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A Center Street woman was killed just a few miles from her home when a driver, who may have been under the influence of drugs and alcohol, crossed into her lane on Barker Street early Saturday evening.

Elizabetth Oldrid, 47, of Center Street was pronounced dead at the scene of the crash, which occurred around 8:20 p.m. on Saturday Sept. 19 on Barker Street/Route 14 near Red Barn Road.

The driver of the second vehicle, Timothy J. George, 32, of Brockton is facing ve-hicular homicide and other charges in the crash.

Elizabetth’s daughter, Al-exandria Oldrid, 17, and a 15-year-old friend also were in the vehicle at the time of the crash and were transported to South Shore Hospital, Pem-broke Fire Captain Michael Hill said. Oldrid was treated and released from South Shore Hospital early this week; her

By Becca Manning, expreSS Staff [email protected]

Concerns about traffic, missing crosswalks and new sidewalks pushing back busi-nesses on an already tight road were among the con-cerns raised at MassHigh-way’s public hearing on the Route 14 corridor project Tuesday night.

Residents got an early look at plans to upgrade the state road that weaves

through the center of town, including minor widening, new sidewalks and drainage improvements.

The $7.4 million proj-ect would be funded under the State Transportation Improvement Program and would be done with 80 per-cent state money and 20 percent federal. The project includes a portion of Route

Local woman killed in crashDriver who hit her charged with vehicular homicide, OUI

A visit with Lt. JennessBy Becca Manning, expreSS Staff

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Russell “Mike” Jenness was recently promot-ed to lieutenant in the

Pembroke Police Department, becoming Police Chief Michael Ohrenberger’s second in com-mand. He talked recently about how he got into the field and how it has changed over the years.

How long have you been with Pembroke Police? I’ve been with Pembroke for 23 years. Five years before that, I was full time with Hanson. I’ll be enter-ing my 29th year [as a police of-ficer]. I was a sergeant for about 10 years.

Why did you decide to go for the lieutenant position? As a police officer, you always want to try to improve the department. When you’re younger, you like

Police Dept. veteran named second in command

Lt. Mike Jenness officially started as Pembroke’s new police lieutenant on Aug. 30. Jenness has worked for the depart-ment for 23 years. Photo by Becca Manning continued on page 2


The quick actions of a 13-year-old baby sitter helped ensure the safety of her charg-es and limit the damage done when a fire broke out at a home on Pine Mill Drive on Monday night.

Deputy Fire Chief George Emanuel commended Meaghan Cooney, 13, for her quick, calm action in the face of an emergency.

“She heard the fire alarm and rather than go looking for the fire, she rounded up the children and sent them over to

Baby sitter saves dayTeen’s quick, calm response to fire kept kids safe

continued on page 9

A teenager baby-sitting at 36 Pine Mill Drive on Monday night was quick to call 9-1-1 when she heard the smoke alarm. Firefighters were able to put out the blaze before it spread from the garage into the main part of the house. Photo by Stephanie Spyropoulos

What’s next for Route 14?MassHighway unveils early plans for streets, sidewalks

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to be involved with the calls. As you get older, you start saying, hey, there are different ways to improve our job. I think I have a good idea, but I’ve got to get into that position to be able to try some of the ideas. So that’s why I want to go more into administration. I want to be involved in making decisions and setting directions for where the department is going.

What are your duties as lieutenant? I’m going to be overseeing the day-to-day opera-tions. That involves assisting the shift com-manders, looking at some of the concerns of the department such as any juvenile crimes, traffic problems, break-ins at businesses, the everyday emergency calls that we go on. I’ll be oversee-ing them and the chief will be doing the admin-istrative aspect of the department.

How did you first get into police work? When I went to Northeastern, I was a criminal justice major and I was thinking of going into corrections. While at Northeastern, I worked in several juvenile detention centers and then, speaking to other people and meeting people involved in the law enforcement field, I tested to become a police officer and got into that field and liked it very much.

Have you seen a change in the calls that you’re getting? It has changed so much, the volume, the seriousness of calls. Calls we would get maybe once or twice a year 15 years ago, now we’re getting a couple times a month. Heroin was so rare back then; now it’s very commonplace. Traffic is up — 24 hours a day, something’s going on. Also, the laws have changed so that you have to be much more aware, spend time learning all the laws, and be-ing more prepared legally on what you can do.

What are Pembroke’s big crime issues? I think we have drug and alcohol problems, both adult and juvenile. We have domestic violence — it’s not unique to Pembroke, but it’s kind of a national problem and we’re no exception to it. We do a good job of maintaining control, but there’s always a risk of the victim or the po-lice officer getting hurt. We’re always updating the policies and procedures and how to handle those calls. With all the businesses now up on the other end of town, we’re also drawing a larger volume of people who come to Pembroke because they need certain items, so now we’re getting more diverse groups— people who are coming to get good deals and people who are coming to steal them.

Now with a lot of budget constraints and services that aren’t provided anymore, people don’t know who to go to and we’re finding that the police have to do a lot of the service calls. It may not be a criminal problem but a civil prob-lem or a neighborhood thing, but we can work outside the box and see how we can resolve it and keep everybody happy. You still have your traffic calls, your investigations, drugs, alcohol, car crashes, but now you also have people with legitimate community concerns that have no re-

source other than the police, so we have to put on another hat. And where that was about 10 percent of the calls before, now it’s up in the 50 percent area. It’s become quite a bit, because we’re a 24-hour agency.

Have officers had to go through special training to handle these types of calls? We’re very community oriented. We want to be ap-proachable. We’ve been through in-services on how to provide more and different services for the community. There’s been a lot of training in how the police handle situations involving someone with a mental disability [for example]. That’s become another aspect of our job that we have to be aware of. So it is always growing.

What’s your role with the Old Colony Special Operations Group? I’m the tactical commander of this regional SWAT team, which involves Duxbury, Kingston, Pembroke, Hali-fax, Whitman and Plympton with the sheriff’s office. Twenty-five years ago, we never even thought that we would need something like this. We do tactical training all the time now. We’re prepared for a major incident. If we had a shoot-ing or a hostage situation, we have a tactical team including negotiators that could respond within 30 minutes. Before, we had to depend on the state and it might be several hours because they were coming from all over the state. We can be ready to go very quickly. You can’t just sit around and wait like you used to, because people might be getting hurt.

Will it be tough to balance that role with your new job as lieutenant? They are similar, and I’m not the person going through the front door. I am at the command post, advising and helping with the plan and the assessment. As lieutenant, unless I’m really needed, I’m not re-sponding to the everyday calls. I’m part of the management that would figure out what’s the best way to attack these problems. You get too old to be charging through the doors. [laughs] That’s for the young guys; they like that.

A visit with Lt. Jennesscontinued from page one

Pembroke Police Lt. Mike Jenness is also tactical commander of the Old Colony Special Operations Group. Photo by Becca Manning

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Pembroke will keep its veterans agent in town, select-men agreed Monday.

The board voted 4-0 in fa-vor of hiring a replacement for Veterans’ Agent Bob McKen-na, who retired Sept. 1. Select-man Bill Boulter was absent.

Selectman Don Anderson, who has not supported replac-ing positions because the town is under a hiring freeze, said he felt the hire was necessary.

“The town does support its veterans and active military personnel,” Anderson said.

Board chairman Arthur Boyle appointed Anderson and Selectman Dan Trabucco to work with the town admin-istrator to interview candidates for the job. They will bring fi-nal candidates before the rest of the board in two weeks.

Boyle also wanted to see an updated job description for the veterans’ agent.

The board also accepted the resignation of Tony Shaw from the Affordable Housing Committee, approved a sign permit for Zanelli Cabinet and met in executive session to discuss contract negotiations.

At the end of the meeting,

Selectman Lew Stone suggest-ed the board invite the Depart-ment of Public Works com-missioners to discuss plans for maintaining town water tanks. Stone pointed to several water problems over the past year, with various causes, and said he thought selectmen should know what the water depart-ment’s needs were.

“I think the quality of our

water is one of the most im-portant things that we have in town, and I think we need to get involved with protect-ing the quality of that water,” Stone concluded.

The board’s next regular meeting will be on Monday, Sept. 28 at 6:30 p.m. at Town Hall. A cash management meeting will be held on Tues-day, Sept. 29 at 7 p.m.

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Veterans’ agent to staySelectmen interviewing candidates to fill position

Thomas J. (TJ) Pugliese of Misty Meadow Road was appointed to the Advisory Committee on Monday. Pugliese is co-owner of Cafe Eléganza on Columbia Road. The appointment was made jointly by Board of Selectmen chairman Arthur Boyle and Advisory chairman Matthew McNeilly. Pugliese, whose term will expire in June 2012, will fill the seat vacated by longtime chairman Stephen Curley.TJ Pugliese

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Town Clerk Mary Ann Smith reminds Pembroke resi-dents of the following upcom-ing dates and deadlines:

The last day to register to vote in the fall Special Town Meeting is Friday, Oct. 23. The town clerk’s office will be open until 8 p.m. that day.

Fall Special Town Meeting will be held on Tuesday, Nov. 3 at 7:30 p.m., in the auditori-um of Pembroke High School, 80 Learning Lane.

The warrant was closed this week, on Sept. 23.

