More than 500 people blasted with color at 2017 Color Run (from our print edition)
By Claire Van Praagh, Staff Reporter
June 28, 2017
Filed under Our Town, Top Stories
PELHAM MANOR — The third annual Color Run brought a thrill of excitement to town on May 21. The Color Run is a two-and-a-half mile run or walk where every half mile volunteers throw powdered color at all the runners. The colors include red, blue, orange, yellow, green and pink. The powder is made...
The Pel Mel, high school’s paper, full of interesting stories, headlines—and reporters and editors
By Emily Rackley, Julia Kindig, Natalia Christian, Laura Shelton, Lian Spencer, Gabby Ahitow, Jaylin Santiago, and Matthew Michailoff
April 28, 2017
Filed under News, Our Town, Top Stories
PMHS NEWSROOM — The Pel Mel, the high school student newspaper, has lots of interesting art, stories, headlines, reporters and editors. Every day, students from PMHS arrive at the journalism class at exactly 11:14 to start working on the school newspaper, The Pel Mel. Over the whole year, the s...
New Years Eve includes dinner and up till midnight for Colonial folks
By Charlotte Seligman, Staff Reporter
January 23, 2017
Filed under Our Town
PELHAM — Did you celebrate 2016's end and 2017's beginning? Did you go away to visit family? Did you stay up till midnight to watch the ball drop? 2017 is a big year for the United States. Donald Trump started as the president, and many other things in news and government will be happening. Ms....
Who’s Turning 90?
May 10, 2016
Filed under Our Town, Student Life, Top Stories
Colonial School- 90 years ago, this very school was built in 1926. Colonial was original built in 1900 in Pelham Heights with 4 classrooms. When Siwanoy opened in 1910, Colonial closed but reopened as a auxiliary elementary school and bought another house on 105 Boulevard. In 1921 the school was condemned...
Cub Scouts Pinewood Derby Comes Racing in on February 27
By Matt Michailoff, Reporter
February 9, 2016
Filed under Our Town, Top Stories
Pelham- The Cub Scouts is coming together for an event called The Pinewood Derby. All the cub scouts are making wooden cars to race in the competition. There is the design trophy and a speed trophy. I am making a minion car and hoping to win a trophy. Kyle in 4V says he is making a red car with...
Minucha Boutique
By Brooke Luce and Samantha Gregware
January 15, 2016
Filed under Our Town, Top Stories
Do you know what the old yoga studio next to Jump Dance is? Now there is a boutique called Minucha Boutique. It is located on 135 Wolfs lane. It opened in mid-October, 2015. It is owned by Maria Lopes. You can buy clothes for boys and girls for the ages of newborn through tween. Sizes go up to 16....
Pelham Bicycles Store Renovation
By Brooke Luce, Reporter
November 1, 2015
Filed under Our Town
Pelham Bicycles is being renovated from the first week of January through mid March, but the store will stay open. This renovation is because, in a couple of years, bikes will have computer technology. Pedro, an employee of Pelham Bicycles, said,"Bikes used to be just a handle and two wheels, but now...
Print edition: Harvesting food for those in need
By Tisya Sharma, News Editor
June 10, 2015
Filed under Our Town
October 2, 2009 was a turning point in the life of Mrs. Missy Palmisciano, a lunch parent serving pasta to students at Prospect Hill Elementary School in Pelham. Mrs. Palmisciano realized that there was plenty of left over food that would be thrown away in the trash. She immediately thought, why not...
Pelham students begin prep for Battle of the Books in the autumn
By Ella Miller, A&E Editor
June 8, 2015
Filed under Our Town, Top Stories
PELHAM LIBRARY -- Preparation for the Battle of the Books is about to begin. The Battle of the Books is a program where kids read five books over the summer, then do a Jeopardy-like competition next school year on the books they have read. This year, there are about 10 to 15 kids representing the...
Pelham students travel with Thornton-Donovan up north to Iceland, Denmark, Sweden
By Lawrence Ohmes, Staff Reporter
May 14, 2015
Filed under Our Town, Top Stories, World News
ICELAND, DENMARK, SWEDEN -- A private school in New Rochelle called Thornton-Donovan traveled to Iceland, Denmark, and Sweden. Several of the students on the trip live in Pelham. The trip began with a four-hour plane ride that arrived at 2:00 am New York time, which is 6:00 am Iceland time. The...