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Thursday, June 30, 2016

Tee times, pairings: 2016 U.S. Womena s Open, Rounds 1-2

... U.S. Women's Open at CordeValle Golf Club in San Martin, Calif. (all times Pacific): 7:16 a.m.: Nannette Hill, Pelham Manor, N.Y.; (a) Hannah Wood, Highlands Ranch, Colo.; Maude-Aimee LeBlanc, Canada 2:14 p.m.: In Gee Chun, South Korea; (a) Hannah ...
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1892 Obituary of 85-Year-Old Jane Eliza Roosevelt of Pelham Manor

... to the 32nd President of the United States, Franklin Delano Roosevelt. One member of the Roosevelt family of Pelham Manor was Jane Eliza Roosevelt. She was a daughter of Elbert Cornelius Roosevelt, an early 19th century owner of lands near Long ...
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Friday, June 17, 2016

More on Efforts to Invalidate Deeds of Many Prospect Hill Homes in 1900

Prospect Hill landowners in the Village of Pelham Manor suffered a fright in an odd interlude that began in 1900. The heirs of a landowner who once owned the Prospect Hill area announced their intention, through an attorney, to file suit to recover the entire area under a theory that the property owner's deeds were defective.
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Thursday, June 16, 2016

Evidence of Lawsuits Involving, and the Receivership of, the Pelham...

The Pelham Manor & Huguenot Heights Association was founded in 1873 shortly before the Panic of 1873 that led to the so-called "Long Depression" that lasted from 1873 to 1878. The purpose of the Association was to develop Pelham Manor lands as an exclusive and affluent railroad suburb of New York City.
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Wednesday, June 15, 2016

Organized Volunteer Fire Fighting in Pelhamville Began as Early as 1885

... firefighting in the various settlements that once comprised the Town of Pelham. Although the Village of Pelham Manor Fire Department has claimed over the years to be able to trace its origins to 1876, frankly I have been entirely unable to document ...
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Monday, June 13, 2016

Rare Map Published in 1874 on Behalf of the Pelham Manor & Huguenot Heights Association

On May 26, 2016, Swann Auction Galleries in New York City conducted Sale 2417 of "Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books." Lot 111 in that auction was described as follows: " Sale 2417 Lot 111 Pelham Manor and Huguenot Heights.
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Friday, June 10, 2016

Pelham Student Wins There Ought To Be A Law Contest For Hearing Aid Bill

... upon middle school students in grades 6 to 8 living in Scarsdale, Eastchester, Tuckahoe, Broxville, Pelham, Pelham Manor and parts of New Rochelle and White Plains, to create a bill. The students had to write an essay that describes their proposed ...
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Thursday, June 9, 2016

World's First Theme Park that Became World's Largest and...

... behind the New York Athletic Club facility on Travers Island or at the tip of Shore Park in the Village of Pelham Manor and nearly throw a rock onto Glen Island. It is only a few hundred feet away. I have written about Starin's Glen Island, known as ...
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Tuesday, June 7, 2016

Rodent Problem Plagues Westchester Shopping Plaza

The Pelham Manor Shopping Center recently received some unwanted tenants, following an outbreak of rodents in the grass and landscaping surrounding the plaza. In recent weeks, commuters traveling on the sidewalk adjacent to Pelham Parkway have noticed dozens of small holes in the surrounding bushes, where rats, mice and other critters have taken up shelter.
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Monday, June 6, 2016

History of the Early Years of First Church of Christ, Scientist,...

... lectures and the like. On April 20, 1928, a group of Pelhamites gathered at Village Hall in the Village of Pelham Manor to form a new church congregation to be affiliated with the Church of Christ Scientist, headquartered in Boston. Although the ...
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Friday, June 3, 2016

More Newspaper Accounts of President Martin Van Buren's Visit to Pelham in 1839

... from 1832 to 1839 and for a number of years thereafter. See Fri., Dec. 15, 2006: References to John Hunter of Pelham Manor in the Papers of President Martin Van Buren . Once the President was settled at Hunter's Mansion on July 9, the mounted escort ...
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