Pembroke Express 04-02-2010

By Becca Manning, express staff [email protected]

The former boyfriend of a Pembroke woman shot last week outside her Lake Avenue home is being held in a Con-necticut jail after he allegedly violated a protection order against her.

Anthony DeJoseph III, 32, of Wolcott, Conn., has not been charged in the Pembroke shooting, in which another man, Dorian J. Membreno, 25, of Bridgeport, Conn., allegedly told police he was hired to kill Marybeth Banks, 31, of Lake

Avenue.However,

DeJoseph was arrested on other charges shortly after the shooting and is being looked at as a person of interest in the incident, ac-

cording to Wolcott Police Capt. Robert Charette.

Banks was listed in criti-cal condition last Thursday at

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Miss Adelaide, the Hot Box girls, Sky Masterson

and the rest of the “Guys and Dolls” gang will return to Pem-broke this year for an encore production — this time gracing the middle school stage with a junior version of the show.

“Guys and Dolls Jr.” will be onstage at Pembroke Com-munity Middle School on Fri-day, April 9 at 7 p.m. and Sat-urday, April 10 at 2 p.m.

Having the show done last year at the high school was part of the reason PCMS mu-sical director Terry Runnels chose “Guys and Dolls,” with easy access to costumes and props. But it’s also just a fun

musical to produce.“It’s a great show,” Run-

nels said. “And we have a lot of boys, and ‘Guys and Dolls’ has a lot of really great guy roles.”

In the musical, gambler Nathan Detroit (played by eighth grader Ryan Damon) attempts to organize a craps game in 1950s New York City but can’t seem to secure a lo-

cation. He later finds himself $1,000 short for a deposit on a spot. He bets high roller Sky Masterson (played by eighth grader Stephen Lathrop) that

PCMS to present ‘Guys & Dolls Jr.’

Police arrest victim’s ex Shooting victim had protection order against Connecticut man

Anthony DeJoseph III

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‘Guys and Dolls Jr.’WHEN: Friday, April 9 at 7 p.m. and Saturday, April 10 at 2 p.m.WHERE: Pembroke Community Middle School auditoriumTICKETS: $8 each; avail-able at the door or from cast members the week of the show

Middle school version of musical features familiar characters

LUCK BE A LADY: A few of the gambling men of “Guys and Dolls Jr.” are eighth graders Neil Shea as Benny Southstreet, Ryan Damon as Nathan Detroit, Stephen Lathrop as Sky Masterson and Chris Birolini as Rusty Charlie and seventh grader Stephen Vercollone as Nicely-Nicely Johnson.


Pembroke voters will see two contested races on the bal-lot May 1, but not where they might think.

Single seats up on the Board of Selectmen and School Committee have one candi-date each running unopposed, while two other boards — the Department of Public Works Commissioners and the Board of Health — have drawn two candidates each for their open positions.

Longtime DPW Commis-sioner Hank Daggett is run-ning against Planning Board member Paul Whitman for a seat on the DPW Commis-sioners, while two new candi-dates — Vincent Flaherty and Tommy Driscoll — are vying for an open seat on the Board of Health.

Board of Health member Scott MacInnes has opted not to run for re-election.

Wednesday was the last day for candidates to withdraw from the race.

Flaherty, who has been the health agent in Hanson for 14 years, served two terms on the Pembroke Board of Health pri-or to taking the job in Hanson.

Flaherty said he recently decided to run again because he was concerned about the way the board was operating and wanted to look into issues raised there concerning office employees.

“It’s a mess,” Flaherty

Pair of racesBOH, DPW seats contested in May 1 election

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PUDDLE PROBLEMS: Several days of rainfall left roads and parking lots flooded, like the one behind Town Hall, above. Selectmen declared a state of emergency for Pembroke Monday night — the second time in two weeks — to allow the town to apply for state aid if costs from the storm stress the local budget. The storm dropped an estimated six inches of rain on the town, according to a DPW official. Photo by Becca Manning

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Formerly the assistant recreation director, Sue Roche has been

acting as interim director of the department since Septem-ber. She was hired to the di-rector role earlier this month.

When did you start working at the Recreation Department? In 1999, I start-ed as a clerk. I became assis-tant director about two and a half years ago. Initially, it was just a part-time position and I was looking for something to get out of the house a bit.

Why did you stay? I liked the job. I like interacting with the kids through the different programs, but I also like the business aspect of it, the bud-gets and the finances.

Is there anything special you’d like to do now that you’ve been named direc-tor? Right now, I’m really just trying to improve on the programs that we have. I’m changing a few things — I might simplify them or make them run smoother — and try-ing to be more creative with new programs going forward, just to generate revenue for the different expenses that we have.

Are you involved in the skate park project? The Recreation Commission is be-hind them, and we do what we can to assist them. The Skate Park Committee just got their tentative non-profit number; they’re working toward that and generating revenues. Pam’s family [relatives of late Recreation Director Pam Rowell] is doing a program to raise revenue, and proceeds from the circus this summer will also go to the skate park. So it’s a group effort.

The Easter egg hunt is held rain or shine. Do you have an alternative plan if the conditions are like today, with the Town Green under-water? We’ve never had to do an alternate day. I guess we’d consider moving it to the ball field [behind the community center] and make that deci-

sion by Wednesday afternoon. Or in the absolute worst-case scenario, we’d have to hold it Friday. It’s just so hard be-cause I’ve got people lined up for Thursday [to put the eggs out]. One year, we may have had water like this, and we did it out back on the parking lot. We had it all blocked off. I thought it was a very good idea when I suggested it, until a big gust of wind came and blew all the eggs to one side like a half hour before it was supposed to start. We were running around scrambling trying to push all the eggs back. So I know we can’t do it on the parking lot.

How many years has the hunt been going on? 2000 was probably our first, so this is the 10th year. And we’ve never canceled it. We’ve done it in snow — it was beauti-ful, white snow and all these colorful eggs — we did it in drizzle. It only snowed the one time. Mostly it’s just cold.

What kind of prepara-tion goes into the egg hunt? [Long sigh] We have been fill-ing eggs since February vaca-tion. Right now, we’ve got al-most 13,000 filled. We’ll have 13,332 eggs. Usually we have between 13,000 and 14,000.

How do you pick that number? You don’t. [Laughs] What happens is you go out after Easter and you buy ev-ery egg on sale that you can find within a reasonable ra-dius. Or you travel to New Hampshire, as we have done in the past, and you buy those eggs as well. We have people that will go out after Easter and pick them up and donate them. This bunch here right now was just donated by Ann and John over at Pembroke Media Broadcast.

What’s inside? Inside the eggs are jellybeans, Tootsie Rolls, Nerds, taffy, caramels, Starbursts, miniature candy bars. These eggs have the prizes in them. We have Easter baskets, balls, egg-decorating kits. The eggs have different shapes and colors on them that match to a different prize. We get a lot of donations. It’s really a community effort. The kids come in and do their community service by filling the eggs. We start laying them out that morning around 8:30.

Is this your favorite Rec-reation event? I love this one. It’s very time-consuming, but to see the little kids have so much fun — it’s just great to watch them.

A visit with Sue Roche

12,000 DOWN: Recreation Director Sue Roche (right) and Alanna Bibaud, head counselor for the department’s after-school pro-gram, work to fill eggs in preparation for Thursday’s community Easter egg hunt. They will spread out more than 13,000 eggs for local children to collect.

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At a time when many towns are looking at drastic cuts, even emergency loans from the state, Pembroke Pub-lic Schools is staying steady, managing to make some im-provements — new computer labs, additional library books and a fourth day of late busses — despite a lean budget.

Superintendent Frank Hackett presented a FY2011 budget Tuesday night that was about 3.3 percent lower than last year’s budget, at $26.7 million.

Last year’s budget, about $27.4 million, was funded at the same level as the previ-ous year thanks to about $1.3 million in federal stimulus money.

The department will be able to carry forward about $525,000 of those stimulus funds to help bridge an antici-pated drop in state aid by about 4 percent.

“Back in the fall, we made a lot of decisions to not actu-alize some of the items that were in the current budget. We essentially enacted a hiring freeze and an accounts freeze,” Hackett said.

The district cannot carry over local funding but can move federal funds from one year to the next, he said.

The school budget does include cuts — maintenance projects that won’t be done, less money for curriculum work and one possible layoff to adjust for changes in school enrollment — but it also helps maintain what School Com-mittee members called the dis-trict’s “core values.”

