Pembroke Select Board Approves Liquor Licenses, Advances Town Meeting Warrant Articles

PEMBROKE -- April 9, 2025, Pembroke Select Board approved a one-day liquor license, a restaurant license transfer, and school bus camera enforcement ahead of the May 7 Town Meeting. The board granted Sharon Bohan of New England Village Incorporated a beer-and-wine license for a May 6 Chamber of Commerce event at 664 School Street, and approved the transfer of food and beverage license CB-51 to A-Jing Yu, doing business as China Walk, at 99 Washington Street. Members set aside a proposed veterans' property tax exemption under Chapter 59, estimated to cost the town roughly $50,000 annually, pending a presentation by the chief assessor, while voting favorable action on community preservation appropriations exceeding $180,000 for school playground improvements and open space. National Grid representatives appeared to advocate for a proposed zoning bylaw that would give the Planning Board special permit authority over electrical substation siting, removing the need for state Department of Public Utilities review. The board set April 23 as its deadline to finalize all warrant recommendations, with three articles still carrying unresolved asterisks heading into that session.