I have written about the massive tax burden that the Town of Pelham faced beginning in the 1880s after New York City began acquiring lands within the Town of Pelham to create Pelham Bay Park. A judicial decision released by the New York Court of Appeals was construed as permitting New York City to own the lands without having to pay the Town of Pelham any property taxes on those lands.
Miss Hall's School has announced that four of its student-athletes have been named league all-star recognitions for the second consecutive year, recognizing their performances during the fall athletics season. Seniors Simone Brown, of Pelham, N.Y., and Mikala L'Hote, of Pittsfield, were again named all-stars for the Western New England Prep School Volleyball Association , while seniors Diamond Best, of Danvers, and Sally Nason, of Lee, were again named all-stars for the Women's Western New England Prep School Soccer Association .
Born the eldest child to Greg and Adrienne Coleman of Pelham Manor, Coleman attended Prospect Hill Elementary School in Pelham Manor, and Iona Grammar and Iona Preparatory High School in New Rochelle. He played football for Iona Prep and with his team, won a State Championship.
Due to the influence of Hollywood, many associate stage coaches with the Wild West in 19th century America. For nearly 125 years, however, stage coaches rumbled through Pelham on the Old Boston Post Road , the Boston Turnpike , and on Shore Road and City Island Road .
From left: Laura deBuys, TPH's executive director; Brian Hinchcliffe, benefactor, Yonkers P.S. 17 Principal Rita Moorhead and Francile Albright, TPH director of education. PELHAM, N.Y. -- A baker's dozen of sixth-graders have been learning the basics of filmmaking - and perhaps discovering their own voices and visions - thanks to a partnership between a Pelham arts organization and a Yonkers school.
It was election day in Pelham, 1896. What a day it was! By 9 o'clock in the morning the ballot boxes already were stuffed nearly full.
Students at Colonial Elementary School in Pelham recently received a visit from athlete Jaclyn Smith, who helped Team USA win a silver medal in para-rowing at the 2016 Paralympic Games. Smith, a Long Island native who is legally blind, was welcomed into the Colonial School gym with chants of "USA, USA.
Benjamin Lewis Fairchild was a principal founder of Pelham Heights. He was instrumental in the development of the neighborhood as well as its incorporation as the smallest village in the State of New York known as the "Village of Pelham."
John Fletcher Fairchild lived in Pelham in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He was a brother of Benjamin L. Fairchild, a United States Congressman and a founder of Pelham Heights.
Nancy Silberkleit, publisher and co-CEO of Pelham-based Archie Comics , credits her years as a public schoolteacher, for helping her navigate the comic book world. Hard as it is to believe , Archie is 75 this year.
Advance Screening of Fences and Q&A with Award-Winning Actor Stephen Henderson at The Picture House Regional Film Center Advance Screening of Fences and Q&A with Award-Winning Actor Stephen Henderson at The Picture House Regional Film Center Advance Screening of Fences and Q&A with Award-Winning Actor Stephen Henderson at The Picture House Regional Film Center PELHAM, NY -- On Wednesday, December 21st at 7:30 p.m. The Picture House Regional Film Center will show an advance screening of the much anticipated new film Fences starring Denzel Washington, Viola Davis, Jovan Adepo, and Stephen Henderson followed by a Q&A with Henderson led by TPH critic-in-residence Marshall Fine. Fences opens nationwide on December 25th.
If you ask the average grown-up in Pelham to tell you which African waterway the Aswan Dam is located on, you might get a blank stare. But if you put the question to Vikram Jallepalli, you're likely to get the right answer: the River Nile.
The New York Athletic Club has cut the ribbon on a new 13,000-square-foot Field House at its Traverse Island facility at 31 Shore Road, according to a statement from the business.
... Owner Alvin Clayton. Make Merry: 14 Memorial Hwy., (914) 654-6549. Rompope (Mexican Eggnog), Cantina Lobos, Pelham: Take a mental break South of the Border with Rompope, aka Mexican Eggnog made with blanched almonds, sugar, almond, cinnamon sticks, ...
... Owner Alvin Clayton. Make Merry: 14 Memorial Hwy., (914) 654-6549. Rompope (Mexican Eggnog), Cantina Lobos, Pelham: Take a mental break South of the Border with Rompope, aka Mexican Eggnog made with blanched almonds, sugar, almond, cinnamon sticks, ...
For a number of years after the New Haven Branch Line stopped running passenger service in December, 1937 at the beautiful little Pelham Manor Depot designed by noted architect Cass Gilbert, a model railroad club was permitted to use the empty station. The Westchester Model Club, Inc. built a massive model railroad that even included a tiny replica of the very Pelham Manor Depot within which the model railroad sat.
... are $22 and are on sale now at Telecharge.com . DAVID HARMS (Playwright) practices law in New York City and lives in Pelham, NY. What We Wanted is his first play to be produced. It was a semi-final entry in the 2015 Eugene O'Neill National ...
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On September 20, 1689, John Pell, and his wife, Rachel, sold to Jacob Leisler of New York City 6,000 acres of Manor of Pelham land. At the same time they gifted to Leisler another 100 acres for use as church grounds.
A terrible blizzard raged across Pelham that night. The winds were blowing furiously as the brutal cold and heavy snow pounded the little town.