Community Corner
5 Things to Know Today: April 21
Five interesting things that are happening and have happened on this date. Take a look.

- It’s going to be nice and sunny outside, with a high of about 57 degrees. Expect some wind, and later in the day, a chilly low of 35.
- Mark Twain, aged 79, died at his home in Redding. Halley’s Comet shot through sky on the day of his death, just like it had careened through the night during the day of his birth. That’s right; Twain came in and out of this world on a comet.
- Dr. Joanna Ecke is leading a discussion at the on the techniques and writing styles of various poets.
- The Inland Wetlands Commission is convening in tonight at 7:30.
- Today is the traditional date (that is, the one calculated by the ancient Romans) that the legendary Romulus and Remus were said to have founded Rome, way back in 753 BC.
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