Good morning, Poughkeepsie.

Dutchess County's Way to Work program gave six single mothers retired county vehicles on Oct.

26 to help them get to work and support their families, bringing the program's total to 951 vehicles provided since 2001.

Emergency responders from both sides of Putnam County rescued a hiker with a dislocated hip on the Appalachian Trail in Fahnestock State Park on Sunday, using mutual aid from Cold Spring’s Mountain Rescue Team, a Putnam paramedic, Kent Community Ambulance, and Philipstown Volunteer Ambulance Corps to secure and evacuate the patient from a narrow, rocky stretch without further injury.

SUNY Sullivan will host FallFest: Candy, College & Community and an Admissions Open House on Friday, Oct.

30 from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. at 112 College Road in Loch Sheldrake. The event will include trick-or-treating, a scavenger hunt, a Culinary Arts bake sale, campus tours at 4:30 p.m., and onsite application help (bring transcripts or GED).

State fall foliage reports show Poughkeepsie at a (95% change) this week, with just-past-peak conditions and bright reds, yellows, and oranges on many trees.

New York’s zero-emission school bus purchase mandate has been pushed from 2027 to 2032, and Wappingers Central School District Superintendent Dr. Dwight Bonk says limited electric infrastructure and winter battery performance could prevent the district from replacing its roughly 300 buses, while EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin called current bus technology much improved.

Section 9 high school football heads into the final regular-season games Friday and Saturday with several seeds still undecided; semifinal hosts are set for Nov.

6 and 7, the Class C final will be Nov. 14 at Monroe-Woodbury, and the Class D final will be Nov. 13 at Goshen (final brackets depend on weekend results).

Week 8 high school football moves into postseason with Section 1 Class AA quarterfinals Friday, Oct.

30, including No. 1 Arlington hosting No. 8 John Jay and No. 3 New Rochelle hosting No. 6 Ketcham (both 6 p.m.), plus local regular-season and sectional games Thursday–Saturday across the area.