“Our goal was to continue to protect the core,” said Pat-rick Chilcott, a member of the budget subcommittee. “We’re going out there and we’re mak-ing reductions on items that aren’t teachers, that will not adversely affect academics.”

Over the past several weeks of budget talks, administrators have developed a budget that features many of the School Committee’s priorities. Addi-tions to the budget include a library media specialist for the elementary schools and middle

school, technology education and a part-time Latin teacher at the high school, four new com-puter labs, high school library books, a fourth day of late bus-ses, literacy and math special-ists and a managing custodian, among other changes.

“We’re not just staying still. I think were moving for-ward programmatically in a way that is going to continue to help us grow and get better, and at the same time making reductions that you think we need to make in order to sup-port that growth,” Hackett told the committee.

During a recent meeting with an educational consultant to discuss the formula the state uses to determine Chapter 70 aid for towns, the consultant praised Pembroke for main-taining academics while keep-ing costs down, said Steven La-marche, director of operations and accountability. Pembroke spends around $8,000 per stu-dent where other districts are spending up to $13,000 per student.

“His actual comment was that school systems should be coming to us and asking us how we’re getting the results, on MCAS alone, that we’re getting at the per pupil ex-penditure rate that we have,” Hackett said of the consultant.

However, School Commit-tee member Paul Bosworth said the district also does not offer all the programs other schools offer and that there was still “room for improvement.”

The School Committee will hold a public hearing on the FY2011 budget on Tues-

day, April 11 at 7:30 p.m. at North Pembroke Elementary School library.

In other business Tuesday:• The School Commit-

tee voted to adopt new school start times: PCMS and PHS will start and end their day 15 minutes later; Hobomock and Bryantville will have aligned start and end times, starting at 8:30 a.m. and ending at 2:40 pm.; and North Pembroke will remain unaffected.

• The School Committee discussed school fees and the possibility of raising turf field usage fees to help cover the cost of running the new lights that are being installed there.

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$1K reward offered for information leading to break-in arrests

A group of Pembroke business people are offering a $1,000 reward for information lead-ing to an arrest in a series of vehicle break-ins and one vehicle theft that occurred last Thurs-day night on Four Winds Drive, Standish Street, Center Street and Woodbine Avenue.

About 18 vehicles were broken into, and one truck was stolen from the area, Pembroke Police Lt. Mike Jenness said. The stolen truck, which had its keys left inside, was recovered around 12:30 a.m. parked outside an abandoned bar in Hanson. The vehicle was not damaged.

All of the vehicles broken into were un-locked, and it appears the person skipped over neighbors’ cars that were locked, Jenness said. Items taken included those typically stolen for quick resale, including GPS, CDs and DVDs as well as cash and credit cards.

A few witnesses heard or saw suspicious activity and reported that there appeared to be more than one suspect and they were all males in their late teens/early 20s.

Two men — Jeffrey A. Taylor, 21, of Hali-fax and Jason M. Nicholson, 17, of Hanson — were charged a few weeks ago in a series of vehicle break-ins and thefts that occurred ear-lier this year around Pembroke. At least one of them was still in jail at the time of the latest incidents, Jenness said.

Taylor pled guilty on March 9 to one charge of breaking and entering of a building, two charges of breaking and entering of a vehicle and four charges of unauthorized use of a mo-tor vehicle. He was sentenced to one year in jail, with 22 days served and the balance sus-pended for one year.

Woodbine Avenue resident Arthur Boyle, whose daughter’s vehicle was broken into Thursday night, announced Friday afternoon that the he and several others were putting up a $1,000 reward for information leading to an arrest.

Jenness said Tuesday that several people had called to verify that the reward was le-gitimate but no one had information about the break-ins.

Boyle, also a selectman, said his daughter and son-in-law had personal papers and a wal-let taken from a car parked at their Cedar Ter-race home.

“People need to feel safe in their neighbor-hood, and especially with all the things that have gone on lately, people want to feel safe,” Boyle said of the push to find the people re-sponsible. “Residents have a right to leave their car in their driveway and expect it not to be broken into.”

Anyone with information about these inci-dents is encouraged to call Pembroke Police at 781-293-6363.

Man charged with fourth OUI after chase

A Pembroke man is facing his fourth OUI after he allegedly led Halifax police on a two-mile chase in a stolen car early Sunday morning.

David A. Coggeshall Jr. pled not guilty Monday in

Plymouth District Court to nine charges: mali-cious damage to a motor vehicle, reckless op-eration, speeding, OUI fourth offense, operat-ing a motor vehicle with a suspended license, resisting arrest, marked lanes violations, failure to stop for police and receiving a stolen motor vehicle. He was being held on $10,000 cash bail as of Tuesday.

Coggeshall was arrested around 4 a.m. Sunday after allegedly leading police on a two-mile chase through Halifax ending at a stone wall in a parking lot on Plymouth Street. Ac-cording to police reports, Coggeshall was first noticed when he sped past a police cruiser on Plymouth Street, going 62 miles per hour in a 30-mph zone. The officer reported hearing a loud scraping sound as the vehicle passed and later observed sparks shooting up from the vehicle’s front passenger side tire, which had burned down to the rim.

The officer turned on his lights and then his sirens and got on his loudspeaker several times to order the driver to pull over, but the vehicle continued to head east on Plymouth Street, speeding up to 50 miles per hour and slowing down to about 30 miles per hour every few minutes, according to reports. A second cruiser joined the chase near Tedeschi’s.

The vehicle finally stopped at a parking lot at 300 Plymouth Street, Halifax, where the driver stepped out of his vehicle with his hands waving and began yelling at police, according to reports. Police sprayed the man, Coggeshall, with pepper spray and eventually got him to the ground, though he continued to struggle, according to reports.

The vehicle, which had additional damage to the passenger side, was towed. It was later reported stolen from outside a Bridgewater home.

Coggeshall is due back in court on April 28 for a pretrial hearing.

Jewelry stolen from house being pumped

Police say someone entered a home on Old Pelham Street through a back door, cracked open to allow a hose to pump water from the basement, and stole about $5,000 worth of jew-elry on Monday.

The incident is similar to other break-ins that occurred in late January on Congress Street in that the person entered the homes during the day while the owners were away and took items that could be quickly resold, Pembroke Police Lt. Mike Jenness said. In the other cases, jew-elry, handguns and tools were stolen.

However, in the other incidents, doors were broken in or windows were pried open, Jenness said. In this case, the suspect appears to have just walked in.

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on Washington Street.9:41 a.m. Utility call on For-

est Street. Referred to Fire De-partment.

9:50 a.m. Utility call on Woodbine Avenue. Referred to utility company.

10:05 a.m. Suspicious activ-ity on Old Washington Street.

10:15 a.m. Fire incident on Mattakeesett Street.

1:54 p.m. Motor vehicle crash with under $1,000 damage reported on Learning Lane.

3:16 p.m. Traffic complaint on Water Street and Washington Street.

4:18 p.m. Recreational vehi-cle complaint on Water Street.

4:26 p.m. Recreational ve-hicle complaint on Carol Avenue. Area search negative.

5:45 p.m. Suspicious activity reported on Barker Square Drive.

5:51 p.m. Court process on Fairwood Drive. Restraining or-der placed on file.

5:57 p.m. Crash reported with under $1,000 damage on Hobomock Street.

7:42 p.m. Motor vehicle traf-fic complaint on Center Street. Area search negative.

7:59 p.m. Suspicious activity reported on Learning Lane. Area search negative.

8:47 p.m. Suspicious activ-ity reported on Fieldstone Drive. Area search negative.

11:24 p.m. Suspicious motor vehicle reported on Adams Av-enue. Area search negative.

11:49 p.m. Disturbance re-ported on Birch Street.

SAtURDAY, MARCH 207:52 a.m. Vandalism reported

on Highland Drive.1:00 p.m. Fire incident on

Center Street.2:00 p.m. Drug law viola-

tions on School Street.2:12 p.m. Fire incident on

Pleasant Street and Oak Street.6:41 p.m. Motor vehicle theft

reported on Pembroke Woods Drive.

7:02 p.m. Recreational ve-hicle complaint on Water Street. Verbal warning issued.

SUNDAY, MARCH 211:11 a.m. Fire incident. Open

burning on Hamilton Drive. Ver-bal warning issued.

1:22 a.m. Suspicious activity reported on Washington Street. Area search negative.

