5 Things To Know Today: Wednesday, Dec. 14

• The Weston Board of Selectmen is holding a special meeting tonight at 7:30 p.m. in the meeting room at .

• The Weston Democratic Town Committee meets tonight in the commission room at town hall at 7:30 p.m.

• The Redding Board of Finance, Board of Education, Board of Selectmen and Region 9 Board of Education are meeting tonight at the to discuss budget drivers for the 2012-2013 fiscal year. The meeting starts at 7:30 p.m.

• The Easton Cemetery Committee meets tonight at 7 p.m. at the .

• On this day in 2008, at a news conference in Baghdad, Iraqi journalist Muntadhar al-Zaidi threw both of his shoes at President George W. Bush. Bush dodged them.