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Foto Feature: Fans line streets to cheer on state champion hockey team

Foto Feature: Fans line streets to cheer on state champion hockey team

By Anna Gambone, Staff Reporter
March 28, 2022

A “Parade of Champions” celebrating the PMHS ice hockey team’s New York State Division 2 title Saturday passed excited fans young and old as it ran from Franklin Place north on Wolfs Lane/Fifth...

Parade celebrating state champion PMHS ice hockey team steps off Saturday

Parade celebrating state champion PMHS ice hockey team steps off Saturday

March 23, 2022

A "Parade of Champions" celebrating the PMHS ice hockey team's New York State Division 2 title will take start at 2 p.m. on Saturday. The parade will begin on Franklin Place adjacent to Pelham Memorial...

Three unlocked cars with keys inside stolen in Pelham Manor

March 18, 2022

Three unlocked cars with the keys inside were stolen in the past few days from locations in Pelham Manor. The cars were driven to the Bronx, said the Pelham Manor Police Department in a Friday statement. "Car...

Kate Douglass swimming at the University of Virginia.

Pelham’s Olympian Kate Douglass swims fastest 50 freestyle in NCAA history

By Cristina Stefanizzi, Deputy Managing Editor
March 18, 2022

Kate Douglass, a junior at the University of Virginia, set the record for the fastest women's 50 freestyle in NCAA history while winning the title in the Women's NCAA Championship in Atlanta. Douglass...

From left, Breda Bennett and Maurice Owen-Michaane

Bennett and Owen-Michaane reelected to Manor village board after running unopposed

By Gabby Ahitow, Assistant Managing Editor
March 17, 2022

Incumbent Trustees Bridget "Breda" Bennett and Maurice Owen-Michaane were officially reelected to the village board March 15 after facing no opponents on the ballot. Owen-Michaane and Bennett ran on...

Ed Witz (middle) wins his second state title

Legendary PMHS ice hockey coach Ed Witz retires after winning second state title

By Charlie Parent, Assistant Managing Editor/Sports
March 16, 2022

PMHS ice hockey coach Ed Witz has retired two days after winning the 2022 New York State Division II Championship. Witz has been the headman with the Pelicans since the 1984-1985 season. In that span,...

Artist rendering of the Pelham House apartment building proposed for Fifth Avenue and Third Street, as submitted for the Feb. 15 planning board meeting.

Village of Pelham starts process for zoning changes needed by Pelham House, extend BDFZ by 5 years

By Ava Paolucci, Contributing Editor
March 15, 2022

The Village of Pelham Board of Trustees began the process March 8 of both making changes to the Business Development Floating Zone (BDFZ) needed by the developer of the Pelham House apartment building...

Lt. Phil DeSimone promoted to captain of Pelham Fire Department

Lt. Phil DeSimone promoted to captain of Pelham Fire Department

March 15, 2022

Pelham Fire Department Lt. Phil DeSimone was promoted to captain, making the 11-year veteran the second in command of the PFD. He is also the second person in the department's history to hold the...

CNC gives its nod to six candidates for Pelham Board of Education

CNC gives its nod to six candidates for Pelham Board of Education

By Bella Caruso, Assistant Managing Editor
March 14, 2022

The Citizens Nominating Committee (CNC) gave its stamp of approval Monday to six candidates for the three open seats on the Pelham Board of Education, according to a letter from the CNC. The candidates...

STATE CHAMPIONS!!

STATE CHAMPIONS!!

By Charlie Parent, Assistant Managing Editor/Sports
March 14, 2022

PMHS ice hockey are Division II New York State Champions. The Pelicans defeated Starpoint 7-6 Sunday on a sudden-death goal in overtime by senior captain Ben Rosenberg in a nail-biter of a final that...

The New York Wonders, including Pelham sixth grader Paz Marrero, appeared on the Today Show with female Little League pioneer Maria Pepe.

Sixth grader Paz Marrero appears on Today Show with Little League pioneer

By Sandra Chalissery, Staff Reporter
March 14, 2022

Sixth grader Paz Marrero appeared on the Today Show March 8 with her New York Wonders baseball team and met female Little League pioneer Maria Pepe in honor of Women's History Month. Marrero is a Pelham...

PMHS ice hockey beats Queensbury 7-1 in semis to book trip to state championship final

PMHS ice hockey beats Queensbury 7-1 in semis to book trip to state championship final

By Charlie Parent, Assistant Managing Editor/Sports
March 12, 2022

PMHS ice hockey defeated Queensbury in the Division II state semifinal in a lopsided 7-1 victory that sends the Pelicans to the state championship final on Sunday at 2 p.m. Pelham had one of their fastest...

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