6:04 a.m. Suspicious activity on Dwelley Street and Maple Av-enue. Party transported home.

11:53 a.m. Domestic situation on Parker Road. Peace restored.

3:36 p.m. Noise complaint on Schoosett Street.

8:05 p.m. Suspicious motor vehicle reported on Blackbird Drive.

8:54 p.m. Domestic situation reported on Center Street.

MONDAY, MARCH 221:48 a.m. Suspicious motor

vehicle reported on Oak Street.7:10 a.m. Crash reported on

Mattakeesett Street and Wam-patuck Street with damages over $1,000.

7:53 a.m. Suspicious mo-tor vehicle reported on School Street.

8:48 a.m. Larceny reported on Oak Street.

12:43 p.m. Suspicious activ-ity reported on Lake Street.

1:35 p.m. Officer field in-vestigation led to arrest of party for statutory rape and distribut-ing material of a child in a sexual act.

2:23 p.m. Disturbance report-ed on Edgewater Drive. Referred to fire department.

4:41 p.m. Fire incident on West Elm Street.

8:47 p.m. Animal complaint on Washington Street referred to animal control officer.

9:00 p.m. Motor vehicle ac-cident with damages over $1,000 reported on Mattakeesett Street.

tUeSDAY, MARCH 237:51 a.m. Traffic incident on

Maplewood Road and Queens-brook Rd.

11:00 a.m. Suspicious ac-tivity recorded on Washington Street.

12:10 p.m. Suspicious motor vehicle reported on Lake Street. Area search negative.

4:10 p.m. Court process, re-straining order placed on file from Taylor Point Road.

4:58 p.m. Dog complaint on MacKenzie Orchard.

6:21 p.m. Suspicious activity reported on Perkins Road.

7:03 p.m. Crash reported over $1,000 on Route 3 northbound. Referred to state police.

8:25 p.m. Disturbance re-ported on Cynthia Avenue.

9:22 p.m. Motor vehicle traf-fic complaint on Church Street. Area search negative.

11:09 p.m. Aggravated as-sault on Lake Avenue. Dorian Membreno, 25, of Bridgeport, Conn. arrested for attempted mur-der and assault and battery with a dangerous weapon.

WeDNeSDAY, MARCH 249:14 a.m. Suspicious activity

reported on Fairview Avenue.11:58 a.m. Suspicious activ-

ity reported on Pine Tree Lane.2:48 p.m. Motor vehicle

crash with damages over $1,000 on Barker Street and High Street.

3:35 p.m. Suspicious motor vehicle reported on Lake Avenue.

3:42 p.m. Crash reported with over $1,000 damage on Wa-ter Street.

5:21 p.m. Recreational vehi-cle complaint on Oldham Street.

6:34 p.m. Suspicious motor vehicle reported on Lake Avenue.

7:31 p.m. Fire incident on Pembroke Woods Drive. Referred to Fire Department.

7:35 p.m. Suspicious mo-tor vehicle reported on Learning Lane.

8:02 p.m. Suspicious activity reported on Yale Road.

tHURSDAY, MARCH 2511:41 a.m. Suspicious vehicle

reported on Mountain Ash Lane.2:22 p.m. Suspicious activity

reported on Cynthia Avenue. 2:38 p.m. Recreational vehi-

cle complaint reported on Water Street. Area search negative.

7:24 p.m. Dog complaint re-ported on Rebecca Road. Animal control officer notified.

8:31 p.m. Fraud reported on MacKenzie Orchard.

8:31 p.m. Larceny reported on Washington street.

9:10 p.m. Suspicious activity reported on Spring Street.

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“Something Wild Cookbook, a Collection of Simply Wonderful Recipes” declares that squirrel meat is “finely textured with little if any of the flavors generally associated with wild game.” An excellent substitute for chicken, “even the most discriminating palate will have a hard time discerning the difference between chicken and squirrel.” Certainly a fair taste comparison would have to be chicken on the bone versus squirrel. Store-bought boneless, skinless chicken could hardly compare to the succulence of wild squirrel.

Our across-the-pond neighbors in the UK have rediscov-ered the joy of squirrel meat, so it is probably only a matter of time until one can purchase frozen squir-rel meat online. In the meantime, hunt your own.

Bagging squirrel is a test of patience, but the still and quiet nature of the hunt can have its own simple merits. Game and Fishing Magazine rec-ommends “sitting quietly with your back against a tree trunk; one that is shaped just right is the best way to put squirrel in your game pouch.” This technique is meditative and requires little effort but might not yield enough squirrel for a larger family. Their Web site, gameandfishmag.com, outlines a variety of strategies for bringing home the desired amount of squirrel.

The hunting blogs are full of contradictory recommenda-tions on which gun to use when squirrel hunting. A 22-caliber shotgun is the weapon of choice for many, while the purists who prefer their meat without shotgun pellets use a bow and arrow. Others use a squirrel trap and peanut butter. Do your research, choose the technique you are most comfortable with and, most important, make yourself familiar with local laws in regards to hunting before you set out.

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Jack Sullivan ➢ , deacon at St. Thecla Church, will be meeting Pope Benedict XVI at the beatification ceremony of Cardinal John Henry Newman in England in September. Car-dinal Newman was a convert to Catholicism in 1845. He died in 1890 at the age of 89. Beatifica-tion is a step toward becoming a saint. Sullivan had a crippling pain in his spine that he was told would lead to paralysis. After unsuccessful surgery, Sul-livan prayed to Cardinal New-man and was cured. Last year, the pope ruled that Sullivan’s recovery was due to the late cardinal’s intercession. Sullivan has asked to be the deacon at the Mass that will celebrate the event.

The Pembroke High School ➢DECA (Delta Epsilon Chi) team will be having a car wash from 9 a.m. to noon on Saturday, April 10 in front of the Hatch build-ing in Pembroke Center. The 12 DECA competitors did a great job at their first district confer-ence, taking home three tro-phies, nine medals and six final-ist plaques. Congratulations to: Vanessa Pham, second-place trophy in Accounting Applica-tions and three medals; Kim Higgins, second-place trophy in Principles of Finance and three medals; Brenna Coughlin, third-place trophy in Principles of Finance and two medals; and Kate Drennan, one medal and finalist plaque in Retail Mer-chandising. Courtney Gunn, Bianca Clark, Sarah James, Sarah Short and Caroline Bet-tle all received finalist plaques. Pembroke High School also has its first DECA state champion. Pham took first place overall.

Lori Murphy Cook ➢ , owner of Bryantville Deli & Catering Company, will be celebrating the fifth anniversary of her business on April 1. On April 15, Lori will open the Grill Room at the Pembroke Country Club, where she will serve breakfast, lunch and dinner seven days a week. On April 18, Lori will be bring-ing Sunday Brunch back to the Country Club from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Also, for the fourth year in a row, Lori will be cooking for the 34th annual Grand Ol’ Fish Fry on May 2. Plans are under-

way to make this event a special tribute to Bobby Hackett and to the Historical Society.

The St. Thecla Book Club ➢will meet on Thursday, April 15. Members will be discussing “My Enemy’s Cradle” by Sara Young. With many twists and turns, this book is a love story and a war story and reveals a dark piece of history. Members will meet at the Pembroke Pub-lic Library at 7 p.m. For infor-mation, call Barbara McMor-row at 781-293-9337.

The Lydia Drake Library, ➢340 High St., was opened in 1944. The shelves are stacked with current best-sellers, and new books arrive regularly. The Children’s Room is cozy and has hundreds of books to choose from. The library is staffed by dedicated volunteers. New vol-unteers are always welcome. If you would like to volunteer or find out more about the library, call librarian Vivian Perry at 781-826-2559. The Pine Room at the library is available for rent. It can accommodate 25-30 people. Drop by the library to check it out or contact Lillian Murphy at 781-826-8725.

Susan Frodigh ➢ ran into several Pembroke residents at World of Wheels 2010 at the Bayside Expo Center in Boston March 12-14. Paul Flanagan had his 1969 Chevrolet Nova SS in the show, attending the event along with son Jonathan. Meanwhile, Michael Kelble had a car entered in the show as well as being part of the en-tertainment, East Coast A Cap-pella. Susan and her husband, Chick, were at the show to see Paul’s car (and to kill time while their son, Charlie, was at the BC High semi-formal).

