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Old Fart Riders

Here's a video from Pembroke's own Dana Pettersen who went to Washington DC this past 2013 Memorial Day weekend with his Old Fart Riders (OFR) of Massachusetts motorcycling group to participate in the 26th annual Rolling Thunder Rally.

Titans vs Silverlake Thanksgiving 2013

The traditional Thanksgiving Pembroke Titans vs Silver Lake Lakers football game started 10 am with Titans first winning the toss, and finished with a 21-17 Titans win.

Quincy firefighters put out a small fire inside a Squantum family's home on Thanksgiving night.

Christopher Haraden of Hanover grew up in the shadow of a giant. As in the “Giant,” the nearly 100-foot-tall wooden roller coaster that was the dominant feature of Paragon Park in Hull.  Now Haraden is collecting photos and memories from patrons and workers alike for a coffee table book on the amusement park.

Some residents are upset after seeing footage of the selectmen chairman at a mayoral election recount 50 miles away while his board met to narrow down finalists for town manager.

Throngs of local residents bundled up Thursday morning to take part in a tradition that, for some folks, is just as sacred as eating turkey or watching the Macy’s parade on TV. Across the South Shore, communities gathered around football fields to watch school rivals wage battle.

In honor of their sister and daughter, Mary Katherine, the six Conroy children and their parents, Maribeth and Jim, will hold their fifth annual Mary’s Christmas Party from 1 to 5 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 1, at the Marshfield Elks Lodge. The family will continue its tradition of collecting stocking stuffers to be donated to the children fighting cancer at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, where Mary Katherine received treatment.

A woman was seriously injured Thursday morning when her car hit a stone wall and flipped over on Route 28 in Milton.

So much hard work goes into cooking the perfect turkey, so the final presentation of the bird should be carefully planned also!