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Holiday gift guide: Albums for that hipster millennial cousin and other family members

Holiday gift guide: Albums for that hipster millennial cousin and other family members

By Leila Brady, Contributing Editor
December 22, 2021

Sill have not bought holiday gifts for your loved ones? Fear not! I have done all of the thinking for you and compiled a list of albums you can get for an array of different relations. For your hipster...

Shep Solimine performs on stage at the Picture House.

‘A Not So Silent Night’ gives local musicians stage at Picture House

By Caroline Michailoff, Contributing Editor
December 22, 2021

The Pelham Picture House hosted its annual “A Not So Silent Night" concert on Saturday, giving local musicians the chance to perform in the big auditorium. This family-friendly holiday concert featured...

tick, tick Boom! movie poster

‘tick, tick…BOOM!’ is an awe-inspiring film for everyone

By Oliver Tam, Executive Editor
December 22, 2021

"The sound you are hearing is not a technical problem. It is not a musical cue. It is not a joke. It is the sound of one man's mounting anxiety. I ... am that man...I keep hearing those tick-ticks. And...

Rotary names Pollock and Kelly as Scholars of the Month in December

Rotary names Pollock and Kelly as Scholars of the Month in December

December 22, 2021

Editor’s note: This press release was provided by the Rotary Club of the Pelhams. The Pelham Examiner publishes press releases in the form received as a service to the community. Rotary Club of...

Manor board holds public hearing on placing red-light cameras at Pelhamdale-BPR intersection

Manor board holds public hearing on placing red-light cameras at Pelhamdale-BPR intersection

By Ulysses Conrad, Assistant Managing Editor/Opinions
December 21, 2021

The Pelham Manor village board held a public hearing Dec. 13 on a local law that would permit placement of red-light cameras at the Pelhamdale Avenue-Boston Post Road intersection. Currently, local...

School board to consider two-week extension of Champs family-medical leave

School board to consider two-week extension of Champ’s family-medical leave

December 21, 2021

The Pelham Board of Education will hold a special virtual meeting Tuesday at 3 p.m. to consider extending Superintendent Dr. Cheryl Champ's family-medical leave by two weeks, according to a notice...

Bottle up hope to lighten weight of the world

Bottle up hope to lighten weight of the world

By Laura Caruso
December 21, 2021

How do we “bottle up” hope? With so many things in the news that are hard to hear, hard to process and hard to talk about with our kids, I think we all need a way to bottle up hope to make it easier...

Pelham Picture House will expand to Bronxville with ten-year lease on former Bow Tie Cinema

Pelham Picture House will expand to Bronxville with ten-year lease on former Bow Tie Cinema

By Gabby Ahitow, Assistant Managing Editor
December 20, 2021

The Picture House Regional Film Center will expand to Bronxville when it takes over operations of the Bow Tie Cinema, which was in danger of closing for good, under a ten-year lease. Like the Picture...

Hemp (Cannabis sativa L.) in Sherburne National Wildlife Refuge.

Village of Pelham board votes 6-1 to ban cannabis businesses

By Ava Paolucci, Contributing Editor
December 20, 2021

 The Village of Pelham Board of Trustees voted 6-1 Tuesday to ban cannabis shops and lounges within the village's borders. In the state law legalizing marijuana in April, municipalities are allowed...

Joe Durnin: Service to country and village as secret agent, mayor, trustee and veterans advocate

Joe Durnin: Service to country and village as secret agent, mayor, trustee and veterans advocate

By Mila Banfield, Staff Reporter
December 20, 2021

When Joe Durnin was elected mayor of the Village of Pelham, he made a point of getting to know everyone who worked for the village. He went to the police and fire departments and introduced himself....

Update: Snapchat threat that closed all Pelham schools result of nationwide viral social media challenge, say police

Update: Snapchat threat that closed all Pelham schools result of ‘nationwide viral social media challenge,’ say police

By Georgia Russello, Managing Editor
December 17, 2021

The social media threat that closed all Pelham schools Friday was the result of a "nationwide viral social media challenge," according to police. "There were no direct or specific threats to the Pelham...

On growing up odd

On growing up odd

By Katja Fair, Senior Editor
December 17, 2021

I was the staple weird kid. The kid who built fairy houses and made comics while other kids played four-square on the playground. The kid who would read and doodle during class while my teachers desperately...

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