5 Things You Need to Know Today: March 26

1. Come find you how to save money and the environment at a public meeting held at 1:15 p.m. at the Beech Street Center. Staff from the Belmont Municipal Light Department and Public Works Department will present tips on how you cancut down on your energy use and household waste. Please joinus to learn more and have your questions answered. Lightrefreshments will be served.

2. Storytime at the Benton Library begins at 10:30 a.m. There will be word plays, stories and activities for children ages 2 years, 9 months to 5 years. Parents or caregivers must be present for the entire session. Younger siblings may attend with their parents. The library will be open today from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. 617-484-0988.

3. It's Storytime at the Belmont Public Library: Story time for 2's and 3's, songs and movement are part of the story time experience for children ages 2 and 3, will be held at the Belmont Public Library's Children's Room. The fun begins at 9:30 a.m. and then again (for you late risers) from 10:30 a.m. Storycraft for 4's, 5's, and 6's will be held at 3:15 p.m. 617-489-2000.

4. Drop-in morning yoga classes, taught by professional instructors in the Vinyasa style – flowing with the breath – will be held in Gardner Hall (enter via Alexander Street) of the Plymouth Congregational Church, 582 Pleasant St., beginning at 9:15 a.m. All levels welcome. Bring your own mat. Childcare is available for $6 per child with a $12 family maximum. There is also free parking on Pleasant and Leonard streets and behind the now-closed Macy's. All proceeds benefit the Plymouth Nursery School. 617-484-5257.

5. On this day in 1826, Ludwig van Beethoven died. Three days later, a tenth of the population of Vienna came out to participate in the funeral for the great musician. Beethoven is the only composer whose name is inscribed on one of the plaques that trim the stage and balconies of Boston's Symphony Hall; the other plaques remain empty as it was felt that only Beethoven's popularity would remain unchanged.