On Monday afternoon, Village of Pelham police responded to the area around Franklin Field near the high school and middle school campus. There was a brief altercation between a group of students from a...

In a mid-year school district report, Superintendent Dr. Cheryl Champ told the school board Wednesday one major highlight of the first semester was the guided discussion on excellence in Pelham schools...

With the midway point of the school year approaching, the Pelham Board of Education began its budget season and a re-assessment of goals for the year during its meeting Wednesday. President Dr. Michael...

The Pelham school district's administration held Monday a guided discussion with residents on the topic of excellence in schools.  Superintendent Dr. Cheryl Champ introduced the event. Also present...

Kate Douglass, a 2019 Pelham Memorial High School graduate and a member of the University of Virginia swim team, swam a 2:01.87 time in the 200 yard breaststroke on Saturday. The time broke Douglass's...

Dr. Kerri Titone-Lemanski was appointed as the new assistant principal of Pelham Memorial High School during Wednesday's board of education meeting. Dr. Titone was recommended by Superintendent Dr....

PTA leaders from Colonial Elementary School and Pelham Memorial High School called on the board of education to do more to fight hate and bias in the schools during Tuesday's board meeting, following the...

Pelham Memorial High School student-athletes have criticized the athletic department for prioritizing the football team over other fall sports in allocating fields during the week, forcing delays, reschedulings...

Assistant Superintendent for Teaching and Learning Dr. Alice Bowman discussed data from the state standardized tests for third through eighth graders and the high school Regents exams at Tuesday’s board...

Nineteen Pelham Memorial High School students were recognized by the board of education as recipients of academic honors from the College Board and National Merit Scholarship Corp. at the start of Wednesday's...

An administrator told the Pelham school board the 21-percentage-point drop in students attaining proficiency in the 2022 chemistry Regents examination was the result of inexperience with the state tests,...

The Pelham Board of Education on Wednesday heard an update on the search for a new Pelham Memorial High School assistant principal and addressed a proposal to build a town pool on Franklin Field. School...

Dr. Michael Owen-Michaane and Ian Rowe were unanimously elected school board president and vice president, respectively, for the 2022-23 school year during the board's reorganization meeting Tuesday. The...

The Pelham Board of Education re-voted 4-3 on Thursday to grant Superintendent Dr. Cheryl Champ a new four-year contract, approving the same resolution it passed two weeks earlier to correct a violation...

The Pelham Board of Education voted 4-3 to grant Superintendent Dr. Cheryl Champ a new four-year contract at its last meeting of the year on Wednesday, extending her term as schools chief by an additional...

The Pelham Manor, Pelham and New Rochelle fire departments fought a house fire at 39 Edgemere St. in Pelham Manor Thursday night. The house, which belongs to Roger and Marissa Medina-Mora, was empty...

The proposed capital reserve was rejected Tuesday by Pelham school district voters and the $84.2 million budget was approved, while Will Treves, Jackie De Angelis and Natalie Marrero were elected to three-year...

The six candidates running for three open Pelham school board seats discussed board transparency, the district’s strategic plan, student mental-health issues due to Covid-19 and how to support student...

A leaked draft opinion suggests the U.S. Supreme Court ruling in Roe v. Wade may be overturned this summer. That decision, issued in 1973, grants all pregnant individuals the legal right to an abortion....

Superintendent Dr. Cheryl Champ defended the proposed capital reserve fund after residents expressed concern over its purpose during public hearings about the fund and the tentative 2022-23 district...

Six candidates will be on the ballot May 17 for three seats on the Pelham Board of Education. District clerk Pauline Davies confirmed the following filed petitions by the April 18 deadline and that...

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...

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...

The Citizens Nominating Committee has returned after a two-year pandemic hiatus and is seeking school board candidates to interview for the three open seats on the May 17 ballot. The CNC was set up...

The three school trustees whose terms are up this year—John Brice, Leah Tahbaz and Vincent Mazzaro—each announced they will not seek reelection at recent board of education meetings. Their three-year...

Assistant Superintendent for Pupil Personnel Services Julia Chung has resigned effective March 4 after two years with the Pelham school district, said Superintendent Dr. Cheryl Champ in an email Monday. Chung...

Splitting middle school grades into two teams and bonding days and dialectical behavioral therapy at the high school were covered during a Pelham school board work session on student mental health.  “Educators...

