In a rare show of public disagreement among local officials, Town of Pelham Assessor Joe Battaglia has objected to the Village of Pelham Board of Trustees’ explanation that its new tax hike, which will...

Taxes are going up in the Village of Pelham, no matter which way you count it. The Board of Trustees passed its 2026-27 budget of $20.5 million at its most recent meeting, approving a 10.1% increase over...

Editor's note: On Thursday evening, the Village of Pelham Administrator asked for this story to be corrected because the Village had supplied the public with inaccurate information during its April 14...

This morning around 11:05 the high school and middle school entered a lock down. According to an email from the school, it was “due to a concerning phone call received this morning.” Police were on...

The Pelham Board of Education confirmed Jennifer Mangone as the new principal of Siwanoy Elementary School, effective in July, at last week's meeting. The board also accepted the resignation of Joe Toombs...

After four weeks of pushback from village residents, a handful of lawyers and the owners of two gas stations on Wolfs Lane, Village of Pelham Mayor Chance Mullen scrapped a contract signed in February...

At least 25 residents attended last week's Village of Pelham Board of Trustees meeting, with several urging the panel to retract a "blight study" that portrayed a pair of gas stations on Wolfs Lane as...

The blizzard Sunday and Monday and additional snow this morning has led to a 2 hour delayed opening of Pelham schools today, according to an email from Alex Wolff. He said that the closing is due to "deteriorating...

Is "The Last Picture Show" finally coming to the Pelham Picture House? Fans of the local institution hope not, but the recent disclosure that the Village of Pelham Board of Trustees has identified a...

At the Village of Pelham Board of Trustees meeting marking one year since the opening of the new municipal center on Fifth Avenue, local residents spoke up at a hearing about the Village possibly needing...

Amidst the current snowstorm blanketing the area, and with Pelham projected to get more than 8 inches of snow in total, the Pelham Public Schools will be closed tomorrow, Monday, January 26. In an email...

For the past few years, the Village of Pelham has bagged the meters in the downtown area over the Christmas holidays, allowing shoppers to park on Fifth Avenue without worrying how many quarters they have...

Pelham Manor Mayor Jennifer Monachino Lapey is leading challenger Mark Cardwell by one vote following an overnight tabulation of ballots by the Westchester County Board of Elections, which includes early...

In the final debate of a hard-fought campaign for political leadership in Pelham Manor, incumbent Mayor Jennifer Monachino Lapey defended her record last week against aggressive attacks from challenger...

Town Council Supervisor candidates Dan McLaughlin and Theresa Mohan went head-to-head at a debate hosted by the League of Women Voters last Thursday at the Town Hall. In McLaughlin's opening statement,...

According to a note on the Wise Hardware storefront from the Weinblatt family, after the passing of owner William 'Billy Wise' Weinblatt on September 13, Wise Hardware will be permanently closed.

The Pelham Republican Party announced eight candidates across the Town Council and Manor Board of Trustees for the local elections this November 4.  This is the first election in which Manor residents...

Nearly a dozen Eighth Avenue residents showed up at the Village Board of Trustees meeting last Tuesday to urge the panel to consider installing speed humps on their street, saying it has become a boulevard...

The Village board of trustees passed laws against urination and defecation in public places as well as aggressive panhandling during its regular session on June 24.  The board also began discussions about...

Elected officials from local, county, state and national levels spoke on Sunday to celebrate the ribbon cutting for the completed Village of Pelham Municipal Center at 200 Fifth Avenue and the 50th Anniversary...

The Junior League of Pelham presented plans to revitalize Woodland Park at the March 25 meeting of the Village of Pelham Board of Trustees, outlining updates, repairs and expansions needed due to heavy...

Mayor Chance Mullen presented a list of ideas for parking improvements to the Pelham village board on Feb. 25 in response to concerns brought to the trustees on Jan. 28 and Feb. 11 by residents of 305...

Mayor Chance Mullen responded at the Feb. 11 village board meeting to concerns about long-term parking raised by residents at the trustees' previous meeting. A group that lives in the apartment building...

Almost a dozen residents of the apartment building at 305 Sixth Ave. attended the Village of Pelham Board of Trustees meeting on Jan. 28 to ask for interim and long-term parking solutions after they lost...

Mayor Chance Mullen gaveled open on Tuesday the first village trustees meeting in the new Village of Pelham Municipal Center, with Trustees Michael Carpenter, Theresa Mohan, Russell Solomon and Krystal...

Archer Hands, a missing 18-year-old Pelham resident who is autistic, was found on a bus in the Bronx Thursday and is now with police and on the way home to his family. According to a Facebook post by...

The Village of Pelham Municipal Center built to house the mayor and trustees, administrative employees, the fire department and the police department in one building is beginning to be used by board members...

Boxes of Village of Board of Trustee records.

Krystal Howell was sworn in as a new member of the Village of Pelham Board of Trustees on Tuesday evening after running unopposed in November for the seat vacated by Kim McGreal. Incumbent Trustees...

Sergio Ristorante owners Alban and Ylka Gashi came before the Village of Pelham board Tuesday seeking a required approval for a fast-casual Mediterranean eatery they've proposed for 139 Fifth Ave. The...

(This story was updated to include the latest unofficial tallies from the Westchester Board of Elections.) Village of Pelham Manor residents approved moving their village's elections from March to November,...

The only local question where any Town of Pelham voters have a choice this election is one about elections. In the Village of Pelham Manor, residents are voting on whether their village's elections should...

