported
on Mayflower Court.
5:43 p.m. Resident on Ole-
tree Road called for highway/
water/tree department. Referred
to DPW.
6:24 p.m. Property recov-
ered on Mattakeesett Street.
6:39 p.m. Speeding com-
plaint reported on Warren Ter-
race.
7:59 p.m. Report of non-
agravated assault on Church
Street.
9:12 p.m. Dog complaint on
Cynthia Avenue.
11:18 p.m. Residential
breaking and entering reported
on Center Street.
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 17
12:15 a.m. Residential break-
ing and entering reported on Pil-
grim Road.
5:57 a.m. Crash reported on
West Elm Street with over $1,000
damage.
6;30 a.m. Motor vehicle
traffic complaint on Water Street
and Schoosett Street. Referred to
DPW.
10:30 a.m. Suspicious activ-
ity on Ridge Avenue and Glen-
wood Road.
11:15 a.m. Resident on Pris-
cilla Drive reportED fraud.
5:32 p.m. Animal complaint
on Pleasant Street referred to ani-
mal control officer.
5:52 p.m. Suspicious activ-
ity reported on Oak Street.
7:47 p.m. Suspicious activ-
ity reported on Fish Street.
8:59 p.m. Party on West Elm
Street called for highway/water/
tree department. Referred to
DPW.
11:39 p.m. Suspicious activ-
ity reported on Church Street.
11:26 p.m. Disturbance re-
ported on Pilgrim Road.
THURSDAY, MARCH 18
12:28 a.m. Motor vehicle
stop on Church Street and Oak
Street. Robert Costello, 31, of
Kingston, arrested for OUI, sec-
ond offense, negligent operation
of a motor vehicle, failure to stop/
yield and marked lanes violation.
2:00 a.m. Noise complaint
on Pembroke Woods Drive. Area
search negative.
9:45 a.m. Suspicious activity
reported on Mattakeesett Street.
3:52 p.m. Hit and run motor
vehicle crash reported by Olym-
pia Sports.
5;58 p.m. Speeding com-
plaint on Warren Terrace.
9:56 p.m. Suspicious motor
vehicle reported on Forest Street.
Area search negative.
Friday, March 26, 2010
Police: Woman forged
signature to obtain pills
A local woman is facing numerous charges
after she allegedly attempted to forge the sig-
nature of a former employer to obtain prescrip-
tions for Adderal, Percocet and Flexiril.
Gailmarie Grignon, 46, of Fairwood Drive,
Police & court briefs
pled not guilty on Feb. 11 in Plymouth District
Robert Costello, 31, of West Avenue, Kings-
Court to four charges of forgery of a document,
ton, pled not guilty Thursday in Plymouth Dis-
four charges of uttering a false prescription and
trict Court to charges of OUI second offense,
one charge of receiving stolen property. failure to stop for police, marked lanes violation
According to police reports, on Nov. 11,
and negligent operation of a motor vehicle. He
Grignon forged two prescriptions for Adderal is due back on April 21 for a pretrial hearing.
and Percocet using the signature of her former Police stopped Costello around 12:28 a.m.
employer, a Hanover doctor, obtaining the drugs on Thursday, March 18 after he reportedly ran
illegally at CVS Pharmacy in Pembroke Center. the red light after coming off Route 3 on the
On Nov. 20, Grignon allegedly returned with southbound ramp. He then allegedly made an
two more prescriptions for Percocet and Flexiril, improper left turn onto Oak Street, driving into
also using the doctor’s forged signature. the left hand lane instead of the right. Police ob-
She also allegedly forged a fifth prescription
served there was no right front tire on Costello’s
on Nov. 25 for more Percocet, giving the pre-
vehicle and that the vehicle had severe damage
scription to her father to fill, but the pharmacist to that side.
on duty did not give him the pills, instead con- State police reported a crash had occurred
tacting the doctor and discovering that he had around that time on Route 3 and matched the
not issued any of the prescriptions, according to
description of the vehicle in the crash to Cos-
reports. tello’s vehicle.
A fifth charge of forgery was dismissed in Costello’s previous OUI case from 2002
court. was continued without a finding, according to
Police went to Grignon’s home on Nov. 25 court documents.
to arrest her on the charges but were unable to
locate her at the time.
Grignon’s father, James Kilcommons, 84, of
Fairwood Drive, was home when police came
Probation for woman
to locate her and, during the discussion with po-
lice, allegedly became physical, pushing two of-
who resisted arrest
ficers and “shouting obscenities,” according to A Pembroke woman was sentenced to a year
police reports. of probation after she pled guilty to resisting ar-
Kilcommons has pled not guilty to two rest and disorderly conduct last week in Plym-
charges of assault and battery of a police officer. outh District Court.
He is due back in court on May 6 for a pretrial Stephanie A. Graney of Forest Street was
hearing. arrested on July 12 after police responded to a
Grignon was summonsed to court on her 9-1-1 call. She was intoxicated and “out of con-
charges. She was set to appear in court for a pre- trol,” according to reports. When officers arrived
at her home, Graney reportedly ran outside,
trial hearing on March 16 but the hearing was
continued to March 30 after she was admitted yelled obscenities at the police and jumped a
fence into neighbors’ properties. She also ran in
on March 14 to Jordan Hospital, according to
court documents. front of traffic on Forest Street, forcing vehicles
to swerve around her. When she was ordered
to place her hands behind her back, Graney re-
Man charged with OUI fused and charged a police officer, swinging at
him with a closed fist and spitting on him. She
after Route 3 crash continued to struggle as officers brought her to
the ground and struck one officer in the chest
and kicked him several times, according to re-
A Kingston man faces his second OUI af-
ter he allegedly ran a red light and made an im- ports.
proper turn shortly after leaving the scene of a Two charges of assault and battery of a po-
vehicle crash on Route 3 last Thursday. lice officer were dismissed on March 17.
Calendar raffle CPR class April 13
The Pembroke Military Bill and James Boulter will teach a Heart Saver CPR cer-
Support Group is running a tification course on Tuesday, April 13 at 6 p.m. at the com-
calendar raffle through April.
munity center, 128 Center St. To sign up, e-mail Bill Boulter
Tickets cost $10 each or three at harbor@mit.edu or call 617-438-3590. Cost is $35.
for $20. Each ticket offers a
chance to win prizes that will
be drawn each day throughout
April, including gift cards to
local restaurants, salons and
shops as well as cash, jewelry,
gift baskets and other items.
Tickets are available from
Pembroke Military Support
Group members or in the se-
lectmen’s office at Town Hall. Many New
Charms!
Rabies clinic
An animal rabies clinic
will be held Saturday, April
3 from noon to 2 p.m. at the
community center. Dogs must
be on a leash and ferrets and
cats must be in a carrier or
pillow case. Fee is $12 for a
one-year vaccine and $15 for
a three-year vaccine. Pet own-
ers should bring the previous WHITMAN CENTER • RTE 27
year’s certificate. 781-447-4971
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PCMS principal selected

Peg Szostak
to officially take
school helm
By Becca Manning, Express Staff
becca@pembrokexpress.com
When Peg Szostak left
her job as assistant principal
at Pembroke High School last
spring to take over as acting
principal at Pembroke Com-
munity Middle School, she
was given a plaque with her
name and “Principal” on it.
The plaque stayed in her
desk drawer until Tuesday,
when she took it out in prepa-
ration for the School Commit-
tee meeting that night, where
the board formally approved
her appointment to the princi-
pal position.
“I actually took my plaque
out today, and I’ll be putting it
on my desk,” Szostak said at
the meeting. “I’m very excited
about that.”
Szostak was chosen out of
more than 30 applicants na-
tionwide for the middle school
position and was among three
interviewed by the superinten-
dent. She took over this spring
for then-PCMS Principal Ste-
ven Lamarche, who was hired
as the district’s new director of
operations and accountability,
essentially replacing retiring
Associate Superintendent Dick
White.
The district had recently
undergone a search to replace
Bryantville Elementary School
Principal Cathy MacLeod,
and the committee decided to
hire Szostak in the temporary
position until a full search for
the PCMS spot could be orga-
nized.
Szostak’s old position at
the high school was changed
from an assistant principal to a
dean of students role, and part
of Szostak’s one-year contract
was that she could return to the
high school at the end of the
2009-10.
That won’t be necessary.
“It’s very different going
Peg Szostak talks with School Committee members after being
formally appointed as Pembroke Community Middle School
principal, starting July 1. Szostak was hired last spring as the
acting principal until a full search for former principal Steven
Lamarche’s replacement could be conducted.
still just there.”
Szostak was assistant prin-
cipal at the high school for four
years and this year entered her
30th year in education.
Superintendent Frank
Hackett said Szostak’s expe-
rience at elementary, middle
and high school levels was one
of the reasons he felt she was
most qualified for the job.
“She has a great perspec-
tive for the K-12 continuum
just coming from the high
school,” he said. “She has a
great sense of what students
are going to face when they get
to the high school, so in terms
of the transitions for us, she
understands those issues.”
Hackett said he also had
received a lot of positive feed-
back on Szostak’s work at the
middle school.
“She works very well with
parents, and she’s proven her-
self this year,” he said.