A special election has been set to fill the vacant seat in U.S. Congress left by the death of Sen. Ted Kennedy. The state primary will be held Tuesday, Dec. 8. Polls will be open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.

The last day to register to vote in the primary is Nov. 18. The town clerk’s office will be open from 8:30 a.m. to 8 p.m., for voter registration only.

The state election will be held on Tuesday, Jan. 19. The last day to register to vote in this election is Dec. 30. The town clerk’s office will be open from 8:30 a.m. to 8 p.m., for voter registration only.

For information, stop by the town clerk’s office in Town Hall or call 781-293-7211.

Election, meeting deadlines


Man charged with carrying gun while intoxicated

A Pembroke man who called police to re-port that his handgun had been confiscated by bouncers at a Marshfield restaurant has been charged with carrying a firearm while intoxi-cated.

Brett A. Kime, 28, of Pembroke Woods Drive is due to be arraigned on the charge on Oct. 6 in Plymouth District Court.

Kime called Pembroke police on June 26 around 3:10 a.m. to report that two bouncers at HaNaBi Restaurant in Marshfield had frisked him and taken his .40-caliber Smith and Wes-son handgun, according to reports. Police went to his apartment and questioned Kime, who allegedly repeated the story and said he had walked home from the restaurant. Police re-ported he seemed “very intoxicated.”

Officers returned the following day to ques-tion Kime again, but Kime reportedly said the prior day’s events were “hazy” and that he did not remember giving his gun to the bouncers.

Police continued investigating in an effort to locate the missing gun, including question-ing HaNaBi employees and reviewing surveil-lance video from the restaurant.

Officers eventually found the gun in a hol-ster half covered in brush near the restaurant parking lot. One of the bouncers told police that Kime had sat on a guardrail on the edge of the parking lot while waiting for a cab to drive

him home and that at one point he had fallen into the bushes.

Kime is being summonsed on the charge.

Probation given for heroin charge

A Marshfield man arrested in Pembroke for speeding admitted to heroin possession last week and was given six months of probation.

Corey M. Niland, 26, of Marshfield was pulled over on Nov. 25, 2008 on Oak Street af-ter police allegedly clocked him going 45 miles per hour in a 35 mph zone. Niland reportedly consented to a search of his vehicle after the officer suspected drug activity, and heroin was found.

Niland was cited for speeding and sum-monsed to appear in Plymouth District Court for possession of a Class A drug.

On Sept. 17, he admitted to the charge and was fined $50. His case was continued without a finding until March 17, 2010. He was found not responsible for the speeding citation.

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fRiDAY, sePt. 1110:30 a.m. Caller reported

animal complaint on Allen St. 11:02 a.m. Caller reported

suspicious activity on Riverside Drive.

12:49 p.m. Caller reported vehicle complaint on Center St.

1:15 p.m. Caller reported vehicle crash with damage over $1,000 on Church St.

2:35 p.m. Caller reported lar-ceny on Learning Lane.

3:55 p.m. Caller reported vehicle crash with damage over $1,000 on Center St.

4:28 p.m. Caller reported sus-picious activity on Dwelley St.

5:11 p.m. Caller reported ve-hicle crash with injury on Center Street.

7:08 p.m. Caller reported do-mestic incident on Dwelley St.

7:22 p.m. Caller reported shoplifting on Church St.

sAtuRDAY, sePt. 121:25 a.m. Caller reported an-

noying phone calls on W. Elm St.5:30 a.m. Caller reported

noise complaint on Taylor St.8:05 a.m. Caller reported ve-

hicle crash with injury on Church Street.

1:38 p.m. Caller reported fire incident on Hamilton Drive. Fire department notified.

2:05 p.m. Caller reported ani-mal complaint on Littles Ave.

3:23 p.m. Caller reported vehicle crash with damage under $1,000 on Church St.

4:45 p.m. Caller reported vehicle crash with damage over $1,000 at the intersection of Mountain Ave. and Center St.

8:00 p.m. Caller reported an-noying phone calls on Yale Rd.

8:17 p.m. Police received abandoned 9-1-1 call from home on Mattakeesett St. Police ar-rested 15-year-old juvenile male for assault and battery and mali-cious destruction of property un-der $250.

10:20 p.m. Caller reported threatening on Pembroke Woods Drive. Police arrested Joel D. Gray, 20, of Marshfield for felony breaking and entering and assault with a dangerous weapon.

suNDAY, sePt. 1312:15 a.m. Caller reported

suspicious activity on Mattakee-sett Street.

10:31 a.m. Caller reported trash complaint on Schoosett St.

12:13 p.m. Caller reported vehicle break-in on Schoosett St.

2:29 p.m. Caller made citizen complaint on Indian Trail. Police dispersed gathering.

5:25 p.m. Caller reported lar-ceny on Center St.

6:08 p.m. Caller reported ve-hicle crash with injury on Church Street.

9:42 p.m. Caller reported disturbance on Pembroke Woods Drive.

MoNDAY, sePt. 146:51 a.m. Caller reported

vehicle crash with damage over $1,000 on Church St.

7:23 a.m. Caller reported hit and run vehicle crash on Cynthia Avenue.

9:16 a.m. Caller reported vehicle crash with damage over $1,000 on Mattakeesett St.

12:48 p.m. Caller reported vehicle crash with damage over $1,000 on Wampatuck St.

1:45 p.m. Caller reported van-dalism at home on Oldham St.

2:29 p.m. Caller reported sus-picious activity on Bonney St.

10:15 p.m. Caller reported vehicle crash with damage over $1,000 on Washington St.

11:12 p.m. Caller reported suspicious activity on Corporate Park Drive.

11:19 p.m. Caller reported suspicious activity on Oldham St.

tuesDAY, sePt. 1510:12 a.m. Caller reported

break-in at home on Center St.1:25 p.m. Caller reported dis-

turbance on High St.3:16 p.m. Caller reported

vehicle crash with damage over $1,000 on Church St.

WeDNesDAY, sePt. 167:13 a.m. Caller reported ve-

hicle crash with damage under $1,000 on School St.

11:36 a.m. Police arrested Marianne Kaufman, 48, of Marsh-field, on Washington St., on three default warrants.

1:00 p.m. Caller reported dog complaint on Harvard St.

3:12 p.m. Caller reported dis-turbance on Church St. Individual transported to hospital.

3:19 p.m. Caller reported vehicle crash with damage over $1,000 at intersection of Oldham and Center streets.

6:33 p.m. Caller reported fire incident on Mountain Ash Lane. Fire department notified.

tHuRsDAY, sePt. 1712:02 a.m. Caller reported

disturbance on Mill St.2:15 a.m. Caller reported

noise complaint on Washington St. Police restored peace.

12:09 p.m. Caller reported vehicle crash with damage over $1,000 on Church St.

1:29 p.m. Caller reported vehicle crash with damage under $1,000 on Church St.

7:24 p.m. Caller reported van-dalism on Old Oak St.

8:22 p.m. Caller reported noise complaint on Mira Mesa Drive.

9:36 p.m. Caller reported sus-picious activity on Glenwood Rd. Police dispersed gathering.

9:44 p.m. Caller reported vehicle crash with damage under $1,000 on Washington and Water streets.

The Pembroke Board of Assessors is now accepting applications for fiscal year 2010 real estate exemptions. The qualification date is July 1, 2009. The filing deadline is March 31, 2010.

The following exemptions are available:• Persons over 65 years of age, $1,000

off: Clause 41C — if annual income is less than $19,330 (single person) or $23,173 (mar-ried couple), and the value of your assets, ex-cluding your home, is less than $39,041 (sin-gle person) or $41,830 (married couple).

• Surviving spouse or persons over 70 years of age or minors of deceased par-ents, $247.54 off: Clause 17D — There is no limit on income, but the value of your as-sets, excluding your home, must not exceed $55,785.

• Disabled veterans, $400 off: Clause 22 – At least 10 percent disabled as determined by the Veterans Administration. Purple Heart

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• Blind persons, $500 off: Clause 37A – Persons must be registered with the Mas-sachusetts Commission for the Blind, and fur-nish an up-to-date certificate.

The assessors also will be accepting appli-cations from low or moderate income persons who wish to file for the Community Preservation Act exemption.

All exemption forms are available at the assessors’ office in the Town Hall. For additional information, call the office at 781-293-2393.

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friend remained at Brigham And Women’s Hospital.

According to police re-ports, George was traveling eastbound on Barker Street/Route 14 and crossed into the westbound lane to pass two cars in a “no passing” zone when he struck the oncoming vehicle. Police estimated his speed at about 70 miles per hour in a 45 mph zone.

George was found to have an unconfirmed Class B drug on his person, Police Lt. Mike Jenness said. George was transported to South Shore Hospital for minor injuries and later released into police custody.

“Because of his erratic op-eration and that Class B drug that was found with him, he may have been operating un-der the influence of drugs and alcohol,” Jenness said. “We have to wait for the reports to come back on that.”

George pled not guilty on Monday in Plymouth District Court to two charges of mo-tor vehicle homicide while operating under the influence of drugs and alcohol, respec-tively, OUI liquor with serious injury, OUI drugs with seri-ous injury, Class B drug pos-session, negligent operation, passing violation and speed-ing.

