Town Meeting is Tuesday, 7:30 p.m. @ Pembroke High School Published by CLIPPER PRESS –– a local, family-owned business ON THE WEB: www.pembrokexpress.com E-MAIL: [email protected] ADVErtiSING: 781-934-2811 x23 VOLUME 3 NO. 16 — COMPLIMENTARY “When one tugs at a single thing in nature, he finds it attached to the rest of the world.” — John Muir FRIDay, APRIL 23, 2010 Ready or not? Manager option among issues voters will decide on April 27 BY BECCA MANNING , EXPRESS STAFF TOWN MEETING B ECCA @PE mb ROKEXPRESS .CO M Twelve years after Pem- Pembroke’s annual Town broke hired its first town ad- Meeting will be held on ministrator, expanding the Tuesday, April 27 at 7:30 p.m. Town Hall position from that of in the auditorium at Pembroke executive secretary, a group of High School. The special Town citizens is looking for another Meeting will be held at the same location, starting at 8 p.m. change — to a town manager. Voters will decide the is- • Voter’s guide to the annual sue, among other articles, at the Town Meeting, pages 8-11. April 27 annual Town Meet- • Voter’s guide to the special ing, scheduled for 7:30 p.m. Town Meeting, page 12. at the Pembroke High School auditorium. • Town manager article break- PLAYERS ON PARADE: Pembroke Youth Baseball teams kicked off the 2010 season with an Article 28, proposed by down, page 5. opening day ceremony and parade on Sunday, April 18 at the Mattakeesett Street ball fields. the Town Government Study • A closer look at proposed Above, the Dodgers team lines up for the parade. See more photos on page 16. Photo by Denise Hawes docks bylaw, page 3. continued on page 5 Teens help bridge gap Video pays off Community Youth Alliance aims to ease transition for PHS senior for middle schoolers, encourage town involvement BY BECCA MANNING , EXPRESS STAFF Award-winning film encourages B ECCA @PE mb ROKEXPRESS .CO M t’s a rainy Saturday morning, the first of- ficial day of April vacation, just past 10 students to make safe choices a.m., and a group of Pembroke teenag- BY BECCA MANNING , EXPRESS STAFF ers areI awake, dressed and preparing to walk the B ECCA @PE mb ROKEXPRESS .CO M streets of Pembroke picking up trash. “Dance, don’t chance.” OK, so they’re not terribly talkative. And Thanks to Pembroke there are doughnuts. High School senior Tim But their message is clear: This is about their Lewis and a group of his town, their peers, their group. friends, those words, set The Pembroke Community Youth Alliance to music, have been on the is ready for action. minds of many of their peers “We’re getting out there and the community recently. School and state of- can see what we’re doing,” said Brittany Baillie, ficials hope they stay there. a Pembroke High School sophomore and mem- Lewis’ short video ber of the alliance. “I just think when people see “Dance, Don’t Chance,” CHECK IT OUT: PHS senior us and see that we’re this age and we’re doing SATURDAY MORNING CLEAN-UP: Local teens not only captures the mes- Tim Lewis shows off the something good, that it’ll change someone’s pick up trash at the corner of Center Street and sage that teens shouldn’t $1,000 check the school mind [about teenagers].” Kilcommons Drive last Saturday, a project led take chances on the road this received after his “Dance, Starting at the community center, the group by Pembroke High School students and adults prom season — or any sea- Don’t Chance” prom safety of parents, teens and younger kids split up to pick in the Pembroke Community Youth Alliance. 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Friday, April 23, 2010 Pembroke Express – Your Hometown Newspaper! 3 Docks bylaw resurfaces Officials argue over permit process for rafts, piers Vacationinyour BY BECCA MANNING , EXPRESS STAFF ownbackyard B ECCA @PE mb ROKEXPRESS .CO M Voters could see a few thissummer! versions of a bylaw regulat- ing temporary docks and rafts 800-649-8080 on Tuesday.