Steve Ciciotti, Pembroke Selectman

10/22/2026

Due to the delayed posting to the Town of Pembroke website of the recently publicly affirmed, voted, and accepted Code of Conduct (reformed, 2026) and the 2026 Select Board Goals & Priorities, feel free to review those materials below.

For those who want to watch the 10/07/2026 Select Board meeting where we discussed everything, I'll share a YouTube link in the comments.

10/03/2026

A beautiful day for the last Pembroke Farmers Market of the season -- about a half hour left if you want to swing down and catch it before they wrap up!

10/03/2026

It was a great turnout for Sue Roche, and the plaque is beautiful.

09/30/2026

Wow, a huge THANK YOU to the Pembroke Fire Department, MA and especially Captain Jordan Hill for attaining yet another big grant for our PFD!

This may be the biggest one yet -- let's give a big shout out to Captain Hill for his efforts and focus on this front !!!

🚨 PEMBROKE FIRE DEPARTMENT GRANT ANNOUNCEMENT 🚨

Chief Jason Viveiros is pleased to announce that the Pembroke Fire Department has been awarded a $238,095.23 Assistance to Firefighters Grant from FEMA!

This significant award will allow the Pembroke Fire Department to purchase new, state-of-the-art cardiac monitors.

With approximately 70% of the department’s emergency calls being medical in nature, these new monitors will provide our Firefighter/Paramedics with the latest technology to assess and treat patients experiencing cardiac emergencies and other critical medical conditions.

Chief Viveiros would like to recognize Captain Jordan Hill for leading the effort behind this grant initiative. Captain Hill identified the need for updated cardiac monitoring equipment and spearheaded the grant application process that ultimately secured this significant federal funding for the Town of Pembroke.

This award represents a $238,095.23 investment in the health and safety of our community, while significantly reducing the financial burden on local taxpayers for this critical equipment.

The Pembroke Fire Department is grateful to our Congressional Delegation for supporting this program and to the FEMA Assistance to Firefighters Grant program for this award.

Our department remains committed to bringing the most current technology, equipment, and resources to our Firefighter/Paramedics.

08/31/2026

Of the 927 Automatic License Plate Readers (ALPRs, like "Flock" cameras, among other brands) in use across Massachusetts -- I have come to be aware of at least 6 in Pembroke.

As a member of our Town's Select Board, I formally and publicly initiated the conversation to tackle this technology and whether it's right for our community during our previous 07/29/26 Public Meeting under the "New Business" agenda item.

I requested a full report and a Flock (or whichever company is used) Representative to make themselves present and answer questions directly.

I'm expecting a full presentation, to ask questions, to get some answers, and to debate its merits at our upcoming 09/23 meeting.

Whether you're for or against this technology, I would encourage folks to attend the meeting.

If you can't make it, then be sure to subscribe to The Local Seen Government Services YouTube channel so you can watch the meeting (linked in the comments).

07/23/2026

A good opportunity to meet and appreciate the work by our Recycling & Sustainability Committee and our Pembroke Watershed Association (PWA).

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07/17/2026

Great job Jude, Nicole, and the rest of the PWA. Thank you all for your hard work and it was my pleasure to assist and help guide every step of the way and push where I could.

I look forward to the presentation to the Select Board and the public. I know it'll turn into a most excellent and useful one-stop-shop to engage residents in town and ensure it's on their minds so they can add their voice in an informed way.

Folks, this is a non-partisan issue that affects all of us in Pembroke, because it's central to our shared water resources.

If you appreciate the good work the volunteers over at PWA are doing, please consider becoming a member not just to support and stay tuned in, but to add your voice and keep their work going.

07/14/2026

Thank you!!! The ball is now entirely in the court of the Town and the Pembroke Select Board to move the ball forward on the old Hatch Building in the Town center!

This is because the Pembroke School Committee has just formally and unanimously absolved themselves of any question, ownership, control, etc to the building.

A big shout out to the entire Pembroke School Committee, and in particular School Committee Chair Allison Glennon, Pembroke School Committee and Vice-chair Susan Bollinger, Pembroke School Committee, for helping myself and Tracy Marino, Pembroke Selectwoman with doing the research, working with the Superintendent, working with the Town Manager, and driving this initiative to ground.

And another big thank you for their shout out to Tracy and I for pushing this initiative, as well!

This is a seemingly small but CRITICAL step and gate to taking meaningful action on the Hatch Building. The old Hatch Building is a historical piece of our center and has been unused and deteriorating without any action for many years (decades?), and we just pushed past an important barrier.

We continue to intend to show what fruit we can bear when engaged, productive collaboration across aisles can look like for our Town.

Let's get to work, and let's get stuff done.

This meeting is being covered and streamed by the Local Seen. Watch...

07/11/2026

Pembroke is such a wonderful and strong Community with so many engaged residents who volunteer and support each other for so much. And we have many local businesses who love and get deeply involved in supporting our Community as well.

It is very much appreciated to see a company like Big Y, who just last month opened in Town, join us in this quality of community engagement and find ways to go the extra mile!

A couple of months away from baseball season, the program started fundraising quickly. They reached their goal after a big donation from Big Y. The supermarket chain opened a new store in town and donated money to get the new light pole bought and installed.

07/11/2026

The massive attendance of residents to this ceremony, of Chief Rick McDonald passing the torch to Chief Wendy Long LaPierre was a sight to behold. The Community Center was PACKED out into the hallways.

A big shout out and huge thank you to former Chief Rick McDonald for his many years of dedicated service to our Town!

And a big congratulations to our new Chief Wendy Long LaPierre. It is well earned and we are all so happy to have you serving as our new Chief going forward!

We continue to be in good hands, Pembroke.