He was being held on $20,000 cash bail in Plymouth County House of Corrections as of Tuesday afternoon and is due back in court on Oct. 19 for a pretrial hearing.

Neighbors on Red Barn Road and Lily’s Way said the impact of the Saturday evening crash shook their houses hun-dreds of feet from the scene.

Sue Bally called 9-1-1 af-ter her husband Dave shouted to her, as he ran with a fire extinguisher in his hands to-ward Barker Street. Bally later learned that her husband, a physical therapist, emptied the extinguisher on one of the ve-hicles that was smoking while

two victims were still inside.Dave Bally reportedly

tried to check for a pulse on the female driver, Elizabetth Oldrid, whom Hill confirmed was dead at the scene. She had to be freed from the wreckage with the Jaws of Life.

Sue Bally helped Oldrid’s daughter call family as they sat by the roadside awaiting word on her mother’s condition.

“Another woman was two cars behind the accident and she sat with us to comfort the girl. I think she was in shock,” added Sue Bally, who was visibly distraught over the accident. “We sat and tried to console her. I had trouble sleeping, I was so upset.”

Greg Troiano of Lily’s Way heard something simi-lar to an explosion and went outside to investigate. He and his wife, Beth, walked up to the scene, with the end of Red Barn Road completely blocked by cars, emergency personnel and debris.

Traffic was diverted for nearly four hours during photo reconstruction by state police as both sides of Route 53 were closed to the Route 14 intersection and at High Street to all movement.

Funeral services for Eliza-betth Oldrid are scheduled for this weekend. See page 15 for the full obituary.

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A wooden cross on the edge of Barker Street marks the site where a two-car crash killed a local woman on Saturday evening.

Woman killed in car crashcontinued from page one

Club softball team starting upThe Bay State Blizzard, a new club softball team on the

South Shore, is looking for U12 and U14 fast pitch softball players. The Blizzard will be holding tryouts on Saturday, Oct. 3, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at The Conley School in Whit-man. For more information, go to blizzardsoftball.com or e-mail [email protected].

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Some people know how to ➢have fun. Dan Lenyo and wife Leona Roach had a night out on the town last Saturday starting with dinner at the Winery. After dinner, they were off to the Pem-broke Country Club for Comedy Night. They were able to laugh the night away with comics Paul Gilligan, Bob Seibel and head-liner Paul D’Angelo on stage.

Someone had a birthday on ➢the 24th, and it’s a big one! John Chase has been celebrating for a few weeks now and plans to continue celebrating quietly for a couple more. As part of his cel-ebration, on the 19th, John par-ticipated in Tivoli Day, a street fair in Oak Bluffs, Martha’s Vineyard, where he has a sum-mer home. Although he had to work on his actual birthday, he is making time over the week-end to go out to dinner with his family. John is planning another weekend on the Vineyard to view the foliage, which is made up mostly of subdued colors from the sugar maples located there. You’ll have to ask John how old he is, but I can tell you he keeps in shape by riding his bicycle to and from work at Jor-dan Hospital a few days a week when the weather is good.

Is anyone looking for a ➢job? Tori Harrison Farr, store manager of Kohl’s in Pembroke,

would like the people around town to know that the Pembroke Kohl’s has several openings available at the present time. Kohl’s is having a job fair on Tuesday, Sept. 29, from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. at their Pembroke lo-cation. The positions available are only at the Pembroke store.

Members of The Mattakee- ➢sett Garden Club of Pembroke

had their first meeting of the season on Sept. 15. Each mem-ber wrote three things about themselves on an index card. The cards were put into a bas-ket and everyone drew a card and read it. The audience had to guess which member they were reading about. Here are some interesting facts about some of the members: Virginia Mullen had hair down to her waist when she was a teenager; Tracey Stewart had a book published in 2003. She writes science fic-tion; Kay Kellen played three different instruments in high school; Lolita Holbert lives on the water and lives to go on her annual cruise; Pam Carey’s favorite thing to do is to go fish-ing; and Sheila Stockbridge once sang on stage at Sympho-ny Hall in Boston. For the rest of their story, you will have to ask those listed above.

I have been to three Red Sox games this season — one in July when they played Oakland and they won

5-4. The second was in August when they lost to Detroit. The third game, on Sept. 16, they played the Angels and won 9-8 in the last inning. There is al-ways something special and exciting about being at Fenway Park for a ball game and being able to relish one of those Fenway franks! And now let’s see what’s going on around town.

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PEMBROKE IN P-TOWN: During a July trip to Provincetown, Preston and Avery Hatch climbed to the top of the Provincetown Monument, stopping for a photo op under the “Pembroke” tile.

PRESCHOOL, DAY ONE: Shawn Malone, 4, Mikayla Farley, 4, and Nathan McPhail, 3, stop for a quick picture at the First Church in Pembroke before heading to their first day of preschool at Community Nursery Kindergarten on Sept. 15.

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Dana Crovo ➢ , a 2009 Pembroke High School graduate, graduated from basic military training at Lack-land Air Force Base in San Antonio, Texas on Aug. 7. He is attending tech school at Lackland and training with security forces. He is scheduled to come home in late November and will be stationed at Spangdahlem Air Base in Germany by Dec. 31. Dana is the son of Kim Dacey and the sister of Rachael Crovo, a junior at Pembroke High School.

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you looked on Sunday there were weeds and more weeds; the water was almost unfishable. Tuna fishing has been on and off

as of late, mostly off because of the bad weather. On Sunday, I fished with Captain Tom Libertini on his boat, Family Jules. We fished for tuna at the southwest corner of Stellwagen. With the weeds out of control, we headed for the southeast corner of the Bank. Here we saw tuna jumping, but too many

weeds to run squid bars. The captain changed the game plan and we headed northeast to the Cod Grounds. At the Rock Pile and a few other hot spots, we caught many cod and haddock, along with some wolf fish and whiting. Most of the cod were throwbacks, but the crew still had plenty of keepers.

Most of the area east of Stellwagen in the deep water is pretty good for cod and haddock with some pollack mixed in and an occasional wolf fish. You can find these fish in 200 feet of water. Most of the fish are coming on butterfly jigs — purple in color. Near the double Ls and the B E Buoy, you’ll find lots of sharks, porbeagles and makos. On the western edge of Stellwagen, there are some smaller bluefins at 44 to 49 inches, chasing halfbeaks and peanut bunker. On the backside beaches near the old Coast Guard station out in 150 feet of water, there are some smaller bluefins, also at 45 to 50 inches. These fish can be caught on squid bars (best colors are all black or butterscotch). Also, Slug-go’s daisy chains are working. Back inside in 20 to 40 feet of water, there are some keeper bass being caught on wire line jig-ging. The fish are in the 12- to 20-pound range. There are some 8- to 10-pounders mixed in as well.

At the Race at Provincetown, wire line jigging is your best bet to get some nice bass at 12 to 25 pounds, with some larger fish at times. The same holds true for the Bath House and Shank Painters Ledge. As you cross the bay headed toward Duxbury and Plymouth, you’ll see plenty of tuna feeding on schools of bunker. The Plymouth-Duxbury Bay area has been slow, but there are some nice bass being taken on live pogies if you can find any. At the jetties in Green Harbor near Burke’s Beach, there are some keeper bass holding bait tight against the beach and jetty. Most any top water plug was working well.

At the mouth of the North River and off First through Fourth Cliffs in shallow water (10 to 15 feet) with small um-brella rigs (with black worms), there are some keeper bass up to 25 pounds. In the river itself, there are mostly small schoolie size bass and very few bluefish. Three to four miles off shore, there are schools of 45- to 48-inch bluefins chasing schools of peanut bunker. If you can get by the dog fish, there are some just keeper size cod off the ledges.

Got a fish tale to share? Send local fishing news, tidbits and photos to Skip Cornell at [email protected].

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Sid Schultz of Marshfield holds up a nice bluefin tuna caught aboard the Suzi Q recently.

Fundraiser planned for local family

Friends of the O’Melia family are planning a fundraiser on Saturday, Oct. 24 from 7-11 p.m. at the Pembroke Knights of Columbus Hall. Mike and Janet O’Melia and their sons Taylor and Nick lost their home and its contents in a fire on Aug. 23.

A buffet-style dinner will be served, and entertainment will be provided by PJ the DJ. There will also be great raffles. Tickets cost $20 per person and can be purchased at the door or by calling Barbara Gill at 781-826-3227, Lauren Fabrizio at 781-789-9748, Christine Tedesco at 781-826-8302 or Carol or Dawn at 781-331-3860.

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Grade 10 – Science & Tech Advanced 11 17 23 17 19 21 15 15 Proficient 58 57 62 62 48 55 68 50 Needs Improvement 26 24 15 21 32 21 17 32 Warning/Failing 6 2 0 1 1 4 0 2

Grade 8 – ELA Advanced 10 13 33 21 16 37 21 25 Proficient 70 73 62 73 70 55 75 63 Needs Improvement 18 11 5 5 10 5 4 9 Warning/Failing 3 3 1 1 3 3 0 3 Grade 8 – Math Advanced 17 23 35 26 23 25 25 26 Proficient 40 41 38 39 33 40 40 30 Needs Improvement 29 27 22 27 27 28 23 23 Warning/Failing 14 9 4 9 17 7 12 20

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Superintendent Frank Hackett called Pembroke’s 2009 MCAS scores “encourag-ing” and said they showed the district’s positive growth over the past few years.