They say that bad things hap-pen in threes. Well I can attest to that. On three separate days

last week, I had to have someone come in to pump out my basement. The plumb-er told us the ground was so saturated the water caused cracks in our base-ment floor. As soon as the water was pumped out, it was seeping back in again. Because we have never had a water problem, we have never had a sump pump. Unfortunately, we cannot have one installed until the water level goes down. If that wasn’t bad enough, I had to remember to take hip boots with me when I was working on the road because just about every house I went into was in the same predicament. By the end of the week, I found myself repeating that old rhyming couplet: Rain, rain, go away, Come again, another day. And now let’s see what’s going on around town.

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EGGSTRA EFFORT: Heidi Bruce, Allison Comeau, Lily Altimonte, Brynn Hurley, Haley Peck, Amy Cardinal and Tyler Spellman of Junior Girl Scout Troop 81266 help to fill Easter eggs for Pembroke’s annual egg hunt at a recent meeting.

LEADING LAD: Dane Grigas of Pembroke will play Butch in the Milton Players’ upcoming production of “Leading Ladies.” Directed by Richard White, “Leading Ladies” follows the adven-tures of two down-on-their-luck Shakespearean actors who find themselves performing on the Moose Lodge circuit in the Amish country of 1958 Pennsylvania. When they hear that a wealthy woman in a nearby town is about to die, leaving her fortune to a pair of long-lost relatives, they resolve to put their acting talents to more profitable use. The complications begin when Leo and Jack discover that the long-lost relatives are female, and con-tinue when Leo falls in love with the old woman’s niece, who is engaged to the local minister. “Leading Ladies” will be presented at the Milton Woman’s Club on April 16, 17 and 23 at 8 p.m., with a 2 p.m. matinee on Sunday, April 25. Tickets are $20, $15 for the matinee. Visit miltonplayers.org or call 617-698-7469.



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Alfred L. Watson, 85, of Pembroke, died peacefully and surrounded by his family on Tuesday, March 23.

Son of the late Alfred and Pearl Watson, Alfred was born on July 13, 1924 in Louisville, Ky. and was raised in Phila-delphia.

Alfred was a proud vet-eran of World War II, serving on the aircraft carrier USS Bataan (CLV-29). During his long Naval career, he went on to serve during the Kore-an and Vietnam wars before retiring in 1971. After just two days retirement from the Navy, he went on to work for John Hancock in Boston as a security officer until he retired several years later.

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of 56 years, Mary (Steele) Watson; his children, Patricia Hayes and her husband John of Marshfield, Alfred Watson and his wife Carol of New Bedford and Stephen Watson of Pembroke; and grandchil-dren, Kate Hayes-Huer of Marshfield and Eric, Gregory and Daniel Watson of Taun-ton.

He also leaves a sister, Ev-elyn Williamson of Florida, and brother, Allen Watson of Colorado. He was brother of the late Catherine Harkins and Roy Stoner.

Services were private. In lieu of flowers, expressions of sympathy may be made to the Hospice of the South Shore, P.O. Box 859060, Braintree, MA 02185-9060.

Ellen McAlear, 71, of Pembroke, died Wednesday, March 24, while in the care and comfort of her family.

She was the wife of An-thony McAlear Jr.; mother of Anthony McAlear III and his wife Tracey of Pembroke, Robin McAlear of Plainville, Terry and her husband Capt. Micheal Cockey, U.S. Navy of Honolulu, James McAlear and his wife Mary of Pembroke, and Stephen and his wife Joanie McAlear of Norton; sis-ter of Jerry Quinn of Plainville and Danny Quinn of Seattle, Wash.; and grandmother of Ben, Brenda, Sean, Emily, Ka-tie, Patrick, Quinn and Griffin.

Ellen was a respected real estate broker in the Scituate and surrounding communities for more than 25 years.

Visiting hours were held on Friday, March 26 at the Shepherd Funeral Home, Pembroke. A funeral mass was held on Saturday, March 27 at St. Mary’s Church in Scituate. Burial was at St. Mary’s Cem-etery in Scituate.

In honor of the outstand-ing medical care and comfort Ellen received, the family re-quested in lieu of flowers do-nations be made to The Nor-well VNA and Hospice, 91 Longwater Circle, Norwell, MA 02001.

George A. Manning, 78George A. Manning

(MCPO-USCG-Retired), 78, of Pembroke, died Sunday, March 28, at South Shore Hospital in Weymouth.

The son of the late George A. and Beatrice (Gingras) Man-ning, he was born in Medford on July 14, 1931. Mr. Man-ning was a 20-year veteran of the U.S. Coast Guard, retiring as a Master Chief Petty Offi-cer. He was later employed for 27 years as a broadcast engi-neer for WHDH, Channel 7. He was an avid private pilot and an amateur radio enthusi-ast with the call letters K1CG.

He was husband of the late Elaine F. (Rioux) Manning and father of Gail E. Manning of Pembroke, George A. Man-ning Jr. of Plympton, Larry J. Manning of Marshfield, Scott P. Manning of Wilmington, N.C. and Peter J. Manning of Marshfield. He also leaves 11 grandchildren and one great-grandchild.

Funeral services were held at Sullivan Funeral Home in Hanover on Thursday. Visi-tation was held Wednesday. Burial was at Pine Grove Cemetery in Pembroke.

Grady L. Peeler, 86, died on Saturday, March 27, at home in Pembroke, surround-ed by his family.

He was born and raised in North Carolina and lived in Maryland for more than 50 years before moving to Pem-broke last year.

Mr. Peeler served in the U.S. Army in both World War II and the Korean War. Upon his Army discharge in 1957, he worked as a civilian for the Department of Defense, from

which he retired in 1983. He also retired as a lieutenant col-onel from the Army Reserve in 1975.

He is survived by his daughter, Marie Dona Peeler, and his son-in-law, Gerard C. Mulhall, both of Pembroke.

The family received friends on Thursday, April 1, at Shepherd Funeral Home, Pembroke. A graveside ser-vice was held at Mass. Na-tional Cemetery, Bourne on Thursday.

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DeJoseph was arraigned last Thursday on charges of vi-olating a protection order and criminal possession of firearms after Wolcott police reportedly found eight firearms in his home on Wednesday, March 24, according to Charette.

DeJoseph had been ar-rested earlier that day on an as-sault charge stemming from a separate incident in Waterbury. Because of that arrest, Wolcott police had a warrant to search DeJoseph’s home, Charette said.

The protection order was issued last year after a do-mestic incident at DeJoseph’s home in Wolcott where he al-legedly assaulted his then-girl-friend, Banks, Charette said. The alleged assault occurred on March 22, 2009, almost a year ago to the day of the Pem-broke shooting.

“As a result of that charge, the court issued a protec-tion order, which barred him [DeJoseph] from any contact with her as well as made him ineligible to possess firearms by state and federal statute,” Charette said.

DeJoseph pled not guilty to the charges on March 25 in Wa-terbury Superior Court in Con-necticut. He is being held on a $2.2 million bond at a New Ha-ven, Conn. jail, Charette said.

Membreno, the man ac-cused of shooting Banks, is still being held without bail on charges of attempted mur-der and assault and battery with a dangerous weapon. A

Plymouth District Court judge agreed to continue his danger-ousness hearing, scheduled for Tuesday morning, to April 5.

Membreno is accused of shooting Banks multiple times outside her Lake Avenue home on Tuesday, March 23. He pled not guilty to the charges on March 24.

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Though Wolcott Police were not involved, Charette said he knew of a case involv-ing Membreno from a few years ago in which the Bridge-port man was charged with murder but was acquitted when his lawyer proved his confes-sion had been coerced.

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Dorian J. Membreno, 25, of Bridgeport, Conn. stands with his attorney, David Nagle, at a dangerousness hearing in Plymouth District Court on Tuesday. The hearing was continued to April 5. Membreno is being held without bail on charges of attempted murder and assault with a dangerous weapon after he allegedly shot a Pembroke woman last week. Photo By Becca Manning

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Anthony DeJoseph III, 32, of Wolcott, Conn. (left) was arrested last week in Connecticut on assault charges from an incident in Waterbury, Conn. He also was charged with violating a protec-tion order by possessing firearms. The order was filed last year after DeJoseph was charged with assaulting his then-girlfriend, Marybeth Banks, now of Pembroke. Photo courtesy of Wolcott Police Department


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Sweet Fordy’s co-owner Elena Ford greets Taste of Pembroke visitors.

