BY DARRELL HALEN PELHAM - On paper, Brian Johnson may not have been the ideal candidate to become Pelham’s new parks and recreation director. He had never held a similar position in another town. But Johnson, 37, was extremely enthusiastic about taking on the Pelham job. “I really do think that was my selling point,” ...

BY SAPNA PATHAK David Bailey spent winters and springs looking forward to it. He’d go to bed each night eyeing the pile of new equipment in the corner of his bedroom, anticipating snow giving way to grass, dirt and Opening Day. Fifty years later, Xander Kalil and Austin Halley do the same thing. “Yeah, we can’t wait for ...