> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://pembrokecitizenjournal.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # Weekly Digest - October 23, 2026 - URL: https://pembrokecitizenjournal.com/weekly-digest-october-23-2026/ - Published: 2026-10-23T16:15:00.000Z - Updated: 2026-10-23T16:15:00.000Z - Author: PCJ Staff - Tags: #Newsletter, Weekly Digest Here are this week's top stories, curated by our editorial team. ### Pembroke's Beginnings Did you know the petitioners wanted to call the town Brookfield? Read how a long trip to Sunday worship helped Pembroke become a town, and why an old reference to Pembroke may describe a place now in Hanson. [How Pembroke Became a TownA conversation with Pembroke Historical Society Curator Alan Gianatassio traces the town's March 21, 1712, incorporation to Mattakeesett families who wanted a place of worship closer than Duxbury's meetinghouse.![](https://cdn.synaps.media/pembrokenews/content/images/icon/PCJIcon-1-cec51833-68b9-4ce7-8f26-56654d8fdd05.webp)Pembroke Citizen JournalBob Kenney![](https://cdn.synaps.media/pembrokenews/content/images/thumbnail/featured-image-29-f36e4199-7778-429a-b0eb-1b173734d535.webp)](https://pembrokecitizenjournal.com/community/how-pembroke-became-a-town/) ### Trash Talk Curious how Pembroke's recycling committee got its start, and how you can join it? This week's Trash Talk column explains. [Trash Talk ♻️ Wanna Talk Trash?The Pembroke Recycling Committee was formed in 2011 when single-stream curbside recycling was implemented in the town. In 2019 the committee was tasked with evaluating the introduction of a dual-stream recycling program. Pembroke decided to continue with a single-stream program. Since then, the scope of the committee’![](https://cdn.synaps.media/pembrokenews/content/images/icon/PCJIcon-1-2485398f-b14f-4817-96da-46323029c6c4.webp)Pembroke Citizen JournalNicole Lydic![](https://cdn.synaps.media/pembrokenews/content/images/thumbnail/featured-image-27-01a5f0ab-8b61-43b0-a00e-506f747cfd67.webp)](https://pembrokecitizenjournal.com/community/trash-talk-wanna-talk-trash/) ### Medicare Open Enrollment Seniors on Medicare may want to read this week's Senior Corner for steps to take when reviewing coverage for 2027. [Senior Corner - Medicare Open Enrollment Oct. 15 - Dec. 7Medicare Open Enrollment runs Oct. 15 to Dec. 7, and Pembroke seniors can call the town's outreach social worker to request an appointment with a SHINE counselor.![](https://cdn.synaps.media/pembrokenews/content/images/icon/PCJIcon-1-249b34fd-97f2-4db5-80e1-2cec6268472c.webp)Pembroke Citizen JournalKen Pike![](https://cdn.synaps.media/pembrokenews/content/images/thumbnail/medicare-b8b64201-72a4-4d3b-9d6d-96a7abe683f1.webp)](https://pembrokecitizenjournal.com/community/senior-corner-medicare-open-enrollment-oct-15-dec-7/) ### Where Is It? Think you know Pembroke well? Try this week's photo challenge, and find out how you did on last week's. [Where Is It? October 23, 2026This week's Where Is It? challenge asks readers to identify a new Pembroke location, while last week's answer, the Town Pound on Center Street in front of Town Hall, gets a look at its history.![](https://cdn.synaps.media/pembrokenews/content/images/icon/PCJIcon-1-8b7514d8-7c79-470e-b4b2-3dec914db5de.webp)Pembroke Citizen JournalAnne Stanton![](https://cdn.synaps.media/pembrokenews/content/images/thumbnail/banner-0f3b84cf-6cda-453e-b8b6-db8c9bbea1d3.webp)](https://pembrokecitizenjournal.com/community/where-is-it-october-23-2026/) ### Route 3 Rollover Crash A rollover crash involving two vehicles on Route 3 southbound caused serious injuries Wednesday afternoon, with one patient transported by Boston MedFlight. [Two-Vehicle Rollover Crash on Route 3 in Pembroke Leaves Serious InjuriesMassachusetts State Police said troopers responded at 12:20 p.m. near mile marker 27.4 on Route 3 southbound, where the left travel lane was closed and a MedFlight helicopter landed at North River Plaza.![](https://cdn.synaps.media/pembrokenews/content/images/icon/PCJIcon-1-6d84a11c-05a6-4d0f-a6e2-5aff4c0c0733.webp)Pembroke Citizen JournalWill Tavares![](https://cdn.synaps.media/pembrokenews/content/images/thumbnail/featured-image-26-3605617c-1a69-45b6-8987-ab90b5907b28.webp)](https://pembrokecitizenjournal.com/public-safety/route-3-rollover-crash-pembroke/) ### Real Estate Transactions Our Real Estate Snapshot outlines this week's real estate sales here in Pembroke. [Pembroke Real Estate Snapshot - October 23, 2026A look at this week's real estate sales in Pembroke.![](https://cdn.synaps.media/pembrokenews/content/images/icon/PCJIcon-1-b90924db-5a56-4a18-85e1-53ee933b5de3.webp)Pembroke Citizen JournalKathleen Keegan![](https://cdn.synaps.media/pembrokenews/content/images/thumbnail/banner-19-92ddf0f9-a3f3-417a-95d6-ad165f2d3ccc.webp)](https://pembrokecitizenjournal.com/business/pembroke-real-estate-snapshot-october-23-2026/) ### And finally, our Pet of the Week [Pet of the Week - October 23, 2026Meet JT, this week's PCJ Pet of the Week.![](https://cdn.synaps.media/pembrokenews/content/images/icon/PCJIcon-1-1064f2cf-75ab-42fb-8a73-9e145c912064.webp)Pembroke Citizen JournalMike Corkren![](https://cdn.synaps.media/pembrokenews/content/images/thumbnail/Pet-of-the-week-heading3-4-f5e44013-6603-4eb4-bc98-82de1e17c938.webp)](https://pembrokecitizenjournal.com/community/pet-of-the-week-october-23-2026/) --- Do you have a story idea for us to cover? 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