Chef Igmar and Karen of Fasanos Catering serve up a delicious pasta dish.

The York family, Taste of Pembroke regulars, enjoys the festivities.

Meaghan Cooney, 14, Declan Harkins, 7, and twins Michael and William Harkins, 8, all had fun at the Taste of Pembroke.

Lori Cesario of Pembroke offers a sample from Fasanos Catering to her husband David.

Cali Koutsogianni and Steve Brown serve up some delicious pizza from Oak Street Café in Pembroke.

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The Galligan sisters, Katie, 8, and Abigail, 2, enjoy all that Pembroke has to offer. Abigail was espe-cially fascinated with her balloon.

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Lori Cook, owner of Bryantville Deli, enlisted the help of her parents, Mary and Paul Canavan, to serve the crowd at the ninth annual Taste of Pembroke event.

Aaron Kaplowitz, 14, his twin Gregory and younger brother Eric, 9, sample food from their hometown restaurants.

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

Good Friday Service. 7 p.m., at North River Community Church, 334 Old Oak St.

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

Sunday, april 4Easter Worship Services. 9 a.m., 11 a.m. and 1 p.m., at North River Community Church, 334 Old Oak St.

Monday, april 5Board of Selectmen Meeting. 6:30 p.m., at Town Hall, Veterans Hall.

Pembroke Reads Speaker. 7 p.m., at Pembroke Public Library. Mariam Raqib from the nonprofit aid agency Barakat will discuss the group’s efforts in Pakistan, Afghanistan and surrounding countries to encourage education for women. For information, call the library at 781-293-6771.

tueSday, april 6Sit 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.

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.

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

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

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

Pembroke Reads: Folk Music. 7 p.m., at Pembroke Public Library. Egyptian-American musician Karim Nagi will perform Arab and Muslim folk music and traditional dance using a variety of traditional instruments. Part of Pembroke Reads. For more information, call the library at 781-293-6771.

WedneSday, april 7Dull Men Meeting. 10 a.m., at Council on Aging. Always open to new members. Stop by the senior center, 144 Center St.

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

Pembroke Reads: Afghani Rugs. 7 p.m., at Pembroke Public Library. John Martini from Colony Rug will discuss the differences between Pakistani and Afghani rugs. Part of Pembroke Reads. For information, call 781-293-6771.

thurSday, april 8Adult Volleyball. Thurs., April 8-June 17. 7-9:30 p.m., at PCMS gym. Free program for Pembroke adults; teams will be created weekly depending on turnout. All levels

welcome. No games on April 22 or May 27. For more information, call Sue Scroggins at 781-294-4366 or e-mail [email protected].

Friday, april 9Council 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.

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

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

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

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

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

Congregation Shirat Hayam Bar Mitzvah. Sat., April 24. 10 a.m., at Shirat Hayam Synogogue, 185 Plain St., Marshfield. Celebrate the church’s 13th birthday with a reception featuring the Jewish rock band of Jon Nelson, Yom Hadash. For information, e-mail [email protected], visit shirathayam.net or call 781-582-2700.

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

Town Election. Sat., May 1.

Neon Night Dance. Fri., April 30. 6-8 p.m., at Pembroke Community Middle School. Annual Girls Scouts “She and Me Dance” includes music, dancing, refreshments and photo opportunities for Girl Scouts and an adult female relative or family friend. Tickets $7 each; available from Girl Scout leaders.

Grand Ol’ Fish Fry. Sun., May 2. 11 a.m.-3 p.m., at the Thomas Reading Memorial Herring Run Park on Route 14. Enjoy fish cake or hot dog meals for $5 each; duck races led by Captain Quack; items for sale by the Pembroke Historical Society; and music, face painting, balloons and cotton candy. Corporate sponsorships available for $100 or more. To become a sponsor or learn more, call 781-293-9083.

Pammy’s Day on the Green. Sat., May 22. 12-4 p.m., at Town Green. Rain date is Sunday, May 23. Family fun day with kids’ activities, music, face-painting, food, silent auction and more to raise money for Pembroke Skate Park Committee in honor of former Pembroke Recreation Director Pam Rowell. To volunteer, donate an item for the silent auction or learn more, call Kerri-Anne Rowell-Ford at 508-759-1070.

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EIGHT WAS GREAT: The Pembroke Youth Basketball eighth grade girls traveling team finished their season 16-0 and won the Old Colony League championship by beating Whitman 36-31 on March 21. Players include Katlyn Flaherty, Melanie Johnson, Katie Freitas, Tamara Mitchell, Megan Collins, Julia Flynn, Julie Holbrook, Lia Puopolo and Kelsie MacDonald, Katey McElligott. Coaches were Dan Puopolo and Paul MacDonald. See more youth basketball photos on page 22.

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Monday: Chicken fajitas, lettuce and tomato, rice, corn bread, salsa, peaches

Tuesday: Hot dog on a bun, soft pretzel, pickles, tater tots, baseball cookie

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pers, buttered peas, rice, din-ner roll, frozen juice bar

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HISTORY DAY WINNERS: Pembroke High School students Jake Schissel, Colin McDonald, Ryan Moran and Jessica Rose recently qualified for the Massachusetts State History Day Competition to be held at Clark University. Schissell, McDonald and Moran received first place for their group entry, and Rose received second place with her individual entry at the regional competition, which was held at Brockton High School. They are pictured with history teacher and advi-sor Lynn Place. Photo courtesy of Cheryl Moran

Last two PCMS PTO meetingsThe Pembroke Community Middle School PTO will hold

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Friday, April 2Good Friday — No School.

Tuesday, April 6SEPAC Meeting. 6:30 p.m.

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Friday, April 9Bryantville Book Fair.

April 9-16. @ Bryantville.Survivor Night. 6-9 p.m.

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Meeting. Tues., April 13. 7:30 p.m. @ N. Pembroke library. Public hearing on

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PHS Report Cards Issued. Fri., April 16.

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April 28. 6:30-8 p.m., at Bry-antville. For grades 1-4.North Pembroke PTO

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Flaherty said his experience as a health agent, conducting inspections of everything from restaurants to septic systems on a regular basis, qualifies him for the seat on the Board of Health.

Driscoll, who has spent al-most a year as an alternate on the Zoning Board of Appeals, is running for the Board of Health seat because he wants to get more involved in the com-munity. Among his concerns is the quality of Pembroke’s water, including Little Sandy Pond near his home on Cedar Terrace.

“This is going to be where we raise our children, so I wanted to get a little bit into town politics,” Driscoll said after pulling papers in January.

Daggett has been a DPW commissioner for about 20 years and said he first ran for the spot because he wanted to give back to the town. Dag-gett hopes to serve another three years to see a few ongo-ing projects to completion — sidewalk installation and road improvements on Route 14, on Route 36 and in the Bryantville area.

“I’m into it so much now, I think I could finish it up in three years, and if I can’t, then I’ve fulfilled my part, in my mind,” Daggett said in January.

Whitman, who is in the middle of his third term on the Planning Board, said he thought his experience there

would help him as a DPW commissioner.

“I just think it’s time for maybe some new blood over there,” he said of the DPW board.

Selectman Don Anderson is stepping down after one term on the board, and Greg Han-ley, a former Zoning Board of Appeals member and current chairman of the Recreation Commission, is running unop-posed for the seat.

“It’s the next logical step for me in terms of my commu-nity service,” Hanley said of his reason for running. “I think I’m qualified for the job, and I’m looking forward to it.”

Hanley was appointed last fall to the Housing Authority and also is running unopposed for a three-year term there.

Running unopposed for a second term on the School Committee is Patrick Chilcott.

Chilcott said he felt the dis-trict had come a long way over the three years he has been on the board, maintaining some of

the lowest average class sizes on the South Shore and one of the lowest per-pupil costs statewide, all while growing classroom programs.

“We have taken this fis-cally conservative process and have actually begun to plan out two or three years, and as a result, we’ve been one of the least impacted school districts in the entire state in this eco-nomic crisis,” Chilcott said. “I feel that if I can continue to promote that all while expand-ing curriculum, doing right by the students and helping fami-lies, then I’m doing my job.”

The last day for residents to register to vote in the May 1 town election and the April 27 annual Town Meeting is Wednesday, April 7. The town clerk’s office will be open until 8 p.m. that day for voter regis-tration only. Polls will be open on May 1 from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. at all five precincts. For more information, stop by the town clerk’s office or call 781-293-7211.

