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Kate Douglass is in Pelham—visiting swim teams

Kate Douglass is in Pelham—visiting swim teams

By Matt Michailoff, Staff Reporter
August 8, 2021

Back from the Tokyo Olympics, Kate Douglass visited the New York Athletic Club and Pelham Country Club junior swim teams on Friday to sign autographs and take pictures with the swimmers. Douglass was...

School district disappointed at lack of new state guidance, will set own Covid rules for school year

School district ‘disappointed’ at lack of new state guidance, will set own Covid rules for school year

By Cristina Stefanizzi, Deputy Managing Editor
August 6, 2021

The Pelham school district is "disappointed" it will not receive updated guidance from Gov. Andrew Cuomo's office or the New York State Department of Health on opening schools and will make its own decisions...

Lauren Dunkelberger in new Premier Music Studio

New music studio to replace Jump Dance Center on Wolfs Lane

By Ava Paolucci, Staff Reporter
August 5, 2021

Wolfs Lane can look forward to gaining a new music studio this fall. Many are aware that Jump Dance Center, a long-time Pelham fixture, ceased offering lessons across a myriad of styles during the Pandemic....

Vito Pisano was grand marshall in the 2016 Pelham Memorial Day parade.

WW2 vet Vito Pisano was taught by parents work hard to succeed—he did and he is

By Gabby Ahitow, Assistant Managing Editor
August 4, 2021

At age 17, Vito "Ace" Pisano graduated from Bronx Vocational School and started working in the Brooklyn Navy Yard as an apprentice steamfitter. It was the beginning of World War II. He put in long, tough...

NewRo, Mount Vernon police join feds, county to battle gun, gang violence

NewRo, Mount Vernon police join feds, county to battle gun, gang violence

August 3, 2021

The neighboring New Rochelle and Mount Vernon police departments have joined federal, county and other local agencies in a combined effort to battle gun violence and gang activity by targeting repeat offenders. The...

Robert Benkwitt III, Pelham fire chief, always imagined hed become a firefighter when he grew up.

Achieving a dream: Chief Benkwitt, 23-year PFD vet, went on calls with uncles as kid

By Sandra Chalissery, Staff Reporter
August 2, 2021

Pelham Fire Chief Robert Benkwitt III didn't so much chase after fire engines as a kid, as tag along. Benkwitt grew up in Pelham with two uncles who were volunteers with the Pelham Fire Department. "Years...

Mid-Hudson region page, which includes Westchester County, of the New York State Covid-19 dashboard.

Westchester’s vaccinated adults tops 80%, as positive Covid-19 tests climb due to Delta variant

August 2, 2021

Eighty percent of adults living in Westchester County have received at least one dose of the Covid-19 vaccine, according to a press release from Westchester County. "The county continues to outpace the...

The crossing over the Hutchinson River Parkway was renamed the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. - Michael Henry Schwerner Memorial Bridge.

Cuomo signs bill renaming bridge between Pelham-Mount Vernon to honor MLK and Michael Schwerner

By Oliver Tam, Executive Editor
August 2, 2021

Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed legislation Wednesday that named a bridge connecting Pelham and Mount Vernon after civil rights leader Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and and murdered Pelham activist Michael...

Crowds throng Wolfs Lane on the Pelham trolleys last run in 1937.

The day the Pelham trolley died…

July 31, 2021

On July 31, 1937, eighty four years ago today, the trolley that ran from Pelham Manor through downtown Pelham made its final trip. Based on the crowds pictured on that day, you'd think many were...

Storm flooded homes in north Pelham Monday as fire dept. made 20 calls to pump basements, rescue drivers

Storm flooded homes in north Pelham Monday as fire dept. made 20 calls to pump basements, rescue drivers

July 30, 2021

The sudden storm early Monday morning left homes on Fourth, Sixth and Seventh avenues with more than a foot of water in their garages and basements, while the Pelham Fire Department responded to 20 calls,...

Cristina Chianese, president of the Pelham Chamber of Commerce since September, created programs to boost businesses during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Chamber president innovated throughout Covid crisis to help local businesses

By Audrey Levenson, Business Editor
July 30, 2021

The owners of gift shop Richard’s Passport on Wolfs Lane were reluctant to open their doors because of the Covid-19 pandemic and their advanced age. They weren’t sure if they’d be able to continue...

A window was boarded up after the attempted burglary at LeGravinese Jewelry.

Attempted burglary at LaGravinese Jewelers on Tuesday night

By Cristina Stefanizzi, Deputy Managing Editor
July 29, 2021

A burglar smashed a front window of LaGravinese Jewelers on Fifth Avenue late Tuesday night in an attempted break in. The burglar did not get into the shop, but stole a few display rings that were not...

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