School Committee mem-
ber Paul Bosworth said he was
pleased with Hackett’s choice.
“I think it’s great that out
of the national search that the
best applicant’s already in the
district,” Bosworth said. “I
think it’s a reflection of all the
administration and everyone
else here.”
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Szostak’s contract will be-
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what’s going on around town.
➢➢ On March 21, classical
singer Andrew Garland and
Friends were raising their voic-
es in concert at the First Parish
Church in Kingston where he
and his family attend services.
The concert was to benefit the
people in Haiti, with half of the
ticket revenue and all additional
funds raised through the per-
name of the book was “Can We
Get A Pet?”
➢➢ The Pembroke High
School Class of 2011 has been
awarded the Most Spirited
Team trophy by the American
Cancer Society’s Relay For
Life of Marshfield. This event
celebrates the lives of those
12. Born in Weymouth, Tyler
weighed 6 pounds, 6 ounces
at birth and was 19 1/2 inches
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Andrew graduated from Silver
Lake Regional High School and
College-Conservatory of Music
in Cincinnati. He has performed
throughout the Americas, Eu-
rope and Asia and at Carnegie
Hall, and has performed in
several operatic roles. Andrew
is the son-in-law of Carol Le-
sieur.
➢➢ A group of Red Hat La-
dies from Pembroke attended a
workshop at the Pottery Playce
in Hanover. This paint-your-
own pottery shop is owned by
Cathy Roop. The instructor
for this workshop was Judy
Shaughnessey. Pottery selec-
tions made by the ladies ran
the gamut from tiles to trinket
boxes, to wedding cake orna-
ments to open mouthed frogs to
hold scouring pads. The
ladies used their imagi-
nation, selected the col-
members loved ones lost and
fights against a disease that
takes too much from too many
too soon. The trophy is awarded
EASTER DINNER
each year to the local team of Hot Roast Turkey
walkers and fundraisers whose
enthusiasm and energy has the with all the fixins!
most positive impact on others
at this annual event. This year’s Now Offering Easter Hams
event will take place at Marsh-
field High School on June 25-
26. For more information about Place Your Orders Early!
Relay For Life and how you can
help, call volunteer Liz Spurr Open Easter Sunday
at 781-293-5094). 9 am – 1:30 pm
➢➢ The Hobomock School
Council fundraiser “Super Hero
Day” was a great success. This
Bongi’s Turkey Roost
event raised more than $1,067
to help Haitian victims after the
earthquake. To see photos of
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School. Proud parents
are Joanne and Kevin FOURTH GRADE CHAMPS: The Pembroke fourth grade girls basketball team
Haggerty. won their championship game on Friday, March 12 in a thrilling 1-point
➢➢ Full-day kinder- victory over Rockland. Their fourth grade league was run at the Plymouth
garten student Sarah Rock Courts and consisted of eight teams including Duxbury, Marshfield,
Bradley read to the Abington, East Bridgewater, Halifax and Hanover. Pictured above are play-
principal of Hobomock ers (back row) Amanda Schafer, Megan DiMaio, Taylor Armstrong, Abby
Gouthro, Sarah Tormey, Rory Ryan, (front row) Sarah MacDonald, Nicole
Elementary School on Accepting donations of canned food and
Cobb, Sam Goodman, Charleen Lamagna, Chelsea Smith and Kate Norton
Friday, March 12. The along with coaches Andrea Schafer and Erin Cobb. non-perishables for the Hanson Food Pantry.
Friday, March 26, 2010
Schools eye later start
15-minute delay would help with staff development
By Becca Manning, Express Staff
becca@pembrokexpress.com
Many Pembroke students
could be getting 15 more min-
utes of sleep next September.
The School Committee
talked for the second time
Tuesday night about changing
school start times next year to
better facilitate after-school
staff training and align Pem-
broke with other schools in
the area that are following a
later trend.
The plan tentatively is to
adjust the start time at Hobo-
mock Elementary School
from 8:10 a.m. to 8:30 a.m.,
aligning it with Bryantville
Elementary School, which
would stay the same. This
change would allow staff from
those two schools some travel
time to get to North Pembroke
Elementary School, where
staff development workshops
would be held, according to
School Committee chairman
Ginny Wandell.
North Pembroke would
continue to start at 9 a.m.
The committee had dis-
cussed having all three el-
ementary schools start at the
same time to provide consis-
tency across the district. But
with an additional cost of
$521,000 to organize busing
for that kind of change, the
committee chose not to purse
that option.
The proposed change
would not impact the budget,
Wandell said.
The change also would af-
fect Pembroke High School,
moving start time from 7:25
a.m. to 7:40 a.m., and moving
the middle school start time
from 7:15 a.m. to 7:30 a.m.
This adjustment follows a
trend among area schools to
start school later and would
allow Pembroke students to
better fit in with the after-
school program schedules of
surrounding high schools in
towns such as Duxbury, Hing-
ham and Scituate, according
to PHS Principal Ruth Lynch.
For all schools, the length
of the school day would remain
the same, so school would end
15 minutes later than it does
currently.
The School Committee
plans to make a decision on
the time changes at the next
meeting, scheduled for Tues-
day, March 30.
Also Tuesday, the School
Committee continued its dis-
cussion of the fiscal year 2011
budget, reviewing the latest
Celebrity softball fundraiser
Pembroke Youth Football and Cheerleaders will present
a special celebrity softball game featuring the Massachusetts
State Police All Stars vs. the All-Pro Patriots Celebrity Soft-
ball Team on Sunday, May 23 at 1 p.m. The fundraiser, which
will benefit the local youth sports program, will be held at the
Mattakesett Street field. Tickets cost $20 for two people. For
information or to purchase tickets, call 781-293-3309.
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Woman shot outside home on Lake Avenue
continued from page one
enue,” Ohrenberger said dur-
ing a press conference held
Wednesday afternoon. “Pem-
broke police officers and fire-
fighters responded and found
a 31-year-old female had been
shot while parking her car in
her driveway at 20 Lake Av-
enue.”
Banks had been shot mul-
tiple times at close range and
was conscious and alert when
officers arrived, Ohrenberger
said. Pembroke EMTs trans-
ported her to South Shore
Hospital. She was later moved
to Brigham and Women’s.
“This was a close-range
firing; it occurred in close
quarters, and [with] the fact
that five shots were fired in a
close period of time and she
was hit by more than one, I
would say she’s very lucky,”
Ohrenberger said.
Banks’ family was home
at the time of the shooting,
but Ohrenberger said he did
not know whether any of them
were children.
Police had received sever-
al calls earlier in the day about
a suspicious red Volkswagen
Jetta with Connecticut license
plates in the neighborhood.
Officers went to the area on
three occasions but were un-
able to locate the vehicle or
the man who was reportedly
driving.
Because of those early re-
ports, police were looking for
a vehicle matching that de-
scription, and Hanover police
pulled over Membreno’s red
Jetta on Route 53 less than an
hour after the shooting.
“The driver and lone oc-
cupant of the vehicle was
arrested and transported to
the Pembroke police station,
where he was held overnight
on $1 million bail,” Ohren-
berger said.
During her summary of
the facts at Membreno’s ar-
raignment, the prosecutor said
Banks was able to talk with
police when they first arrived
on the scene and told them
that she had been pulling into
her driveway when she saw
Friday, March 26, 2010
and a bag of marijuana in plain formation later, Ohrenberger
sight, according to Weierman. said.
Ohrenberger said Wednes- Membreno’s attorney,
day that police had Membre- David Nagle Jr., did not chal-
no’s vehicle at the station and lenge the prosecutor’s request
were applying for a warrant to to hold his client until March
search for evidence. 30. After the arraignment, Na-
“We expect that we will gle spoke briefly to reporters
find the handgun in that car,” outside the courtroom.
Ohrenberger said. “This is a preliminary in-
Pembroke Police and vestigation. This is a prelimi-
Massachusetts State Police nary report … and the facts
are investigating the case and are anything but certain at this
planned to release more in- point,” he said.
Dorian J. Membreno, 25, of Bridgeport, Conn. is placed into a
Pembroke Police cruiser to be transported to Plymouth District
Court for arraignment Wednesday afternoon. Photos by Becca Manning
Prosecutor Laura Weierman presents a summary of the facts
during Membreno’s arraignment in Plymouth District Court.
Membreno is being held without bail pending a dangerousness
Paul D. Fitzgerald, D.M.D., P.C.
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Dorian Membreno may have been linked to a homicide
in his hometown of Bridgeport in 2005. According to a 2006
online article from the Ridgefield Press, a man with the same
name and the same age as the Pembroke suspect was charged
with the murder of 22-year-old Ariel Ortiz in Bridgeport on
May 22, 2005. Although he confessed to police that he had
killed Ortiz, he was acquitted by a jury after his lawyer argued
that police had coerced his confession by threatening to call
INS on his family. (The Dorian Membreno involved in the
Pembroke shooting was born in Nicaragua, according to court
records.)
Phone calls to the Bridgeport Police records department
were redirected to City Attorney Melanie Howlett, who was
not available for comment by press time.
