Issue #033 · LatestSaturday, October 17, 2026 · clearing to 52 with north gusts to 26 mph · Lynx tours 10 to 4 with tickets at Hudson Park · the colonial tavern runs 4:30 to 8:00 tonight
Board the tall ship Lynx today, Taste of Lincoln lands Sunday, and a colonial tavern night takes over 18th Ward Brewing tonight
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The tall ship Lynx takes visitors today, 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM, at the Municipal Marina dock. It is a replica of a historic privateer, which is a privately owned ship licensed to raid on a government's behalf, and the city brought it in as the centerpiece of its Revolution on the Sound! 250th programming. The logistics are simple: free parking sits at Hudson Park, and the free tour tickets get handed out there too. Park, grab tickets, walk to the dock.
Hudson Park does more than hold your car. The city's announcement builds a mini festival of history around the ship: reenactors portraying General William Howe and Marbleheader John Glover, live music, colonial games from Philips Manor Hall Historic Site, and booths on the American Revolution. If the dock line runs long, the park carries the visit.
The sky plays along today. Clouds sit through mid-morning, then it clears gradually to a high near 52, with north wind gusting to 26 mph. Tonight falls to 37 under mostly clear skies, and Sunday comes back sunny and 55. The wind off the Sound decides how long you linger on deck, so pack the layer you think you will not need.
If Saturday gets away from you, the 250th does not end at the dock. Sunday morning brings the Battle of Pell's Point reenactment, 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM, with viewing at Orchard Beach.
The questions New Rochelle searches this week, answer first, source after.
What is Taste of Lincoln?
The city's newest Taste Of event runs Sunday, October 18, 1:00 to 6:00 PM at Lincoln Park, with signature dishes, live music and vendors, according to the city's announcement posted Friday. Council Member David Peters framed it as a celebration of the neighborhood's culture, and City Manager Wilfredo Melendez tied it to the character and spirit of the area. The announcement credits community chairs Pastor Leroy H. Jordan and LeChonne Williams as key to putting the day together, and the city's calendar lists the location as Lincoln Park and Pool.
Little Haunters is the scaled-down version of The Haunt: Sunday, October 18, 11:00 AM to 2:00 PM, and again on Halloween, October 31, 4:00 to 7:30 PM. Admission is 12 dollars per person, timed entry, which means you reserve an arrival window instead of a seat. The city's calendar listing promises no jump scares, warns that lighting, sound and fog effects stay active, and puts trick-or-treating at the end. The main haunt sits out Sunday while the family version has the building.
Today at 3:00 PM, Brenda Quattrini leads A Journey Through Italian Music in the Ossie Davis Theater at the Main Library. Sunday at 2:00 PM, the library's concert series closes the festival with an afternoon of piano and cello. The New Rochelle Art Association's 110th Open Juried Show stays up in the Lumen Winter Gallery through November 1. Registration links live on the library's events calendar.
The City Council holds its Regular Legislative Meeting Tuesday, October 20, 6:15 to 7:15 PM at City Hall, 515 North Avenue. The meeting page carries the agenda if you want to read ahead.
The Planning Board meets Monday, October 26 at 7:00 PM, also at City Hall.
Then the headliner: State of the City 2026 runs Tuesday, October 27, 6:00 to 8:30 PM at the JCC Mid-Westchester, 999 Wilmot Rd, and the city asks for an RSVP at newrochelleny.gov/SOTCRSVP. One correction from last issue: its calendar printed October 28, and the city's own calendar entry says Tuesday, October 27. Plan around the city's date.
AI Corner: one plain-English AI thing, every issue
This week: write your State of the City questions before October 27.
The State of the City lands October 27, and it is the one night a year the mayor's office takes the room's questions. Walk in with yours written. Paste the city's recent announcements into an AI chat (the CivicAlerts list on newrochelleny.gov works), then try this: "Here are recent City of New Rochelle announcements: [paste]. I live near [your street or school]. Draft five specific questions I could ask at the State of the City, each tied to one city service, one sentence each."
Then do the human check. The AI only knows what you pasted, so confirm any number or claim against the city's own page before you ask it in a room full of neighbors.
Reply with questions; they become future AI Corner topics.
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; A Journey Through Italian Music with Brenda Quattrini, 3:00 PM at the Main Library; Colonial Tavern Experience with the Tutti Bravi Singers, 4:30 to 8:00 PM at 18th Ward Brewing, 40 Division St; The Haunt, 7:00 to 10:30 PM at Wildcliff Mansion; cloudy then gradually clearing, high near 52, north gusts to 26 mph
Municipal Marina, Hudson Park, the Main Library, 18th Ward Brewing and Wildcliff Mansion · city 250th announcement, city calendar, library 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; piano and cello close the ArtsFest concert series, 2:00 PM at the Main Library; Taste of Lincoln, 1:00 to 6:00 PM at Lincoln Park and Pool; sunny, high near 55
Orchard Beach, Wildcliff Mansion, Lincoln Park and the Main Library · city 250th announcement, city calendar and library 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, benefiting the Hudson Park Children's Greenhouse
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
