5 Things To Know Today: Wednesday, March 14

• The Weston Charter Revision Committee is scheduled to meet tonight at 7:30 p.m. in the commission room at .

• The Redding Zoning Commission meets tonight at 7:30 p.m. in the hearing room at town hall. 

• The Easton Animal Shelter Building Committee meets tonight at 7 p.m. in the conference room at the police department. 

• The Norwalk Photography Club meets tonight at 6 p.m. at the Weston Public Library. 

• On this day in 1900, the Gold Standard Act was passed under President William McKinley, backing United States currency with gold. The gold standard was dropped in 1933, and President Richard Nixon disallowed U.S. currency to be exchanged for gold in 1971.