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Kiran Schwaderer, Assistant Managing Editor

Kiran Schwaderer is a sophomore at Pelham Memorial High School. She has been part of the Pelham Examiner since fifth grade. She enjoys playing the flute in the PMHS band and jazz band, playing the harp, and participating in softball. She is very excited to continue to contribute to the Pelham Examiner.

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Eva Mrizaj takes over management of New York Hair Salon, keeps same staff

Eva Mrizaj takes over management of New York Hair Salon, keeps same staff

By Kiran Schwaderer, Assistant Managing Editor
March 5, 2024

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...

Pelham streets and high school common area flooded by noreaster; at least two trees downed by big coastal storm

Pelham streets and high school common area flooded by nor’easter; at least two trees downed by big coastal storm

By Kiran Schwaderer, Assistant Managing Editor
December 18, 2023

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.

[Photo] Downtown burglary: Front window of Verizon shop shattered and iPhones stolen early Friday

By Hannah Steinberg, Managing Editor
December 8, 2023

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

Flooding at train trestle on Highbrook Avenue. (Pelham Examiner file photo)

Village of Pelham flooding: Possible $39 million price tag to upgrade rainwater sewers

By Kiran Schwaderer and Gillian Ho
November 21, 2023

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...

From left, Councilwoman Maura Curtin, Councilwoman Kristen Burke and Town Justice Adam Kagan all won reelection as Democrats.

Democrats Curtin, Burke and Kagan win reelection in Pelham’s three competitive races, according to elections board unofficial tallies

By Gabby Ahitow and Kiran Schwaderer
November 8, 2023

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...

From left, Pelham Councilwoman Maura Curtin, Councilwoman Kristen Burke and GOP challenger Clive Anderson are running for town board.

Don’t forget to vote: Polls open in Pelham in election featuring town, county and village posts

By Kiran Schwaderer and Gabby Ahitow
November 7, 2023

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...

Chamber protest and press conference about delay in Four Corners restoration postponed as owner takes first step on final work

Chamber protest and press conference about delay in Four Corners restoration postponed as owner takes first step on final work

By Kiran Schwaderer, Assistant Managing Editor
September 20, 2023

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...

From left, Pelham Councilwoman Maura Curtin, Councilwoman Kristen Burke and GOP challenger Clive Anderson are running for town board.

Democratic incumbents Burke, Curtin face GOP’s Anderson in race for two town board seats; DeChiaro seeks to win back town judgeship from Kagan

By Gabby Ahitow and Kiran Schwaderer
September 15, 2023

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...

Shops at Four Corners see big sales declines after sinkhole repair work keeps much of parking lot out of use for two months

Shops at Four Corners see big sales declines after sinkhole repair work keeps much of parking lot out of use for two months

By Kiran Schwaderer, Assistant Managing Editor
August 24, 2023

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,...

Sneak peek: Downtown Pelhams newest apartment building to open in September

Sneak peek: Downtown Pelham’s newest apartment building to open in September

By Kiran Schwaderer, Assistant Managing Editor
July 11, 2023

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...

Village of Pelham, chamber of commerce receive grant for downtown improvement

Village of Pelham, chamber of commerce receive grant for downtown improvement

By Kiran Schwaderer, Assistant Managing Editor
June 22, 2023

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 Games owner moved from restaurants to retail: I can rely on myself

Sneaker Game’s owner moved from restaurants to retail: ‘I can rely on myself’

By Kiran Schwaderer, Assistant Business Editor
April 24, 2023

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,"...

Four elementary schools hold simultaneous Read-A-Thons for first time, raising $98,750 for PTAs

Four elementary schools hold simultaneous Read-A-Thons for first time, raising $98,750 for PTAs

By Kiran Schwaderer, Assistant Business Editor
February 16, 2023

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 volunteer to help other kids—and end up learning their own lessons

Teen mentors at Project CHILDD volunteer to help other kids—and end up learning their own lessons

By Kiran Schwaderer, Assistant Business Editor
November 9, 2022

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,...

