5 Things To Know Today: Thursday, March 22

• Following the Board of Finance's request, the Redding Board of Education has a special meeting tonight to discuss and possibly vote on the district's proposed budget for the 2012-2013 school year, a $393,000 (1.84 percent) increase over the current year budget to $21.7 million. Both members from the school board and members of the public are invited to comment on the matter. The meeting begins at 7 p.m. in the community room at .

• The Easton Board of Finance is holding another budget workshop tonight at 7 p.m. at the Easton Senior Center.

• The Easton Republican Town Committee meets tonight at 6 p.m. in the community room at the library.

• On this day in 1622, the Jamestown Massacre occurred, where Algonquian Indians killed more than 300 settlers in Jamestown, Va.

• Happy 81st birthday to William Shatner.