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Lights, action: Pembroke professionals bring Friday night football to high school
Written by Becca Manning   
On the night of the unofficial unveiling of the new stadium lights at Pembroke High School’s turf field, the police came by three times to see what was going on.
 
PHS on road to accreditation
Written by Becca Manning   
Pembroke High School is on its way to being accredited by the New England Association of Schools and Colleges.
 
Extended-day options expand
Written by Becca Manning   
Whether they were building bridges, exploring other countries, learning Latin or creating a newspaper, Pembroke students learned a lot last year — all after the school day ended.
 
Family competes in Marshfield Fair's Giant Pumpkin Contest
Written by Becca Manning   
You know it’s been a great growing season when a 417-pound pumpkin is the smallest one at the fair.
 
A visit with Erin Graceffa
Written by Mike Tropeano   
Impacting more than 700,000 people worldwide, Best Buddies is one of the largest organizations designed to help people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. The organization was started in 1989 by Anthony Kennedy Shriver.  Locally, there are Best Buddies chapters at Pembroke Community Middle School and Pembroke High School. Erin Graceffa, who will lead the high school chapter for the 2010-11 school year, recently attended the Best Buddies Leadership Conference at Indiana University in Bloomington, Ind. The trip, made possible through a donation from Maria Wood’s Fashion Focus, prepared Erin for the challenges of her new responsibilities.
 
Series explores science, religion
Written by Administrator   

Pembroke Assembly of God will host a discussion centered around Lee Strobel’s “A Case for a Creator” beginning Sunday, Sept. 12 at 7 p.m. Strobel is a Yale-trained lawyer and journalist who investigated what science knows about the origin of the universe and life. All are invited to come discuss the differences and similarities between science and Christianity with Pastor Joe Quaresimo. This six-week series will explore a different branch of science each week. Pembroke Assembly of God is located at 786 Washington St./Route 53. For more information, call 781-826-2247.

 
Memorial golf tourney Sept. 25
Written by Administrator   

The second annual Ruthie Carpenter Memorial Scholarship Golf Tournament will be held on Saturday, Sept. 25 at the Pembroke Country Club. Registration for this scramble event will be at noon, with a shotgun start at 1 p.m. There is a maximum of 128 players, so register early online at ruthiec.org or by calling Bill Carpenter at 781-293-5531.

 
Local singer takes second in Plymouth Idol contest
Written by Becca Manning   

Pembroke graduate Sam Lathrop won second place in the Plymouth Idol singing competition held last Saturday during the Downtown Plymouth Waterfront Festival.

 
Gone Fishin': Plan ahead during hurricane season
Written by Skip Cornell   

Hot Spot of the Week: Stellwagen Bank. They are back! Plenty of tuna after the easterly winds and flooding rain.

 
PHS adds advisory class
Written by Becca Manning   
Pembroke High School students are getting a little more attention this year. Next Wednesday, each student will begin meeting with his or her advisor — one faculty member in the building who will stay with that student throughout high school — during a scheduled half-hour advisory period.
 
The Right Opinion: Presidential votes in Massachusetts don’t matter
Written by Patrick Chilcott   

Article 2 of the Constitution gives the states the sole ability to choose electors for president and vice president. These electors actually cast ballots for president and vice president every four years.  Each major party has a series of electors and, until the end of July, the majority of voters in Massachusetts decided whose electors would cast those ballots.  The Massachusetts legislature changed that.  A law was passed that will designate our 12 electoral votes to whoever wins the popular vote in the nation. While technically allowable under the Constitution, this law rebukes everything our founding fathers believed, and completely rebukes the electoral college itself.

 
Candidate's Corner: Webster hosts budget luncheon
Written by Administrator   

Representative Daniel Webster recently hosted a state budget luncheon with town administrators and managers from the four towns in his legislative district. The meeting centered on the Commonwealth’s fiscal year 2011 budget outlook and a discussion on how the state’s flagging economy may impact future spending plans in the towns of Pembroke, Duxbury, Halifax and Hanson. 

 
Reader's view: Tired of run-around
Written by Administrator   

How many more times are people going to put up with getting the run-around at Town Hall or encountering unsatisfactory answers or comments and not demand some action from agencies outside of Pembroke to step in and set things right?

 
Pembroke's Past: Trolley days
Written by Karen Proctor   

Until the end of the 20th century, when the new commuter rail line was built, the only form of public transportation in our area had been the Plymouth and Brockton bus lines. But prior to the buses, the way to get around using public transportation was to take the trolley.

 
Algae closes Stetson Pond
Written by Becca Manning   

Stetson Pond has been closed until further notice because of blue-green algae. The Mass. Department of Public Health confirmed the presence of cyanobacteria, commonly called blue-green algae, on Wednesday and advised that the pond be closed until further testing can be done. At certain levels, toxins in the algae can be harmful to pets and humans who come in contact with it.

Board of Health member Tommy Driscoll said he was surprised to hear that the algae — which has been a regular problem in Furnace and Oldham ponds — was found in Stetson Pond.

“This is probably the first time in about 11 years that blue-green algae has been found in Stetson,” Driscoll said.

The pond, which has a public beach on Plymouth Street, is closed to all recreational uses, including boating and swimming.

Driscoll said the state would notify the Board of Health when the pond was safe to use again, and board members will notify the public. Signs are posted at the pond.

 
EEE threat leads to curfew for Pembroke fields, parks
Written by Administrator   
Because of the increased threat level posed to the public heath by mosquitoes carrying the Eastern Equine Encephalitis Virus, effective Tuesday, Aug. 31, the Pembroke Recreation Department has implemented a daily 7 p.m. curfew for use of all fields under the control of the Recreation Department. This curfew is in effect until Oct. 11, when the Recreation Department will evaluate the risk level again. The following fields, playgrounds and courts are affected by this order: Mattakeesett Street field and playground, Birch Street field and playground, Community Center field and playground, Magoun Field, Center Street basketball courts and the Brick Kiln Lane playground. For more information, call the Pembroke Recreation Department at 781-293-3249. These youth sports organizations have been notified of the curfew: Pembroke Youth Lacrosse, Pembroke Basketball, Pembroke Baseball, Pembroke Football, Pembroke Women’s Softball and Pembroke Girls Softball.
 
 

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