5 Things You Need to Know Today: Nov. 29, 2011

Good morning, Silver Spring! Here are five things to know this Tuesday, to help you keep up-to-date about what’s going on in the community:

1. Expect showers throughout your day with temperatures into the high 60's, according to the National Weather Service. Later on this evening, the showers are expected to continue along with cloudy skies. Temperatures may drop to the low 40's.

2. Stay safe this holiday season with tips from the Montgomery County Police Department. In the wake of three daytime kidnappings and robberies in less than a week, police are encouraging shoppers to stay safe.

3. If you missed it, did you shop on Cyber Monday? Take our poll.

4. Sing for holidays with Capital Accord. It's a women's barbershop-style chorus, for the holiday season to sing the songs you love with women who love to sing.

5. Coming up in Silver Spring Patch, our Parent Columnist shares the horrors of holiday card photography. Come back at 12 p.m.