Andy Camidge News Today

Pembroke’s school budget passed smoothly at the annual school district meeting on Saturday.More than 150 voters gathered in the Pembroke Academy auditorium to vote on the $29 million operating budget. The significant increases in the budget were due...

Passing a town operating budget of $10.6 million, purchasing town vehicles and adopting a new community power plan will be the focal points for Pembroke voters at town meeting in March.The proposed town budget is a 6.7% increase over the current...

After months of campaigning and arguing in hopes of shaking up the Pembroke School Board, it was business as usual once the votes were counted Tuesday on Election Day.The incumbents, Andy Camidge and Melanie Camelo, will return to the school board...

Since last year, when the debate over a mask mandate heated up, they’ve felt ignored, obsolete, invisible.They spoke out at meetings, urging the Pembroke Academy School Board to ditch the mandate. Make masks optional for their kids in the school...

Pembroke residents will be faced with adding another $1.1 million to the school budget at the annual School District Meeting Saturday.A $1.1 million hike over the preceding budget tends to get people riled up, and Pembroke was not immune. Both the...

Local elections often get minimal attention but I encourage the residents of Pembroke to do some research then vote on March 8th. Pembroke, like many towns across the state, has had difficult and at times explosive school board meetings. For those of...

Pembroke’s timing was right on cue Wednesday night.On the very same day that the state announced it no longer recommends wearing masks in public indoor settings, the school board lifted its mask mandate for students and teachers and voted to allow...

Stacey Messina moved from Massachusetts to New Hampshire last month to feel the spirit famously promoted on Granite State license plates.“Yes, that was why we held them out of school in Massachusetts,” Messina said outside Pembroke Academy during...