5 Things To Know Today: Thursday, Jan. 5

• The Weston Board of Selectmen is holding its first meeting of the New Year tonight at 7:30 p.m. in the meeting room at .

• The Redding Board of Education is having a budget workshop tonight at 7:30 p.m. at John Read Middle School as the board looks towards the 2012-2013 budget.

• Head on over to the Weston Public Library for a Tai Chi class at 5:30 p.m. this afternoon.

• On this day in 1933, construction began on the Golden Gate Bridge. The bridge was completed in 1937.

• Happy 84th birthday to Walter Mondale, the country's 42nd Vice President. Mondale was also the Democratic nominee for the White House in 1984, but was defeated by President Ronald Reagan.