Oliver Lavallee is a freshman at Pelham Memorial High School. He has written for the Examiner for the three years since its founding. In addition to writing, they enjoy reading, drawing, and playing drums.
Augusta Turner has been appointed the new director of the Town of Pelham Public Library after Patricia Perito retired last year. Turner was formerly the adult services librarian and has worked at the library...
Nathan Tahbaz, a PMHS graduate, is in the space business—as in outer space.
He is the chief executive officer and cofounder with four others of Hudson Space Systems, a new company that aims to make...
The Pelham Public Library has a new addition to the plant life surrounding it: a sensory garden in the back of the building. The garden, created by Matthew Michailoff, has a variety of plants that appeal...
Sisters Danielle and Alyssa Marrero began babysitting when they were in their teens. They realized there was a need in Pelham for more childcare help, inspiring them to open up Danilee's Helping Hands...
Life-saving blood donations have dropped significantly because of the coronavirus pandemic.
The level of donations are 65% of what they were before the pandemic. "Because during the earlier months when...
Update since the Examiner's interview: Banholzer's album is now out and available at the online stores below.
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Jennifer Lapponese stood daily in the Montefiore Medical Center emergency room in the Bronx screening patients entering the hospital during Covid-19’s peak. Stationed by the elevators, she witnessed...
In a Colonial School third grade classroom, 20 or so students listened rapt as Joanne Lombardi explained Chinese culture in early March.
Then the world changed. Coronavirus slammed into New York,...
Author and journalist Cheryl Wills came to Pelham Middle School a few weeks after the the seventh graders read her book, "Emancipated." She has written other wonderful books that required her to do...
If you were around over Thanksgiving weekend, or looked at one of the many signs up in town beforehand, you knew it was time again for the Pelham Half Marathon and the Pelham 10k. The races are an annual...
The Sharpe Reservation overnight trip, a annual autumn right of passage for Pelham Middle School seventh graders over the past decade, is no more.
The trip was cancelled as of this year, leaving mixed...
Bagpipes have arrived in town thanks to the Pelham Regional Pipe Band, started by Thomas Callahan and Andrew Scott, teachers at Pelham Memorial High School.
The band is nine months old and already has...
Hutchinson School will be remembered long after the last load of rubble is trucked away in 2023.
Hutch graduates of all ages shared their memories of the school with the Pelham Examiner.
Roland Scharrer...
Go out for a walk in Pelham. Here's a small, wooden box. It looks like a big, old fashioned mailbox. But there is a door with glass on the front. Upon closer inspection, there are books inside. Many are...
On a walk down Wolfs Lane, it's hard to miss the storefront with beautiful cookies in the window. The aroma of cakes and cookies pulls in shoppers, and inside, the warm scent of sugar and vanilla wafts...
Step into the warm Hutchinson School gym. Scents of all kinds are everywhere—some spicy, some salty, some sweet. Tables line the walls. A DJ plays in the back. The food is from all over the world, including...
A Pelham Middle School student riding a bicycle to school this morning was involved in an accident with a car on Wolfs Lane near the Picture House, according to a letter from Principal Lynn Sabia.
"Please...
Twenty Westchester libraries sent teams ranging in age from nine to 15 to the Battle of the Books on Oct. 20, which was held in the classrooms and gym of Hendrick Hudson High School.
A nervous energy...
Some Kindergartners were getting their faces painted Saturday at the Town of Pelham Public Library. Some were receiving balloons twisted into various shapes, and some, most importantly, were checking out...
I shiver as I step into the cool library, a contrast to the warm evening. My teammates come in, discussing the books, laughing about a joke.
“And the ending of that book?” said one.
“I know!"...
Excitement filled Daronco Town House June 23 as about thirteen kids ages eight to 12 took the black belt test given by Bob Chillemi's American Goju Karate school.
This was a five-hour exam, running...
Step inside the restaurant, and the smell of fresh pizza is everywhere. Different types of pies are on display, a surprising number of choices from the good-old regular to types that probably weren't...
