Board Elects Brown Chair After Failed Bid
The Pembroke Select Board elected John G. Brown Jr. chair 3-2 after a rival bid for Steve Ciciotti failed 2-3.
Select Board · Meeting of May 26, 2026
PEMBROKE — The Pembroke Select Board elected John G. Brown Jr. chair 3-2 after a rival bid for Steve Ciciotti failed 2-3. Sean Keegan became vice chair and Tracy Marino clerk, both unopposed.
The board unanimously approved a Common Victualer's license for Big Y Foods at 24 Mattakeesett Street; store representative Steve Gorman said the company hired about 100 people ahead of a June 4 soft opening. Town Manager William Chenard said the recycling contamination rate was driving up disposal costs, calling the latest audit results "filthy dirty," and said the state Senate budget would net the town an extra $114,500. The board voted 5-0 that no Open Meeting Law violation occurred in a complaint filed by S.
Runne on April 29.
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Source: the Select Board meeting of May 26, 2026, reported from the official video recording and transcript.
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