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Friday, March 21, 2014
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Vol. 57, No. 8 $2

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CHALLENGES

SAFETY

Porter
remains
police
leader

ENTERTAINMENT, A5

Selectmen resolve
eligibility questions
of interim
commissioner

WORKING ON A
MYSTERY
MUSIC, A6

By Tom Gorman
tgorman@wickedlocal.com

A PAIR OF
TALENTED
YOUNGSTERS
ANIMALS, B11

More than just a wonderful companion, Candie helped Kelly Gambon of Holbrook with many activities she
wouldnt otherwise be able to do. COURTESY PHOTO

Shes got a dog in this ght

Holbrook woman with CP counts days until she receives companion
TWO TO TAKE
HOME

By Alana Santos

MARATHON
PLANS?

When Kelly Gambon lost her rst

service dog to cancer in 2010, she
never thought shed want another
service dog. But four years later, she
now is eagerly awaiting the day she
nally will get to meet her new dog.
Gambon, 30, of Holbrook, has
spastic quadriplegic cerebral palsy.
With the help of a service dog, she

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INDEX
Roll Call ..... A12
Your News ... B1
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Special to the Sun

is able to do everyday activities that

people may take for granted.
"Everyone assumes you cant feel
or move," she said. "But, I am just
the opposite; my muscles move all the
time. Some of the things a service dog
does for me is pick up things that I
drop and bark if I need assistance."
Gambon received her first service dog, Candie, in 2006 from the
National Education for Assistance
Dog Services (NEADS) Dogs for Deaf

and Disabled Americans. Unfortunately, in 2010, Gambons companion

was diagnosed with cancer and died
a week later at six-years-old.
Candie, a purebred yellow Labrador retriever, was trained at the
J.J. Moran Correctional Facility in
Cranston, R.I., a program through
NEADS that allows inmates to train
social and service dogs. The program
SEE GAMBON, A2

Retired Randolph Police

Chief Paul Porter will
be serving as Holbrooks
interim police commissioner until a permanent
chief is found.
The board of selectmen on March 12 voted
3-0 (Matthew Moore was
absent) to appoint Porter on
an interim basis to lead the
towns police department.
Porter served as Randolphs
police chief for 35 years and
retired in 2010.
Po r t e r w a s i n i t i a l l y
appointed by the board on
Feb. 6 to serve for 30 days
on an emergency basis after
William Marble Jr. stepped
down to return to the rank
of sergeant. Marble said
that he and the board could
not reach an agreement on
a contract and decided to
return to the ranks.
Town Administrator
William Phelan said that
uncertainties over whether
Porter could be appointed
on an interim basis until the
town got permission from
SEE PORTER, A2

REGIONAL SCHOOL

Holbrook urges Avon voters to create panel

Holbrook Selectmen
Chairman Timothy Gordon
said the Avon vote is crucial
Some Holbrook officials since the Feb. 26 Holbrook
are urging Avon residents special Town Meeting overto support the creation of a whelmingly voted to form
regional school district plan- its planning committee. If
ning committee at its March Avon approves its panel,
24 special Town Meeting.
both committees would
By Tom Gorman

tgorman@wickedlocal.com

meet to develop a plan

to form a regional school
district between the two
towns.
In order for the two
towns to take the next step
toward a regional school
district, the Avon Town
Meeting would need to

approve the formation

of a study committee,
Gordon said.
He asked Holbrook
residents to encourage
their friends or relatives
in Avon to attend their
SEE AVON, A3

Paul Porter

Obituaries .. B4
Calendar ... B13

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CRIME

Police: Grandmother drove break-in suspect

Gabriel Nieves

A Holbrook man charged

with breaking into a house
in a gated community had
his 64-year-old grandmother drive him there,
then wait for him in the
driveway, police said.

Gabriel Nieves, 22,

whose last known address
is 13 Indian Road, Holbrook, is charged with
felony breaking and
entering during the day,
larceny from a building,

and malicious damage to

property.
Nie ves was arrested
by Brockton police on a
Hingham warrant and on
additional charges March
3. He is now being held

at the Plymouth County

jail and is scheduled to be
arraigned on the Hingham
charges April 7 in Hingham
District Court.
SEE NIEVES, A2