DPW, BOH races set for May 1continued from page one

Candidates who are running unopposed in the May 1 elec-tion include:• Town Moderator, one year: Stephen Dodge (incumbent)• Board of Assessors, three years: Cynthia Long (incum-bent)• Board of Health, one year: Liz Cytrynowski (incumbent)• Housing Authority, five years: Valerie Kroon (incum-bent)• Housing Authority, three years: Greg Hanley (incum-bent)

• Library Trustees, three years: MaryBeth Courtright (incumbent)• Library Trustees, three years: Kathleen Catano (incumbent)• Library Trustees, three years: Karen Wry (incumbent)• Planning Board, one year: Dan Taylor (new candidate)• Planning Board, two years: Thomas Irving (incumbent)• Planning Board, five years: Brian VanRiper (incumbent)• Constable, three years: Mark Hickey (incumbent)

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Mariam Raqib from Ba-rakat will be at the Pembroke Public Library on Monday, April 5 at 7 p.m. to discuss the group’s work in Pakistan, Afghanistan and surrounding countries to encourage educa-tion for women and alleviate poverty. The lack of funding for education is a major con-cern for the poor in the area.

Barakat, a nonprofit aid agen-cy based in Cambridge, runs schools and works with hun-dreds of refugees who need assistance.

On Wednesday, April 7 at 7 p.m., John Martini from Col-ony Rug will be at the library to discuss the differences be-tween Pakistani and Afghani rugs. He also will bring sam-

ples of the designs from the region.

These programs are part of the Pembroke Reads events for the book “Three Cups of Tea” and are made possible by a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Ser-vices, which is administered by the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners.

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How many times have we as parents heard “I am so bored” or “There is nothing to do here” from our kids? We believe we live in a small, quiet, relatively

rural community. Many of us know each other and look out for each other. We have shown each other neighborly hospitality and assistance. However, we have all learned over the past two weeks that our small town is susceptible to horrific crime as well as violations of our homes and personal space. As a recent victim of the rash of [vehicle] break-ins, I can attest firsthand to how violated and angry a family is left feeling. The naive-ty and complacency that creeps into our minds because we trust our community is an open invitation to those who think they can take what is not theirs.

What may not be understood is the effect a simple break-in can have on a family and a neighborhood. All four of my girls felt violated and uneasy. The fact that someone would be so dar-ing as to come into our driveway and steal from us left my family vulnerable. Instinctively, as a father and husband, it was a protective nature that drove me in the days after. I still look for the purported vehicle(s) in my neighborhood or around town. This act is not as simple as losing a GPS, CDs, a radio or other personal possessions. It leaves a distinct impression on a family that lasts for some time. It leaves children unsettled and parents concerned in their own home. Most of all, it is a

blemish on a good and solid community. These break-ins are a path toward cash that likely feeds an addiction. It does not

excuse the behavior and does not make it right. If anything, it cheapens the act even further. When these derelicts are caught, they should be prosecuted and an example should be made of them. These acts are a symbol of recession and of the drug issue that persists in our town and many others. We need to bet-ter deal with the drug issue in our community.

The break-ins of the past months and recent days, coupled with the horrifying shooting on Lake Avenue, should reinforce certain things to our community. First, we must lock our doors and our cars. If you see something that looks odd or suspicious, call the police. We must be mindful and thankful of the job our police department is being asked to do. We need to help our police department and share information to bring justice. We must be allowed to protect ourselves, our families and our property. We must stop making excuses and treating these larceny acts as adolescence or a rite of passage. These acts are more than just careless mistakes; they are carried out by young men who know better. There can be no argument made that the thieves did not know what they were doing was wrong. Given the number of thefts, given the amount of loss, and given the unease they have created in our neighborhoods, they should be prosecuted and held accountable for their actions.

This article was in no way meant to compare or even liken our recent rash of larceny to the agonizing situation being faced by the Banks family. Our prayers are with them. However, we all were given a wakeup call this past week, and we realize these things can and do happen here. We need to go on our way and continue to smile and say hello to each other. But, when it comes time to tuck in my children, I, for one, will take another walk through the house and make sure the doors and cars are locked up tight.

It can happen here

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Does the Lake Avenue shooting have you more concerned about safety in Pembroke?

Joan Tobin Sunset Way

“No, I do not feel any more concerned about my safety. It just makes me realize that something like that can happen anywhere.”

Jason Covert Edgewater Drive

“The shooting hasn’t really worried me because it is such a

rare event. I really haven’t given it much thought.”

Sam Miglietta Furnace Colony Drive

“I think that shooting shouldn’t reflect on how we think of

Pembroke. Pembroke is a safe community and apparently some man went crazy and hired a hit

man and his target just happened to live in Pembroke.”

Christopher Giroux Stanford Hill Road

“I am not worried at all. Pembroke is a safe town and it

was an isolated incident.”

Matt Negus Highland Drive

“I am not really concerned. I feel like Pembroke is a pretty safe

place, but when something like this goes down everyone

becomes a little more alert.”

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WHERE IS IT? How well do you know Pembroke? If you can identify the location of this historic photo, drop a line to Express history columnist Karen Proctor at [email protected]. Answers must be submitted by Tuesday at noon. Correct answers will be recognized next week. Photo courtesy of Pembroke Historical Society

Let me first say that I enjoy casino gam-bling. I have spent

many an enjoyable hour in ca-sinos in Nevada, New Jersey and Connecticut. I never take more than I can afford to lose, and occasionally I bring home more than I take.

In his March 26 column in the Express, Horatio Green talks about job creation. I know of no business that em-ploys more people per square foot than a casino. They em-ploy people for three shifts seven days a week. Their em-ployees run from profession-als to unskilled.

Mr. Green implies that gambling is somehow corrupt and wasteful. Corruption is controlled by the state gaming commission, and I don’t have any idea how it can be consid-ered any more wasteful than the state lotteries.

Now let’s get to the real fallacy in his column, which is that gambling sucks money from other businesses. Every company tries to take business from other companies. How-ever, bringing casino gam-bling to Massachusetts will take business (and tax reve-nue) from Connecticut. I have gone a number of times to Foxwoods with the Pembroke seniors. The bus is always full, as are the busses from most of the towns on the South Shore. I read recently of a study by some group. They counted license plates at Foxwoods

during a four-day period and found that more than 70 per-cent of the cars had Massachu-setts plates.

Would it not be better if all those seniors and most of those cars stayed in Massachusetts to gamble? We could use the jobs and the tax revenue.

Finally, does gambling in Massachusetts cause more de-struction and pain than gam-bling in Connecticut? Lotter-ies are a far worse source of gambling addiction than casi-nos.

Jim JilgOletree Road

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Pembroke resident Denise Hawes orga-nized the event, for Josh Cutler (left). Emcee for the night was former Hanson Republican Town Committee member Joe Pelligra (right). More than 200 resi-dents from Pembroke, Hanson, Duxbury and Halifax packed into the Country Club to help Cutler kick off his campaign.

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Masterson can’t get straight-laced missionary Sarah Brown (played by eighth grader Me-lissa Campbell) to go on a date. Meanwhile, Detroit has other troubles, as his long-time girlfriend, Miss Adelaide (played by eighth grader Abby Herrmann), tries to get him to commit to their relationship.

The “junior” version cuts out a few ballads and dance numbers but stays true to the original, Runnels said.

“It’s a very talented cast, and it’s a great story — a clas-sic musical comedy,” Runnels said. “It’s one of the best mu-sical comedies ever written — it’s just about perfect.”

The audience also will en-joy a few extras this year — new spotlights, costumes and other items that will make the show better, Runnels said.

The show features catchy numbers like “A Bushel and a Peck” and “Sit Down, You’re Rocking the Boat,” and dances choreographed by eighth grad-ers Melissa Campbell and Ali Nicholaw.

“Whenever I listen to a song, I’m just kind of dancing along,” Campbell said. “This is the first thing I’ve ever cho-reographed, but I do dance, so I know a lot of what goes on with choreography.”

Of her character, Sarah Brown, Campbell said, “She is caught up in a world that’s full of sinners and she does not want to believe that people are really like that. She believes there’s some good in them — and that ends up happen-ing.”

Lathrop, who plays Sarah’s love interest, Sky Masterson, is no stranger to the stage. He has performed for about seven years with Boss Academy of Performing Arts, though, he admits, “I’ve never played a ‘bad boy’ type before.”

