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🌱 Pembroke foreman earns top recycling education honor
Make time for Andrea Chenier on the Pembroke Patch calendar
Good morning Pembroke! Your connection to what's happening around town is here. Take a sip of coffee and read on. ☀️
In today's newsletter:
- Pembroke foreman earns top recycling education honor
- Which Pembroke swimmers could make a splash at states this season?
- How a Pembroke telecom leader will shape national tower safety rules
Also on today's calendar: Glass Half Full – Pembroke.
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Today's riddle: What did one tuna say to the other after getting caught stealing files from work? 🤔 (Answer below!)
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- Thursday: Windy; a p.m. snow shower, with a high of 35 and low of 13 degrees. ⛄️ Brr!
- Friday: Partly sunny, brisk and cold, temps: high: 28, low: 10.
- Saturday: Turning cloudy, with a high of 31 and low of 18 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
1. NH Recycles Honors Leaders Advancing Recycling and Waste Reduction (wasteadvantagemag.com) — Pembroke residents can take pride in Building and Grounds Foreman Neal Alex Marrion, who just earned a statewide Continuing Education Award from NH Recycles after logging 18 hours of recycling training. The piece also spotlights other New Hampshire leaders improving transfer stations, recycling policy, and textile reuse, underscoring how local professionals are shaping waste reduction efforts across the state. 
2. Coach Bill Pribis aims to expand Concord swim program (concordmonitor.com) — Pembroke High swimmers are part of a combined Belmont-Pembroke-Hopkinton-Inter-Lakes team expected to send many athletes to the state meet this season. Sophomore standout Riley Pope and freshman Delana Girouard headline Pembroke’s contributions, as new Concord head coach Bill Pribis and other area coaches work to grow a deeper, more inclusive high school swimming community.
3. NATE announces 2026 Board election results; Strong member turnout reflects industry crossroads (wirelessestimator.com) — Pembroke business leader Victor Drouin of Green Mountain Communications has been re-elected to the national NATE board, keeping a local voice at the center of major telecom-safety and workforce decisions. He’ll help steer standards, pricing talks, and training initiatives that affect tower work and communications infrastructure across New England and beyond, alongside four other elected directors.
4. Jean-Marie Peterson (concordmonitor.com) — Pembroke readers may remember Jean-Marie Peterson as a proud Pembroke Academy graduate who grew up in nearby Suncook before building a life of service, theater, and faith across New Hampshire. Her family invites friends to a joint memorial for Jean-Marie and her husband Hank at All Saints Episcopal Church in Littleton on January 10, 2026, celebrating her warmth, creativity, and devotion to community.
📸 Around Pembroke
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🗓 Upcoming Events in Pembroke
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★ Featured events ★
- Andrea Chenier
Capitol Center for the Arts, 44 S Main St, Concord
1:00 pm
Saturday December 13
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Other local events
- Glass Half Full – Pembroke
Pembroke Town Library , 313 Pembroke St , Pembroke
10:00 am
Monday December 15
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🗓 Events Nearby
- Golf Course Advisory Committee Meeting
Concord, NH Calendar , 1 Beaver Meadow Drive , Concord
8:00 am - On The Spot Admission Day: Rivier University
Bow High School , 55 Falcon Way , Bow
8:00 am - Everett Arena Advisory Committee Meeting
Concord, NH Calendar , 15 Loudon Road , Concord
8:00 am - Game On!
Concord, NH Calendar , 45 Green Street , Concord
10:00 am - Ice Skating
Concord, NH Calendar , 15 Loudon Road , Concord
11:30 am - Drop In Pickleball
Gymnasium , 14 Canterbury Rd , Concord
12:00 pm - Adult Drop In Basketball
Green Street Community Center , 39 Green St , Concord
12:00 pm - Middle School Drop In Basketball
Green Street Community Center , 39 Green St , Concord
4:00 pm - Teen Advisory Board
Concord, NH Calendar , 45 Green Street , Concord
4:00 pm - Transportation Policy Advisory Committee
Concord, NH Calendar , 37 Green St , Concord
6:00 pm
Thursday December 11
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- My wife is a Middle School Art Teacher and when she got home yesterday she told me she had to order Paste for her class so I asked if it was the good Kind(my wife being much younger than me didn't understand my question) She replied it's paste.Who
remembers eating the paste back when you were a Kid? (Nextdoor N Pembroke Rd)
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