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School board members listen to a resident during their March 19 meeting in PMHS's Alumni Hall.

School board plans final vote Wednesday on four bond propositions totaling $143.6 million, with Siwanoy receiving its own line on ballot

By Charlotte Cohn, Assistant Managing Editor
March 26, 2025

The Pelham Board of Education is scheduled to vote Wednesday night on sending four bond propositions totaling $143.6 million to district voters for approval, after deciding March 19 to increase the number...

Manor approves retail zoning law, receives full funding for right-turn lane on Boston Post Road

Manor approves retail zoning law, receives full funding for right-turn lane on Boston Post Road

By Gillian Ho, Deputy Managing Editor
March 24, 2025

The Village of Pelham Manor Board of Trustees unanimously approved the "Amendment to the Permitted Uses in the Retail Districts Zone and Related Changes" Law, or Local Law 1 of 2025, a new piece of legislation...

Village of Pelham looks to add new parking software, plans to join other municipalities in opposing Con Ed rate increases

Village of Pelham looks to add new parking software, plans to join other municipalities in opposing Con Ed rate increases

By Gillian Ho, Deputy Managing Editor
March 21, 2025

Village of Pelham Administrator Christopher Scelza presented a proposal from software company T2 Systems for a "comprehensive overhaul of our parking enforcement and parking management technology" at the...

Mullen presents ideas to improve parking to village board following resident complaints at previous meetings

Mullen presents ideas to improve parking to village board following resident complaints at previous meetings

By Kiran Schwaderer, Managing Editor
March 11, 2025

Mayor Chance Mullen presented a list of ideas for parking improvements to the Pelham village board on Feb. 25 in response to concerns brought to the trustees on Jan. 28 and Feb. 11 by residents of 305...

Rendering of Siwanoy with proposed addition at rear.

School board drafts $141.2 million project package for bond referendum, includes PMHS, Siwanoy additions

By Charlotte Cohn, Assistant Managing Editor
March 8, 2025

The Pelham Board of Education reached consensus Monday on borrowing $141.2 million via bond sales to fund capital projects, including an addition at the secondary campus, another for Siwanoy Elementary...

PMHS and PMS evacuated due to 'unidentified odor' in science wing; students return to classes 35 minutes later

PMHS and PMS evacuated due to ‘unidentified odor’ in science wing; students return to classes 35 minutes later

By Kira Findikyan, Assistant Managing Editor
March 5, 2025

The high school and middle school were evacuated at 9:35 a.m. Wednesday morning due to an "unidentified odor" in the building, according to a text alert from the school district. Students and staff...

Pelham Together and PMHS's Create for Kids Club co-host Valentine's card-making event

Pelham Together and PMHS’s Create for Kids Club co-host Valentine’s card-making event

By Emily Walch, Staff Reporter
February 26, 2025

Scattered cards covered every surface at DaniLee's Helping Hands on Feb. 14 as high school and elementary school students collaborated to create more than 100 Valentine's Day cards. Volunteers filled...

Village of Pelham board meeting: Mayor Mullen responds to Sixth Avenue residents with parking concerns

Village of Pelham board meeting: Mayor Mullen responds to Sixth Avenue residents with parking concerns

By Kiran Schwaderer, Managing Editor
February 21, 2025

Mayor Chance Mullen responded at the Feb. 11 village board meeting to concerns about long-term parking raised by residents at the trustees' previous meeting. A group that lives in the apartment building...

After 12-year absence, Depot Dave returns to Fifth Avenue with storefront location offering cooking classes

After 12-year absence, Depot Dave returns to Fifth Avenue with storefront location offering cooking classes

By Scarlett Hanlon, Entertainment Editor
February 19, 2025

Dave Katz, also known as Depot Dave, plans to soon offer cooking classes in the shop on the corner of Fifth and Lincoln avenues that previously housed Sweet Lincoln. The move marks his return to downtown...

On tour, Siwanoy principal shows residents need for expansion; most at meeting oppose option that would demolish building's wings

On tour, Siwanoy principal shows residents need for expansion; most at meeting oppose option that would demolish building’s wings

By Lark Martin, Executive Editor
February 14, 2025

Siwanoy Elementary School Principal Farid Johnson led about 30 Pelham residents through his building on a Feb. 6 tour that was an element of the information sessions the district is holding on capital...

Full blueprint of the proposed solutions from NYMTC and Rutgers.

Traffic experts outline changes needed on streets between PMHS and Glover Field to protect pedestrians

By Gillian Ho, Deputy Managing Editor
February 11, 2025

At a community planning workshop on Jan. 31, two transportation planning organizations proposed solutions for dangerous pedestrian conditions at the intersections between Pelham Memorial High School and...

Residents of Sixth Avenue apartment building bring complaints about lack of parking to Pelham village board

Residents of Sixth Avenue apartment building bring complaints about lack of parking to Pelham village board

By Kiran Schwaderer, Managing Editor
February 7, 2025

Almost a dozen residents of the apartment building at 305 Sixth Ave. attended the Village of Pelham Board of Trustees meeting on Jan. 28 to ask for interim and long-term parking solutions after they lost...

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