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In today's newsletter:

• Why Pelham schools are in court over a teen’s records
• Why was Pelham named a model for housing reform in Westchester?

Also on today's calendar: Holidays on the Farm: The 49th Annual Holiday Exhibition and 8 more events.

📸 Have a great pic of holiday decorations from around Pelham? Post it to Pelham photos of the day! ☃️ 🟢-🟠-🟣-🔴-🟡-🔵 ☃️

Today's riddle: The doctor told me to drink carrot juice after a hot bath. - Did it help? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Wednesday: Breezy and not as cold, with a high of 42 and low of 30 degrees.
• Thursday: Times of clouds and sun, temps: high: 47, low: 44.
• Friday: Windy; morning rain, with a high of 55 and low of 29 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Pelham Teen's Public Defender Challenges Superintendent's Release of School Records in Gun Restriction Case (talkofthesound.com) — A Pelham Memorial High School student is at the center of a court fight over whether his detailed school records should be used to support a temporary order restricting his access to firearms. The student’s Legal Aid attorney argues the superintendent’s filings violate federal privacy law, while a Westchester judge has kept the gun order in place and set hearings into early 2026.
   

• Welcome Home Westchester Campaign Releases Housing Policy Scorecardsfor All 43 Cities, Towns, and Villages (yonkerstimes.com) — Pelham Village Hall hosted the launch of new countywide housing policy scorecards, and Pelham itself was named one of Westchester’s top 10 model communities for housing reform. Local leaders, including Mayor Chance Mullen, highlighted how Pelham’s pro-housing policies and planning are helping address the regional housing shortage while shaping future growth.
   

📸 Around Pelham

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Pelham

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★ Featured events ★

Wednesday December 17

• Holidays on the Farm: The 49th Annual Holiday Exhibition
  Historical Society of Rockland County, 20 Zukor Rd, New City
  12:00 pm

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Other local events

Wednesday December 17

• Architectural Review Board Meeting
  Pelham, NY Calendar , 200 Fifth Ave , Pelham
  8:00 pm

Thursday December 18

• Friends of NRPL Book Store
  New Rochelle Public Library , 1 Library Plaza , New Rochelle
  10:00 am
• Adult Art Workshop: Handmade Wrapping Paper
  New Rochelle Public Library , 1 Library Plaza , New Rochelle
  10:00 am
• Tours of the Museum and Historic Church at St. Paul's
  Saint Paul's Church National Park , 897 South Columbus Avenue , Mount Vernon
  10:00 am
• Adult Art Workshop
  Main Library Meeting Room , 1 Library Plaza , New Rochelle
  10:00 am
• Holiday Craft
  Children's Room , 28 South First Avenue , Mount Vernon
  4:00 pm

Friday December 19

• Tours of the Museum and Historic Church at St. Paul's
  Saint Paul's Church National Park , 897 South Columbus Avenue , Mount Vernon
  10:00 am
• Beechmont Tavern: Ugly Sweater Happy Hour
  Beechmont Tavern , 750 North Ave , New Rochelle
  4:00 pm
• A Jazzy Holiday Concert with Veronica Nunn
  Bartow-Pell Mansion Museum , 895 Shore Rd
  6:00 pm

Saturday December 20

• Holiday Cookies & Crafts
  Bartow-Pell Mansion Museum , 895 Shore Rd
  10:00 am

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🗓 Events Nearby

Wednesday December 17

• Mayoral Public Hearing for Local Law
  Mount Vernon, NY Calendar , Mount Vernon City Hall Room 107A , Mount Vernon
  9:30 am
• Way-Back Wednesdays
  Town of Pelham Public Library , 530 Colonial Ave. , Pelham
  11:00 am
• Rye Y Community Fitness Classes - Hall
  St. Thomas Episcopal Church , 168 West Boston Post Road , Mamaroneck
  12:30 pm
• Civil Service Commission Meeting
  New Rochelle, NY Calendar New Rochelle, NY 10801
  3:30 pm

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• KAFFA: Karate and Fitness for All
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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• ShopRite Supermarkets posted a job opening for ShopRite - Night Crew Clerk (Village WCC) Salary Range $16.25 - $18.00/hr in Pelham. Apply here.
• Sid Harvey Industries I posted a job opening for Counter Sales in Mount Vernon. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Pelham here.

🗞 Nearby News

Eastchester

• Vote for lohud Girls Basketball Player of the Week, presented by White Plains Hospital (thetimesherald.com)

Yonkers

• Yonkers Public Library awarded $40,000 by the New York State Council on the Arts (yonkerstimes.com)
• Yonkers Deserves Fair Treatment, Issue a Fourth Gaming License and Give it to Yonkers (yonkerstimes.com)
• The most wow-worthy Westchester, Rockland lohud food openings of 2025 (lohud.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: I don’t know. I can never finish drinking the hot bath!
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