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area, enjoying the quiet neigh- Banks, 31, describing her as a
borhood that features a combi- “very quiet gal we don’t really
nation of converted lake-side see too much of.”
cottages and newer homes. Pembroke Fire Chief
James Neenan lives down the
“I just couldn’t believe it. street from where the incident
I never would have believed occurred but said he didn’t see
something like this could or hear anything that night.
happen here. It’s such a He learned about the shoot-
safe place to live.” ing while watching the news
Wednesday morning.
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Deb Flanagan from it. It doesn’t always hap-
pen to someone else. It doesn’t
“I just couldn’t believe it. always happen in another
I never would have believed town,” Neenan said. “You
something like this could hap- don’t know.”
pen here. It’s such a safe place Over at Town Hall, the
to live,” Flanagan said. shooting was on everyone’s
She said she did not hear mind. Town Clerk Mary Ann
any shots or see anything sus- Smith said she was shocked to
picious the night before but hear about the incident.
heard about the incident when “It’s scary just to know
television crews descended on there could be a shooting in
the area early Wednesday. Pembroke. You think it’s a lit-
By noon the day after the tle quiet community — then to
shooting, Lake Avenue was wake up to the news … I don’t
quiet, with most neighbors at know,” she said.
work or not answering their Washington Street resi-
doors when reporters came dent Alf McHugh, who cam-
knocking. Police were no- paigned last spring for the
where to be seen, and the only Planning Board on his goal to
sign of the violence the night keep the “small town feel” of
before was a strip of broken- Pembroke, said he first heard
down yellow crime tape, one about the shooting on a police
end tied to a tree at the end of scanner Tuesday night.
20 Lake Avenue and the other “It’s unbelievable,”
flapping in the wind. McHugh said. “That’s not
At the end of the drive- the small town I’m talking
way, still parked where she left about.”

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Faces of Remembrance
Family, friends turn out to see memorial art exhibit

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By Becca Manning, Express Staff
becca@pembrokexpress.com

t wasn’t easy for Dana Bean to walk into

Town Hall Saturday morning and see a
picture of his son Matthew smiling down
from a wall of about 130 other faces — not easy,
but he was glad to be there, remembering Matt
and all the other men and women who have died
in the service of their country since 9/11.
“It’s difficult. In talking with the other Gold Kaitlyn Hunt, 10, and Maeghan Glynn, 9, point out pictures on
Star parents, you have times when you get be- the wall as Donna Pettinelli, a member of the Pembroke Military
yond everything, and then an event like this just Support Group, also views the exhibit.
starts it all fresh,” Bean said. “It’s a little bit of
a challenging day.”
Bean and his wife Cheryl were among a
number of Gold Star parents — those who have
lost a son or daughter in the war — who turned
out Saturday for the local debut of Woburn art-
ist Gina Johnson’s exhibit “Operation Home
Ties: Faces of Remembrance.” In it, Johnson
features sketches of Massachusetts servicemen
and women drawn from photographs. The ex-
hibit has been at the Statehouse as well as a few
other towns. Selectman Arthur Boyle, a close family friend of
Saturday marked the seventh anniversary the late Matthew Bean, points out an image on
of the start of the war in Iraq. the wall to his daughter. Photos by Becca Manning
From 8 a.m. until 8 p.m., a
steady stream of visitors came
into the veterans hall inside
Cousins Ashleigh Jensen, 7, of Kingston and Hailey Barros, 7, of
Town Hall to see the pictures
Pembroke keep busy learning to draw from materials provided by
and support the families of the artist Gina Johnson while their parents greet family and friends at
fallen — including the rela- the exhibit. The girls’ uncle, Jesse Crudup, is one of the soldiers
tives of Pfc. Matthew Bean, featured on the wall.
First Lt. Brian McPhillips and
Spc. Jesse Crudup.
“It makes me appreci-
ate what people have given
and gone through,” said Julie
Caruso , chairman of the Pem- Pembroke natives First Lt. Brian McPhillips (left), Pfc. Matthew
broke Military Support Group, Bean (center) and Spc. Jesse Crudup are honored with portraits in
which brought the exhibit to the exhibit “Operation Hometown Ties: Faces ofImages Remembrance.”
courtesy of Gina Johnson
Pembroke. “These families are
amazing. They come in and thank us and I say, spine, to see something like that,” Ken Lager-
‘No, no, no — it’s got to be us thanking you.’ blade said.
They gave the ultimate sacrifice.” Selectman Arthur Boyle stopped by with his
For the artist, the day was about making daughter, Amanda Grazioso and granddaughter
connections and celebrating lives. Kaitlyn, 2. The Boyles were close friends with
“It’s exactly like I thought it would be. They the Beans and Arthur’s daughter Jennifer went
[family members] thought it would be hard and to school with Jesse Crudup.
more emotional, but they’re very pleased look- “It’s very impressive,” Boyle said of the
Cheryl Bean, stepmother of the late Pfc. Matthew A. Bean, and
ing at all these heroes together, and that’s what exhibit. “She caught — in Matthew’s case, par- Mary Ellen Callahan of Hanson, mother of the late Sgt. William J.
I hoped would happen — that it’s more of a ticularly, how I remember him. It’s an incred- Callahan, look at pictures of their sons.
celebration of their lives rather than a sadness,” ible likeness.”
Johnson said. “To step back and see people Kathy Murray of Hanover came out to sup-
looking at their family members is just a bless- port the families of those pictured on the wall.
ing. I’m thrilled to be here.” Murray’s son has served two tours with the
For Lawney Crudup, whose son Jesse died Army in Iraq and is looking to return for a third
in 2008 of health complications after returning tour as part of a bomb squad.
from Iraq, the event was a mixture of sadness “She just has done such a remarkable job of
and celebration. catching their essence,” Murray said of John-
“[My son] didn’t die in battle — he died as son. “Some of these guys, it’s like they’re right
a result of being there. He had a lot of problems there looking at you. That’s what this is all
that started to come up after he had gotten home. about, these guys  and women and their lives.
It doesn’t affect these guys right away some- They’re all special in their own way.”
times. And unlike Vietnam, it would be nice for Caruso said Johnson has agreed to return to
people to recognize these guys,” Crudup said. Pembroke on Sept. 11, 2011, when the Military
“This traveling wall is going to bring it home Support Group plans to hold a vigil marking the
to people, because when you see a face it’s dif- 10th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks.
ferent than seeing a coffin on TV. You can look The artist also is hoping to create a wall honor-
into these faces and see these people were alive. ing Vietnam soldiers and would bring that ex- Artist Gina Johnson jokes with Kathy Murray as they look at pic-
It makes it much more personal.” hibit to the vigil as well. tures of Murray’s son, who is currently serving with the military.
His wife, Elaine, said she was pleased with Johnson said she hopes to travel around the
the turnout and hoped to see the wall make its state with the “Faces of Remembrance” wall.
way around the South Shore. “Even if one person came and was affected
“This town has always been incredible as by it, it would be heartwarming. To me it’s not
far as supporting the troops. This is just another necessarily the number; it’s that the word gets
way of showing it,” she said. “I’ve seen some out there and the healing begins,” she said.
people come in today that used to live in Pem- Looking up at a picture of her son — Sgt.
broke and have moved away and saw the article William J. Callahan of Easton, who was killed
in the papers and came up to see it. That says a while serving in Iraq in 2007 — Mary Ellen
lot. They still come home to Pembroke.” Callahan of Hanson said she was glad to see
Ken and Rena Lagerblade moved to Mid- him recognized.
dleboro five years ago. The couple knew Jesse But, like Dana Bean, she acknowledged the Longtime Pembroke resident Ann Anderson, now of Plympton,
Crudup from when he was a boy. overwhelming sadness, too. looks at the wall. Anderson has known the family of Spc. Jesse
“I’m a veteran myself, and it’s just awe- “It’s tough,” she said, her voice breaking. Crudup for many years, having sold her home to the family of
some. It just gives you chills up and down your “Nobody wants to see their kid on a wall.” Lawney Crudup, Jesse’s dad, in the ’60s.
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Friday, March 26
Council on Aging Activities. Every
Friday: Soft-shoe line dancing class,
9:15-10:15 a.m.; games, 12:30-3 p.m.
For information, call the senior center
at 781-293-8220.
Saturday, March 27
Titans Football and Cheerleading
Registration. 10 a.m.-2 p.m., at
Pembroke Community Middle
School. The former  Pop Warner
Titans and the former  Old Colony
Titans have united into one football
and cheerleading league for the town
of Pembroke. Football and cheer fee
is $125 per child with a family cap of
$300. For information, e-mail Andrea
Campbell at andreac4@comcast.net
or Liz Hartigan at lhartigan@verizon.
net.
Pembroke Titans Lacrosse Camp
Sign-ups. 10 a.m.-noon, at Town
Hall. Camp will run April 20-23 from
9 a.m. to noon at Pembroke High
School. Open to boys ages 8-14.
Fee is $100 per person. All proceeds
benefit the PHS varsity lacrosse
program. For information, e-mail
pembroketitanslacrosse@gmail.com.
Deadline to sign up is April 14.
