5 Things To Know Today: Thursday, Nov. 17

• The Redding Democratic Town Committee is meeting tonight at 7:30 p.m. in the hearing room at town hall.

• The Weston Board of Selectmen meets tonight at 7:30 p.m. in the meeting room at town hall.

• The Weston Conservation Commission is holding a special meeting tonight at 7:30 p.m. at the town hall annex.

• Happy birthday to filmmaker Martin Scorsese (69), pitcher Tom Seaver (67), actor Danny DeVito (67), Gov. Howard Dean (63) and Speaker John Boehner (62).

• On this day in 1973, President Richard Nixon famously told reporters, "I am not a crook."