Issue #032 · LatestFriday, October 16, 2026 · showers and a thunderstorm risk tonight · repaving on Wilmot, Rutledge and three more streets · The Haunt opens its weekend tonight
Wilmot and Rutledge get their fresh pavement, Miles Davis turns 100 at the library tonight, and The Haunt relights Wildcliff this weekend
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The city's Paving Schedule calendar has crews on Wilmot Road, Rutledge Road, Andrew Lane, Marion Drive and Donnybrook Road this week. Milling comes first, paving follows, and the calendar carries a weather-permitting note because that is how this work goes. Plan for cones and alternating lanes near the work zones, and give fresh pavement a day before you park on it.
The timing is on the city's side. Today is the soaker: showers before 2 PM, then showers and a possible thunderstorm after 5 PM, high near 75. Tonight the showers keep going with a thunderstorm possible before 11 PM, low around 47. After that the week runs dry: clearing Saturday to steady near 50 with north gusts to 28 mph, sunny Sunday near 56, mostly sunny Monday near 59. The weekend gets wind, not rain.
If your block is on the list, the move is simple. Check the calendar in the morning and park off the work side of the street. The schedule shifts with the weather, and this week the weather cooperates after tonight.
The questions New Rochelle searches this week, answer first, source after.
What is there to do tonight in New Rochelle?
Trumpeter Wayne Tucker celebrates 100 Years of Miles Davis tonight, 7:00 to 9:00 PM, in the Ossie Davis Theater at the New Rochelle Public Library, 1 Library Plaza. The city's ArtsFest announcement puts him on the music slate, and the Patch rundown notes the show runs after hours, so you enter and exit through the Memorial Highway entrance; the library's number is 914-632-7878. If the night is still going at 9, the New Rochelle Council on the Arts turns its train station office into the Faboratory, a spoken word and live music jam, until 11.
Did the city youth jobs window close, and when does it open again?
It closed. Fall session applications were due Wednesday, October 14 at 4:00 PM, and the city says emailed applications did not count. The program itself keeps running: ages 14 to 20, eight-week sessions in fall, winter and spring, up to 18 hours a week at 17 dollars an hour, 30 seats per session, with income eligibility guidelines. The city has not posted the winter window yet. Watch the Youth Bureau page or call City Hall at 914-654-2000 and ask for the Youth Bureau.
The rain is a tonight problem. Showers and a possible thunderstorm run through about 11 PM, then Saturday turns mostly cloudy to sunny with a steady temperature near 50 and north gusts to 28 mph, the coldest feel of the stretch. Sunday is sunny and 56, Monday mostly sunny and 59. Pack a layer for the marina on Saturday; wind is the story there, not rain.
The Haunt at Wildcliff Mansion is back, and the city's October 8 announcement lays out the run: Friday and Saturday nights 7:00 to 10:30 PM, Sundays 6:30 to 10:00 PM, through November 1. Admission is 25 dollars timed entry, with 40 dollar fast passes and 75 dollar VIP passes, and it is ages 10 and up with no unaccompanied kids under 15. The notice lists strobe lights, fog and confined spaces, so read the safety notes before you bring a nervous teenager. Tickets live at hauntatwildcliff.com.
One scheduling catch: the main haunt goes dark on Sunday, October 18, and the family version takes the building instead. Little Haunters runs 11:00 AM to 2:00 PM that day at 12 dollars a person, scaled down with no jump scares and trick-or-treating at the end.
AI Corner: one plain-English AI thing, every issue
This week: turn the ArtsFest schedule into a weekday escape plan.
ArtsFest ends Sunday, but the schedule keeps working after the weekend. Screenshot it, drop it into an AI chat, and try this: "Here is the ArtsFest schedule with venues and dates: [paste]. Which of these studios and galleries normally stay open on weekdays after this weekend? Give me three I can visit after work, with addresses and hours."
Then do the human check. Models invent venues and opening hours, so confirm each one on the venue's own page before you go. The chat drafts the shortlist; a phone call settles it.
Reply with questions; they become future AI Corner topics.
ArtsFest rolls on with open studios and exhibits across town; free public tours of the tall ship Lynx, 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM at the Municipal Marina dock, 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, parade steps off at 11:00 AM; mostly cloudy turning sunny, steady near 50, north gusts to 28 mph
Municipal Marina, Hudson Park and Ward Acres · city 250th announcement, city calendar and NWS
Battle of Pell's Point 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, trick-or-treating at the end; Taste of Lincoln, 1:00 to 6:00 PM at Lincoln Park and Pool, Lincoln Avenue and Prince Street; ArtsFest closes its run; sunny, high near 56
Orchard Beach, Wildcliff Mansion and Lincoln Park · city 250th announcement and city calendar
City Council Regular Legislative Meeting, 6:15 to 7:15 PM
City Hall, 515 North Avenue · city calendar
Halfway to Earth Day Fall Festival, 4:00 to 6:00 PM at Ward Acres Park, Broadfield Road; United Nations flag raising, 5:00 PM on the City Hall front lawn
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 at Wildcliff Mansion
Five Islands Park and Wildcliff Mansion · city calendar
HAUNTFEST at Wildcliff Mansion, 44 Wildcliff Rd, 7:00 to 10:30 PM, music, food truck and vendors
Wildcliff Mansion · city calendar
State of the City 2026, 6:00 to 8:30 PM at the JCC Mid-Westchester, 999 Wilmot Rd; RSVP at newrochelleny.gov/SOTCRSVP