Vernal Pools: Exploring Giant
Puddles. 10-11:30 a.m., at South
Shore Natural Science Center,
Norwell. Crafts, activities and guided
walk to explore a nearby vernal pool.
Ages 5 and up. $5 members; $7 non-
members. Registration required; call
781-659-2559 or visit ssnsc.org.
Sunday, March 28
North River Community Church.
9 a.m. and 11 a.m. Sunday services.
Located at 334 Old Oak St.,
Pembroke.
Palm Sunday Services. 10:30 a.m.
and 7 p.m., at Pembroke Assembly of
God, 786 Washington St. All welcome
to join in celebrating Palm Sunday.
For information, call the church at
781-826-2247.
Taste of Pembroke. 12-3 p.m., at
Pembroke Country Club on West
Elm Street. Sample some of the finest
cuisine Pembroke restaurants have
to offer. Raffles and entertainment
by PJ the DJ. Tickets $5 in advance
or $10 at the door; all proceeds
benefit Pembroke boys soccer and ice
hockey programs. Purchase tickets
at Sovereign Bank in Pembroke
Center, the community center bingo
hall, Pembroke Science Fair or boys
soccer or hockey players. For more
information, call 781-829-8758.
Nature Rocks. 2-3:15 p.m., at
South Shore Natural Science Center,
Norwell. Musician Mike McCusker
of Kids Power will lead interactive
concert. $5 each with $20 family cap.
Registration required; call 781-659-
2559 or visit ssnsc.org.
Monday, March 29
Story Time. 10:30 a.m. and 3:30
p.m., at Pembroke Public Library.
Open to ages 2 and up. Register at the
youth services desk or by calling 781-
293-6771.
Board of Selectmen Meeting. 6:30
p.m., at Town Hall, Veterans Hall.
Titans Football and Cheerleading
Registration. 6:30-8:30 p.m., at
Pembroke Community Middle
School. The former  Pop Warner
Titans and the former  Old Colony
Titans have united into one football
and cheerleading league for the town
of Pembroke. Football and cheer fee
is $125 per child with a family cap of
$300. For information, e-mail Andrea
Campbell at andreac4@comcast.net
or Liz Hartigan at lhartigan@verizon.
net.
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Sit and Be Fit Exercise Class. 10
a.m., at Council on Aging. $5 per
class. For information, call the senior
center at 781-294-8220.
Tai Chi. 10-11 a.m., at The
Wellness Community-Massachusetts
South Shore, 273 Hanover St.,
Hanover. Drop-ins welcome. For
info, call 781-829-4823 or visit
thewellnesscommunitymass.org.
Story Time. 10:30 a.m., at Pembroke
Public Library. Open to ages 2 and up.
Register at the youth services desk or
by calling 781-293-6771.
Newcomer’s Orientation. 10:30-
11:30 a.m., at The Wellness
Community-Massachusetts South
Shore, 273 Hanover St., Hanover.
For people living with cancer, their
loved ones and caregiver to learn
about TWC-MSS’ free programs
and services. Drop-ins welcome.
For info, call 781-829-4823 or visit
thewellnesscommunitymass.org.
Seniors Living with Chronic
Illness. 1-2 p.m., at Council on Aging
building. Ruth Coleman, MSW, a
clinical social worker, leads this
support group every Tuesday for
seniors living with conditions such as
arthritis, diabetes, cancer, MS, lupus,
heart disease, COPD and others.
Exercise Class. 3-4 p.m., at
Council on Aging. $3 per class. For
information, call the senior center at
781-294-8220.
Kids Book Club Meeting. 4 p.m., at
Pembroke Public Library. Third and
fourth graders will discuss “Geronimo
Stilton.” For information, call 781-
293-6771.
Yoga for Tweens. 4-5 p.m., at
Hanson Holistic Center, 156 Liberty
St., Hanson. Beginners welcome. Led
by certified instructor Becky Paul.
Eight week session costs $80. Drop-
ins welcome at $12/class. Register by
calling 781-293-2774 or e-mailing
beccapaul@msn.com.
Wii Mario Kart Tournament.
5-7:30 p.m., at Pembroke Public
Library. Open to ages 11 and up. Call
781-293-6771 to register. The winner
of the March 23 event will face the
winner of the March 29 event for a
gift certificate to GameStop.
Baseball Camp Registration. 6-8
p.m., at community center, 128
Center St. American Legion Baseball
Pembroke Post 143 will hold its
spring training camp on April 19-23
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$100 per camper. Deadline to register
is April 9. For information, call Greg
Hanley at 781-858-0648 or e-mail
post143@yahoo.com.
Wednesday, March 31
Dull Men Meeting. 10 a.m., at
Council on Aging. Always open to
new members. Stop by the senior
center, 144 Center St.
Participant Support Group. 10:30
a.m.-12:30 p.m., at The Wellness
Community-Massachusetts South
Shore, 273 Hanover St., Hanover. For
people living with cancer. Registration
is required by calling 781-829-4823.
Baby Lap Sit. 10:30 a.m., at
Pembroke Public Library. Drop in for
literacy games aimed at ages ages six
to 24 months. For information, call
781-293-6771.
Beginners Knitting with Mary
Leydon. 1 p.m., at senior center, 144
Center St. Every Wednesday. Call
781-294-8220 for information.
Wii Arcade Night. 5-7 p.m., at
Pembroke Public Library. Play several
exciting Wii games from RockBand to
Super Mario Brothers. Open to ages
11 and up. No registration required.
Thursday, April 1
Community Easter Egg Hunt. 4:30
p.m., at Town Green. Open to all.
Volunteers needed to help spread out
the eggs the morning of the event.
Call the recreation office at 781-293-
3249 for information.
Friday, April 2
Council on Aging Activities. Every
Friday: Soft-shoe line dancing class,
9:15-10:15 a.m.; games, 12:30-3 p.m.
For information, call the senior center
at 781-293-8220.
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Parents Night Out. Sat., April 10.
Upcoming 7-11 p.m., at Monponsett Inn in
Animal Rabies Clinic. Sat., April 3. Halifax. Hobomock Elementary
12-2 p.m., at the community center. School PTO fundraiser will include
Dogs must be on a leash and ferrets “Wicked Trivia” with Pat Lally,
and cats must be in a carrier or pillow raffles and silent and live auctions.
case. Fee is $12 for a one-year vaccine Tickets $20 or $150 for a table of
and $15 for a three-year vaccine. eight. Raffle donations welcome.
Bring previous year’s certificate. Contact Kim Kibbe at 781-864-7859
or kibbefam@comcast.net or Kellene
Baseball Camp Registration. Tues., Falco at 781-826-3995 or kellfalco@
April 6. 6-8 p.m., at community
center, 128 Center St. American
Legion Baseball Pembroke Post 143
verizon.net.
Yom Hashoah: The Holocaust
Remembrance. Sun., April 11. 7
will hold its spring training camp on
April 19-23 at Mattakeesett Field, p.m., at Congregation Shirat Hayam
(Marshfield Methodist Church),
from 9 a.m. to noon each day. Open to
ages 8-13. $100 per camper. Deadline 185 Plain St., Marshfield. Interfaith
service featuring Holocaust survivor.
to register is April 9. For information,
Sponsored by Congregation Shirat
call Greg Hanley at 781-858-0648 or
e-mail post143@yahoo.com. Hayam and Marshfield No Place For
Hate. For info, call 781-582-2700 or
Government Study Committee e-mail info@shirathayam.net.
Hearing. Tues., April 6. 7 p.m., at
Men Coping with Grief. Tues., April
Town Hall. Pembroke Government
13. 1-2:30 p.m., at Plymouth Council
hearing on a proposed article on Aging. Group will meet every
Tuesday for eight weeks. Registration
establishing a town manager form
required. Call Scott A. Ciosek, M.Div.,
Bereavement Coordinator at Beacon
continue on Tuesday, April 13.
Hospice at 508-747-7222.
Friends Book and Bake Sale.
Congregation Shirat Hayam Bar
Sat., April 10. 10 a.m.-2 p.m., at
Pembroke Public Library. Annual Mitzvah. Sat., April 24. 10 a.m., at
Shirat Hayam Synogogue, 185 Plain
fundraiser sponsored by the Friends
of the Pembroke Library. Shop from St., Marshfield. Celebrate the church’s
thousands of books, tapes, CDs and 13th birthday with a reception
featuring the Jewish rock band of Jon
DVDs from a quarter to a dollar and
grab a treat from the bake table. For Nelson, Yom Hadash.
information about donating items,
Annual Town Meeting. Tues., April
call the library at 781-293-6771. 27. 7:30 p.m., at PHS.
Youth Baseball Umpire Meeting. Neon Night Dance. Fri., April 30.
Sat., April 10. 10 a.m.-1 p.m., at 6-8 p.m., at Pembroke Community
community center. For anyone ages 13 Middle School. Annual Girls Scouts
and up interested in umpiring in-town “She and Me Dance” includes music,
baseball games. For information, call
Randy Sylvester at 781-294-1124.
dancing, refreshments and photo
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SPIRITED SOPHOMORES: Pembroke High School’s Class of 2011, now juniors, participated as
sophomores in the 2009 American Cancer Society Relay for Life in Marshfield and took home the
Most Spirited Team Award. Pictured above with Relay For Life volunteers Brittney Spurr, Liz Spurr
and Debbie Cornwall are team members Lynn Place, Bob Mallon, Mike Romero, Mike Cummings,
Jake Schissel, Ryan Moran, Matt Butler, Chris Waterfield, Meagan Hall, Noelle Cormier, Jessica
Cesario, Stephanie Jones and Mike Carter. Not pictured is teacher and teammate Jessica Fisher.