“Overall, I think there’s some good stories in there,” Hackett said.

The statewide results of the spring 2009 Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System tests, released last week, show an overall increase in students who scored profi-cient or higher on most of the seven grade-level tests.

In high school, students must pass the Grade 10 Eng-lish language arts, mathemat-ics, and science and technology tests in order to graduate.

In Pembroke, 86 percent of 10th graders achieved profi-cient or advanced on their Eng-lish language arts tests, versus 79 percent last year. The dis-trict saw similar increases on the math and science tests.

The students who did not pass one or more 10th grade tests will receive extra instruc-tion to ensure they do pass in time to graduate, Pembroke High School Principal Ruth Lynch said.

“Since we’ve opened, we’ve had 100 percent of our students reach the requirements in order to earn a diploma,” Lynch said.

Because there are differ-ent students sitting for the tests each year, and the tests them-selves are different, score vari-ations from year to year don’t

necessarily reflect how the dis-trict is doing, Hackett said.

But an upward trend over time is positive, he added.

“It’s always good when you start to see growth patterns and you see three to four years of steady increases,” he said. “If the MCAS is based on the Mas-sachusetts Curriculum Frame-works, then the more closely aligned your curriculum is to those frameworks, the better your students are going to do.”

The district has been work-ing for about two years to up-date its curriculum — making sure lessons reflect national and state standards and that students are receiving an equal education across school build-ings and grades.

“The MCAS scores cer-tainly reflect where the district is going, because each year we’re making steady prog-ress,” Lynch said. “I want us to work hard so that our scores are even higher in the next couple of years, and we’re not waiting until 2014.”

Though schools used to fo-cus on not having students fail, now the focus is on having stu-dents in the top two categories of “proficient” and “advanced,” Lynch said. The ultimate goal, set by the federal No Child Left Behind Act, is to have all stu-dents at advanced or proficient by 2014.

Progress toward that federal goal is measured on the MCAS by adequate yearly progress, or AYP. MCAS reports divide stu-dents into certain subgroups, such as special education or by ethnicity, to reflect AYP.

In Pembroke, MCAS re-sults show the district is “on target,” although special edu-cation and low income groups did not meet AYP in certain subjects.

Hackett said he had mixed feelings about AYP as a way of measuring achievement.

“AYP has provided a lot of important changes within schools, but I think there’s some unintended consequences along the way,” he said. “I worry that it changes the curriculum in a way that tries to guarantee pro-ficiency versus guaranteeing a high level of quality.”

In building Pembroke’s curriculum, teachers and ad-ministrators worked backward from advanced placement lev-el, Hackett said.

“We said, what does an ad-vanced placement student look like and what do those stan-dards look like, and how do we give all students the opportuni-ty to be exposed to that level of programming along the way?” he said.

Pembroke also has made re-cent strides on advanced place-ment (AP) test scores, Hackett said. The district jumped from an average score for all AP ex-ams of 2.63 out of 5 in 2008 to 3.20 out of 5 in 2009.

Because the AP test is part of a national curriculum, the scores provide important data for the high school, Hackett said.

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Cooney then waited with the three children on a neigh-bor’s porch, Emanuel said.

The call came in around 6:50 p.m. on Monday, Sept. 21. When Pembroke firefight-ers arrived at 36 Pine Mill Drive, the home’s two-car ga-rage was “heavily involved,” and firefighters worked quick-ly to keep the flames from ad-vancing into the main part of the house, Emanuel said.

Officials believe the fire was accidental and started somewhere in the garage, Emanuel said. The fire is un-der investigation.

The blaze gutted the ga-rage and had worked its way up into the attic over the garage and into the breezeway be-tween the garage and the main

house, but firefighters man-aged to keep the flames from spreading, Emanuel said.

“It did get into the attic and was starting to burn through the walls, but there was very little [fire] damage done to the house itself,” he said.

The main part of the home was damaged by smoke and water and is currently unin-habitable, he said.

Two vehicles parked in front of the garage also were damaged in the blaze. One ve-hicle was starting to burn and firefighters had to quickly put it out as well, and the other ve-hicle had heat damage — blis-tering paint and a cracked windshield, Emanuel said.

Led by Capt. Peter Ta-gliente, firefighters put out the fire in about half an hour, Emanuel said. Duxbury Fire provided assistance by cover-ing the station.

“The guys worked very quickly and got this thing down,” Emanuel said.

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Firefighters work at the scene of a blaze that broke out in the garage of a Pine Mill Road home on Monday night.

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farmers Market meetingThere will be a meeting on Tuesday,

Sept. 29 at 7 p.m. at Town Hall for people interested in participating as vendors and volunteers for the Pem-broke Farmers Market. Anyone who would like to offer some insight into what they would like to see included in a farmers market in town is also invited to attend and offer input. For more informa-tion, visit pembrokefarmersmarket.org or call Matt York at 781-953-6177.


Friday, Sept. 25Council on Aging Activities. Line dancing class, 9:15-10:15 a.m.; card crafting class, 10:30 a.m. (cost is $2 per class); games, 12:30-3 p.m.; weaving and spinning class, 1 p.m. For information, call 781-294-8220.

WWE Wrestling Event. 7:30 p.m., at community center. Featuring Afa Anoa’i Jr., a.k.a. “Manu” from “The Legacy,” Dangerous Danny Davis and new champ Anthony Prime Time. Doors open at 6:30 p.m.; bell time at 7:30 p.m. Admission is $15. Tickets can be purchased at 7-Eleven, Candy Jar, Pudding Book Pantry and at the recreation office as well as at the door. For information, call 781-293-3249.

Saturday, Sept. 26Yard Sale Fundraiser. 9 a.m.-3 p.m., on Town Green. Proceeds benefit Foster Parrots, a nonprofit group dedicated to the rescue and sanctuary of unwanted and abused captive parrots. For information, visit fosterparrots.com.

Irish Step Dancing Class. 10-11 a.m., at Pembroke community center, 128 Center St. Children in preschool up through high school are invited to join a local class taught by instructors from The Forbes School of Irish Step Dancing in Quincy. Call AnnMarie Hanley at 781-293-6543.

Little Gym Open House. 1:30-4 p.m., at The Little Gym of Pembroke, in the Christmas Tree Shop plaza on Route 139. The gym will be open for a free family fun day complete with DJ, bubble man, free crafts, family activities and giveaways. For information, call Elisha Saucier at 781-826-2006.

Hot Pink Community Event. 7 p.m., at Oliveira’s Restaurant on Center Street. Presented by the Pembroke Lunch Bunch, the event will include raffles, prizes, music and more.

Admission is free. For information, call Nadine at 781-293-3471 or Heather at 781-293-1224.

Sunday, Sept. 27NRA Day/Family Open House. 9:30 a.m.-2 p.m., at Old Colony Sportsmen’s Association, 159 Forest St., Pembroke. Receive a firearms safety lesson and view a presentation of the Eddie Eagle GunSafe program before touring the club and taking part in shooting activities. Instructors will coach attendees through shooting trap, muzzleloaders and rifles. Archery and primitive shooting demonstrations. Free and open to entire family. First 75 youth will receive a T-shirt and a free lunch. All equipment and supplies will be provided, but attendees are encouraged to bring their own eye and ear protection. To register or learn more about this event, call George Wilson at 781-871-0003.

Monday, Sept. 28Fall Story Time. 10:30 a.m., at Pembroke Public Library. Second session at 3:15 p.m. Ages 2-5 can enjoy stories, songs and craft. Registration required. Call 781-293-6771 or visit the library for information.

Teen Book Club Meeting. 4:30 p.m., at Pembroke Public Library. Group is discussing “Paper Towns” by John Green. Open to new members. Call 781-293-6771 or visit the library for information.

Youth Hockey Sign-ups. 6-8 p.m., at the bingo hall in the community center. Sign up for learn-to-skate and instructional hockey through Pembroke Youth Hockey. For information, call Joe DiPrizio at 781-294-7110 or e-mail him at [email protected].

Board of Selectmen Meeting. 6:30 p.m., at Town Hall. A public hearing on the location of the town skate park will be held at 7:45 p.m.

Board of Health Meeting. 6:30 p.m., at Town Hall.

Zoning Board of Appeals Meeting. 7 p.m., at Town Hall.

Film Festival Series @ Library. 7 p.m., at Pembroke Public Library. Watch “MUNYUNRANGABO,” winner at Cannes, Toronto, Berlin and other film festivals. Film is in Kinyarwanda language with English subtitles. Free program. For information, call the library at 781-293-6771.

Conservation Commission Meeting. 7:30 p.m., at Town Hall.

Planning Board Meeting. 7:30 p.m., at Town Hall.

tueSday, Sept. 29Sit 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.

Newcomers Meeting. 10:30 a.m., at The Wellness Community South Shore, 273 Hanover St./Route 139, Hanover. Support group for people with cancer held every Tuesday. To

register, call Pam at 781-829-4823 or e-mail [email protected].

