5 Things You Need to Know: July 6

Today is Friday, July 6 and here are 5 things you need to know:

1. The Fresh Air Fund -  Eastern Massachusetts Committee will be welcoming 18 New York City children as they arrive in the surrounding communities, including Andover on July 12. Volunteer host families share their summers for up to two weeks with Fresh Air children, ages six to 18, who leave behind the city streets to run barefoot in the grass or see the stars at night. Some youngsters are leaving home for the first time, while others are returning to visit the same host families for consecutive summers. The Fresh Air Fund is an independent, not-for-profit agency that has provided free summer vacations to more than 1.7 million New York City children from low-income communities since 1877

2. National Grid - National Grid is warning residents of scams lately.

3. Readers' Choice - Once the nomination period closes on Monday, we will be begin the voting period on July 23.

4. Photos - Did you check out our photo to go along with this column today? It was sent in by Kris Trott. We are always looking for great photos of Andover to share with the community! Thanks Kris!

5. Weather - The summer weather continues with highs in the 80's and sun all day.

For more going on today, look at the events calendar.