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Terri Rouke retires after 18 years as clerk of Village of Pelham

Terri Rouke retires after 18 years as clerk of Village of Pelham

By Georgia Russello, Managing Editor
April 22, 2022

Terri Rouke is retiring after 20 years working for the Village of Pelham, including 18 as the village clerk. Her daughter, Sarah LoPuzzo, is her successor.  In a joint statement, Mayor Chance Mullen...

Residents question board during hearing on proposed $18.3 million budget for Pelham Manor

Residents question board during hearing on proposed $18.3 million budget for Pelham Manor

By Ulysses Conrad, Assistant Managing Editor/Opinions
April 22, 2022

The Village of Pelham Manor Board of Trustees held a public hearing April 11 on the proposed $18.3 million budget for the year beginning June 1, with three residents asking questions on the spending plan. According...

Vehicles with keys inside again stolen in Pelham Manor

April 16, 2022

Several Pelham Manor vehicles were stolen after owners again left the key fobs inside, the Pelham Manor Police Department reported Friday morning. Police didn't not say how many vehicles were involved...

PJC’s Rabbi Resnick writes Passover Haggadah for refugee stories

PJC’s Rabbi Resnick writes Passover Haggadah for refugee stories

By Hannah Steinberg, Staff Reporter
April 14, 2022

Everyone deserves a voice and a chance to tell their story, both of their triumphs and tribulations. Through the Westchester Jewish Coalition on Immigration, a group of rabbis that included Pelham Jewish...

Eric Weber turns fallen nature into art with woodworking business

Eric Weber turns fallen nature into art with woodworking business

By Hannah Steinberg, Staff Reporter
April 13, 2022

Big storms often fell one or more of Pelham's old trees. Woodworker Eric Weber recycles the fallen giants from the town and around Westchester into pieces of art.  Weber has a workshop, Weber Woodcraft,...

Bennett and Owen-Michaane sworn in for new two-year terms as Manor trustees

Bennett and Owen-Michaane sworn in for new two-year terms as Manor trustees

By Ulysses Conrad, Assistant Managing Editor/Opinions
April 13, 2022

Pelham Town Justice John Gardner on April 4 swore in Village of Pelham Manor Trustees Bridget “Breda” Bennett and Maurice Owen-Michaane following their re-election to two-year terms in March. The...

Artists rendering of the proposed municipal center for the Village of Pelham.

Pelham trustees move to finalize EIS for Pelham House, muni center, downtown zone renewal

By Ava Paolucci, Contributing Editor
April 9, 2022

The Village of Pelham Board of Trustees worked for three hours March 29 on finalizing the draft generic environmental impact statement (GEIS) that covers the proposed Pelham House apartment complex, the...

Spring into Pelham will take place Sunday.

Chamber, Recreation Dept. hosting Sunday’s ‘Spring into Pelham’ to kick off season

By Phoebe Schwarz and Mila Banfield
April 5, 2022

The spring season will get an official kick-off Sunday with the "Spring into Pelham" downtown event.  Starting at 10 a.m., the Pelham Recreation Department and the Chamber of Commerce will be hosting...

Kate Douglass with UVA swimming head coach Todd DeSorbo, who won coach of the year.

Kate Douglass named Women’s Swimmer of the Year by college swimming association

By Gabby Ahitow, Assistant Managing Editor
April 1, 2022

Pelham native Kate Douglass was named Women's Swimmer of the Year by the College Swimming and Diving Association of America (CSCAA). Douglass broke American records in the 50 freestyle, 100 butterfly and...

Ukrainian refugees crossing into Poland.

Pelham family with relatives in Ukraine: Here’s what they’re doing to help

By Georgia Russello, Managing Editor
March 30, 2022

The war in Ukraine has affected a family in our small town. The Schulzhenkos are longtime Pelham residents with family members who have been living in the midst of the conflict. Sophia Shulzhenko, a...

School board votes 6-1 to move forward with capital-reserve fund that would use budget surpluses; voters must approve

School board votes 6-1 to move forward with capital-reserve fund that would use budget surpluses; voters must approve

By Bella Caruso, Assistant Managing Editor
March 30, 2022

The Pelham Board of Education voted 6-1 Wednesday to take steps to establish a capital-reserve fund using budget surpluses, while also discussing retaining elementary interventionists for another year...

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