Good morning, Schenectady.

Elissa Fornasiero was named president of Discover Schenectady (she had been the organization's vice president of convention sales and services).

New York State Police will run the 50th Annual Pumpkin Patrol on Oct.

30 and Oct. 31 on Thruway bridges and overpasses to deter people from throwing objects and protect motorists, with several hundred volunteers from 16 counties (including the Schenectady Museum Radio Association) monitoring sites and alerting troopers.

The Costumer in downtown Schenectady is offering last-minute Halloween costume help for shoppers, drawing on more than 100 years of costuming experience to rent and build theater-quality, durable outfits (they also outfit school and community theater); classics like vampires, witches, and werewolves are most popular.

CBS6's Morning Team visited the Double M Haunted Hayride in Ballston Spa and went through indoor scares with flashing lights and chainsaw actors, stopped for a themed drink, then rode the outdoor hayride with zombies, Western characters, the Headless Horseman, and a final chainsaw scare.

Staci Lydon has filled her Lenox Road front yard with more than 80 Halloween decorations, and her display draws trick-or-treaters each evening through Halloween.

The New York State Office of Cannabis Management warns Halloween weekend consumers to keep cannabis edibles out of reach, store them locked and separate from candy, and talk with kids; call the Poison Center at 800-222-1222 for accidental ingestion and contact your vet if a pet is exposed.