About Us
We are the Pelham Examiner: The student-led independent community newspaper serving the Town of Pelham. The Examiner prides itself on bringing the best local news coverage to residents of the Village of Pelham and the Village of Pelham Manor. There is no subscription required; content is free to the public. Our mission is to inform everyone, regardless of financial circumstances, of events occurring in and around Pelham, New York. We are primarily staffed by volunteers aged 14 to 18 years old but welcome contributions from correspondents of all ages.
The Pelham Examiner is published by The Hudson Valley Local News Lab Inc., a 501(c)(3) nonprofit corporation. Click here if you’d like to donate to support our mission using a credit card, PayPal or Venmo. Givers wishing to contribute by check, please contact Executive Director Rich Zahradnik at [email protected] to arrange this.
For information about digital sponsorships, please contact Sarah Gallagher Trombley at [email protected].
Follow this link to subscribe to our free evening email newsletter, which provides headlines and links to all the stories published by the Examiner each day. To reach us with letters to the editor, press releases, news tips, questions or anything else, email [email protected].
The Pelham Examiner is a member of the Pelham Chamber of Commerce, the New York Press Association, the Alliance of Nonprofit News Outlets and the Local Online Independent News Publishers.
Additional information about The Hudson Valley Local News Lab can be found in these documents:
- Corporate Bylaws of The Hudson Valley Local News Lab Inc.
- Conflict of Interest Policy of the Hudson Valley Local News Lab Inc.
- 2023 unaudited profit and loss statement for The Hudson Valley Local News Lab Inc.
- 2023 IRS Form 990 for The Hudson Valley Local News Lab Inc.
Board of Directors
Gabby Ahitow
Clay Bushong, vice president
Francesca Di Cristofano, secretary
George Freeman
Ben Glickman
Charlotte Howard
JoEllen Scully
Ella Stern, vice president
Rich Zahradnik, chairman and executive director
“Open to All Parties, but Influenced by None.”
(Motto of the Virginia Gazette, mid-1770s)