The show also features some fun “New York City gangster accents,” according to eighth grader Neil Shea,

who plays gambler Benny Southstreet.

“It’s going to be really cool,” he said of the accents.

When he first found out he would be playing Nathan Detroit — the love interest of Hot Box girl Miss Adelaide — Damon admits he had a certain reaction.

“First, when you find out that you’re going to be kissing someone in the play, it’s a little shocking because everyone’s going ‘Ooh!’, but you just get used to it,” Damon said.

Parents, take note: The “kiss” will be a stage kiss.

“It’s not real,” Damon said.

In preparing for his role, Damon said he did a little re-search.

“I figured out more about what they dressed like and what an actual crap game was like,” he said. He’s still work-ing on getting the accent just right but promises he’ll have it by opening night.

To get a better sense of her character, Miss Adelaide, Her-rmann said she watched the “Guys and Dolls” film.

“I figured out that she’s kind of stupid,” Herrmann said. “You have to just play that part and put yourself into that character’s personality.”

Helping out with the tech-nical aspects of the show are the NITS (Nerds In Training) with advisers Adam Newall and Naomi Leeper. The NITS help with tech projects around the school throughout the year. On Tuesday, they were busy putting color gels into new spotlights.

“These lights are meant to make everything colorful and not just bland white. I think that will be a great difference,” said NIT Zachary Burnham, a seventh grader.

Tickets for “Guys and Dolls Jr.” cost $8 each and are available at the door or from cast members the week of the show.

‘Guys and Dolls’ coming to PCMS stage April 9,10

THE HOT BOX GIRLS: Seventh graders Katy Evans and Aya Nagaki-Dilazzaro, eighth graders Diana McLaughlin, Abby Herrmann and Ali Nicholaw and seventh grader Mina Panacy strike a Hot Box Girls pose during practice on Monday.

NERDS IN ACTION: The NITS — Nerds in Training — club at PCMS is helping out with lighting and other technical aspects for the show “Guys and Dolls Jr.”

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It is almost spring-time, and that means it is time again for the

Grand Ol’ Fish Fry sponsored by the Pembroke Historical Society. The Fish Fry will be held on Sunday, May 2 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Thom-as Reading Memorial Herring Run Park on Route 14.

The Bryantville Deli has once again volunteered to prepare the food. Fish cake and hot dog meals can be purchased for $5 each. The meals will include corn bread, baked beans and lemonade or

coffee. This year will be par-

ticularly meaningful, as the Historical Society will be remembering Chef Bobby Hackett, who died this win-ter. Hackett was instrumental in the success of the Fish Fry for many years.

Captain Quack will return with his gaggle of ducks for the annual duck races. They have been in training all win-ter and are ready to hit the racecourse down the Herring Run. There will be music, face painting, balloons and

cotton candy and items on sale through the Pembroke Historical Society depicting scenes and other moments in time from Pembroke’s past

The Pembroke Historical Society is offering corporate sponsorship to local busi-nesses to help continue the success of this family event. All $100 or more sponsors are displayed on a large poster at the event and their names are listed on all publicity an-nouncements. To become a sponsor or to learn more, call 781-293-9083.

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Boys lacrossemarch 31 Quincy Home 3:30 April 05 Duxbury Home 4:00 April 06 whitman-Hanson Home 3:30 April 08 Hanover AwAy 3:30 April 12 Bishop Feehan Home 4:00 April 15 Hull Home 3:30 April 26 Hingham Home 4:00 April 28 Coyle-Cassidy Home 3:30 April 29 Abington AwAy 3:30 may 03 whitman-Hanson AwAy 3:30 may 06 Cohasset AwAy 3:30 may 08 martha’s Vineyard AwAy 1:00 may 10 Bishop Feehan AwAy 3:30 may 11 Silver Lake AwAy 3:30 may 13 Norwell Home 3:30 may 17 Coyle-Cassidy AwAy 3:30 may 18 North Quincy AwAy 3:30 may 20 Scituate AwAy 3:30 may 24 Cape Cod Academy AwAy 3:30 may 26 Silver Lake Home 3:30

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Boys TrackMarch 30 Hanover/rockland HoMe PPDApril 06 Hingham w/ Randolph AwAy 3:30April 08 middleboro Home 3:30 April 13 Duxbury w/ Silver Lake AwAy 3:30 April 17 Notre Dame Fresh/Soph AwAy 9:00 April 27 whitman-Hanson Home 3:30 may 01 Dighton-Rehobeth Fresh/Soph AwAy 10:00 may 04 Quincy/North Quincy Home 3:30 may 08 State Coaches Invitational DURFee 10:0may 11 Scituate AwAy 3:30 may 15 State Relays mILToN 9:30may 20 League meet AwAy 3:00 may 22 Notre Dame Invitational meet AwAy 10:00 may 29 State Class meet NoRTHeASTeRN 10:00Jun 05 All State meet weSTFIeLD 10:00 June 12 New england Championship meet TBA 10:00

Girls TrackMarch 30 Hanover/rockland HoMe PPDApril 06 Hingham w/ Randolph AwAy 3:30April 08 middleboro Home 3:30 April 13 Duxbury w/ Silver Lake AwAy 3:30 April 17 Notre Dame Fresh/Soph AwAy 9:00 April 27 whitman-Hanson Home 3:30 may 01 Dighton-Rehobeth Fresh/Soph AwAy 10:00 may 04 Quincy/North Quincy Home 3:30 may 08 State Coaches Invitational SomeRVILLe 10:0may 11 Scituate AwAy 3:30 may 15 State Relays mILToN 9:30may 20 League meet AwAy 3:00 may 22 Notre Dame Invitational meet AwAy 10:00 may 29 State Class meet NoRTHeASTeRN 10:00Jun 05 All State meet weSTFIeLD 10:00 June 12 New england Championship meet TBA 10:00

Girls’ lacrosseMarch 30 Whitman-Hanson aWay PPDApril 01 Quincy AwAy 3:30

April 06 Duxbury AwAy 4:00 April 07 Hanover Home 4:00 April 14 Cape Cod Academy Home 3:30 April 15 Hull AwAy 3:30 April 26 Hingham AwAy 4:00 April 28 Coyle-Cassidy AwAy 3:30 April 29 Abington Home 3:30 may 03 whitman-Hanson Home 3:30 may 06 Cohasset Home 3:30 may 08 martha’s Vineyard AwAy 1:00may 11 Silver Lake Home 3:30 may 13 Norwell AwAy 3:30 may 17 Coyle -Cassidy Home 3:30 may 18 North Quincy Home 3:30 may 20 Scituate Home 3:30 may 25 martha’s Vineyard Home 3:30 may 26 Silver Lake AwAy 3:30

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Titans Spring Sports SchedulePreliminary schedule as of March 27

GIRL POWER: Pembroke Youth Basketball teams end their seasons

siXTH GraDers sink cHaMPionsHiP: The Pembroke youth Basketball sixth grade girls traveling team won the old colony league champion-ship for their level. Players include (front) alex schafer, cassie Hickie, sam McGibbon, Meghan Harrison, (back) Jenna clark, erin MacDonald, Breagh fitzgerald, sarah Tropeano, sarah flaherty, natalie nogueira and caitlynne Mcsweeney (not pictured). leading the team were assistant coaches Dave clark, and robyn nogueira and head coach stacey Mcsweeney.

fanTasTic fifTH GraDe season: The Pembroke Titans fifth grade girls travel basketball team had a successful season and made it to the top tier playoffs. Pictured above left to right are players (front) courtney Horvath, Tyler spellman, kailee Diauto, chloe Hanson, Bailey Parks, (back) Jessica norton, Jenna ogilvie, Haley Peck, Tara foley, alison comeau, laney Hughes and kelsey ryan and coaches stacey Mcsweeney and Ginger comeau.

sUPer seVenTH GraDers: The Pembroke youth Basketball seventh grade girls traveling team won the old colony league championship on March 21, beating Whitman 26-22 in overtime. The Titans’ regular season record was 12-2. Players include (front) olivia Wandell, cori craven, Mckenna cassford, emma Wandell, Gianna Deacitis, (back) laura Malley, katie lamarre, lexi lenaghan, olivia rogers, lauren Hickey and annie Gouthro. coaches are nancy connors, ron cassford and Brian lenaghan.

