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Luft describes how absentee and early mail ballots were handled in Pelham Manor election
March 21, 2024

Pelham Manor Village Manager and Village Clerk Lindsey Luft submitted this letter to village residents...

Supports Pringle and Cardwell for Manor board after current trustees fail to face challenge of flooding
March 18, 2024

To the editor: I am writing to express my enthusiastic support for Kate Pringle and Mark Cardwell in...

Responds to Manor Dems: Lower home values result of bordering Bronx, Mt. Vernon; sources of most flood waters are outside Pelham
March 18, 2024

To the editor: I grew up in the former Village of North Pelham. My dad was a village trustee there,...

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Pelham Public Library, EcoPel, Westchester Land Trust organize pop-up for pollinator awareness
Pelham Public Library, EcoPel, Westchester Land Trust organize pop-up for pollinator awareness
By Claire Landy, Staff Reporter • April 18, 2024

As the heart of spring approaches, gardens across town will transform from the dull endings of winter into accumulations of new blossoms. With them, pollinators crucial to nature will begin flying past. These small  creatures are mighty. The Town...

Siwanoy Elementary School Principal Farid Johnson with students. Photo courtesy CBS News website
Video: WCBS News profiles Siwanoy's Farid Johnson after he's named NYS Elementary Principal of the Year
April 18, 2024

WCBS News profiled Siwanoy Elementary School Principal Farid Johnson Monday after he was named New York State Elementary Principal of the Year in March. Watch the evening news show's report here, where you can also read a print version of the story.  

Snapshot: PMHS varsity rugby defeats national No. 2 Xavier
Snapshot: PMHS varsity rugby defeats national No. 2 Xavier
By Kira Findikyan, Business Editor • April 16, 2024

The PMHS varsity rugby team defeated national No. 2 Xavier High School 20-14 at Glover Field on Sunday. The last time the two met was in the 2023 New York State high school final. In the 10 years of the team's history, Pelham has never once...

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Siwanoy Elementary School Principal Farid Johnson with students. Photo courtesy CBS News website
Video: WCBS News profiles Siwanoy's Farid Johnson after he's named NYS Elementary Principal of the Year
April 18, 2024

WCBS News profiled Siwanoy Elementary School Principal Farid Johnson Monday after he was named New York State Elementary Principal of the Year in March. Watch...

PMS Principal Lynn Sabia and PMHS Principal Mark Berkowitz.
Administrator shuffle: PMHS principal will depart; PMS principal takes medical leave; district interims to step in
By Oliver Lavallee, Assistant Managing Editor • April 11, 2024

Pelham Memorial High School Principal Mark Berkowitz is leaving at the end of the school year to pursue another position, while Pelham Middle School Principal...

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Michaels will reopen in the Post Road Plaza. (Photo courtesy Levin Management Corp. website)
Michaels to return to Pelham Manor in Post Road Plaza location three months after closing nearby store
March 29, 2024

Michaels will reopen in Pelham Manor in the Post Road Plaza only three months after shuttering its store across the street, according to a press release...

Speakers on Women in the Workforce panel hosted by PMHS club stress need for mentors to build careers
Speakers on 'Women in the Workforce' panel hosted by PMHS club stress need for mentors to build careers
By Charlotte Cohn, Assistant Managing Editor • March 13, 2024

Finding mentors is critical if women are to have success in their careers, according to several speakers on a "Women in the Workforce" panel held by a...

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Snapshot: PMHS varsity rugby defeats national No. 2 Xavier
Snapshot: PMHS varsity rugby defeats national No. 2 Xavier
By Kira Findikyan, Business Editor • April 16, 2024

The PMHS varsity rugby team defeated national No. 2 Xavier High School 20-14 at Glover Field on Sunday. The last time the two met was in the 2023...

Pelham Rec seventh/eighth and fifth grade girls basketball teams go to finals at County Center All Star Championship
Pelham Rec seventh/eighth and fifth grade girls basketball teams go to finals at County Center All Star Championship
April 12, 2024

The Pelham Recreation seventh/eighth grade and fifth grade girls basketball teams both made it to the finals at the County Center All Star Championship. After...

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Pelham Examiner seeks part-time development director to help build sustainable local newspaper
Pelham Examiner seeks part-time development director to help build sustainable local newspaper

Dear Pelham Community: We are looking to fill the new part-time role of development director supporting the Hudson Valley Local News Lab Inc., publisher...

Foto Feature, updated with new pix: Sock n Buskin performs Into the Woods, a dark twist on classic fairy tales.
Foto Feature, updated with new pix: Sock 'n' Buskin performs 'Into the Woods,' a dark twist on classic fairy tales.
By Nate Reynoso, Staff Reporter • April 18, 2024

Sock 'n' Buskin performed "Into The Woods" for three nights last weekend, offering up James Lapine and Stephen Sondheim's unforgettable musical connecting...

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Best of Westchester finalist: Vote for Pelham Examiner as Best Local Community Newspaper
Best of Westchester finalist: Vote for Pelham Examiner as Best Local Community Newspaper
February 20, 2024

For the second consecutive year, the Pelham Examiner has been named a finalist for Best Local Community Newspaper in the Best of Westchester competition....

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Time to talk with your older teens and college kids about fentanyl
Time to talk with your older teens and college kids about fentanyl
By Melissa Rona September 11, 2023

One of my childhood friends just lost his 22-year-old son to an accidental fentanyl overdose—accidental because when he took the pill, he had no...

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