5 Things To Know Today: Tuesday, Dec. 20

• The Redding Conservation Commission meets tonight at 7:30 p.m. in the .

• Two things for the little ones to do today at the Easton Public Library: There's baby and toddler bebop at 10:30 a.m. and preschool story time at 2:15 p.m.

• There's a Weston Youth Services event this morning at the Weston Public Library: Talking Teenage begins at 11:30 a.m in the community room.

• On this day in 1860, South Carolina became the first state to secede from the Union.

• Happy 29th birthday to Mets third baseman David Wright and happy 28th birthday to actor Jonah Hill.