Alfred J. Del Re, 46, of Northborough

He leaves his devoted wife of 22 years, Jodi C. Del Re; his loving children, Maggie Del Re and Ray Del Re, both of Northborough; his parents, AJ Del Re Jr. and his wife Jenny of Pelham Manor, N.Y., and Don and Angela Smith of Naples, Fla.; his mother-in-law, Nancy Kraus of Northborough; his siblings, Jonathan Del Re, Brian Del Re; Max Del Re, Alex Del Re, Jeff Smith, Stacy Smith and Darby Smith; many nieces, nephews; and his aunt. Born in New Rochelle, N.Y., Al was raised and educated in Barrington Hills, Ill.

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.

Merrell H. Hambleton, fundraiser who helped run Phoenix Theatre, dies

Merrell H. Hambleton, a fundraiser who assisted her husband legendary producer T. Edward Hambleton in the operation of his Phoenix Theater in New York, died Saturday at her home in the Broadmead retirement community in Cockeysville from complications of a fall. The daughter of Albert Hopkins, an insurance executive, and Nettie Beall, a homemaker, Merrell Hopkins was born in New Rochelle, N.Y., and raised in Pelham Manor, N.Y. She was a graduate of Warrenton Country School, in Warrenton, Va., and spent summers at the Perry Mansfield Camp in Steamboat Springs, Colo., where her mother ran an adult camp and made costumes for the theater school.

More on the New York Athletic Club Cross Country Course that Crossed…

It is hard to imagine for the many, many Pelham Manor residents who live between Shore Road and the Branch Line railroad tracks that cross Pelhamdale Avenue at Trestle Field, but that area once was virtually pristine woods and meadows and was used by the New York Athletic Club to lay out a nationally-famous cross country course on which major cross country championship races were held. Indeed, a s noted before by Historic Pelham, "In 1903 and 1904, the large area of Pelham Manor bounded by Shore Road, the boundary with Pelham Bay Park in New York City, Pelhamdale Avenue and the railroad tracks along which Pelham Manor Station once stood looked very different than it does today.

More on the New York Athletic Club Cross Country Course that Crossed…

It is hard to imagine for the many, many Pelham Manor residents who live between Shore Road and the Branch Line railroad tracks that cross Pelhamdale Avenue at Trestle Field, but that area once was virtually pristine woods and meadows and was used by the New York Athletic Club to lay out a nationally-famous cross country course on which major cross country championship races were held. Indeed, a s noted before by Historic Pelham, "In 1903 and 1904, the large area of Pelham Manor bounded by Shore Road, the boundary with Pelham Bay Park in New York City, Pelhamdale Avenue and the railroad tracks along which Pelham Manor Station once stood looked very different than it does today.

More on 19th Century Baseball in the Town of Pelham

As the sport of baseball grew increasingly popular and became our "National Pastime" during the 19th century, Pelhamites played the game with gusto. As early as the 1860s until the end of the century, there were many "base ball clubs" founded on City Island and in Pelhamville and Pelham Manor.

The Big Picture: Controversy in the 1880s Over Who Should Pay to…

Recently I wrote about a pair of lawsuits brought by George H. Reynolds, President and Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Pelham Manor Protective Club, in 1883 against Town of Pelham Supervisor James Hyatt and the Westchester County Board of Supervisors to stop a tax levy against Town of Pelham residents to fund construction of a new City Island Bridge. See Mon., Jun. 05, 2017: For Once, Pelham Manor Mainlanders Told City Islanders "No" in 1883 .

Ogden Philip Pell, a Grandson of David Jones Pell of Pelham Manor

Ogden Philip Pell was a son of Stephen Sneden Pell and a grandson of Revolutionary War hero David Jones Pell who once owned the Pell farmhouse now incorporated into the home known today as Pelhamdale at 45 Iden Avenue and listed on the National Register of Historic Places. He spent his youth in Pelham, but left and became a very successful man.