Adriana Rugova was promoted Tuesday to village clerk by a 6-0 vote at the Village of Pelham Board of Trustees. Rugova has been serving as acting clerk since Sarah LoPuzzo resigned in July. "She's been...

The Village of Pelham Board of Trustees voted 4-0 on Sept. 24 to allocate an additional $51,588 for the pedestrian signal modifications and intersection improvements at Wolfs Lane and Sparks Avenue, boosting...

Pointing to a residential crisis in the region, the Village of Pelham Board of Trustees on Sept. 10 committed itself to promoting the construction of multifamily and affordable housing by streamlining...

The Village of Pelham Board of Trustees voted 7-0 Tuesday to use its eminent domain powers to condemn parts of Julianne's Playground for a storm sewer project. Specifically, the village board approved...

A white sedan driving south on Second Avenue crashed into a black SUV parked on the left side of the street at about 6:45 p.m. Monday, then swerved into a white Honda parked on the right side. The...

Roland Tiso Jr. grew up on Fifth Avenue in the late 1950s listening to every word as his uncles talked about serving during WWII. Those stories convinced the eight year old he wanted to become a soldier. He...

With excessive heat forecast for the rest of this week, students at Colonial, Prospect Hill and Siwanoy elementary schools will be released at noon on Thursday and Friday because all three buildings are...

The closed gas station at 163 Wolfs Lane after the owners had underground tanks removed.

Parents are expressing concern after their children encountered poison ivy at Hutchinson Elementary School and got the inflamed itchy rashes the plant causes. Parent Zehra Parvez said at least 30 students...

On Jan. 22, Eva Mrizaj took over management of the six-year-old New York Hair Salon from Victoria Roldan, who is planning to retire in about five years. Roldan "still works here," said Mrizaj. "Everything's...

Several streets in Pelham were closed off with caution tape and the upper common area of Pelham Memorial High School was out of use Monday due to flooding from the nor'easter that dropped almost two...

By Friday afternoon, a sheet of particle board replaced the broken window at the Verizon store.

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...

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...

On this Election Day, incumbent Democrats Kristen Burke and Maura Curtin are vying with Republican nominee Clive Anderson for two seats with four-year terms on the Pelham Town Council. For a four-year...

A "sizable" community protest and Pelham Chamber of Commerce press conference set for Saturday over the delays in work at Four Corners has been postponed because property owner Friedland Management...

Incumbent Democrats Kristen Burke and Maura Curtin will vie with Republican nominee Clive Anderson for two seats with four-year terms on the Pelham Town Council in the general election on Nov. 7, while...

The shops at Four Corners have continued to suffer steep declines in business because a large portion of the parking lot remains closed off after a broken water pipe created a sinkhole two months ago,...

The apartment building at 139 Fifth Ave. is scheduled to be open for rent this September, a year after projected at the beginning of construction, according to Holly Mellstrom, a real estate agent for...

The Village of Pelham and the town chamber of commerce received a Business First Downtown Improvement Grant (DIG) from Westchester County that will fund market analysis, a strategic economic growth plan,...

Sneaker Game opened its doors at 227 Fifth Ave. on Feb. 4 with walls lined with popular shoes. "I always wanted to open a business, but I didn't know what to do because I used to always work in restaurants,"...

The four Pelham elementary schools aligned the timing of their annual fundraising Read-A-Thons to run from Jan. 17 to Feb. 3 this year, a first for the event. Overall, the four schools raised $98,750...

Teen mentors at Project CHILDD join the program to work with kids who have developmental disabilities and often end up learning their own lessons. Ryan Schiller, a junior at Pelham Memorial High School,...

A public pocket park is being built at the corner of Third and Lincoln avenues on school land in front of where stood the old Hutchinson Elementary School. Jim Hricay, assistant superintendent of business,...

Inflation has caused many childcare centers to raise prices. However, Pelham Children's Center (PCC), a nonprofit organization, has continued to follow its mission of providing affordable childcare to...

The Pelham Market, which is set to run Sundays through Thanksgiving, is no longer operated by the Pelham Chamber of Commerce. Effective as of the first market on May 29, Morning Glory Markets is in...

Activist and Harvard University senior Trisha Prabhu spoke to seventh and eighth graders at Pelham Middle School about cyberbullying during an assembly on Thursday. Prabhu also spoke to community members...

The Picture House in Pelham, one of the town's cultural centerpieces, was almost demolished to put up a bank. The theater opened on Sept. 10, 1921 with silent films playing. It was owned by the Rogowsky...

Scarlett Bratone needed a hair tie one day and grabbed the string from a surgical mask. That gave her the idea to recycle masks to create hair ties and scrunchies. Thus was born her new business, New Ties. Bratone,...

Bridget Gates worked as a county Covid-19 contact tracer before she was hired as the Pelham school district's first part-time Covid-19 coordinator. "When I was watching the Covid pandemic unfold, and...

Students' return to school last month has highlighted the challenges they and their teachers face as they move through the changing phases of the Covid-19 pandemic. “When we transitioned back to full-time...

An apartment building under construction at 139 Fifth Ave. since the demolition of a one-story multi-store retail property at the site will be finished by the fourth quarter of the 2022, with occupancy...

The nature of counseling has changed during the Covid-19 pandemic as counselors deal with individual isolation rather than in-person conflict, according to Scott Brown, a counselor at Pelham Middle School. "Covid...