Public pocket park created on Hutchinson School property at Third and Lincoln

Public pocket park created on Hutchinson School property at Third and Lincoln

By Kiran Schwaderer, Assistant Business Editor
September 15, 2022

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,...

Pelham Childrens Center

Pelham Children’s Center strives to continue providing affordable childcare amid rising inflation

By Kiran Schwaderer, Assistant Business Editor
July 27, 2022

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...

Morning Glory Markets takes over management of Pelham Market

Morning Glory Markets takes over management of Pelham Market

By Kiran Schwaderer and Amina Pucci
June 14, 2022

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 Trisha Prabhu educates community on cyberbullying, promotes app to help teens rethink messaging

Activist Trisha Prabhu educates community on cyberbullying, promotes app to help teens rethink messaging

By Kiran Schwaderer, Staff Reporter
May 2, 2022

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 Houses main auditorium after a 2011 renovation.

Picture House, saved by locals from wrecking ball in 2003, celebrates centennial in Pelham—and Bronxville

By Kiran Schwaderer, Staff Reporter
March 29, 2022

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...

A box to drop surgical masks for recycling at the Pelham Picture House.

PMHS student creates new business recycling masks into hair ties

By Kiran Schwaderer, Staff Reporter
January 28, 2022

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 took job as districts first Covid-19 coordinator as she sought ways to help stop virus

Bridget Gates took job as district’s first Covid-19 coordinator as she sought ways to help stop virus

By Kiran Schwaderer, Staff Reporter
December 6, 2021

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...

The Pelham Memorial High School/Pelham Middle School campus.

New normal for Pelham secondary students is moving target

By Julia Findikyan and Kiran Schwaderer
October 8, 2021

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...

Hole in ground: Apartment building under construction on Fifth Avenue to be finished by late 2022

Hole in ground: Apartment building under construction on Fifth Avenue to be finished by late 2022

By Kiran Schwaderer, Staff Reporter
September 1, 2021

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...

Two PMS students teach kids in Tanzania how to use internet to research, present

By Kiran Schwaderer, Staff Reporter
August 3, 2021

Madeleine Pachella and Jada-Lynn Baez, both eighth graders at Pelham Middle School, used online sessions to teach students of the Ikirwa Primary School in Tanzania how to do research on Google, and how...

PMS counselors, clinicians deal with toll on student mental health during pandemic

PMS counselors, clinicians deal with toll on student mental health during pandemic

By Kiran Schwaderer, Staff Reporter
May 11, 2021

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...

Dance classes for disabled move online during pandemic, forming Human Illustration

By Kiran Schwaderer, Staff Reporter
January 28, 2021

Sarah Greene moved her dance classes for disabled people at Saratoga Bridges in Ballston Springs online because of the global pandemic, founding Human Illustration, a website to bring dance to individuals...

Foto Feature: Rainbows still serve as symbol of hope throughout Pelham

Foto Feature: Rainbows still serve as symbol of hope throughout Pelham

By Cristina Stefanizzi and Kiran Schwaderer
January 27, 2021

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...

Foto Feature: Autumn colors Pelham

Foto Feature: Autumn colors Pelham

By Kiran Schwaderer, Staff Reporter
November 9, 2020

Shaun Eli (facing crowd) told jokes during the stand-up portion of the Eighth Avenue happy hour.

Laugh outside: Stand-up comic adds jokes to Eighth Avenue happy hour

By Kiran Schwaderer, Staff Reporter
August 24, 2020

"I started eating an apple a day and now my girlfriend doctor won't see me anymore." Laughter came from the crowd of fourteen—plus one dog—standing around the Eighth Avenue driveway of Shaun Eli....

