Dear Readers:

I am thrilled to introduce to you the new group of editors on the masthead of the Pelham Examiner as the newspaper begins its seventh year of publication.

We have four senior editors who joined the Examiner at its founding or in its first year of operation in 2018. They were in fifth and sixth grade at the time. That means most of the top six editors have five or six years experience working for the paper, and interestingly, all of those staffers first became reporters on their elementary school newspapers (the Colonial Times, the Hutchinson Bear and the Siwanoy Spotlight).

Here is the great team running the Town of Pelham’s local newspaper:

Executive Editor: Lark Martin

Managing Editor: Kiran Schwaderer

Deputy Managing Editor: Gillian Ho

Assistant Managing Editor: Oliver Lavallee

Assistant Managing Editor and Head of Recruiting: Charlotte Cohn

Assistant Managing Editor: Kira Findikyan

Entertainment Editor: Scarlett Hanlon

Social Media Editor: Nate Reynoso

They have witnessed the Examiner grow from a little web project to the established community newspaper for Pelham. This paper provides real-world, real-time experience in managing, editing, writing and reporting to these editors and the rest of our staff of 26. It’s a daily lesson in civic engagement.

Please consider supporting our mission by following this link to donate to the Hudson Valley Local News Lab Inc., the 501(c)3 nonprofit that owns and operates the Pelham Examiner.

Enjoy your summer!

With gratitude,

Rich Zahradnik

Executive Director