Olympic bronze medalist Kate Douglass visited Pelham Middle School and Pelham Memorial High School on Wednesday, displaying her medal and giving the schools one of her Olympic swim caps. Members...

PMHS athletes with Kate Douglass

(l. to r.) Superintendent Dr. Cheryl Champ, Kate Douglass, PMS Principal Lynn Sabia, Athletic Director Christian Hodge, PMHS Principal Mark Berkowitz

Aidan Zusin (left) and Oliver Tam as Wadsworth.

Ava Pedorella (left) and Jeremy Tam.

Oliver Tam (left) and Jeremy Tam.

From left, Ava Pedorella as Miss Scarlet, Aidan Zusin as Mr. Green, Katie Scott as Mrs. Peacock, Ellie O'Sullivan as Ms. White and Andrew Kelly as Colonel Mustard.

The cast of Clue.

Grace Kiamie as Yvette.

The Do Something Club at Pelham Memorial High School participated in the annual Westchester Polar Plunge on Saturday to raise awareness and money for the Special Olympics. The Do Something Club raised...

Superintendent Dr. Cheryl Champ will be taking a leave of absence from Dec. 1 to Jan. 3 as her husband recovers from major surgery for a benign tumor. Champ will recommend to the school board Wednesday...

During the past week, parents and students have voiced criticisms and suggestions for change in the wake of an online post by a student that others perceived to be threatening and several unrelated incidents...

The Pelham school district is starting an investigation under the state Dignity for All Students Act after a Siwanoy Elementary School student made "a derogatory comment" to another about the color of...

Pelham Manor Police Officer John Luiso received the Westchester County Police Category III, Second Place Police Honor Award for saving a man who jumped into Eastchester Creek. Luiso, who was a rookie...

The Pelham school board reviewed Wednesday the steps for implementing dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) in all classrooms. Julia Chung, assistant superintendent for pupil personnel and services, said...

Vandalism was reported in the Wolfs Lane Park across the street from Villaggio's Ristorante and Pizzeria on Wednesday afternoon, according to a statement sent by the Pelham Police Department via Nixle. "It...

A Pelham Memorial High School student was hit by a car Thursday morning while walking in the vicinity of Wolfs Lane and Boulevard West, according to an email sent by Superintendent Dr. Cheryl Champ. The...

Pelham residents and out-of-towners, headlining acts and local performers met the bright sunshine Saturday with music, smiles and some serious boogying on parking lot 7 at the first-ever Toonerville...

Quite possibly one of the best Marvel origin films, "Shang Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings" proved wrong numerous forecasts of a flop, breaking Labor Day box office records. "Shang Chi" provides with...

The Board of Education approved a resolution Tuesday to hire C19/Verbosity to conduct district Covid-19 testing for the school year. The district has also hired a new covid coordinator, Bridget Gates,...

Robbie Shepherd, a junior at Pelham Memorial High School, completed Advanced Space Academy at the U.S. Space and Rocket Center in Huntsville, Alabama, participating in numerous space-elated simulations....

The PMHS football team beat Sleepy Hollow 27-0 in its first game of the season Friday night—and the first game with all the fans in the stands in more than a year. Supporters packed the bleachers...

PMHS is celebrating its 100th year educating students, and will be hosting a centennial celebration on Oct. 16. The event will include highlights from across the decades and tours of the building. More...

The flooding destroyed basements full of household good in Pelham, with pickups by the villages on going.

The Pelham Board of Education unanimously approved two resolutions Wednesday requiring all district staff and athletes playing high risk sports to provide proof of vaccination or participate in weekly...

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...

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...

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...

Starting July 9, Marvel fans and moviegoers received a long awaited and much needed female empowerment film, finally bringing justice and closure to the character of Black Widow. Considering Scarlett Johansson's...

The Pelham Board of Education unanimously adopted a diversity, equity and inclusion policy after its third reading Tuesday, but not before the two newly sworn-in trustees criticized language in it and...

Mount Vernon Pelham Indivisible has called on Pelham community members to email school board members in support of adoption of the proposed diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) policy, which will have...

A plane takes off on a routine trip, but when it lands five and a half years have passed and the 191 passengers on board hadn't aged a day. "Manifest" takes viewers through a three season journey that...

