Five Things You Need To Know Today, May 6

Here are five things you need to know today.

Benefit Dance: Help Family Service, Inc. will be holding a dinner-dance at the Andover Country Club tonight from 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. The emcee will be WCVBs Randy Price. Tickets are $100 per person. Find out more here.

Blog on Patch!: Now use a Patch as a forum to express your ideas and opinions on whatever subject you like. Wednesday morning, Andover Patch launched a new blog function that allows our users to sign up with the editorial team and run a blog on Andover Patch. Contact editor Brendan Lewis at Brendan.lewis@patch.com .

First Hit: It was today in 1915 that Babe Ruth, as a Boston Red Sox player, hit his first major league home run. This fun fact was provided by On-This-Day.com.

Weather: Today should sunny with a high temperature of 73 degrees. Wind gusts may be as high as 29 miles per hour. There’s a 30 percent chance of rain tonight with a low of 51 degrees. This report was provided by the National Weather Service.

Gas Prices: Here are some of the lowest unleaded gas prices according to motortrend.com: , Route 125 and Salem Street- $3.97/gallon; the – $3.97/gallon; Mobil, 14 North Main Street - $3.99/gallon.

Check out all of the events happening in Andover today at our events calendar.