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Pembroke volunteers plant 300 treesPembroke residents continued to celebrate the town’s 300th birthday over the past weekend with help from Rick Madden, Kyle Harney and a dozens of volunteers, as they planted 300 trees in the Wind Swept Bogs at 91 Glenwood Rd. — Wicked Local Pembroke Pembroke Community Center Task Force elects Hanley as ChairmanThe Community Center Task Force met for the third time Wednesday night, this time in the Bingo Hall in the community center building. The 23-member task force is charged with recommending whether to renovate the community center, built in the 1930s, or to demolish and construct a new building in its place. The committee will also look for ways to pay for the project. — Wicked Local Pembroke
Plans for infamous Pembroke intersection get fundingAt Pembroke Town Meeting on April 24, voters passed $15,000 to update traffic light plans for the intersection of Pleasant Street and Route 53 in Pembroke. — Wicked Local Pembroke Pembroke voters re-elect Trabucco, StoneVoters on Saturday re-elected selectmen Lewis Stone and Daniel Trabucco to three-year terms. Stone, with 605 votes, and Trabucco, with 598 votes, edged out challenger Ataul Ahmad, with 318 votes, in the town's only contested race. Stone and Trabucco won in all five precincts. — Wicked Local Pembroke
Library video challenge winners from PembrokeThe Collaborative Summer Library Program (CSLP) announced the winners of the 2012 Teen Video Challenge. The Teen Video Challenge is a national competition for teens to get involved with Reading and their public library's summer Reading program. Winning videos were selected at the state level to be recognized as an official CSLP Teen Video Challenge winner for 2012. — Wicked Local Pembroke Pembroke Youth Basketall Shootout Challenge winnersPembroke Youth Basketball would like to thank everyone who participated in this year's Shootout Challenge. With more than 75 boys and girls participating, this event was a big success. — Wicked Local Pembroke Pembroke Public Schools Music Department wins awardSeven music ensembles from Pembroke High School comprised of 134 students, accompanied by three teachers and 14 parent chaperones traveled to New York City to compete in the Festivals of Music competition on April 12 through 15. Competing were the Concert Choir, Wind Ensemble, Women’s Choir, Chamber Singers, Jazz Band and Concert Band ensembles. — Wicked Local Pembroke Pembroke at 300: Putting the unity in communityOver the past four months Pembroke has enjoyed a few exciting events planned by your 300th Anniversary Committee to mark the tercentenary. In January the festivities kicked off with a gala at the Pembroke Country Club. — Wicked Local Pembroke Pembroke Town Meeting Articles reviewedA quick rundown of all of the articles for Pembroke's Special and Annual Town Meeting. — Wicked Local Pembroke Pembroke Town Admin estimates override cost for average homeownerTown meeting members approved a 2½% tax-override for 12 new firefighter hires that will be voted on based off of a ballot in the spring or summer. It is estimated that the new Fire hires will cost the town approximately $1 million dollars for salary and benefits. — Wicked Local Pembroke
Pembroke Police Beat: Disoriented drivers, drug arrests and a drive by eggingIn this week's Police Beat, we get caught up on April with a few drunk driving arrests, a drive by egging and several shoplifting cases. — Wicked Local Pembroke
Plymouth County legislative delegation fights for funding for Plymouth County House of CorrectionState representatives Thomas D. Calter, D-Kingston, and Rhonda Nyman, D-Hanover, organized and chaired an emergency State House meeting to address the issue of the financial deficit associated with the Plymouth County Sheriff’s Department and House of Correction FY12 budget. — Wicked Local Bridgewater More News
