Select Board adds veterans exemption to warrant

Select Board · Meeting of January 28, 2026

Pembroke's Select Board voted to put a local-option veterans tax exemption on the Town Meeting warrant. Town Manager William Chenard told the board the state does not reimburse the Heroes Act exemption, so taxpayers would cover it; a 10 percent version would require raising about $20,320 more. The board also approved a one-day liquor license for the Community Center for Feb. 5.

Resident Nicole Lydick reported recycling contamination at 21 percent, up from 13 percent, and DPW Director Joe DiUti said plow contractors fell to 23 from 32 in 2020. Resident Patrick Chilcott told the board that "morale is absolutely tanked," and the board entered executive session on the town manager's contract.

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Source: the Select Board meeting of January 28, 2026, reported from the official video recording and transcript.

Checked against the record: before publication this article was automatically compared with the meeting transcript. It was corrected where it differed.