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Flooding at train trestle on Highbrook Avenue. (Pelham Examiner file photo)

Village of Pelham flooding: Possible $39 million price tag to upgrade rainwater sewers

By Kiran Schwaderer and Gillian Ho
November 21, 2023

The Village of Pelham will have to spend as much as $39 million to improve the rainwater drainage systems in the areas of north Pelham and Highbrook Avenue in order to reduce the flooding that occurs during...

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PMHS and PMS get all clear from county bomb squad after emailed threat forces evacuation and early dismissal

By Gabby Ahitow, Executive Editor
November 20, 2023

The Westchester County Bomb Squad assisted by a K9 unit found no explosives and no credible threat on the Pelham middle and high school campus following a bomb threat Monday afternoon that forced the evacuation...

Pelham Middle School and Pelham Memorial High School evacuated after bomb threat

Pelham Middle School and Pelham Memorial High School evacuated after bomb threat

By Phoebe Schwarz, Deputy Managing Editor
November 20, 2023

Pelham Middle School and Pelham Memorial High School were evacuated at 12:35 p.m. Monday after a bomb threat, according to a text message sent to parents. "It is unclear whether this threat is credible...

Deadline to donate a Thanksgiving-in-a-Box is Tuesday at 5 p.m.

Deadline to donate a Thanksgiving-in-a-Box is Tuesday at 5 p.m.

By Gianluca Polenzani, Staff Reporter
November 20, 2023

In 2005, the Huguenot Mission Committee brought a cooked Thanksgiving meal to 10 families, but the group wanted to have a greater impact in the future. The initiative partnered with Family Services of...

Pelhamite Beth Lane premieres documentary on familys escape during Holocaust

Pelhamite Beth Lane premieres documentary on family’s escape during Holocaust

By Lark Martin, Contributing Editor
November 15, 2023

The seven Weber siblings evaded capture after the death of their mother in Auschwitz, following their father's wish for them to "stay together no matter what happens." With the help of two farmers, now...

Foto Feature: Pelham Art Center hosts Studio Cafe fall fundraiser celebrating 1980s

Foto Feature: Pelham Art Center hosts Studio Cafe fall fundraiser celebrating 1980s

By Sandra Chalissery, Staff Reporter
November 14, 2023

This year’s Pelham Art Center fall fundraiser brought art lovers and community members back to the lively, colorful 1980s on Nov. 4. The art center embraced the decade with art, food, music, dancing,...

Clayton Bushong, Pelhams impresario, brings his vision to top job at Picture House

Clayton Bushong, Pelham’s impresario, brings his vision to top job at Picture House

By Shannon Winston, Staff Reporter
November 13, 2023

With more than a decade working in a range of roles at the Picture House Regional Film Center, Clayton Bushong is bringing his artistic vision to the top position after becoming executive director...

PMHS junior Maddie Horner qualifies for three events at state swimming championships

PMHS junior Maddie Horner qualifies for three events at state swimming championships

November 10, 2023

PMHS junior Maddie Horner has qualified for the New York State Swimming and Diving Championships to be held in Webster on Nov. 17 and 18. Horner will compete in three events at states following...

Foto Feature: Pelham Rec provides sports event for children with different abilities

Foto Feature: Pelham Rec provides sports event for children with different abilities

By Charlotte Cohn, Assistant Managing Editor
November 10, 2023

Pelham Recreation invited children with different abilities to play baseball and soccer at Glover Field at the Mindful Sports event on Sunday. Students from Pelham Middle School and Pelham Memorial...

From left, Councilwoman Maura Curtin, Councilwoman Kristen Burke and Town Justice Adam Kagan all won reelection as Democrats.

Democrats Curtin, Burke and Kagan win reelection in Pelham’s three competitive races, according to elections board unofficial tallies

By Gabby Ahitow and Kiran Schwaderer
November 8, 2023

Town of Pelham voters reelected the three Democratic incumbents who faced competitive elections Tuesday, giving Kristen Burke and Maura Curtin new four-year terms on the Pelham Town Council and Adam Kagan...

Town of Pelhams new ambulance unveiled at ceremony with local and state officials; contract needed to crew it

Town of Pelham’s new ambulance unveiled at ceremony with local and state officials; contract needed to crew it

By Pelham Examiner editors
November 4, 2023

Local and state officials welcomed the Town of Pelham's new ambulance at a ceremony Wednesday morning in the public library parking lot. But before a new Pelham ambulance service can get started, the...

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Four Corners parking lot reopens after being torn up for more than four months because of burst pipe

By Phoebe Schwarz, Deputy Managing Editor
November 4, 2023

The parking lot for CVS and the other shops at Four Corners has fully reopened after being torn up for more than four months to make repairs because a water pipe burst. The Village of Pelham Manor announced...

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