The Pelham Board of Education laid out a major rewrite of the diversity, equity and inclusion policy it adopted only six months ago, prompting criticism from eight Pelham residents during the Jan. 19 board...

Thirty high school basketball players and their parents attended the Pelham school board meeting Wednesday to protest the district's limit of two spectators per player at each game. Two days later, interim...

Democrat Kara McLoughlin and Republican incumbent Rae Szymanski were elected to four-year terms on the Pelham Town Council, as McLoughlin took first handedly with a 415-vote margin over Szymanski, according...

On Election Day Tuesday, the only competitive race in Pelham is for two at-large town council seats, pitting Republicans Rae Szymanski and Tade Reen against Democrat Kara McLoughlin. However, voters...

The Village of Pelham Board of Trustees voted unanimously Tuesday to purchase four new diesel garbage trucks. The action brings the village a big step closer to creating a sanitation department and ceasing...

The Village of Pelham Board of Trustees decided Sept. 14 to postpone for two weeks a vote on the purchase of four garbage trucks, a step at the core of the board's plan to create a village sanitation department...

The Village of Pelham Board of Trustees plans to purchase four garbage trucks to bring trash collection in house, funding the project from $2.36 million in bonds the village will sell. A resolution...

All three candidates for two Pelham Town Council seats up for election Nov. 2 stressed their connections and experience in interviews with the Pelham Examiner, while Kara McLoughlin, the lone Democrat...

Throughout the prolonged course of the Covid-19 pandemic, the staff of the Pelham Examiner continued to write about daily changes in all our lives for more than a year. The stories on the website shifted...

In local elections this fall, the Republicans and Democrats will contest two town council seats, while only the GOP is running candidates for three other town posts and only the Democrats have a slate...

Chris Scelza is serving as acting administrator for the Village of Pelham following Omar Small's resignation, which was announced in January and became effective April 1. Scelza had been the village’s...

Ian Rowe and Dr. Michael Owen-Michaane were elected to three-year terms on the Pelham school board Tuesday, defeating incumbents Eileen Miller and Jessica Young and first-time candidate Janice Powers,...

The Pelham Board of Education discussed Teacher Appreciation Week at Wednesday's meeting and held a public hearing on the proposed 2021-2022 school district budget, which drew no speakers. With Teacher...

In an unanimous vote, Village of Pelham Mayor Chance Mullen, Deputy Mayor Mike Carpenter and all five village trustees passed the mayor's proposed budget at the village board meeting on Tuesday. The budget...

The Village of Pelham Board of Trustees received one question Tuesday during a public hearing on its proposed $16.2 million budget for 2021-22. “If expenses are growing at 4% per year, does that make...

Village of Pelham Mayor Chance Mullen said his proposed $16.2 million budget—which exceeds the tax cap—will put the village on more stable financial footing in the coming fiscal year and includes...

The three Republican incumbents swept the Village of Pelham Manor elections in balloting that saw strong voter turnout, with Mayor Jennifer Monachino Lapey and trustees Angela Michele DeLillo and Joseph...

Registered Democrats overtook Republicans in the Village of Pelham Manor four years ago, with the Democratic Party holding a 628-voter advantage as of November, according to data from the New York State...

The Village of Pelham Manor review of the police department missed "a lot," failing to recognize "the George Floyd murder happened" and the fact there is "inconsistent police interaction" in the village,...

The Republican Party platform for the Village of Pelham Manor elections underlines the candidates' record of "sound governance" and promises they will "continue to ensure that the village uses our tax...

The Democratic Party platform in the Pelham Manor election promises the candidates will name three standing committees on environmental sustainability, community engagement and fiscal responsibility "to...

All three Pelham Manor Democratic candidates voiced opposition to the idea of merging the Village of Pelham Manor and the Village of Pelham during their first "Meet the Candidates" Zoom session Sunday. "We...

Excitement arose in town on Saturday with the grand opening of Flour Power, a new bakery on Boston Post Road in Pelham Manor. Flour Power replaces the Bakery at Four Corners, which closed in 2018. ...

To brighten up the winter for the staff of the Pelham schools, the PTA Council teamed up with Pelham Together to create the Letters of Gratitude campaign. The 750 student-created cards were sent last week...

Pelham businesses have sought various ways to adapt to the coronavirus pandemic and serve the residents of the community. Ballet Arts Ballet Arts has always been known for their traditional, classic...