Fall Storytime. 10:30 a.m., at Pembroke Public Library. Ages 2-5 invited for stories and songs followed by craft. Registration required. Stop by youth services desk or call 781-293-6771.

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.

Youth Yoga. 4-4:45 p.m., at Hanson Holistic Center, 156 Liberty St., Hanson. Yoga for ages 4-7. Learn basic poses using stretching and breathing techniques combined with games, stories, songs and affirmations. $10 per class. For information or to register, call certified instructor Becky Paul at 781-293-2447.

Farmers Market Meeting. 7 p.m., at Town Hall. Prospective

vendors and volunteers interesting in participating in Pembroke Farmers Market invited to come and provide input. For information, visit pembrokefarmersmarket.org or call Matt York at 781-953-6177.

WedneSday, Sept. 30Dull Men’s Group Meeting. 10 a.m., at senior center. Call 781-294-8220 for information.

Yoga Class. 10 a.m., at Pembroke Public Library. Fourth and final class in a series led by Barbara Ward and Brooke Stanton of the Yoga Connection in Plymouth. $35 for members of the Friends of the Library; all others pay $45. Call 781-293-6771 for information.

Baby Lap Sit. 10:30 a.m., at Pembroke Public Library. Weekly story time with music and fingerplays to stimulate literacy interaction with ages 6-24 months. No registration required.

Dollar Day Luncheon. 11 a.m., at Council on Aging building. Charlene Allen will entertain. The movie “Australia” will be shown after lunch. Call 781-294-8220 to reserve a spot or arrange transportation.

thurSday, oct. 1Yoga Class. 6 p.m., at Pembroke Public Library. Fourth and final class in a series led by Barbara Ward and Brooke Stanton of the Yoga Connection in Plymouth. $35 for members of the Friends of the Library; all others pay $45. Call 781-293-6771 for information.

upcoMingHomecoming Football Game. Fri., Oct. 2. 7 p.m., at Pembroke High School turf field.

Community Blood Drive. Sat., Oct. 3. 9 a.m.-2 p.m., at First Church. Call 1-800-GIVE-LIFE to schedule an appointment. Sponsored by the American Red Cross.

Friends of the Council on Aging Craft Fair. Sat., Oct. 3. 9:30 a.m.-3 p.m., at the senior center, 144 Center St. Free admission. Call 781-294-8220 in advance for transportation.

Honey Extraction Demo. Sat., Oct. 3. 10 a.m.-4 p.m., at 267 High Street, Hanson. The Plymouth County Beekeepers Association will demonstrate the honey extraction process from hive to jar. For information, call John Phillips at 781-293-2297.

Bay State Blizzard Softball Tryouts. Sat., Oct. 3. 11 a.m.-3 p.m., at The Conley School in Whitman. New club softball team on the South Shore looking for U12 and U14 fast pitch softball players. For information, go to blizzardsoftball.com or e-mail [email protected].

New Library Hours. Sun., Oct. 4. Pembroke Public Library will resume Sunday hours, from noon to 4 p.m. For information, call the library at 781-293-6771.

Blackstone Trio Concert. Sun., Oct. 4. 4 p.m., at The Art Complex Museum, Alden St., Duxbury. Trio includes mezzo-soprano D’Anna Fortunato, clarinetist Chester Breznia and pianist Malcolm Halliday. Call 781-934-6634 for information.

Benefit Bash. Tues., Oct. 6. 9 a.m.-10 p.m., at Lord & Taylor. in the South Shore Plaza, Braintree. Support the Snug Harbor Community Chorus and other non-profits while shopping. $5 admission tickets includes coupons, a savings pass and opportunity to win great prizes. For information, visit snugharborcc.org.

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Larry Jenkins helps daughters Hannah, 5, and Brenna, 3, with an art project at the Tradewinds Realty Group table as another young artist picks out a marker to complete his masterpiece. Tradewinds was set up at the Herring Run park as part of the Pembroke Chamber of Commerce’s first Community Cookout on Saturday, Sept. 19.

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Seed spitters, pie eaters give their best at Chamber picnic

Martin Dornan holds up his hands in victory after winning first place in the adults’ pie eating contest, as son Isaac, 5, proudly looks on.

Tim Veglas, 12, took first place in the kids’ watermelon seed spitting contest.

Eight-year-old Katrina Price gets ready to launch a seed in the watermelon seed spitting contest.

Joel Sugarman makes a face as he hurries to finish his pie during the adults’ contest. Sugarman came in a close second, but his daughter, Joanna, won first place in the kids’ contest.

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Christian D’Angelo, 7, sends a perfect water balloon toss to part-ner Lincoln Karle, 7 during one of the contests.

Joe Beck, 4 1/2, watches the action going on at the Herring Run park as he gets his fingerprints recorded by Dave Shea of New York Life Insurance Company. New York Life was offering a free child safety program for attendees of the Pembroke Chamber of Commerce’s Community Cookout.


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Seven Pembroke High School stu-dents were selected by the history department to attend the James

Otis Lecture Series on Sept. 17 (Constitution Day) in Boston: juniors Colin McDonald, Robert LaMarre, Michael Cummings, Jake Schissel and Ryan Moran and seniors Laura McConarty and Kathryn Spaulding.

The series is sponsored by the Massachu-setts chapter of the American Board of Trial Advocates, and this year’s lecture focused on: “What is the goal of American justice? Is it to obtain the ‘right’ result in every case? Or is it to provide an equal and fair opportu-nity for everyone to make his case before an

impartial tribunal, even if that tribunal might return a decision that does not seem ‘just’?”

The question was examined through Rob-ert Morris Sr. (1821-82) who was a great law-yer in the Commonwealth’s history and was the second African American to be sworn in as a member of the bar in Massachusetts. He became the first African American to argue before an appellate court in America in which he challenged the segregation of black and white children in elementary schools.

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Bryantville Elementary School sixth graders are back from their annual ad-venture at Nature’s Classroom in Yar-

mouth Port. For many years now, it’s been a tradition that

Pembroke sixth graders attend a week at Nature’s Classroom. Bryantville was the first school to head off on their adventure. Hobomock was in Yarmouth Port this week, and North Pembroke will visit Nature’s Classroom later this fall. The students stay overnight for the week, assisted by parent volunteers.

As part of their Nature’s Classroom expe-rience, the students took a field trip to Coast Guard Beach, which is part of the National Seashore. While there, the students got to see a sea lion and a sand shark. They hiked along the marshes and discussed erosion and sea habitats.

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The Pembroke Lunch Bunch invites the community to think

pink this Saturday.The group’s first Hot Pink

Community Night will be held Saturday, Sept. 26 at 7 p.m. at Oliveira’s Restaurant on Cen-ter Street and will feature mu-sic, raffles and more to benefit the American Cancer Society.

“We’re hoping that it will be an annual event,” Nadine Doucette said of the com-munity night. Doucette is a founding member of the Lunch Bunch, which is made up of Pembroke High School cafeteria employees.

This is the third year that the group will be walking in the Making Strides Against Breast Cancer event in Bos-ton, on Oct. 4.

“Every year, we have a goal: the sky’s the limit,” said Heather Flynn, Lunch Bunch member and breast cancer sur-vivor. “But we really hope to raise more than last year.”

Last year, the Lunch Bunch raised about $1,000 through donation jars at businesses.

Along with the Hot Pink Community Night, the group held a Family Movie Night on the Town Green last Friday. It was free to grab a seat on

the green and watch the film “WALL-E” on a big screen (donated for the night by a Middleboro-based company run by Flynn’s relatives), and the Lunch Bunch collected do-nations and sold refreshments and glow sticks.

Flynn said people could look forward to some ter-rific raffle and silent auction items at this weekend’s event, along with drinks and decora-tions keeping with the “pink” theme. There is no cost for ad-mission.

The day marks a milestone for Flynn, who was diagnosed with breast cancer two years ago on Sept. 26. She is now cancer free and underwent her last chemo treatment in March.

“I feel fantastic,” Flynn said. “If it wasn’t for things like this, I wouldn’t be here.”

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WHAT: Hot Pink Community Night, fundraiser for the American Cancer SocietyWHEN: Sat., Sept. 26, 7 p.m.WHERE: Oliveira’s Restaurant, 300 Center St., PembrokeCOST: FreeFEATURING: Music, raffles, silent auction, drink and appe-tizer specials


As I do every week, I was reading the Opinion page and

found it amusing to read an article by one of my neigh-bors. Boy, is it ironic that she has made it very obvious that she is the one who is oh-so-uninformed and falling into this radical President’s agenda. I will not be conde-scending, ignorant and rude like Ms. Barunas was to Mr. Chilcott. However, I will give her facts because I read the en-tire House bill, HR3200, and it seems some people just cannot understand plain English. I do not need two lawyers to com-prehend it; I can simply read, and I suggest everyone do the same.

Point of fact: George Bush had the lowest unemployment rate in the history of the Unit-ed States during his adminis-tration, 4.5 percent. Granted, he was not perfect, but he had to deal with a financial crisis brought, in part, when the oh-so-wonderful Barney Frank literally and almost single handedly destroyed our econ-omy by letting and demanding that our financial institutions lend money to people that had no means to pay it back and, in many cases, had no jobs — thus bankrupting the finan-cial institutions.