PHS Relay For Life team
honored for spirit in ’09
P
By Becca Manning, Express Staff
becca@pembrokexpress.com
embroke High
School’s Class of
2011 really knows
how to walk the Walk.
The group of juniors along
with their advisers, teachers
Bob Mallon and Lynn Place,
were recognized Monday with
the Most Spirited Team Award
for their efforts at the 2009
American Cancer Society Re-
lay For Life in Marshfield.
“There were 40 teams total
that were at the event, and the
Pembroke High School Class
of 2011 team members were up
all night. They just kept walk-
ing and walking and walking
and running,” said Liz Spurr,
event co-chair. “They just had
so much energy and so much
spirit and went above and be-
yond any other team. They
made me tired just watching
them.”
Spurr and other Relay For
Life volunteers presented the
team with a plaque and trophy
— theirs until next year’s win-
ners are announced — at the
high school on Monday.
The two-day event, held
in June, raises money for the
American Cancer Society.
Each team raises funds to par-
ticipate in the event, which
involves at least one team
member walking around the
Marshfield High School track
at all times throughout the
event, from 3 p.m. Friday to 10
a.m. Saturday.
Two of the team members,
then sophomores, challenged
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themselves to walk the entire
19-hour event without stop-
ping.
“We got there, and at least
one person has to be walking at
all times, so we thought, we’ll
go as much as we can, and if
we can stay up all night, why
not?” said Mike Carter, who
walked all night — 34 miles in
all — with Jessica Cesario.
“At like 1 o’clock [in the
morning], we were hurting and
we were like, I don’t know if
we can do this. People were
telling us we weren’t going to
do it,” Carter said. “Then we’d
walk by and we’d start running
and people from other teams
would be cheering us on.”
The Relay For Life event
includes a survivor’s recep-
tion and a luminary ceremony
as well as games, raffles and
prizes. Teams set up tents out-
side the track where they rest
and socialize between turns on
the track — unless, like Carter
and Cesario, they just keep go-
ing.
“We didn’t know when to
stop,” Carter said. “As soon as
they started serving breakfast,
everyone kind of got up and
left our tent area and went to
eat. We just kind of fell down,
and I fell asleep. It was crazy.”
Cesario said she could not
recall ever walking that much
at one time.
“It felt so good to finish,”
she said. “Our bodies were
pretty sore, but we felt great.
We’re definitely going this
year.”
Along with raising funds
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for events such as prom, the
Class of 2011 participates in
a community service project
each year. Last year, the stu-
dents decided to do Relay For
Life, and they are hoping to re-
turn this year, Place said.
“The energy that they
brought was incredible,” she
said of her team. “It was a rainy
night, too. The weather wasn’t
great, but they had fun.”
Last year, the group raised
bout $425. This year, they hope
to top $500.
“It was a blast. Of all the
fun things we did last year, it
was absolutely the best thing
we did,” Mallon said.
Stephanie Jones said the
event was the highlight of her
sophomore year.
“It really kicked off the
summer,” she said. “It was a
blast getting to talk with peo-
ple and just hang out and to see
how life-changing the experi-
ence was. I’m really happy I
went and did it.”
Jones said the event means
even more to her this year.
She recently had a cousin die
of cancer and also has an aunt
who was diagnosed with lung
cancer.
“Last year, it wasn’t really
a part of my life, but within
the past couple of months it’s
become a really big thing,”
she said. “It hits close to home
now.”
Relay For Life Marshfield,
which includes people from
Marshfield, Pembroke, Dux-
bury, Hanover and Norwell,
will be held June 25-26.
Friday, March 26, 2010
school calendar
Friday, March 26
Education Subcommittee Meeting. 11:30 a.m. @ PCMS.
Saturday, March 27
PPO/PHS Consortium Performance. 8 p.m. @ PHS.
Pembroke High School students will perform with the
Plymouth Philharmonic Orchestra.
Sunday, March 28
Taste of Pembroke. 12-4 p.m. @ Pembroke Country Club.
Proceeds benefit PHS boys soccer and boys ice hockey teams.
Monday, March 29
MCAS Testing and Make-up Testing.
Mon.-Fri., March 29-April 9. Grades 3-6.
Bryantville Report Cards Sent Home.
Tuesday, March 30
PHS PTA Meeting. 7 p.m. @ PHS.
School Committee Meeting. 7:30 p.m. @ North Pembroke.
Thursday, April 1
PHS Sentinel Hosts The Dating Show & Singled Out. TBA.
@ PHS. Fundraiser for the Sentinel.
April Fool’s Dance. 6:30-8:30 p.m. @ Hobomock.
Sponsored by the PTO.
Friday, April 2
Good Friday — No School. Fri., April 2. All grades.
menus
Week of All meals include
March 29 choice of milk.
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Monday: Pizza dippers
PCMS
Monday: Pizza dippers
with sauce, carrot sticks,
wheat rolls, mixed fruit
with sauce, carrots, mixed
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Tuesday: Fajita with beef,
shredded cheese, lettuce,
Tuesday: Fajita with
beef, shredded cheese, lettuce,
tomato, tortilla chips, salsa,
rice, peaches
tomato, tortilla chips, Wednesday: French
salsa, rice, diced apricots toast sticks, syrup, sausage
Wednesday: Baked links, yogurt, muffin, cin-
chicken, oven fries, namon grahams
ketchup, mixed veg- Thursday: Breaded
etables, dinner roll, chicken rings, mashed
golden cake with potatoes with gravy,
frosting corn, dinner roll, fresh
Thursday: Cheese apple
pizza, green beans, Friday: No
breadstick, cookie school
Friday: No school
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cheese sub sandwich, pickles, breadsticks, mixed fruit
carrots, baked Lay’s chips, Tuesday: American chop
mixed fruit suey, tossed salad, assorted
Tuesday: Fajita with dressings, dinner roll, diced
beef, shredded cheese, lettuce, pears
tomato, tortilla chips, salsa, Wednesday: Turkey sub
rice, diced apricots sandwich with mayo, let-
Wednesday: Mozzarella tuce and tomato, baked Lay’s
sticks with pizza sauce, sea- chips, carrot and celery sticks,
soned pasta, tossed salad with light ranch dip, strawberries
assorted dressings, breadstick, with whipped topping
golden cake with white frost- Thursday: Breaded
ing chicken tenders, mashed pota-
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green beans, muffins, cookie roll, diced peaches
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Send items for the opinion page to editor@pembrokexpress.com. Deadline is Tuesday at noon.
Obama’s health care plan should be familiar
I
’m not sure “resound-
ing, clear and consis-
tent” is exactly the
message that was sent in the
two gubernatorial races that
Patrick Chilcott referenced in
his column last week. In fact,
I’m guessing that about 95 per-
cent of Pembrokians couldn’t
name the new governors in
New Jersey and Virginia and,
the last time I checked, gover-
nors don’t get to vote on leg-
islation before Congress. And
while we Democrats really ap-
preciate all the help Patrick is
offering the electorate, since
his party was absolutely ham-
mered in both the 2006 and
2008 elections and has never
fared well in Massachusetts,
I’d take his advice with a grain
of salt.
The irony, with regards
Time for citizens to start asking questions
A
s usual, informa-
tion given to the
public about the
Board of Health is not hon-
est. The formal request for a
forensic audit of the comput-
ers in the BOH, by a disinter-
ested third party, was made to
the selectmen at their meeting
on Monday, June 8, 2009. The
comment made to the Express
by BOS Chairman Boyle,
published in last week’s edi-
tion, that an audit was done in
February 2009, making anoth-
er audit unnecessary, appears
to misinform the public. The
limited audit was not a foren-
sic audit of the computers, and
it was done in October 2008 by
someone chosen by the town
administrator. This is not the
first time erroneous informa-
tion has come from the town
administrator’s office, hand in
hand with the selectmen.
Gail McSweeney lost her
Congress vote should provide ‘wake-up call’
I
t’s a sad day in Amer-
ica, but let this serve
as a wake-up call to all
of us. In November, we need
to purge the U.S. Congress as
well as Beacon Hill of those
elected officials who are not
responsive to the will of the
people.
Americans must return or
elect new U.S. Representatives
and U.S. Senators who pledge
to repeal the health care deba-
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Letter to the Editor
to health care, is that the pre-
sumptive presidential favorite
for Patrick’s party in 2012 is
likely to be the, um, beloved
former governor of Massa-
chusetts, Mitt Romney. Now,
there have been several com-
parisons made between the
current health care legislation
and our state’s health care.
