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Wednesday, December 30, 2015

Where to Celebrate New Year's Eve? How About Pelham Manor?

The event will be held at New Roc City, 33 LeCount Pl., in New Rochelle, with the big balloon drop happening at noon. There will be face painting, arts and crafts, rides, snacks, goody bags and more.
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Interesting Account of 1894 Graduation Exercises Conducted by Mrs....

In 1889, Emily Hall Hazen who had taught at the Masters School in Dobbs Ferry, New York, opened a girls' school in Pelham Manor. It almost immediately became one of the finest girls' schools in the country.
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Tuesday, December 29, 2015

William S. Panaro, 85, Of Mamaroneck

... one bronze star and the United Nations Medal. Panaro worked as a police officer for 38 years for the Village of Pelham Manor and received numerous awards and citations for his dedicated service. He is survived by his wife MaryLouise Panaro; ...
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The First Service in the Nation's Only Centennial Church: Huguenot Memorial Presbyterian Church

... of summer worshippers can stand." From its very beginnings, the Huguenot Memorial Presbyterian Church in Pelham Manor was a special -- some said "unique" -- place. Always using superlatives, Pelham Manor residents in 1876 claimed that the church was ...
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Monday, December 28, 2015

Christmas Day Celebrations in the Town of Pelham in 1885

... were other population concentrations including Bartow (near the old Bartow Station along the Branch Line), Pelham Manor and Prospect Hill, and Pelhamville. Unpaved country lanes criss-crossed the Town and horse-drawn transportation was the order of ...
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Pelham Manor's Most Famous Cow

The little village of Pelham Manor is famous for many things. It is world famous for the "Pelham Manor Trolley" that inspired cartoonist Fontaine Fox to create his tremendously successful comic strip "Toonerville Folks" that centered around the "Toonerville Trolley" and ran in syndication throughout the nation for about forty years.
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Westchester Legislators Keep Leadership Team For 2016-17 Term

... to a private-public partnership to manage Playland." Maisano, who represents New Rochelle, Pelham and Pelham Manor said: "I am very happy to continue serving in leadership at the Board of Legislators with Chairman Kaplowitz. Over the last two years, ...
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Thursday, December 17, 2015

A Beloved Teacher Who Taught at the Jackson Avenue School and Siwanoy Junior High School

... As School Teacher ----- Member of Faculty of Junior High School First Taught in Old Jackson Avenue School in Pelham Manor. ----- After a quarter of a century of service as a teacher in the Pelham public schools system, Mrs. William S. Root, teacher ...
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Wednesday, December 16, 2015

The Will of Joshua Pell Sr. of the Manor of Pelham Dated March 1, 1758

... February 17, 2006: Runaway Slave Notice Published by John Pell in 1748 Comes to Light Wed., Jul. 19, 2006: Pelham Manor Runaway Slave Notice in June 30, 1777 Issue of The New-York Gazette; And The Weekly Mercury . Monday, July 18, 2005: Pelham Manor ...
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Monday, December 14, 2015

Early History of the Village of Pelham Manor Fire Department

... in the late 1880s by homes in the Prospect Hill section of the Town of Pelham (now part of the Village of Pelham Manor), residents of the area decided something had to be done. They began to organize a fire fighting organization in early 1890. Even ...
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Friday, December 11, 2015

Evidence of An Early Independent Firefighting Unit in Pelham Named 'Indians'

... Pelhamdale, A Home on the National Register of Historic Places . Fri., Jun. 12, 2015: The Tumultuous Reign of Pelham Manor Fire Chief J. Louis Cunningham in the Early 1900s . Tue., Jun. 09, 2015: Reminiscenses of Firemen Who Served From 1893 Until ...
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Friday, December 4, 2015

Early Celebrations of the Huckleberry Indians of the New York Athletic Club

... in 1889. The organization takes its name from Huckleberry Island, a small island located off the shores of Pelham Manor and New Rochelle. Huckleberry Island, once known as "Whortleberry Island, lies in Long Island Sound about a mile east of David's ...
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