Everyone forgets how this all began with the housing cri-sis. It is not the big bad CEOs

— they are the people that employ us. The CEO of Gen-eral Electric makes billions a year, but that is “all right” be-cause he is on the President’s financial team, even though it has been proven that GE has sold parts to Iran that make up roadside bombs that are kill-ing our troops in Iraq and Af-ghanistan.

When people say that this is President Bush’s fault, I laugh. Everyone forgets that the Dems have had control of the House and Senate for how long? Two-and-a-half years. You did not hear Bush whine like a two-year-old when Clin-ton left him with a country go-ing into a recession. You did not hear him whine when the Twin Towers were knocked down because Clinton did not do his job when the World Trade Center was bombed the first time or the USS Cole was bombed or two U.S. embas-sies were bombed during the Clinton administration. How easy it is to forget that the last Democrat president did not do his job. Maybe we should snuggle up to Iran — you know, the country that has a nuke now. For my neighbor who loves the earth so much, as I do as well (that is exactly what I am trying to defend), maybe we should not have torn down our missile defense shield! Wait till you see what the earth looks like when these

radical countries start lobbing nukes at us, for god’s sake! Wake up, America! Maybe we should just open the doors wide to Guantanamo and let all the terrorists go to Bermu-da or wander aimlessly in the United States, or maybe we should hire a couple of admit-ted Communists to work in the White House. Oh, sorry, those missions are already com-plete.

I would love to ask my neighbor how many charities she has donated to, how many “Habitat for Humanity” hous-es she has helped build and how many years she has spent coaching the wonderful kids in our great baseball organization in Pembroke.

Douglas NelsonWest Fish Street

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It’s not every day that one travels back in time and touches history. I and my loyal four legged companion were on a hike in the woods in the Pembroke Tucker Preserve re-

cently. The trail passed a large granite boulder. When I climbed on top of the rock, I thought I saw something. When I brushed away the moss, I was shocked to find a message from the past neatly chiseled deep in the rock. The message said “1857 J.H. Dwelly.” I was dumbfounded to find a piece of history in the middle of nowhere! Someone back in 1857 had walked the paths next to this rock.

Who was this mystery man? I was intrigued and resolved to find out more. With some help from the people at the Pembroke Public Library and the Internet, I pieced together the puzzle. J.H. Dwelly is most likely James H. Dwelley, who was born in 1839 and lived in Pembroke. The Dwelley family was a promi-nent family in old Pembroke. The rock is a local landmark and is known as the Dwelly Stone. The best way to reach the Dwelly Stone is on State Street in Hanson. Near the small bridge known as Robert S. Hammond Memorial bridge, there is an opening in the woods. The path from the road follows the Indian Head river. As you step over the rocks that cover a stream that dries up in the summer, you pass into Pembroke. The stone is approxi-mately a quarter-mile along the trail.

Paying closer attention, I noticed other historical finds in the woods of Pembroke. As you walk down the path you pass many ancient stone walls. The residents who built these unchanging stone walls died over a hundred years ago. But at one time, these stone walls marked property and had meaning. Nearby is an an-cient stone land bridge over a creek. At one time, the path was important enough to build a bridge. One wonders how long these paths have existed. If you continue on for two miles, the path eventually ends at scenic Luddam Park, which from 1832 to the late 1930s used to be an important rubber factory. One cannot escape the feeling that others were in these woods long before we were. Even in the woods, Pembroke is rich with history!

Gordon RowlinsonDwelley Street

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WHAT IS IT? How well do you know Pembroke? If you can identify the item in 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

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Elizabetth W. (Weeks) Ol-drid, 47, of Pembroke, died Saturday, Sept. 19 in an auto-mobile accident in Pembroke.

Elizabetth was born in Waterbury, Conn. to the late Donald E. and Ann (Feltham) Weeks. She leaves a daugh-ter, Alexandria C. Oldrid of Pembroke; brother, Donald T. Weeks of Tennessee; sister, Catherine Weeks of California; and her beloved Tom Staples of Braintree.

Calling hours will be held

Friday, Sept. 25 from 4-8 p.m. at Shepherd Funeral Home, 7 Mattakeesett St., Pembroke. Family and friends are wel-come to gather at the funeral home on Sat., Sept. 26 at 10 a.m. with a funeral mass to fol-low at 11 a.m. at St. Thecla’s Church, Washington St., Pem-broke. Burial will be private.

Donations can be made to a fund for Alexandria Oldrid payable to: James L. Hickey, CPA PC, 170 Main St., Suite 110, Tewksbury, MA 01876.

elizabetth W. (Weeks) oldrid, 47

Fiona M. (Biggins) Zechel-lo, 40, of Pembroke and for-merly of Milton, died Monday, Sept. 21, at Jordan Hospital in Plymouth after being stricken ill at home.

The daughter of the late William S. and Rose (Healy) Biggins, she was born in Bos-ton on Sept. 25, 1968. She was raised and educated in Milton and was a graduate of Aqui-nas College. Fiona had been employed as a contract admin-istrator for the Massachusetts Water Resource Authority. She was involved in her com-munity and school activities with her daughter.

She leaves her husband,

Nicholas Zechello; her daugh-ter, Ashley Rose Zechello; one sister, Deirdre Biggins of Brat-tleboro, Vt.; and four brothers, Stephen Biggins of Brockton, Kevin Biggins of Duxbury, William Biggins of Rockland and Brendan Biggins of Brain-tree.

Visiting hours will be in the Sullivan Funeral Home, 551 Washington St., Hanover on Sunday, Sept. 27 from 3-7 p.m. A funeral mass will be held on Monday, Sept. 28. at 10:30 a.m. in St. Agatha’s Church, 432 Adams St., Mil-ton. Burial will be in Pem-broke Center Cemetery.

fiona M. (Biggins) Zechello, 40

Joseph J. Sullivan, 83, of East Dennis and formerly of South Weymouth, died Satur-day, Sept. 19, at Life Care of the South Shore in Scituate.

He graduated from Mis-sion High School in Roxbury and lived in Weymouth for many years before moving to E. Dennis. He was a food bro-ker all his life and retired from the former Merkert Enterprises in Canton. He was a Merchant Marines veteran.

He was the husband of Catherine L. (Mulhern) Sulli-van; father of Carol Harmel of Winter Garden, Fla., Stephen Sullivan of Plymouth and

Donna Foley of Pembroke; un-cle of Anne Walls of Hanover; brother of the late Humphrey Sullivan, Anna Sullivan and John Sullivan; grandfather of Kristin, Karen and David Harmel and Derek and Merri Sullivan; and grand-uncle of Jessica and Gregory Walls.

Funeral services were held at the McDonald Funeral Home in South Weymouth on Wednesday, Sept. 23, followed by a funeral mass in Saint Francis Xavier Church, South Weymouth. Visiting hours were held Tuesday, Sept. 22. Burial will be at Saint Francis Xavier Cemetery, Weymouth.

Joseph C. Dzierzyk, 42, of Pembroke, died at the South Shore Hospital in Weymouth on Thursday, Sept. 17 after be-ing stricken ill at home.

The son of the late Stan-ley E. and Shirley A. (Res-tucci) Dzierzyk, he was born in Boston on Aug. 9, 1967. He was raised and educated in Pembroke and was a 1985 graduate of Silver Lake High School. He was a graduate of ITT Tech, Intel School and GM Diesel and was a mem-ber of the IBEW. He had been employed as an auto mechanic at Ricky Smith, had worked at Overhead Door in Plymouth

and Door Control in Randolph and most recently was em-ployed at Intel in Hudson.

He enjoyed fishing, drag racing and boating.

He leaves his wife, Lisa M. (Sawyer) Dzierzyk; one son, Ryan Joseph Dzierzyk; one sister, Lisa M. Cantara and her husband Joseph S. of North Attleboro; and one niece, Kayla Cantara.

Visiting hours were held in the Sullivan Funeral Home in Hanson on Sunday, Sept. 20. Funeral service was held in the funeral home on Mon-day, Sept. 21. Burial will be at Pembroke Center Cemetery.

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Yard Sale BenefitYard sale and bake sale for Foster Parrots LTD. All proceeds to benefit all birds and animals. Sat., Sept. 26, 9-2. Pembroke Town Green, Center Street, Pembroke. Listen to Liz Raven on WATD 95.9 for more details.

Huge Estate/Barn SaleDuxbury. Rt. 14 - 477 West St. Fri., Sept. 25, Sat., Sept. 26, and Sun., Sept. 27, 8 am-4 pm. Contents of antique business with many house additions. Fabulous collections including crystal, china, Imari, antique crocks, sterling, brass sticks, wicker, mahogany pieces, wrought iron garden sets, country cupboard, oriental pots, plants, jewelry, vintage fabric, WW II swords and WW II weapons, stamp collections, original art, prints, antique needlepoint, antique horse buggy parts, silver trays, Staffordshire, rattan furniture, cherry chest, lighting, urns, pedestals, fountains, sleds, Schwinn bicycle built for two, tools, pottery, outdoor furniture, Singer featherweight machine, glass top dining tables, linens, fireplace equipment, Cloisonne, oyster plates, handmade beaded dress and coat with thousands of pearls, quilts, mahogany block front desk, and more. Don’t miss this one! Sorry, no early sales.