Most say that the Democrats’
plan mirrors about 90 percent
of the plan that was signed into
law by Romney (and voted for
by Senator/nude model Scott
Brown). And while anybody
that follows politics knows
that Romney’s political posi-
tions change hourly, the facts
are that he agreed with the
overwhelmingly Democratic-
Letter to the Editor
job last week. I have never
seen such extraordinary at-
tempts and means to discredit
an honest employee, who
came across multiple dis-
crepancies (ones not tied to
a former employee who was
charged with criminal activ-
ity) while performing her job
in the BOH. These are things
that an employer (and taxpay-
ers) should be glad to have
uncovered, especially in this
economy, and instead of pur-
suing these findings, officials
chose to cover them up, dis-
credit an honest employee and
find a way to remove her from
her job. This reeks of the old
“whistle blower” situation re-
played right here in Pembroke
Town Hall. Not once was Gail
McSweeney (or I) asked to sit
down to discuss these matters.
Letter to the Editor
cle and vote against any future
funding required for the imple-
mentation of this unsustainable
entitlement program. To repeal
this bill, we need a two-thirds
majority in a new Congress to
override an inevitable veto by
President Obama.
In November, the vot-
ers must also bring balance
leaning statehouse and signed
a bill into law that 78 percent
of Massachusetts residents
now say that are happy with.
This time around, the GOP
decided they weren’t going to
dance when it came to health
care. Strategically, they de-
cided at the outset that a bi-
partisan health care bill would
further marginalize their party
and boost the President. I un-
derstand the politics of it. I just
hope in a couple of years the
GOP makes campaign signs
for Romney and Brown say-
ing, “Vote for our guy —  he
only voted for a bill that was
90 percent like Obama’s health
care bill,” though, admittedly,
that’d be a lot of words to fit
on a sign.
Matt York
Furnace Colony Drive
They were, for the most part,
left to Town Administrator
Thorne to handle. Now the se-
lectmen are looking to shuffle
the deck to create a town man-
ager, at a significantly higher
salary, while eliminating other
peoples’ jobs. Scary.
Why, if McSweeney’s job
was budgeted through this fis-
cal year (through June 30), did
she get notice that she was to
be gone last week and totally
off the payroll by April 1? Will
she receive the three months
compensation and health
coverage her job is budgeted
for? Maybe Town Accountant
Mike Buckley has the answer.
If not, then who?
Perhaps it’s time for more
citizens of our town to start
asking questions and demand-
ing answers. The BOH is a
good place to begin.
Scott MacInnes
N. Pembroke
to Beacon Hill. The political
maneuvers and gamesmanship
we have recently witnessed on
Capitol Hill have been busi-
ness as usual on Beacon Hill
for years.
Let’s work together to take
back our country and our state.
Daniel Webster
State Representative
Friday, March 26, 2010
Gaming proposal
not good for state
R
obert DeLeo, speaker of the Massachusetts House,
has made an expanded gaming proposal for a limited
number of slots at four racing venues as well as two
resort casinos. He says, “... it is a plan that creates a new eco-
nomic sector and new jobs in Massachusetts when we need them
most. And we will reinvest a portion of whatever revenue we
generate in economic development to create other new jobs.”
Job creation is a no-brainer! Jobs are maintained and/or cre-
ated when purchases are made for goods and/or services, but in
turn, one needs a job to earn the necessary income to make those
purchases. The most effective way to create jobs is by creat-
ing an economic environment where one
has disposable income to make purchases,
therefore increasing the business need
to hire additional employees to produce
goods or provide those services. The best
way to do that is through tax incentives, as
well as reduction in taxes and fees.
Obviously, just as important, is a pas-
sionate need by our state representatives to
Perspectives first rid our state of corruption and waste,
and, second, to live within our means
By Horatio Green while still maintaining social programs —
entitlement reduction and/or elimination
is usually the first action considered because it is an easy way out
while leaving real obstacles to effective governance in place.
The incentive of lower taxes and effective state governance
is also the best way — not slots and casinos — to attract manu-
facturers to come to Massachusetts and encourage those that are
here to stay.
In regard to generating revenue, it is important to realize that
casinos are designed to offer within their establishments prod-
ucts and services their customers may need in order to keep their
customers in their casinos. So, in fact, casinos are in competi-
tion with non-gambling businesses in the
communities within which they operate. Commentary
Accordingly, it has been the experience
of other states that government overestimates gambling rev-
enues. The bottom-line is that money spent gambling will not
be spent elsewhere. University of Massachusetts urban-planning
professor Robert Goodman supports this contention by saying,
“Newly opened casinos suck money out of the local economy,
away from existing movie theaters, car dealerships, and clothing
shops and sports arenas.”
And there is the moral issue.
James Dobson, Ph.D., Commissioner of the National Gam-
bling Impact Study (1997-99), says the study concludes: “gam-
bling depicts a depth of pain and devastation that compels a
change in the way betting is regarded; it preys on the desperation
of the poor by peddling false hope; and, it exploits the most vul-
nerable. It undermines the ethic of work, sacrifice and personal
responsibility that exemplify the best qualities of American so-
ciety. If you scratch beneath the veneer of gambling-induced
prosperity, the pain, despair and hopelessness of problem and
pathological gamblers is recognized as a stark tragedy. We must
reject the fantasy that wagering is innocuous entertainment and
deal earnestly with the destruction and pain that it causes to in-
dividuals, families and society.”
Joe Fitzgerald, Boston Herald columnist, says Speaker De-
Leo is turning a deaf ear toward what ought to concern him most:
‘How can you justify exploiting the misery of the public you al-
legedly serve?’ It simply ‘[encourages] more people to bet, then
let the state stuff its pockets with the money the losers leave
behind.’
Despite the gaming industry’s claim that within their opera-
tions they address pathological gambling, nevertheless, gam-
bling addiction and associated large-scale social issues are never
fundamentally resolved.
Robert DeLeo’s proposal simply does not represent the best
example of effective leadership, nor good government.
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Congratulations to Pat Carey, Joe Murray, George Migre, Judy
(Henrich) Russo, Deb Clark, Nancy Nogler, Rosemarie Egerton,
Otis Hathon, Chuck Crossley, Tricia Kelly and Cheryl Ryan for
correctly identifying the house on Washington Street, formerly a
nursing home and currently Roctronics Park, historically known
as the Alexander Parris farm. Photo courtesy of Pembroke Historical Society
We’ll always
have Parris
T
By Karen Proctor, Express Columnist
history@pembrokexpress.com
he town of Pembroke has been birthplace and
adopted home to a number of famous figures over
its long and distinguished history. One such no-
table individual is Alexander Parris, the respected architect of
such structures as Quincy Market in Boston and our own First
Church in Pembroke.
Parris was born in 1780 in Halifax. His family moved to
Maine when he was a child and then to North Pembroke when
Parris was a teenager. Early in his life, he became an appren-
tice carpenter and worked
at the more practical side
of his craft, all the while
purchasing and studying
books on design. He soon
earned a reputation lo-
cally for his house designs and attention to detail. By the time
he was 20 years old, he had become a talented architect. He
soon married Pembroke resident Sylvia Stetson and moved to
Portland, Maine.
While in Portland, he built a home for a Navy commodore
and was given the opportunity to rebuild the forts in Portland
Harbor. Unfortunately, the 1807 embargo caused a severe
economic slowdown and Parris had difficulty finding work. He
eventually moved to Boston. During this period, he traveled to
the cities of Richmond, Philadelphia and New York.
When the War of 1812 began, Parris served as a captain
in the Army Corps of Engineers. After the war, he returned to
Boston and joined a small group of architects who studied and
worked under the influence of a Boston architect and designer
of the Massachusetts State House and the National Capitol in
Washington, D.C., Charles Bulfinch.
Parris proved to be one of Bulfinch’s most talented stu-
dents and soon developed his own following. Between 1818
and 1821, he worked on Massachusetts General Hospital. In
1825, he designed Quincy Market as part of a Boston water-
front redevelopment project. He also designed buildings for
the Watertown Arsenal and the Charlestown Navy Yard, and he
built the Chelsea Navy Hospital and Pilgrim Hall in Plymouth.
In 1837, he was called upon to design the third (and current)
First Church Meeting House in Pembroke. During his lifetime,
Parris designed many other notable structures as well as private
residences.
In 1852, while returning from a trip to Washington, D.C.,
Parris became gravely ill and died at his home on Washington
Street in Pembroke. He is buried at the Briggs Burying Ground
near his home.
Karen Proctor is research director for the Historical Society.
For details about these images, call 781-293-9083.
American Legion baseball camp
American Legion Baseball Pembroke Post 143 will hold
its spring training camp on April 19-23 at Mattakeesett Field
in Pembroke. The camp will run from 9 a.m. to noon each day
and is open to ages 8-13. Camp fee is $100 per camper. There
will be two registration nights held Tuesday, March 30 and
Tuesday, April 6 from 6-8 p.m. at the community center, 128
Center St. Mail-in deadline is April 9. Checks should be made
payable to American Legion Baseball Pembroke Post 143. For
information or to obtain a registration form, call Greg Hanley
at 781-858-0648 or e-mail post143@yahoo.com.
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What To Do with a
Lump-Sum Distribution?
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In either case, it is important to think through
your options.
