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Flooding at train trestle on Highbrook Avenue. (Pelham Examiner file photo)

Village of Pelham flooding: Possible $39 million price tag to upgrade rainwater sewers

By Kiran Schwaderer and Gillian Ho
November 21, 2023

The Village of Pelham will have to spend as much as $39 million to improve the rainwater drainage systems in the areas of north Pelham and Highbrook Avenue in order to reduce the flooding that occurs during...

All Pelham schools dismiss early due to storm and its flooding as villages, county and state declare states of emergency

All Pelham schools dismiss early due to storm and its flooding as villages, county and state declare states of emergency

By Matt Michailoff, Assistant Managing Editor
September 29, 2023

All Pelham schools dismissed students early at 1:15 p.m. Friday due to the rain storm that brought flooding to Pelham, after Colonial Elementary School was forced to send its students home earlier at 10:30...

A CCTV image of a sanitary sewer conduit running through a Pelham Manor storm drainage pipe under Glover Field. The partial obstruction causes the Wolfs Lane area to flood during big storms.

Manor flooding update: State to study Hutchinson River; school district creates access to sewer system under Glover Field

August 26, 2023

The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) will begin a flood recovery and resiliency study of the Hutchinson River watershed through the Resilient NY program after "the Hutch...

One grant would part-fund a joint project with New Rochelle to replace a storm sewer line along Mount Tom Road.

Pelham Manor board moves to apply for grants to part-fund $2.2 million in stormwater sewer repairs

By Phoebe Schwarz, Assistant Managing Editor
July 18, 2023

The Village of Pelham Manor Board of Trustees voted July 10 to apply for grants under the state's Climate Smart Communities program to help fund two major projects detailed in an engineering report that...

A CCTV image of a sanitary sewer conduit running through a Pelham Manor storm drainage pipe under Glover Field. The partial obstruction causes the Wolfs Lane area to flood during big storms.

Flooding problem: At least $7.9 million in needed repairs for Pelham Manor storm sewers detailed in engineering report

By Pelham Examiner Editors
June 20, 2023

The Village of Pelham Manor's stormwater sewer system needs at least $7.9 million worth of work to reduce flooding that has plagued three areas of the municipality for years, according to the Village-Wide...

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