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Wednesday, May 28, 2014

Legislator Announces 'Break' In Westchester, HUD Logjam Over Housing

... changes to their exclusionary zoning," he said. While Croton, Lewisboro, Pound Ridge, the Town of Ossining and Pelham Manor have all started those talks, Harrison "isn't as far along," according to Kaplowtiz. The hope is that when Johnson completes ...

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Tuesday, May 27, 2014

Friday, May 23, 2014

Westchester Police Academy Graduates 63 In 137th Class

Highest Academic Average Award: Paul Roberts, of the Village of Pelham Manor Police, who earned a 99.3-percent grade point average Matthew Gillespie gave the graduate address and Tara L. Altamuro, who is one of five to join the White Plains police Department, sang the National Anthem to open the ceremony and "God Bless America" to close it.

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How Dry I Am -- Early Prohibition Efforts Succeed in Pelham in 1896

... Village Elections in Pelham in 1900 - New York Athletic Club Members Campaign Against the Prohibition Ticket in Pelham Manor . Thu., Aug. 11, 2005: How Dry I Am: Pelham Goes Dry in the 1890s and Travers Island Is At the Center of a Storm . I also ...

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Thursday, May 22, 2014

The Earliest Days of Radio in the Town of Pelham

... World Series. In that series, the New York Giants (whose manager, John McGraw, lived on Edgewood Avenue in Pelham Manor) beat the New York Yankees in five games: four games to none with one tie. The following year, The Pelham Sun worked with a local ...

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Wednesday, May 21, 2014

The Story of Split Rock Road, Named After Split Rock, a Massive Glacial Boulder

... once was Split Rock Road has been destroyed by I-95. A small portion of the roadway exists in the Village of Pelham Manor. Much of the roadway from today's Shore Road to the New England Thruway has been destroyed, and in some instances obscured, by ...

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Monday, May 19, 2014

Biography of British Officer Who Fought in the Battle of Pelham on October 18, 1776

... he was appointed Aide-de-Camp to Earl Percy, and afterwards to Sir Henry Clinton. He was at the actions at Pelham Manor and White Plains, and at the capture of Fort Washington; also in the successful expedition against the American magazines at ...

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Monday, May 12, 2014

Mary Wilkie, 95, Longtime New Rochelle Resident, Saleswoman At Macy's

NEW ROCHELLE/PELHAM MANOR, N.Y. - Mary Wilkie, longtime resident of New Rochelle and Pelham Manor, died May 8. She was 95. Wilkie was born in Chicago, to Thomas Galvin and Mary Herlihy.

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Friday, May 9, 2014

The Origins of the Pelham Manor Association, an Important Local Civic Organization Founded in 1926

... that there were a wide variety of quality of life issues that were beginning to affect the entire Village of Pelham Manor. Consequently, the group promptly changed its name to the "Pelham Manor Association." The first President of the organization ...

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Thursday, May 8, 2014

Thanksgiving Day Football Game in 1895 Between Pelham Manor and Mount Vernon Teams

... Vernon team were a group of "toughs" as one newspaper article put it. In mid-November, the football team of the Pelham Manor Athletic Club played the Mount Vernon Football Club on the grounds of the New York Athletic Club on Travers Island. The two ...

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