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Government · Select Board

Select Board tables Historic District appointments to September

Pembroke's Select Board tabled two Historic District Commission appointments until September. Members sought to see all applications before filling a vacated full seat and an alternate seat, after resigning member John Flanagan was replaced in the commission's plan by alternate Aaron Surdham.

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Select Board · Meeting of July 29, 2026

Pembroke's Select Board tabled two Historic District Commission appointments until September. Members sought to see all applications before filling a vacated full seat and an alternate seat, after resigning member John Flanagan was replaced in the commission's plan by alternate Aaron Surdham. Town Manager William Chenard said he saw no animosity at the commission's meeting.

The board also voted to rename the Town Common parcel Veterans Memorial Park on the Town Common to help qualify for grants, set a seven-year useful life for $550,000 in equipment borrowing, and formed a Code of Conduct working group of Chair John Brown and Sean Keegan.

In the full story:

  • Opening business
  • Affordable housing appointments
  • Solicitation permit
  • Routine votes
  • Historic District Commission appointments
  • Code of Conduct
  • Liaison roles
  • Minutes and Veterans Memorial Park
  • Town Manager's report and other business
  • Who Was There
  • Organizations And Documents Referenced
  • The complete report: 969 words

Source: the Select Board meeting of July 29, 2026, reported from the official video recording and transcript.

Checked against the record: before publication this article was automatically compared with the meeting transcript.

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