Hot Spot of the Week: Just outside Green Harbor — fantastic flounder fishing!

As the country drudges along in its current recession and an $11.8 trillion dollar national debt continues to climb at a staggering rate of $4 billion dollars a day — yes, that’s nine zeros a day — many of us are probably left wondering: where did all of that money go?

It will be five years this fall since neighbors on Furnace Pond first gathered because they were concerned about the condition of their pond. Their enthusiasm spread to include people living on Oldham, Stetson, Little Sandy and, to a lesser extent, on Hobomock pond.

It was a tough summer for the Pembroke American Legion baseball team, but they were able to go out with their heads held high. Post 143 outlasted Barnstable 7-6 in their final game of the season Monday at Mattakeeset Street to finish the season with three wins in their last five games.

Web surfers looking for their Pembroke news fix last Friday may have had a tough time getting through to the Express site after a link on the Drudge Report site sent so much traffic to pembrokexpress.com that it crashed the server.

Town workers and volunteers are putting the finishing touches on the Town Green in preparation for a visit from the governor next Thursday.

Associate Superintendent Dick White came to Pembroke Schools in 2002, after the district split from Silver Lake and will be retiring this month to return to practicing law, joining wife Ann Geary Roche’s practice in Plymouth.

What a Fourth of July! Fireworks and sunshine for everyone! Fish everywhere!

With the anticipated start date for construction on the Pembroke Plaza project having come and gone, residents might be wondering when they will see activity on the property in the center of town that drew so much interest over the past year.

Post 143 had a 7-3 lead heading into the fifth inning against Hawkeye AC Monday, but couldn’t hold off last year’s state semifinalists in an 8-7 loss at Massasoit Community College.

Connor Noonan took a no hitter into the sixth inning as Pembroke’s Junior American Legion baseball team beat Marshfield away Monday afternoon to improve to 11-0 on the season.