5 Things You Need to Know Today, Aug. 1

1. Vehicle Night Tonight: Bring the kids down to the library tonight to look at and climb around the vehicles of the fire, police and public works departments. Vehicle night was rescheduled for tonight, from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. 

2. Schools "Alert Now" Rollover: The Alert Now system for Andover Public Schools will roll-over in mid-august for all students transitioning to new schools (middle to elementary, elementary to high school). Read more on the Andover Public Schools website.

3. Gas Prices: Here are some of the lowest unleaded gas prices according to motortrend.com: the 65 Main Street – $3.55/gallon; , 220 North Main St., $3.56/gallon; , 14 N. Main St. – $3.65/gallon.

4. Weather: Today will bring a 30 percent chance of scattered thunderstorms with a high of 82 degrees. Tonight will bring a 30 percent chance of scattered thunderstorms with a low of 65 degrees.

5. New Athletic Director: Andover hired a after the . Look out for a feature about newly hired AD Don Doucette later today.