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Financial Services Professional
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New four-way stop planned
Signs to go up this week as part of N. Pembroke traffic study
By Becca Manning, Express Staff
becca@pembrokexpress.com
Drivers through North
Pembroke now have another
reason to pause.
A pair of stop signs were
set to be installed at the corner
of Elm Street and Spring Street
this week, replacing a two-way
stop with a four-way, along with
signs warning motorists there is
a new stop sign ahead.
New “No Trucks” signs on
Oak Street also were scheduled
to go up this week. Both proj-
ects are part of an effort to curb
traffic in the residential area.
“Because of the speeding
vehicles and the terrain of the
street, residents felt there was
a safety issue backing out of
their driveways,” said Select-
man Lew Stone, who has been
spearheading a traffic study in
the area.
The study, conducted by the
Old Colony Planning Council
earlier this year, looks at large
truck and regular vehicle travel
through North Pembroke.
In its report, the Old Colony
Planning Council determined
there was not a need for a four-
way stop at Elm and Spring,
based on the amount of traffic
in the area and the history of
vehicle crashes there.
But Pembroke Police Chief
Michael Ohrenberger, Depart-
ment of Public Works Director
Gene Fulmine and DPW Com-
missioners took another look at
the site and determined it would
be a good idea.
The signage will be funded
out of the DPW’s current bud-
get, Stone said.
Selectman Dan Trabucco
has lived on Elm Street for
about 12 years and said he had
witnessed the problem at that
intersection.
“I’ve had concerns on my
own, but my neighbors bring-
ing it to my attention is what
prompted me to bring it to the
forefront to Lew and the people
that he was working with on his
committee,” Trabucco said.
He said the intersection was
at the bottom of a large “blind”
hill near a school bus stop and
that drivers often had to jam on
their brakes because they did
not see the bus right away.
“Over time, the volume of
traffic and the speed have in-
creased, and the neighborhood
has grown with more and more
younger families,” Trabucco
said. “I feel knowing a stop
sign is ahead will slow people
down.”
The second project related
to the traffic study involves
moving “No Truck” signs so
that drivers of large trucks will
have more notice that they are
not allowed on certain residen-
tial streets, Stone said.
“We had two ‘No Truck’
signs at the juncture of Elm
Street and Oak Street, and
trucks would get there and they
would turn down Elm Street
to get to Route 53 because the
sign said trucks couldn’t go any
further on Oak Street,” Stone
Pembroke Express – Your Hometown Newspaper!
FOUR-WAY FINALLY: A two-way stop at the intersection of Elm
and Spring streets will be changed into a four-way stop this week
with the addition of two stop signs as well as signs warning
motorists that the traffic rule has changed.
said. “So to address that issue,
the DPW took signs down on
Oak Street at that location and
moved one of the signs down to
the entrance to Oak Street from
Route 139, saying ‘No Thru
Truck Traffic.’”
Trucks will be allowed to
go as far as Winter Street to ac-
cess the Corporate Park area in
that industrial zone but should
not be continuing on through
residential streets, Stone said.
A third part of the solution
is to work with Duxbury and
Marshfield officials to discour-
age trucks from entering resi-
dential streets in those towns
and using the neighborhood
as a thru-way to Route 53 and
Route 139, Stone said.
“Our final plan is to keep
all truck traffic — the big
trucks like gravel trucks — off
the residential streets in Pem-
broke that border Route 139
and Route 53. These are all
residential streets that have no
sidewalks and were never built
for truck traffic,” Stone said.
With the expanded use of
GPS, drivers who want to find
“the quickest way from Point A
to Point B” often find shortcuts
through areas where heavy traf-
fic was never expected, Stone
added.
The study also involved
High Street — another residen-
tial street used frequently by
large trucks as a cut-through,
BOARD OF SELECTMEN BUSINESS
In other business Monday:
•  Selectmen appointed Interim
Recreation Director Sue Roche
as the full-
time recre-
ation director.
• Selectmen
acknowl-
edged a letter
signed by 50
residents of
Sue Roche Keens Way
and Benjamins
Path requesting the town repair
their streets. Selectman Lew
Stone said the issue had been
forwarded to the Department
of Public Works and that the
project would be added to the
department’s list of priorities.
He did not know when work
might be funded. According to
the residents’ letter, the streets
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this time between Route 14 and
Route 53. Stone said officials
were looking at a solution for
that issue as well.
All proposals related to
state routes must be submitted
to MassHighway, he said.
Though Pembroke resi-
dents and officials have long
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They felt that would give the
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Notices Notices
TOWN OF the application of Spectrum
Realty Group, Inc., applicant
PEMBROKE
Greg Gibbs, 29 Debra Drive,
Taunton, MA 02780 requesting
OFFICE OF THE Site Plan Approval of the Zoning
By-laws of the Town of
PLANNING BOARD Pembroke Sec., V.,7. Site Plan
Approval to convert Building #2,
located next to the restaurant, to
NOTICE OF
a real estate office. Property is
PUBLIC HEARING located at 300 Center Street,
Pembroke, MA 02359, MA as
shown on Assessors’ Map C7,
Notice is hereby given a Public
Lot 25.
Hearing will be held on Monday,
Paul Whitman
April 12, 2010 at 8:00 p.m. in the
Chairman
Planning Board Room, Town
3/26/10-4/2/10
Hall, Pembroke, MA 02359 on
Notices
TOWN OF
PEMBROKE
OFFICE OF
PLANNING BOARD
Notice is hereby given pursuant
to M.G.L., Ch. 40A, Sec. 5, that
the Planning Board will hold a
Public Hearing in the Pembroke
Town Hall Hearing Room,
Lower Level, 100 Center Street,
Pembroke, MA on Monday,
April 5, 2010 at 7:30 P.M. to
hear comments relative to
proposed amendments to the
Pembroke Zoning By-laws
which have been included as
Articles on the Warrant for
consideration and action at the
Annual Town Meeting to be held
Notices Notices
on Tuesday, April 27, 2010 as and to add Personal Service
follows: Business as a use allowed by
Article #: To see if the Town right in new numbered
will vote to amend the Zoning subsections in the
By-laws of the Town of Residential-Commercial District,
Pembroke by adding a new
Business District A, Business
definition for Personal Service District B and Center Protection
Business to Section II, District, or take any other action
Definitions as follows:
relative thereto.
Personal Service Business -
Submitted by the Planning
business which provide personal
Board and Building Inspector
care to people, including hair
Text and maps of the
salons, barbershops, nail salons,
aforementioned proposed
beauty spas, businesses
amendments may be inspected at
providing simple ear-piercing
the offices of the Pembroke
services (piercing of the earlobe
Planning Board and the Town
with a presterilized singe-use
Clerk during regular business
stud-and-clasp system
hour.
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Pembroke answers the call

Volunteers raise thousands to help Oliveiras rebuild
F
riends, family, lo- Photos by Becca Manning
cal officials and
long-time customers
turned out by the hundreds to
support Joyce and Eddie Ol- Event
iveira Monday night. The lo- organizers
cal owners of Oliveria’s Res- Arthur Boyle
taurant on Center Street lost and Julie
their Abington home in a fire Thompson run
on Feb. 8. the live auc-
The fundraiser, held at the tion, selling
restaurant, raised thousands off items such
through ticket sales, a live auc- as a fly-fishing
trip, Red Sox
tion, raffles and on-the-spot
tickets and
donations made by many peo-
tickets to see
ple who just wanted to help, Selectman Arthur Boyle, former Pembroke resident Marty
a musical.
according to Julie Thompson, Moran, State Rep. Daniel Webster and Town Clerk Mary
who organized the event along Ann Smith socialize at the benefit for Joyce and Eddie
with Arthur Boyle. Oliveira held Monday night at the restaurant.
“It was a very good turn-
out,” Thompson said. “I was
hoping to sell 200 tickets; we
ended up selling over 300. I
was hoping we’d make maybe
a few hundred at the auction;
we made over $2,000. It was
overwhelming. Truly, there is
a community spirit in Pem-
broke, which is why I love this
town so much. It was a terrific
night all the way around.”

Town Clerk Mary Ann Smith and

her grandson Evan Smith, 10,
enjoy good food and friends. Josh Cutler, a candidate for state representative, shakes hands with
Mike White of Marshfield after outbidding him for fly-fishing tickets in
the live auction. White plays in a hockey league at the arena down the
street and came out to support the local business.
At right,
Pembroke
High School
juniors Abby
Thompson
and Noelle
Cormier and
senior Nick
DiPrizio
helped out
at the event
by working
the door.
Thompson’s
mother, Julie,
organized the
The benefit drew a huge crowd and raised thousands for the Oliveiras. event.

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

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Friday, March 26, 2010
I am very bad at track
I
have really taken to track since I started
up at The Express. While I have railed
against the Reggie Lewis Abyss, I like the
chess match that goes into a track meet and the
fact that someone finishing fifth can be almost as
crucial to a team victory as
someone who wins an event.
The Tale of That being said, I have
the Tape
gotten the question, “Did
you do track?” and the state-
ment “You sound like you
ran” from athletes, coaches
and parents for the past few
years. Whilst I am flattered
that many people think I
have an athletic bone in
my body, perhaps this little
By Dave Palana
personal anecdote about my
first and only experience on
the oval will lay that myth to rest.
