Daily Five: Nonprofit Resources, Volunteering, City Council

1. Mostly sunny in the morning, with increasing clouds and periods of rain later in the day. Sunrise is 6:37 a.m., sunset is 5:28 p.m. The high temperature is 45 degrees while the overnight low is 29 degrees.

2. The City Council meets today at 7 p.m. and the agenda includes the Bennie Dover Jackson Middle School boiler, funding for Parade Plaza summer events, and a memo from the law director on the authority of the mayor to withhold line item spending. This is preceded at 5 p.m. by the Public Welfare Committee, which hears proposals for Community Development Block Grant funding.

3. The Public Library of New London has regular trainings on how best to use its nonprofit resource grant database. One of these will start today at 3:30 p.m.

4. Interested in having Patch volunteer for you? Find out more in this section.

5. Benicio del Toro, an actor best known for his roles in films such as Sin City, Snatch, and Traffic, turns 46 today.

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