5 Things To Know Today: Thursday, March 15

• The Weston Board of Selectmen is scheduled to meet tonight at 8:30 p.m. in the meeting room at .

• The Beyond Reading in Easton book discussion group meets tonight at the Easton Public Library at 7 p.m. The book? My Name is Mary Sutters by Robin Oliveira.

• Happy birthday to a trio of musicians: Phil Lesh, bassist for The Grateful Dead (72), Mike Love, singer for The Beach Boys (71), and funk musician Sly Stone (69). 

• Beware the Ides of March! On this day in 44 BC, Julius Caesar was assassinated.

• On this day in 1820, Maine became the 23rd state of the Union.