Is there a haunted house in New Rochelle? Wildcliff Mansion runs through November 1 at 25 dollars, Sunday brings the week's only washout, and the tall ship Lynx sets tour hours for Oct 17

The Haunt at Wildcliff Mansion is back, and it runs on a seventeen-year-old teacher-student story Nights run October 9 through November 1 at 44 Wildcliff Rd, 25 dollars timed entry, ages 10 and up, tickets at hauntatwildcliff.com (2 min)

By Alex Tiratsuyan

A full-scale haunted house inside real mansion ruins does not happen in most cities. Ours runs Friday through Sunday nights, October 9 through November 1, at Wildcliff Mansion, 44 Wildcliff Rd, overlooking Echo Bay. Hours are 7:00 to 10:30 PM on Fridays and Saturdays, 6:30 to 10:00 PM on Sundays, closed October 18. Admission is 25 dollars with timed entry, 40 for a Fast Pass and 75 for VIP. Book a time slot if you want a specific night. The city's announcement recommends ages 10 and up, and no child under 15 goes in unaccompanied. It also names what you are walking into: strobe lights, fog, confined spaces and uneven ground. Tickets are at hauntatwildcliff.com. The producers are the Hudson Park Children's Greenhouse, and its two builders go back a long way. David O'Neil, an Eastchester teacher who runs Discover Camp in Hawthorne, taught a Halloween in July class that a young David Calamari took. Seventeen years later, Calamari designs haunted attractions across the country through his own scenic studio, and the two of them build Wildcliff together. If jump scares are not for you, skip it cleanly. ArtsFest starts Thursday, and its free mural trolley tour is the calmer way to see the city.

Rain moves in Sunday afternoon, yard waste collection ends Oct 24, and plastic leaf bags can bring fines DPW wants paper bags or containers under 75 lbs at the curb by 7 AM on your section's day, and there is no collection Thanksgiving week (2 min)

By Alex Tiratsuyan

Sunday is the wet day. Rain arrives mainly after 2 PM, an 80 percent chance with up to half an inch, and Sunday night adds a thunderstorm chance with gusts to 26 mph. The Paine to Paine half marathon starts 9:00 AM at New Rochelle High School, ahead of most of it, but expect wet roads into the afternoon. Monday keeps a 30 percent morning shower chance, then clears to 70. The leaf rules from DPW, re-checked against the city notice: leaves go out in biodegradable paper bags or open containers up to 75 lbs, never plastic bags or loose piles, which can bring fines. North end pickup runs Monday and Tuesday, south end Wednesday and Thursday, bags at the curb by 7:00 AM, Friday covers holidays, and Thanksgiving week has no collection. Yard waste ends October 24 and must be set out separately from leaves. The notice on the city site is the 2025 posting, so confirm the details for your block with DPW before the first pickup.

Sources: NWS New Rochelle forecast · DPW Fall Leaf Collection notice