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."
An au pair from Afghanistan has been nominated for a prestigious international award for his continuing care for a Pelham family the last three years. Ali Hoseinzadeh has been nominated for the International Au Pair of the Year award, which celebrates a caretaker's "extraordinary impact on their host family, commitment to going above and beyond their duties and appreciation for meaningful culture change."
Yesterday's article told the story of Hans Gruber, the first driver of the new "automobile fire truck" acquired by the First Fire District to serve North Pelham and Pelham Heights in 1914. See Thu., Jan. 19, 2017: Revenge is a Dish Best Served Cold: Don't Mess With a Pelham Fireman .
The Maine Maritime Museum is set to acquire a two-masted clipper built by shipwright Thomas E. Hagan in 1906. The Mary E is currently owned by Matt Culen of Pelham, New York.
A number of American Presidents have had connections, however fleeting, to the Town of Pelham. These include George Washington, Martin Van Buren, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Grover Cleveland, Warren G. Harding, and Chester A. Arthur.
The Maine Maritime Museum is set to acquire a two-masted clipper built by shipwright Thomas E. Hagan in 1906. The Mary E is currently owned by Matt Culen of Pelham, New York.
The former Controller of the Pelham Country club in Pelham has been sentenced for embezzling over $719,000 from the Club. Westchester County District Attorney Anthony A. Scarpino, Jr. announced that Gretchen Wauchope, 48, of Ardsley, will serve time in state prison for Grand Larceny and Tax Fraud.
The Picture House Regional Film Center in Pelham will host a special advance screening of the new documentary "They Call Us Monsters" on Saturday, Jan. 21. The documentary is set in California where violent juveniles between the ages of 14 and 17 can be tried as adults depending on the seriousness of the crime. These young teens are accused of heinous crimes--murders and attempted murders--that leave their victims' families shattered.
Recently I received a copy of the new book "Paddy Smith: Dexter Park's Eternal Firebrand" by Thomas F. Smith, a grandson of Lawrence Patrick "Paddy" Smith of Pelham. The book is an entertaining and informative account of the storied baseball career of Paddy Smith, a Pelham resident and baseball star who briefly made it to the major leagues during the 1920 season.
... their personal digital calendars and are notified when those events change. Roche, a mother of four and resident of Pelham, NY, conceived of Burbio.com after being exasperated by the antiquated way in which she learned about things going on locally ...
... memories, these years have been the most professionally rewarding of my career. I could not reflect on my 20 years in Pelham without honoring those of you, and the long line of Prospect Hill families who have brightened my life in countless ways." ...
Julia B. Fee Sotheby's International Realty today announced that seasoned real estate agents Holly Mellstrom, Kristin Bischof, Alison Schair-Trigona and Elizabeth Ritchie have joined the firm and will be based in the Bronxville, N.Y., brokerage. Holly Mellstrom has ranked as the highest producing real estate agent in the Pelham, N.Y., marketplace for five of the past six years including 2016, as well as one of the top producers in all of Westchester County.
The origins of the Village of Pelham Manor can be traced back to March 2, 1866, when a newspaper notice announced an intent to incorporate the Harlem River and Portchester Railroad. The railroad was intended to run parallel to Long Island Sound to open up to development a vast section including the Pelham shoreline from Pelham Bridge to New Rochelle.
On August 8, 1909, a man named Fontaine Fox arrived with his wife at the Pelham Station in the Village of North Pelham. The couple hopped on the rickety little trolley that met all the trains.
A fast-moving storm system likely to result in accumulating snow for much of the area Thursday night into Friday could impact the morning commute and result in school delays and possibly even some closings. Snow is expected to arrive sometime after 11 p.m. in most of the area.
In 1873, railroad crews were working furiously to construct the New Haven Branch Line through Pelham. Although the Branch Line did not open to passenger traffic until November, 1873, for many months before then crews worked to lay the tracks and to construct the railroad drawbridge next to the new Pelham Bridge that first opened on June 1, 1871 and permitted its first public travel across the bridge on June 3, 1871.
... 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 ...
What a grand and awe-inspiring sight the fifteen hundred residents of the little Town of Pelham experienced on Saturday, July 7, 1866. Those lucky ones who gazed skyward saw the great Thaddeus Sobieski Constantine Lowe, known as Professor T.S.C. Lowe, in his massive hot air balloon as it descended from the heavens directly above the little town.
Recently I was able to purchase a copy of the August 9, 1884 issue of Harper's Weekly . Why? Because it included a brief article on the newly-acquired lands northeast of New York City intended to create parks including Pelham Bay Park and a page of engraved images of the area within what was, at the time, part of the Town of Pelham.
... Serbia, Montenegro, and Japan. With the Centennial of that historic date approaching, it is time to document the role Pelham and its citizens played during World War I. The task, however, has proven exceedingly difficult since no copies of the local ...
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.