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Yard SaleSat. Sept. 26, 8am - 2pm. 39 Meetinghouse Rd., Duxbury. Antique brass bed, like new kids books, ecletic bric-a-brac, women’s designer clothes and accessories, decorator items. Early birds will be caged!

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Carver made the game in-teresting at the end, but the Ti-tans held on to win their home opener 27-21 over the Crusad-ers under the lights at the high school on Friday night.

Pembroke had a 21-0 lead following a Matt Allen touch-down catch in the third quar-ter, but Carver stormed back to cut the lead to six with 3:12 left to play. However, the Ti-tans were able to pick up some key first downs behind run-ning backs Ben Healey and Pat Claflin, allowing them to run out the clock and earn their first win of the season, and the first for new head coach Bob Bancroft.

“It feels good, but it’s the kids’ win,” Bancroft said. “There has been too much focus on the old coach when these kids are trying to set the program right, and I’m really happy for them.”

The Titans drove down the field for two scores in the first half, the first on an end around by Claflin and the second punched in by Healey after a big run by Tyler Morse set the

Titans up on the eight yard line. Meanwhile, the Titan defense, bolstered by captain Bobby Gratzer's return from a knee injury, kept Carver off the scoreboard heading into halftime.

Allen gave the Titans a three-score lead in the third quarter when he caught a 25-yard pass from quarterback Anthony Juliano. While the Titans relied largely on their running backs for offensive production, Bancroft said Ju-liano did a nice job managing the game under center.

“Juliano’s starting to grow up a little bit [as a quarter-back],” he said. “He’s started to calm down, and that’s what we’re hoping for. He’s got talent; he just needs to stay calm.”

The Crusaders got on the board before the end of the quarter on a halfback screen by Owen Moore with 1:22 left. But the Titans answered right back in the fourth quar-ter when Juliano hit sopho-more tight end Dan McCourt over the middle to bring the Titans to the one yard line, where Morse powered the ball through the left side into the end zone with 7:26 left on the clock.

McCourt had two catches in the game on offense while

also having a good game at de-fensive end, and Bancroft said he expects the sophomore to keep maturing on both sides on the football.

“He’s a very good player and he’s worked hard,” Ban-croft said of McCourt. “He’s trying to get better. A lot of kids who’ve had early success don’t try to get better, and he is.”

Just when the Titans looked to be in control, Cru-sader running back Tommy Coyne broke free on the first Carver play from scrimmage for a 65-yard touchdown run. Carver was successful on the two-point conversion to cut the lead to 27-14. The Crusaders then recovered an onside kick and pulled within a touchdown

with 3:12 left to play after a 25-yard touchdown pass.

“They took advantage of stuff we’re not really good at yet, which is the perimeter,” Bancroft said. “We’ve got a lot to do when you give up that many points.”

Carver opted not to try for a second onside kick, instead gambling that they could stop the Titans’ offense from pick-ing up a first down and use their timeouts to stop the clock. Pat Claflin made the Crusaders pay with a 68-yard gain from the Pembroke 37 to the Carver 31, and then picked a game-clinching first down on fourth and three that allowed Juliano to take a knee and run out the clock.

After Pembroke’s running

game was nonexistent in their loss to Hull last week, Ban-croft said the backs did a nice job answering the call against Carver.

“We haven’t been happy with our running backs as a group, but I thought the back-field generally was doing the things we’ve wanted them to do,” he said. “[Claflin’s first down] was huge, and I thought Healey ran really tough and set the tone for the other backs. Ty did a nice job and Pat Walsh did a nice job starting his first game for us.”

The Titans will look to get over the .500 mark Friday in Norwell against the Clippers, who are 2-0 following a 21-20 win over Cardinal Spellman.

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Friday night fireworks

Running back Pat Claflin flies past the Carver defense to set up the Titans deep in Crusader territory with less than two minutes to play in the game.

Football team wins first home game of season under the lights

Boys XC tops at Bay StateTitans win invitational, top Hingham and NQ


The Pembroke boys cross country team got their first test of state competition in Divi-sion II Saturday morning, and passed with flying colors.

The Titans won the Bob McIntyre Bay State Invita-tional on Saturday with a total of 60 points, 50 points ahead of second place Bishop Fee-han, and with a combined time more than two minutes faster than the Shamrocks.

“We’re definitely psy-ched,” head coach Greg Zo-patti said. “We went in know-ing we weren’t really rested, but it just shows the work the boys put in over the summer.”

The Titans had three run-ners finish in the top 10 of the 218-runner field led by Ryan Kelley’s third-place finish of 16:06. Paul Cina finished sixth in 16:31.7 while Brendan Ad-ams also broke the 17-minute mark to finish 10th.

“That was huge,” Zopatti said. “We knew Ryan and Paul would be up there, but Bren-dan put a lot of work in over the summer.”

Joe Vercollone and Bren-dan Moran rounded out the scoring with finishes of 22nd and 26th place respectively and times of 17:24.8 and 17:30.9. Zopatti was happy with the times of both runners this early in the season, and

expects them to get faster as the year goes on.

“We are headed toward the goal of five guys under 17 minutes,” he said.

The Titans followed their win at the Bay State Invite with 22-40 and 19-42 wins over Hingham and North Quincy at Hingham on Tuesday. The Ti-tan top five again dominated, while Wesley Gallagher came in sixth overall.

“We were trying to get him a ‘W’,” Zopatti said of Gal-lagher. “That was awesome.”

The Titans will be back in action Tuesday when they travel to Randolph to race against both the Blue Devils and the Scituate Sailors.

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Sophomore tight end Dan McCourt (88) and junior receiver Matt allen (7) pump up the crowd after McCourt's fourth-quarter catch set up the Titans on the one-yard line.




The Pembroke girls soc-cer team had the upper hand on Hanover but couldn’t keep the Indians down at the high school Tuesday afternoon.

Hanover scored off a cor-ner kick with 11:25 left in the game to pull even with Pem-broke and tie the Titans 1-1 in a game head coach Kara Con-nerty said the team let a point slip away.

“We just didn’t show up to play our game today,” she said. “Our first half was lack-ing intensity and hustle. The second half we played better, but we should have been able to put more in the net. We should have been able to hold on to that win. I think it was disappointing to tie.”

The Titans dominated the possession battle in the first half, but inconsistent passing and tentative play prevented the team from capitalizing on their advantage. Connerty called a timeout with 23:12 left in the half to try to get some energy into the team, but Hanover went on the offensive

on the restart and forced Pem-broke keeper Alex Davis to stop a direct kick.

Pembroke went back on offense following Davis’ save but continued to have trouble getting open looks at the Ha-nover net as Michelle Coate’s drive was tipped away by a Hanover defender. The Indi-ans made a final charge up the field in the final five minutes, but Davis stoned the Hanover offense with a diving save across the face of the net with 4:30 left on the clock.

“I thought Alex played a terrific game,” Connerty said of Davis. “It could have been 2-0 or 3-0 in the first half, but she kept us in it.”

Davis stepped up to clear an early attempt in the second half by Hanover, and sopho-more forward Sarah James missed wide with a shot at the other end for Pembroke as the team started to put some con-sistent offense together.

The Titans finally broke through at the 26:00 minute mark on a goal by junior for-ward Becky Stoyle. Stoyle broke past the defense along the left sideline, but her first two shots were stopped point blank by Hanover’s goalie. Stoyle stayed with the ball and fired a third shot through

a scrum in front of the net that beat the Hanover keeper low to the left.

“Becky had great determi-nation on that play,” Connerty said. “I give their goalkeeper a lot of credit. Those were terrif-ic saves on her part, but Becky was determined to score.”

The Titans tried to add an insurance goal as time wound down but again couldn’t get clean looks at the net and had trouble passing, which allowed Hanover to go back on offense. A Titan miscue on a Hanover

corner kick prevented the team from clearing the ball away with less than 12 minutes to play, and Hanover capitalized on their second corner to send an open forward in front of the net to tie the game.

Connerty was happy the team was able to come away with a point on a day where they didn’t play their best but said the team needs to get more aggressive if they want to get back to winning.

“We just didn’t go to the ball,” she said. “They were a

much more aggressive team, and we reacted, and usually that is not our game. Our game is about being very aggressive and first to the ball.”

The girls will look to get a win over Bridgewater-Rayn-ham Friday after tying the Tro-jans 0-0 in their first game of the season. The Titans then re-turn to league action Tuesday in Randolph.

Holy Cross senior de- ❑fender and Pembroke resident has been named the BRINE Pa-triot League Defensive Player of the Week in women's soc-cer for games played the week of Sept. 14-Sept. 20. This is the first time that Pugliese has received this honor. Pugliese scored her first career goal in the 6-0 victory over Wagner on Tuesday, Sept. 15 at the Linda Johnson Smith Soccer Stadium. Pugliese scored the second Crusader goal of the game at the 15:18 mark on a

pass from sophomore Kather-ine Donnelly.

Former Pembroke ❑high graduate and the Mass Maritime won their first game on the season 49-27 over MIT on Sept. 13. However, the Bucs lost to Endicott 34-23 on Sept. 19 to fall to 1-2 on the

season.