My one foray onto the track in high school
consisted of two races with my good friend and
future roommate Jen Harlow from East Bridgewa-
ter. Local track buffs may know her name be-
cause she currently coaches sprints and jumps at
Stonehill College, and was an All-American high
A visit with wrestling captain Mark King
K R
ing was a four-year wrestler at Pembroke High School, winning
three team South Sectional championships and an individual
South Sectional championship in his time on the mat. He shared
his thoughts on …
… his college plans. I’m not positive where I’m
going yet. I’m looking at URI, Berkeley and West-
field and I’m intending to go for music education,
but I’m not sure what it’s like.
… why he wants to pursue music. Music
is really what my passion is. I got into it
when I was in seventh grade when I heard
Blink-182 and just wanted to play because
I liked them so much. It turned out to be
all that I’m really good at, so I might as
well keep it going. [Laughs]
… his favorite instruments. I play
bass guitar, tuba and I also sing, but I re-
ally like funky bass — that’s my favor-
ite. I’ve been in a couple of bands over
the years, but right now I’m in one with
a bunch of guys from Plymouth. With
them, we’re a hip-hop alternative rock
group. It’s pretty cool and a lot different
than anything I’ve done before.
… how he got into wrestling. My fresh-
man year I was playing soccer and one of
the captains that year asked me to try it out.
I thought, ‘I like that kid, so I figure I’ll listen
to him.’ It takes a lot of hard work and a lot of
discipline, and I didn’t really do anything that
involved any of that stuff before, so I kind of
needed that.
… his other goals besides going to college.
I would really like to establish a good, solid rock
band from Pembroke because I’m not in any bands
with Pembroke kids right now, and I would like to
find some and see what we can get going.
As told to Sports Editor Dave Palana
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jumper at Wheaton who still usually wins the Bay I chalked that one up to the quesadilla value
State Games. But in high school, Jen was an ath- meal from Taco Bell that I just ate and then started
letic freak of nature. Basically, she went to track scheming. During our rematch, I let Jen get about
meets, won the high jump, won the hurdles and five or six strides ahead of me so she could see
then won whatever other race she felt like running what I was doing, then took off across the center
that day. Jen once reduced of the track. Just as we pulled about parallel, I
a girl from Duxbury to heard her yell, “What the hell?!” Apparently, Jen
tears by winning the 200 Clearly, the stage was running on pity after the first race, but when
without having run that was set for one she realized I was cheating she blew past me and
race all year while Little of those epic was standing waiting for me when I got to the
Miss Dragon went into the races on par with end. Take note, kids: cheaters never win and the
meet unbeaten. Meanwhile, Donovan Bailey vs. shortest distance between two points depends on
I had a radio show, orange
Michael Johnson. who’s in better shape. To this day, she still laughs
hair and a Ramones T-shirt at me for this from time to time.
The race was pret-
with holes in it so I could As we get set to begin another great spring
wear suspenders without
ty straightforward: sports season, you’ll find me enjoying strolling
having to tuck it in. (On a one time around, around a track meet every week taking pictures
side note, I still think that fastest wins. She of as many events as possible, and I urge my
was the best idea I’ve ever beat me by half readers to do the same. But out of respect for the
had.) the track. real athletes, do not mistake my enthusiasm for
Clearly, the stage was the sport and my due diligence to my job for any
set for one of those epic personal history in the sport. I only run when I’m
races on par with Donovan Bailey vs. Michael being chased.
Johnson. The race was pretty straightforward: one
time around, fastest wins. She beat me by half the The Tale of the Tape is a weekly column by Sports Editor Dave
track. Palana. He can be reached by e-mail at dave@pembrokeexpress.com.
SENIOR MOMENTS
A visit with hockey captain Rian Regan
egan finished her high school athletic career last month as
assistant captain on the Whitman-Hanson /Pembroke girls
hockey team and now has her sights set on college plans
and keeping busy. She shared her thoughts on …
… where she wants to go next year. I’m think-
ing about going to Massasoit and then transferring
to another school once I get my grades up. I want
to do nursing and eventually maybe be a surgeon.
I’m going to look at the University of South-
ern Maine and maybe Florida.
… pursuing nursing. It’s always
interested me and I’ve always wanted
to help people. I’m also not grossed out
by anything. [Laughs]
… taking up hockey in high
school. I tried it when I was little and I
didn’t really like it. But my friend Ka-
tie told me I should start playing, so I
signed up for the U-19 team in town
and got into it that way. I’ve loved it
ever since.
… her favorite high school sports
memory. Definitely last year when we
went to the Garden, and I’ve also made
so many new friends from the team. The
Garden was huge. It’s so different watch-
ing a game and then being out there on the
same ice. It makes you really nervous, but
once you start playing, it’s like any other
sheet of ice.
… her other hobbies. I go to the gym and
I like softball, so I play outside of school.
… her goals after graduation. I want to
get a different job and get my license. Eventu-
ally, I want to move away to someplace warm.
Hopefully I can get down to Florida.
As told to Sports Editor Dave Palana
24 Pembroke Express – Your Hometown Newspaper! Friday, March 26, 2010

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What a long, strange trip

Pembroke native Kevin Johnson back in the PGA
13th on the Nationwide money at Hatherly in Scituate. After the Nationwide. He hopes the

I
By Dave Palana, Sports Editor
dave@pembrokexpress.com
n 2001, Pembroke na-
tive Kevin Johnson got
a fleeting taste of his
lifelong goal of playing golf
on the PGA Tour. The former
Silver Lake and Clemson star
spent 10 years clawing his way
to the tour after turning pro in
1990, only to have his prover-
bial cup of coffee before losing
his tour card and going back on
the Nationwide Tour.
After nine long years in
professional golf’s minor
leagues, Johnson, now 42,
is finally back on the grand
stage — for good this time, he
hopes.
“It took me 10 years to get
up there, and I didn’t play up to
scratch,” Johnson said. “Then
it took me another nine years
to get back. It’s been a strug-
gle, but we just kept trying and
it finally paid off.”
Last year might have been
it for Johnson after winning
just $6,479 in 2008 to finish
208th on the Nationwide Tour.
But two big playoff wins in the
Rex Hospital Open last May
and the Knoxville Open last
June helped the veteran finish
list with $266,915 and earn
his long-awaited second PGA
Tour card.
“I started asking, ‘Am I
kidding myself?’” he said.
“I’m 42 years old and there are
kids coming in who are 20 and
can drive the ball 300 or 400
yards, so I started to question
if I still have it. Then all of a
sudden, I got two wins on the
Nationwide Tour and now I am
going to be competing against
the best players in the world.”
This recent promotion to
“I started to question if
I still have it. Then all of
a sudden, I got two wins
on the Nationwide Tour
and now I am going to be
competing against the best
players in the world.”
the PGA is the latest in a career
path for Johnson that began
in Pembroke. Johnson comes
from a golfing family. His fa-
ther introduced him and his
brothers to the game, and his
brother Chip is the head pro
joining the golf team at Sil-
ver Lake, Johnson enrolled at
Clemson University, where he
honed his skills before gradu-
ating in 1989.
“I had a pretty good junior
year [at Silver Lake] and then
went to a big time gold pro-
gram at Clemson,” he said. “It
was just a progression and I
just kept getting better.”
Because of that long pro-
gression to the PGA, Johnson
said he feels confident he will
have a good year despite a slow
start. Johnson has made the cut
three times in eight tourna-
ments so far in 2010 with his
best performance coming last
week when he tied for 38th
at the Puerto Rico Open on
March 14.
“It’s been a dream come
true, but I haven’t played that
well,” he said. “I’ve been play-
ing so long that I have been
down this road before. When
I’m playing well, I know I’m
plenty good enough, so I’ve
just got to play through this.”
In addition to stiffer com-
petition and larger purses,
Johnson said the PGA tour
offers much better travel than
change in venue will allow him
to travel with his wife and two
young daughters at some point
during this year’s tour.
“Now I’m going to be
playing in places like Boston
and Chicago where before I
was going to Fort Smith, Ar-
kansas,” Johnson said. “The
course is nice, but there is a lot
of nothing.”
Even when he cannot travel
with his family, Johnson is still
able to spend lot of time at his
Palm Beach, Fla. home dur-
ing the year despite the travel
schedule of the tours, which
he said is heavy but also stag-
gered.
“I’m home in big chunks,”
he said. “I’m home quite a bit
in the winter and by the time
Kevin Johnson celebrates sink-
spring rolls around my wife
can’t wait to get rid of me.” ing a putt on the Nationwide
Tour last year. Johnson had
Despite living down south,
more to celebrate this year
Johnson said he still makes it when he took to the links on the
back to his old hometown a few PGA Tour starting in January.
times a year to see family and Photo courtesy of mynegm.com
friends and play golf. Johnson
was excited to hear about Jer- “That will be pretty inter-
emy Roenick buying the Pem- esting,” he said. “I grew up
broke Country Club and said playing Pembroke, Halifax
he looks forward to breaking and Duxbury. I want to see
in a revamped course. what they’ve done.”

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