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Foto Feature: Summer birds of Pelham

By Kiran Schwaderer, Staff Reporter
August 21, 2020

Pelham sustainability board seeks volunteers to site locations for new trees

Pelham sustainability board seeks volunteers to site locations for new trees

By Kiran Schwaderer, Staff Reporter
July 10, 2020

The Pelham Sustainability Advisory Board (SAB) is looking for volunteers to find potential locations for planting new trees. In September, the Village of Pelham and the Pelham Preservation and Garden...

Take ecosystem approach to gardening, says expert on climate-smart task forces Zoom session

Take ecosystem approach to gardening, says expert on climate-smart task force’s Zoom session

By Kiran Schwaderer, Staff Reporter
July 1, 2020

American gardeners often use chemicals such as pesticides that are harmful to local animals and the ecosystem. The Village of Pelham Climate Smart Communities Task Force hosted a June 24 Zoom session...

The Pelham List: Make mom smile and help local businesses

The Pelham List: Make mom smile and help local businesses

By Kiran Schwaderer, Staff Reporter
May 6, 2020

Some local businesses are offering Mother's Day specials so that Pelhamites can support them and also get a gift for their mothers. On Mother's Day, the one thing shoppers can do right now is try to...

Local parks are available to get outdoors, while some offer online programming

Local parks are available to get outdoors, while some offer online programming

By Kiran Schwaderer, Staff Reporter
April 24, 2020

Some parks are open around Pelham for people to get outdoor time, while others, along with certain nature centers, have taken steps to bring their activities to homes. According to the Westchester Parks...

Plasma therapy: Hospitals try as treatment for Covid-19, seek donors

By Kiran Schwaderer, Staff Reporter
April 2, 2020

Mount Sinai Hospital and New York-Presbyterian/Columbia Medical Center have started using blood plasma from recovered Covid-19 patients as a treatment for those with the infection. Donors are needed. People...

The Pelham Art Center

Celebration for the Met became 1970s ‘Happening’ became Pelham Art Center, now entering its 50th year

By Kiran Schwaderer, Staff Reporter
January 27, 2020

The Pelham Art Center started as a birthday celebration. In 1969, in honor of its 100th year, the Metropolitan Museum of Art developed outreach programs in suburban communities around New York City...

Pelham Half Marathon and 10K event draws runners from around world, with Pelham Civics benefiting

Pelham Half Marathon and 10K event draws runners from around world, with Pelham Civics benefiting

By Delia Lavallee and Kiran Schwaderer
December 2, 2019

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...

EcoPel Town Cleanup brought families out Saturday to pick up Halloween candy wrappers, other trash

EcoPel Town Cleanup brought families out Saturday to pick up Halloween candy wrappers, other trash

By Kiran Schwaderer, Staff Reporter
November 4, 2019

Passing bags around, parents chatted while kids learned how to help pick up recyclables and trash. That was all a part of the EcoPel Fall Town Cleanup Saturday. EcoPel and high school group Pelham Eliminates...

Pelham Reads stargazing event gives Pelhamites view of real world of space

Pelham Reads stargazing event gives Pelhamites view of real world of space

By Kiran Schwaderer, Staff Reporter
October 10, 2019

Constellation Stations encircled Gazebo Park as people learned to use telescopes in another area. Children ran around laughing with glow sticks, and parents chatted. This was the stargazing event for...

Street Art for Mankind helps students paint mural on Hutchinson Schools west wall

Street Art for Mankind helps students paint mural on Hutchinson School’s west wall

By Kiran Schwaderer, Staff Reporter
June 25, 2019

On the west wall of Hutchinson School, spray cans and stencils helped make art last week as students created a mural project called "River of Words." In this project, Hutch joined forces with an organization...

250 hot dogs, 222 hamburgers and lots of happy people equals annual Hutch barbecue

250 hot dogs, 222 hamburgers and lots of happy people equals annual Hutch barbecue

By Kiran Schwaderer, Staff Reporter
June 11, 2019

The aroma of hot dogs and hamburgers was impossible to miss.  Coolers slammed shut. Children laughed. The annual Hutchinson barbecue was in full swing and everyone was having a good time. Last Friday...

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