If you have news on Pem-broke residents playing college sports, e-mail Sports Editor Dave Palana at [email protected].

Titans play even with Indians

Keeper alex Davis swats the ball away from a Hanover striker during the second half. Davis came up with big saves in both halves to preserve the tie for the Titans.

Girls soccer ties Hanover 1-1

The team mobs becky Stoyle (12) after her second-half goal put Pembroke up 1-0.

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The Pembroke field hock-ey team is getting better, but is still looking for their first win of the season, and some con-sistency on offense.

The Titans fell to 0-4-1 on the young season with a 3-0 loss to the Duxbury Dragons at Duxbury High School Mon-day. While the team was not able to get on the scoreboard, head coach Bill Flynn said his team made a big leap forward in the loss.

“We got beat by a very good team, but this is the most complete game we’ve played,” he said. “We played very, very well defensively and I got 100 percent out of each and every one of them today.”

The quick Dragon offen-sive unit had the Titans back on their heels early, earning three corners in the first 10 minutes. On the third corner, Mimi Smith knocked a shot through the scrum in front of the net and past goalie Brenda McAlear to give Duxbury a 1-0 lead. Smith struck again off another Duxbury corner with just over five minutes left in the first half to make it 2-0 Dragons while Pembroke was yet to earn a corner or a shot in the game.

“They were very quick up front,” Flynn said. “We gave up the two goals in the first half, but we only gave up one in the second half, so I was

happy with the girls’ effort.”The Titans started to mount

some offense after Smith’s second goal with Drew Tucker and Jen Halloran carried the ball into the circle on the Dux-bury side of the field. Pem-broke earned three corners of their own in the final five min-utes of the half, but could not convert their chances before the halftime whistle.

The Dragons resumed their control of the game when play restarted, but McAlear turned away three more shots from Smith and broke up multiple Duxbury scoring chances to keep the Titans in the game.

“Brenda was huge in net,” Flynn said of his goalie. “She’s

been huge in net all year, she’s doing a very good job.”

However, the Titan offense could not get on track and Duxbury forward Lila Haffey put the game away with a shot across the net and in with 7:09 remaining in the half.

Pembroke will look to get their first win of the year when they host Hanover on Tuesday. Flynn said the team is getting better each game, and once they settle into the offense, the floodgates will open.

“We’re just snake bit up front,” he said. “It’s going to happen, we’re going to score some goals, but we just got to get that first one to go. Once it goes, we’ll be alright.”

It’s that time of year again. The time when loyal sports fans across the South Shore agonize for days over the most important question facing them today: What do I

get that very talented and extremely good looking sports guy from the Express for his birthday?

My birthday is Saturday, and, I know, I know, I’m hard to shop for, unless you happen to own an Aston Martin deal-ership. And my favorite football team, the Sydney Swans,

didn’t even make the playoffs this year, so I can’t ask for another miracle in Melbourne. However, I do have my an-nual wish list, though it is rather short this year because, quite frankly, the health care debate (and I use that term loosely) has drained me of most of my snideness and cynicism.

1. A win for my other favorite football team, the Detroit Lions. Growing up, my football hero was Bar-ry Sanders and I have tried to remain loyal to the Lions ever since despite their best efforts to turn fans away. You have Washington this week, Detroit,

and they couldn’t even score a touchdown against the Rams, the only team that comes close to rivaling your ineptitude. So this may be your best chance.

2. The end of Jonathan Papelbon as the Red Sox closer. Over the course of this season, Pap has replaced Kevin Youkilis as my least favorite Red Sox player, and I would love to see him gone. I don’t know what makes me more nervous, the fact that he has never learned to throw a second pitch and just keeps pounding fastballs at big league hitters, or the amount of brain cells I lose when he speaks.

3. Controlling stake in the Oakland Raiders. Whoever gets this away from Al Davis (the pride of Brockton) would be my hero. Bo Jackson is my favorite athlete of all time, and I have never stopped liking the Raiders since his injury. Yes, that’s right, I like the Lions and the Raiders All the more reason I could use a nice birthday present to cheer me up.

I don’t know the first thing about running a sports team, scouting talent and making smart trades — but at least I admit it, which makes me more fit to run the team than Big Al. On the down side, I don’t dress in snappy Raider tracksuits and leather pullovers.

The Titan volleyball team already got me a nice present without realizing it by beating Rockland. I’ve sobered on my Rockland bashing since my brother started at Rockland High School, but there are three types of people in this world I will never forgive: ex-girlfriends, Al Qaeda and people who con-fiscate my hats. Rockland’s volleyball coach certainly does not fit in the first two categories, but he was the one teacher who always took my hats from me when I wore them indoors. He even had the nerve to make me take off my hat once when I came back to RHS two years after I graduated to visit my favorite teacher, Pembroke assistant football coach Randy Grimmett, after school. So thanks for beating the Bulldogs, and if you could do it again, that would be great.

Thanks, everyone, and a very merry unbirthday to you!

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What looked like a prom-ising season on paper for the Pembroke girls cross country team is now up in the air as the Titans suffered another key in-jury Tuesday.

Pembroke split a tri-meet in Hingham, beating North Quincy 26-36 and losing to Hingham 20-40, but more im-portant, they lost co-captain Mary Scanlan halfway through the race.

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“If was lose Scanlan and have Connick out indefinitely, I don’t know what we’re going to do,” Zopatti said. “It’s not looking that great.”

While Scanlan’s injury and the loss to the Harborwomen put a damper on the day for Pembroke, Zopatti was happy with the performances from Sara Cavalear and Chelsea Savage in the race as well as newcomer Jess Leary.

He was also happy with how the team ran at Franklin Park on Saturday during the Bob McIntyre Invitational, where the Titans took ninth place behind 21:44 times from Cavalear and Savage to take 51st and 52nd place, and said if the team can develop some chemistry, there is still plenty of time to salvage the season.

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The project begins on Maquan Street at the Hanson town line and proceeds to the intersection with Mattakeesett Street, where a roundabout is proposed, said design consul-tant Rob Cahoon, of Coler and Colantonio. A sidewalk would be constructed along the south side of Maquan Street, cross-ing over to the south side of Mattakeesett Street (along Fur-nace Pond). Sidewalks would continue along the south side of Mattakeesett to the intersec-tion with Center Street.

The project picks up again on Center Street, just north of the intersection, with the side-walk remaining on the south side of Center and Barker streets (Town Hall side) until it reaches Fairwood Drive.

“We’re trying to keep the sidewalks on the south side through that stretch to mini-mize impacts to that resource area [the Herring Run],” Ca-hoon said.

At Fairwood, the sidewalk crosses to the north side of Barker Street, and the project continues down to the intersec-tion with Washington Street.

Along with design, project representatives introduced a right of way plan, which out-lines how each property along Route 14 could be impacted by the project.

Craig Sheehan of the MassHighway Right of Way Bureau said the design could require four acquisitions, six permanent easements and 108 temporary construction ease-ments, or right of entries. It is the town’s responsibility to secure those rights before the project can continue, he said.

Though donations would reduce the cost to the town, “Donations and rights of ac-quisitions are not required, and property owners are entitled to an appraisal for just compen-sation,” Sheehan said.

Several residents had spe-cific concerns about how the project would impact their properties.

Ben Bastianelli, who owns a business at 192 Mattakesee-sett Street, said adding side-walks would cut off the use of his two garage bays.

“I’m not even a car length off the street. You put a side-walk in there and I’m gone,” he said.

Ruth Pinkham of 302 Mat-takeesett Street said the area was congested and that many of the houses were already close to the road.

“Why should we get stuck with the sidewalk, the utility poles and the mailboxes?” she asked. “We’re going to be able to put our hand out our front door and shake the people’s hands in their cars.”

Alan Peterson, a First Church trustee, raised con-cerns about a lack of curb cuts in front of the Sewing Circle

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At the other end of the project, on Barker Street, resi-dents had concerns about al-ready busy traffic.

Graham Mitchell of 9 Red Barn Road wondered if the speed limit on Barker could be reduced to 30 miles per hour in-stead of 45 mph. He mentioned the fatal accident that occurred there on Saturday night, in which police have said speed may have been a factor.

“I am in absolute support of this project, but it’s my view that the speed of the vehicles that are traveling on Route 14 is a major issue,” he said.

Cahoon said plans call for “T-ing up” several inter-sections along that stretch, making them meet Route 14 straight on. With the added street width and sidewalks, it could be easier for vehicles entering the state road to see traffic coming.

Improvements also are be-ing done at the intersection of Oldham and Center streets, pulling Oldham away from Littles Avenue and tightening the curve so that cars have to actually turn onto Oldham in-stead of go straight, Cahoon said.

Concerns raised at Tues-day’s meeting, and those mailed in to MassHighway within 10 days of the hearing will be reviewed and the proj-ect amended, Kimungu said. Design plans are about 25 per-cent complete.

DPW Director Gene Ful-mine said he hoped to have a set of right of way plans in his office so residents could review how their properties would be affected. Tuesday was the first time he had seen a complete right of way plan, he said.

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A resident reviews early plans for improvements along Route 14 in Pembroke before the start of a MassHighway public hearing on Tuesday, Sept. 22 at Town Hall. Photo by Becca Manning

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