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Satellite image of Hurricane Henri.

Hurricane Henri forecast to make eastern Long Island landfall Sunday afternoon

August 21, 2021

This hurricane statement was provided by the National Weather Service. Hurricane Henri Local Statement Advisory Number 24 533 PM EDT Sat Aug 21 2021 This product covers Southeast New York, Northeast...

Project Community to focus on binge drinking, sexual assault, anxiety among teens this fall

Project Community to focus on binge drinking, sexual assault, anxiety among teens this fall

By Kate Ely, Staff Reporter
August 20, 2021

With the new school year approaching, Project Community outlined the programs it offers teens in the areas of self awareness, anxiety, binge drinking and sexual assault during a lunch Aug. 9 at the Pelham...

STATS23 Preschool to open on Fifth Avenue in Village, accepting 6 week to 5 year olds

STATS23 Preschool to open on Fifth Avenue in Village, accepting 6 week to 5 year olds

By Audrey Levenson, Business Editor
August 18, 2021

STATS23 Preschool is expected to open at the end of September at 136 Fifth Ave., bringing another location for infant and toddler care for children from six weeks to five years old to the community,...

Bronx man pleads guilty to violent Pelham Manor home invasion in 2019

Bronx man pleads guilty to violent Pelham Manor home invasion in 2019

August 13, 2021

Rick Scocozza of the Bronx pled guilty Tuesday to second degree attempted burglary after holding a Pelham Manor family at gun point with what turned out to be a BB gun while attempting to burglarize their...

Pelham Memorial High School

Pelham schools to return to pre-pandemic schedules; health precautions remain in place

By Cristina Stefanizzi, Deputy Managing Editor
August 12, 2021

The Pelham school district's reopening advisory task force met on Wednesday to review the district's plans for the upcoming school year starting on Sept. 9, including the discontinuation of fully remote...

Gov. Andrew Cuomo resigns amid accusations of sexual harassment by eleven women

Gov. Andrew Cuomo resigns amid accusations of sexual harassment by eleven women

By Katja Fair, Senior Editor
August 10, 2021

Gov. Andrew Cuomo resigned Tuesday following accusations of sexual harassment from eleven different women. Democratic Lieutenant Gov. Kathy Hochul will serve the rest of Cuomo's term, becoming the first...

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...

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