School board president Jessica DeDomenico addressed recent discussion surrounding the board policy on public comment at Wednesday's board of education meeting. "Given that community engagement is and...

Maggie Reid, an 11-year-old fifth grader at Colonial School, biked 85 miles with her father to raise more than $4,000 for Feeding Westchester over the Memorial Day weekend. They made that long run...

Pelham school board members and administrators answered residents’ questions during public meetings in 2018 and through part of 2019, based on a review of meeting videos by the Pelham Examiner. The board...

The board of education Wednesday heard a draft plan for using the more than $800,000 the school district received as part of the federal Covid-19 relief fund for schools and localities. The new diversity,...

Pelham Manor Police Chief Jeffrey Carpenter has abruptly retired from the department he served since 1998, according to a two-sentence email statement Wednesday from the Village of Pelham Manor. He was...

The Pelham Board of Education voted unanimously Wednesday to award tenure to ten district staff members and received a presentation on the impact of the pandemic on some elementary and middle school test...

At an online forum on Wednesday, the five candidates vying for two seats on the Pelham school board discussed their qualifications and debated the district's racial equity audit and the board's current...

Janice Powers is looking to implement the district's recommendations on the racial equity audit if elected to the Pelham Board of Education, building off her work with Bridges of Pelham. "I think...

Eileen Miller is seeking reelection to the board of education to further the district's work with the equity audit and continue to work on the reopening of schools. "I encourage everyone to look past...

Jess Young is seeking reelection May 18 as a school trustee to continue her work on the board with capital projects and school reopening and to see future projects through. Young is in a five-person race...

Ian Rowe, former CEO of Public Prep, a network of public charter elementary and middle schools, and Pelham parent, wants your vote for one of the two seats open on the Pelham Board of Education. Like...

The Pelham Union Free School District's 2021-22 budget would increase taxes 2.5%, a reduction from the proposed 3.31% made during Wednesday's board of education meeting. Use of an additional $550,000 from...

Pelham Middle School will return to full-time, in-person learning April 19, while Pelham Memorial High School will instead move to a "more robust" hybrid model April 26 because it has more students and...

For the second year, the Pelham Citizens Nominating Committee will not interview board of education candidates due to Covid-19 complications. "Given the challenge running an appropriate process during...

Superintendent Dr. Cheryl Champ and members of the community reopening task force gave an update regarding a return to full-time in-person learning at Wednesday's board of education meeting. Elementary...

During a February school board meeting, Superintendent Dr. Cheryl Champ asked for help from medical experts in the district in the effort to reopen schools safely. Dr. Michael Owen-Michaane...

As a person of color who went through the Pelham school system, Nora Tahbaz read nothing in the district’s racial equity report that was a surprise. It was her lived experience. Tahbaz, a Pelham Memorial...

Pelham Board of Education President Jessica DeDomenico said enacting the Princeton Plan as recommended in the district's report on racial equity "solves a lot of the concerns around race and equity" but...

Superintendent Dr. Cheryl Champ told the board of education Wednesday elementary school students will be brought back fully in-person starting April 12, which allows for an extra week after spring break...

Pelham Superintendent Dr. Cheryl Champ proposed a $80.2 million preliminary budget for the 2021-22 school year with a 3.31% tax increase at the board of education meeting Wednesday. She also said the district...

The Pelham school district plans to "repair community harm" identified in a racial equity audit by hiring a more diverse staff and examining instruction to "reflect principles and values of inclusivity...

At Wednesday's school board meeting, a group of Pelham parents presented a petition calling on the trustees and Superintendent Dr. Cheryl Champ to give students the opportunity to attend school full-time...

The Pelham Chamber of Commerce is planning numerous Valentine's Day initiatives for the month of February to support local businesses and thank frontline workers. The chamber is encouraging Pelham...

Rainbows have served as a symbol of community hope and togetherness through the Covid-19 pandemic. The paintings, pictures and other images started appearing in spring 2020 and were seen in communities...

The Pelham school district is making mid-year adjustments to the hybrid learning schedule for the elementary schools beginning Feb. 1, including changing the start time to 9:10 a.m. and having rolling...