The National Weather Service logged a 100 percent chance of rain for today with a high near 63, and totals of a half to three-quarters of an inch possible, the heaviest of the whole stretch. The evening is the turn: periods of rain wind down mainly before 11 PM, with an 80 percent chance overnight that tapers before dawn. Monday opens partly sunny near 66 and dry through the daytime, the best outdoor window of the first half of the week.
School logistics come with the dry day: Carmel and Brewster both close Monday for Yom Kippur, per the districts' published calendars, so the school run pauses and classes resume Tuesday. The Carmel Board of Education meets Tuesday at 6:30 PM in the high school library.
One county date to put on the calendar now: the legislature's Budget and Finance Committee holds its public hearing on the tentative 2027 budget Monday, October 5 at 8:00 PM at the Historic Courthouse in Carmel, or right after the County Executive's budget presentation. The tentative budget itself posts October 1 or 2, so this is the first real chance to speak on it before the legislature adopts a budget by November 1.
The questions Putnam searches this week, answer first, source after.
What happened on I-84 in Southeast last night?
State troopers stopped a car for speeding on I-84 around 10 PM, brought in a drug-detection dog while questioning the occupants, and ended up arresting three people on felony charges. Police say the search turned up a stolen, loaded Taurus 9mm handgun. Charged with criminal possession of a weapon and criminal possession of stolen property were Chaz Townes-Haines, 29, and Dominick Bledsoe, 35, both of Middletown, and Raven Cherry, 32, of Poughkeepsie. The two men were remanded to the Putnam Correctional Facility on bail and Cherry was released; all three are due in court next month. The top count carries up to seven years if proven.
Monday, October 5 at 8:00 PM at the Historic Courthouse on Gleneida Avenue in Carmel, at the Budget and Finance Committee's public hearing, or immediately after the County Executive's budget presentation that same evening. The tentative budget becomes public October 1 or 2, so reading it before the hearing is the move if you want to speak to specifics. After that, the full legislature holds its own hearing October 26 and must adopt a budget by November 1.
Monday's drive gets the double hazard: leftover damp patches from the weekend rain and the first real carpet of wet leaves on Routes 6, 22 and 301. The day itself runs partly sunny near 66 after the overnight rain tapers, and the rest of the week stays mostly dry with chances of 20 to 30 percent Tuesday and again Thursday into Friday.
No road advisories are logged for the county, and Metro-North keeps the regular timetable on the Harlem Line out of Brewster and Southeast. With schools closed Monday, the morning rush is lighter than usual; Tuesday brings the first full school-run morning on wet roads, so build in a few extra minutes.
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This week: let AI turn a rain day into a plan.
A washout Sunday plus a school closure Monday is two shapeless days in a row. Try: "It is raining today and the kids are off school Monday. Here is what we have around the house [paste it]. Plan a slow Sunday and a Monday with one errand and one library stop, and keep each day to a short list." A small plan that fits the house beats an ambitious one nobody follows.
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