Issue #030 · LatestWednesday, October 14, 2026 · mostly sunny and 80, gusts to 20 · youth jobs close at 4:00 today · Tavern Night tonight · the Lynx boards Saturday
When does the youth jobs window close? Tavern Night pours tonight at 6, the Lynx takes visitors Saturday, and the Battle of Pell's Point returns Sunday
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The Year-Round Youth Employment Program stops taking applications today at 4:00 PM, and the Youth Bureau says emailed applications will not be accepted, so the website is the only door. The program pays 17 dollars an hour for up to 18 hours a week, runs 8-week sessions through the Fall, Winter and Spring, and takes ages 14 to 20. Applicants have to meet the Youth Employment Program income eligibility guidelines.
Why is the city strict about the deadline? Volume. Thirty applicants get a seat per session, and somebody has to sort the pile. If your kid is a few documents short at 3:50, submit what you have and call the Youth Bureau at 914-654-2045, because a finished application beats a perfect one that never got filed.
Missed it today? The Summer Youth Employment Program runs on its own cycle, and the city posts the next window on the same youthjobs page. Check it once a month rather than waiting for a notice.
The questions New Rochelle searches this week, answer first, source after.
When is Tavern Night at Kenny's on the Water?
Tonight, 6:00 to 9:00 PM, at Kenny's on the Water, 2 Pelham Road. The city's 250th committee calls it Toast 250! Tavern Night, the tall ship Lynx gets its first welcome, and living history reenactors are part of the room. No ticket needed; show up. The ship itself is not open tonight, the free deck tours run Saturday.
Can you board the tall ship Lynx for free on Saturday?
Yes. Public tours run 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM Saturday, October 17 at the Municipal Marina, tickets are free, and parking at Hudson Park is free. The city distributes tour tickets at Hudson Park, so earlier is the safe side of the line. While you wait, the park turns into a small history festival: reenactors of General William Howe and Marbleheader John Glover, live music, colonial games from Philips Manor Hall Historic Site, and booths from local history groups.
Is it going to rain on the Lynx tours or the Battle of Pell's Point?
Saturday is the dry day: sunny, high near 51, breezy, which is coat weather on a dock. Sunday the 18th stays sunny, near 57, for the Battle of Pell's Point/Pelham reenactment, 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM with viewing at Orchard Beach. The wet stretch lands Thursday night into Friday: showers arrive after 2:00 AM Thursday night at an 80 percent chance, and Friday runs 90 percent with a high near 72. If ArtsFest is on your list, Saturday and Sunday are the days to book.
No council meeting tonight. After Tuesday's committee of the whole and public hearings, the next one on the calendar is the Regular Legislative Meeting, Tuesday, October 20 at 6:15 PM at City Hall, 515 North Avenue. That is the meeting where items get voted. So if a hearing from last week touched your block, this is where the decision lands. Agendas post on the city site before the meeting, and Community to Be Heard gives residents the mic. The Historical and Landmark Review Board meets tonight at 6:00 PM at City Hall if certificates of appropriateness are your week.
AI Corner: one plain-English AI thing, every issue
This week: turn a packed 250th weekend into a two-day plan.
The city calendar is doing a lot this week: Tavern Night, the Lynx, ArtsFest, the haunt, a battle reenactment at Orchard Beach. Copy the event list from newrochelleny.gov/250, paste it into an AI chat, and try this: "Here are events in New Rochelle this weekend with times and locations: [paste]. I have Saturday 9 AM to 4 PM and Sunday 11 AM to 3 PM, starting from the West End. Group them into two days with travel time, flag anything that needs tickets, and leave one hour of slack for parking."
Then do the human check. Whatever plan it hands back, open the city page and confirm each time and address before you drive anywhere, because models quietly move events across days. The plan is a draft; the calendar is the fact.
Reply with questions; they become future AI Corner topics.
City Council committee of the whole, public hearings and Community to Be Heard, 3:45 PM, first floor conference room, City Hall; Creative Cards for a Cause, 4:30 PM at the Main Library; mostly sunny at 72
City Hall, 515 North Avenue and 1 Library Plaza · city calendar, NRPL and NWS
Deadline: Year-Round Youth Employment Program applications close at 4:00 PM at newrochelleny.gov/youthjobs; Toast 250! Tavern Night with the tall ship Lynx, 6:00 to 9:00 PM at Kenny's on the Water, 2 Pelham Road; Historical and Landmark Review Board, 6:00 PM at City Hall; WCHS History Hunt, 4:30 PM; mostly sunny, high near 80, gusts to 20 mph
Online, Kenny's on the Water, City Hall and countywide · Youth Bureau, city 250th, city calendar and NWS
ArtsFest 2026 opens, running through Sunday, October 18 across downtown and surrounding neighborhoods; sunny, high near 65, the calm day before the rain
Downtown · NRCA on the city calendar and NWS
The MOTH Story SLAM, 6:30 PM at Trinity Episcopal Church Parish Hall, 311 Huguenot St; showers likely, 90 percent chance, high near 72; The Haunt at Wildcliff Mansion, 7:00 to 10:30 PM, 44 Wildcliff Rd
311 Huguenot St and Wildcliff Mansion · city calendar and NWS
Free public tours of the tall ship Lynx, 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM at the Municipal Marina, free tickets and parking at Hudson Park with a history festival in the park; Howl'oween dog parade and costume contest, 10:30 AM to 1:00 PM at Ward Acres; Colonial Tavern Experience, 4:30 PM at 18th Ward Brewing, 40 Division St; The Haunt, 7:00 to 10:30 PM at Wildcliff; sunny, high near 51, breezy
Hudson Park, Ward Acres, 40 Division St and Wildcliff Mansion · city calendar, 18th Ward Brewing and NWS
Battle of Pell's Point/Pelham reenactment, 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM, viewing at Orchard Beach; Little Haunters at Wildcliff Mansion, 11:00 AM to 2:00 PM, 12 dollars, no jump scares; Taste of Lincoln, 1:00 to 6:00 PM at Lincoln Park and Pool; ArtsFest closing day; the regular haunt is closed tonight
Orchard Beach, Wildcliff Mansion and Lincoln Park · city 250th, city calendar and haunt operators
City Council Regular Legislative Meeting, 6:15 PM
City Hall, 515 North Avenue · city calendar
Halfway to Earth Day Fall Festival, 4:00 to 6:00 PM at Ward Acres; United Nations flag raising, 5:00 PM at City Hall
Ward Acres and City Hall · city calendar
FALL-O-WEEN for Pre-K through 5th grade, 5:00 to 8:00 PM at Five Islands Park, LeFevre Lane; The Haunt returns, 7:00 to 10:30 PM
Five Islands Park · city calendar
HAUNTFEST at Wildcliff Mansion, 7:00 PM, 44 Wildcliff Rd, music, food truck and vendors; last day of yard waste collection
Wildcliff Mansion · city calendar and DPW
State of the City 2026, 6:00 to 8:30 PM at the JCC Mid-Westchester, 999 Wilmot Rd; RSVP at newrochelleny.gov/SOTCRSVP
