New Rochelle Contractors Get Scare After Finding Massive Beehive In Pelham

A contracting crew removing a tree in Pelham got a brief scare on Thursday morning when they came across a massive beehive while finishing up their work. Crews from Almstead Tree, Shrub and Lawn Care in New Rochelle were working near the intersection of Irving Place and Cliff Avenue when they spotted the beehive, which they described as having a circumference greater than a foot.

Bee-Line Bus Accidentally Ends Up Parked On New Rochelle Lawn

A Bee-Line bus wound up wedged between several signs and poles on a New Rochelle lawn on Tuesday afternoon, after the driver failed to complete a tight turn near the Pelham town line. Police confirmed that a bus wound up on the front lawn of 224 Storer Ave., when the driver failed to make the turn near the intersection of Glenwood Avenue.

Pelham’s Bay View Hotel In 1885

The 1870s and the 1880s were the Golden Age of summer resorts in the Town of Pelham with most facilities located in the Pelham Bridge and City Island area of the Town. One of several spectacular summer resorts at the time was the Bay View Hotel, occasionally referenced as the "Bay View House" and "Von Liehn's Bay View Hotel."

History of the World Record Pelham Manor Model Railroad of the Westchester Model Club

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.

More on the 1889 Fire that Destroyed the Hunter House on Travers Island

When the New York Athletic Club of New York City bought the island it renamed "Travers Island" in Pelham Manor, there stood on the island a beautiful old home known as the "Old Hunter House." Named after John Hunter of Hunter's Island who had remodeled and improved the home during the mid-19th century, the main portion of the home was said to have been built in 1812 for Temple Emmett, a member of the Emmett Family that long resided in the area.