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A new co-ed adult volleyball program is being offered Thursdays from 7-9:30 p.m. at Pembroke Community Mid-dle School gym, starting April 8 through June 17. No games will be played on April 22 or May 27. All playing levels are welcome. This program is strictly for fun. Teams will be cre-ated on a weekly basis depending on turnout. The program is free and open to adult Pembroke residents. For more in-formation, call Sue Scroggins at 781-294-4366 or e-mail [email protected].

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A visit with basketball captain Matt Negus

Negus made the MIAA tournament with the soccer team in the fall and then did the same during the winter sports season as one of the basketball

captains. This spring, he is looking to end his se-nior year with a third tournament appearance as the baseball team’s starting catcher. He shared his thoughts on …

… his college plans. I’m still up in the air, I’m waiting to hear from a couple more schools. Stonehill, Bridgewater State and Westfield State are my top choices.

… choosing a major. I’m probably go-ing to major in history or business. I love high school and I love kids, so teaching is something I would like to do.

… this year’s baseball team. I think we’ve got a lot of young talent. We’ve got [sophomores] Luke Nagle and Mike Martin in the infield, and they’ve got some talent. We also have some good older kids, too, and a real good coach. Hopefully, we’ll work hard and make the state tournament.

… his favorite high school sports memory. Beating Silver Lake both times this year in basketball. I hit the free throws at the last game at Silver Lake to beat them. That is something I’ll remember forever.

… having fun in his free time. I like play-ing video games and I like to play hockey. I also like hanging out with the fam and my friends and being a big part of the community. I also like going on road trips anywhere: Six Flags, the beach, Sonic, things like that.

… his plans for the future. I just want to be successful and hopefully have everyone remember me at the high school and have it be a good experience to look back on.

As a born and raised Red Sox fan, I know I’m not the biggest fan of “Red Sox Nation” and the new corporate

commercialization of the team. But I would still rather take the blind and arrogant optimism of the last five or six years to the blatant pessimism our

readers have for this year’s team when asked for their predictions for our Question of the Week.

Not a single person said they would even make it to the ALCS, and some had the audacity to say they wouldn’t make the playoffs. When a cynic like me says, “What’s up with that?” you know something is wrong.

The Yankees win one little old World Series and all

your faith in the home team goes away? I should be glad people are getting off the bandwagon; I’ve been wanting it for years, but this is actually the best Red Sox team on paper since 2004. So get with the program, people.

No, the team did not make a big splash in free agency or pull off a big trade, but the fact of the

matter is that Jason Bay and Matt Holiday were not worth the money. They did, however, pay A.J. Burnett money to John Lackey, who should pitch more innings and win at least as many games as A.J. Burnett without Burnett’s scheduled time off with injuries. With John Lester, Josh Beckett and Lackey as the top three with Tim Wakefield, who was having the best year of his career last season before he got hurt, and the platoon of Clay Bucholtz and Daisuke Matsuzaka, only my Seattle Mariners have a better rotation in the American League.

And stop weeping over Jason Bay. While the Sox don’t have a one-two punch like A-Rod and Big Tex in the center of their lineup, they have the best lineup right now top to bottom than they’ve had since 2004. The switch from Bay to Mike Cameron will likely cost them about 10 homers, which they will get back and then some from a full season of Victor Martinez replacing Jason Varitek’s non-existent offense. Adrian Beltre is also a 30-homer threat in addition to a Gold Glove third basemen, and Marco Scutaro, while overpaid, is the best hitting shortstop they have had since Nomar. The additions of Bill Hall and Jeremy Hermida give them a better bench than the Yankees when, as inevitably will happen, J.D.

Drew pulls something. And as far as the Yankees go, their rotation

after Andy Pettitte stinks. They gave up key mem-bers of their bullpen, lost three good outfielders (Hideki Matsui, Johnny Damon and Melky Cabre-ra) and got one overrated one (Curtis Granderson) in return. I’ll take Ellsbury, Cameron and Drew over Granderson, Randy Winn and Brett Gardener any day of the week. The Red Sox won’t match the Yankees home run for home run, but there isn’t a single person in their starting lineup who should hit below .270, which is more than I can say for the Bombers.

And last but not least, there is David Ortiz coming off his worst year ever with the Red Sox. But he was on fire last September and looks good this spring, so maybe the combination of good health and a contract year have got Big Papi back to normal.

The Boston Red Sox are a professional base-ball team. They are not built to blow your buddy at work away in fantasy baseball; they are built to win in reality — which they should do a lot this year.

So let’s have a little optimism.

Cheer up!

By Dave Palana

The Tale of The TaPe

SENIOR MOMENTSA visit with swimming captain

Shannon Savage

Savage served as swim team captain this past winter and now is getting set to return to the diamond for her final season with the softball team. She shared her thoughts on …

… choosing a college. I’m still trying to decide between Quinnipiac and Northeastern. I want to be a physician’s assistant, and those are the only two schools around here that offer that program. I got into both, and now I’m just trying to choose.

… why she chose that major. I really like sci-ence; biology is my favorite subject, and I really like helping people. I wanted to do physical therapy because I’ve gotten hurt a lot over the years and broken a lot of bones, so I’ve been through physical therapy. But then I decided that I want to do more general medicine.

… why she joined the swim team. I have a pool in my backyard, but I never swam competitively before high school. I used to play basketball when I was a freshman, but my knees are bad and I couldn’t keep up with the pounding, so my mom suggested swimming as a good way to stay in shape between seasons. The meets are so fun. You get to cheer for every-one, and it gets you in shape so fast.

… playing softball. I’ve been playing since I was in first grade. I like the team aspect and how everyone does something different, but it all comes together. I really like it, but I’d probably just play intramural in college if I was going to do anything.

… her plans for the summer. I’m going to Vir-ginia with friends to build houses with the Appala-chian Service Project. I thought it would be a fun, good thing to do. I’ve never done anything like this before; it’s going to be a life-changing thing, I hope.

… her goals after high school. I definitely want to travel as much as I can. I went to Paris and Rome last summer, and I’m going to the Bahamas in April. I really want to go to Ireland. That’s my dream vaca-tion.

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

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Neither Bobby Brooks nor Will Milewski know why a town as small as Pembroke had two separate programs for youth football, but they both agreed it didn’t make sense.

For the past three years, Brooks, president of Pembroke Youth Football and Cheerlead-ing, and Milewski, president of Pembroke Pop Warner Foot-ball, have been working toward getting all of Pembroke’s youth stars under one umbrella. This year, it’s going to happen.

After months of hashing out the details, Brooks and Milewski spent last Saturday and Monday overseeing sign-ups for the first season of the combined Pembroke Titans Football and Cheerleading, where they both serve as co-presidents.

“We’ve been trying to do it the right way over the past few years and it just worked out this time,” Brooks said. “The logistics and getting the right people together all fell into place and pretty quickly. We’re very happy about it. If everything works out the way we hope, we will be a true rep-resentation of the town.”

“A lot of it had to do with bringing all the kids together in the town,” Milewski said. “Having this separation be-tween the two programs was a lot on the kids to bear, and it made a lot of sense to have them be able to play with their friends.”

Pembroke has had two football programs for five full seasons, which both men said created an even split in the town and made it hard for the programs to field full teams at every level. With everyone to-gether now, Milewski said the new program will do whatever it takes to find room for every-one.

“One of our first goals was that we’d never turn a kid away and we’d always have a spot for every child in Pembroke who is interested,” he said. “That was one of the areas we spent a lot of time analyzing over the course of the winter. We went through everything from spreadsheets of returning kids to adding new kids to how we could field all the teams.”

Brooks estimated there will be 400 sign-ups between the football and cheerlead-ing sides of the program after

the final tally from Monday night is added up, and both presidents said they will try to accommodate anyone who missed the registration dead-line. They also are recruiting coaches for their second grade instruction program.

Both men also said they are excited that the new pro-gram will be able to play a full season of night games at the Pembroke High School turf field.

“We’re definitely going to do night games, and we’re hop-ing everything goes through in the town before [the season starts],” Brooks said. “If they don’t, we’ll rent [lights] like we did last year.”

“A bunch of fathers in both programs volunteered their time to get that project going,” Milewski said. “We’re fortu-nate to play a part in that.”

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Bobby Brooks (left) and Will Milewski help direct traffic at the Pembroke community Middle school during sign-ups for the newly formed Pembroke Titans football and cheerleading youth program. Both Brooks and Milewski will serve as the program’s first co-presidents. Photo by Dave Palana

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