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...

Absentee ballots for the Pelham Manor election are due at village hall by 9 p.m. on Tuesday, not at a later time stated in an error in the text on some ballots. Some ballots distributed over the...

Under the auspices of Pelham Together and the Pelham Chamber of Commerce, WinterFest offered the chance to hear musicians Saturday in front of houses and businesses, with holiday lights blazing and treats...

The Village of Pelham Manor this week launched a Covid-19 information hub on its website in an effort to consolidate resources for residents regarding necessary precautions and other relevant information...

The Pelham school district's racial equity consultants found the district lacks "a consistent commitment to fostering an equitable and racially just school environment," citing disparities in the testing...

The Village of Pelham Police Steering Committee has met seven times over the past several weeks to discuss the status and public perception of the police in Pelham. Ella and Veronica Stern, two of six...

Most Pelham teachers wore Red for Ed on the first day of school last week as well as on the first day of district-wide in-person teaching to protest the district's hybrid learning model. Teachers'...

Members of the Pelham Teachers' Association will be wearing Red for Ed on the first day of school Thursday and on the first day of hybrid learning, which will be as early as Monday, in protest of the current...

Presidents of 51 teacher and school staff unions in the Hudson Valley issued an open letter Friday opposing the hybrid school reopening model, saying it poses “significant risks” to students and teachers. Pelham...

On Monday morning, after three Covid-19 test cancellations, months of excruciating studying and a long night of anticipation, cause for a massive sigh of relief sat in my email inbox: “You have a seat...

Prior to Pelham’s Unity Rally in June, Nora Tahbaz and Veronica Stern had been discussing ways to bring change to Pelham within their respective social groups, but neither had a clear plan of action....

In the first of what will be several discussions on the impacts of discrimination in its many forms, the Westchester County Human Rights Commission invited four panelists to share their experiences as...

As BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and people of color) in Pelham, particularly students, are more openly sharing their personal experiences with racial injustice, the community is torn on how to respond. Some...

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,...

Students at all levels of education are struggling to adapt to the chaos that is the Covid-19 pandemic. PMHS alumni who were, until recently, unconcerned about exposure now find themselves back home and...

The Junior League of Pelham, which is in the planning phase of its project to revitalize Julianne’s Playground between Third and Fourth avenues in Pelville, is considering replacing the blacktop area...

Editor's note: To allow for privacy and open communication, assumed names are used in this article.  Most minority students at Pelham Memorial High School interviewed by the Pelham Examiner say they...

The Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation provides scientists early in their careers with grants to pursue innovative research that may not be supported elsewhere. Yung Lie, a Pelham resident, is the...