5 Things: Postman's Worst Nightmare, Foxborough Selectmen Agenda, Irish Festival Photos & More

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1. Postman’s Worst Nightmare: Rain, Snow and Sleet Expected in Foxborough Tuesday

Today’s weather in Foxborough, according to the National Weather Service based in Taunton, calls for rain, snow, and sleet, becoming all rain after 1pm. High near 39. East wind 8 to 13 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100 percent. New snow and sleet accumulation of 1 to 3 inches possible. Tuesday night: Rain and snow likely before midnight, then a slight chance of snow between midnight and 3 a.m. Cloudy, then gradually becoming partly cloudy, with a low around 25. West wind 8 to 13 mph, with gusts as high as 38 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60 percent. New snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible.

2. Foxborough Board of Selectmen Meet Tuesday

Foxborough’s Board of Selectmen will meet Tuesday at 7 p.m. in the Andrew Gala Meeting Room of Town Hall to discuss the following town business:

• Mark Morris, business manager of Southeastern Regional Vocational Technical School, will discuss the school budget

• A public hearing will be held with Animal Control officer Sue Thibedeau regarding Bullmastiff at 30 Fairway Ln.

• Foxborough Schools Superintendent Debra Spinelli and Business Manager Bill Yukna will discuss the Burrell School.

• Board is expected to receive an update on entertainment licenses/indemnification agreement with the Kraft Group.

• Town Manager Kevin Paicos and Financial Director Randy Scollins will discuss the FY14 operating budget and review Annual Town Meeting Warrant articles.

• Board will hear legal opinion on the situation involving the Oak Street property and the desire of some officials to sell that property.

• Board will go into executive session following to discuss negotiations with non-union personnel and review executive session minutes.

3. Patriot Place Celebrated St. Patrick’s Day Weekend with Fourth Annual Irish Festival

This past Saturday, Patriot Place celebrated St. Patrick’s Day weekend with its fourth annual Irish Festival. Events included:

• Visits from “Slyde,” the Revolution mascot, the Revs Girls and the Boston Blades women’s hockey players.

• Performances by Harney Irish Step Dancers, Stuart Highlanders, Devri, Dunleavy Irish Step Dancers, William O’Wayz Band, Joshua Tree, Sullivan School of Dance and Hughie and Ger.

Check out scenes from the event in the photo gallery above!

4. Patriot Place Events:

Here’s what’s happening around Patriot Place today:

Free information session - Weight Loss Surgery: If you are thinking about weight loss surgery and have questions, come to a free information session provided by the Center for Metabolic Health and Bariatric Surgery at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Brigham and Women’s Faulkner Hospital.

11 a.m. - Storytime at Showcase Cinema de Lux: Meet Arthur at Kids Club Storytime Tuesday.

7-9 p.m. - Trivia at CBS Scene: Join CBS Scene for this new and exciting concept in team trivia, using state of the art HDTV's. You could win prizes provided by MA State Lottery, CBS Scene gift cards or exclusive apple products provided by Tech Superpowers - Apple Specialists of Patriot Place.

7-9 p.m. - Tastings Wine Bar & Bistro – Braketenology: Stop into Tastings Tuesday for its unique take on the NCAA March Madness.  Instead of great basketball, Tastings’ is showcasing a Sweet-16 of great wines from the four corners of the Globe.

5. FRCS Scholars Take Home First Place in MA Region III Science Fair, JR. Division

More than 300 students from over 30 school districts in southwestern Massachusetts recently competed in the 52nd annual Region III Fair.

Student experiments covered a wide range of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering & Math) fields including robotics, genetics and renewable energy.

This was the first time FRCS has entered students in the Regional competition and in the Junior Division (middle school), FRCS won first place.

The first place experiment was entitled “Gumcentration” by Naman Madan and Sumit De. Download a copy of their laboratory report and results of their research here. They are now competing for a slot at the National Science Fair Competition in Washington D.C.

In addition, FRCS Middle School scholars earned five honorable mentions in the Junior Division.

FRCS High School scholars competing in the Senior Division won eight honorable mentions and three category awards for outstanding experiments.

Mr. Pavao, Ms. Kraus, Ms. Drummond and Mr. Yates-Berg did exceptional work this year with the FRCS Science Fair and creating opportunities for the program’s scholars to work with mentor scientists and researchers from our FRCS Science Fair partner, the Invensys Corporation.

The expertise and guidance that the Invensys mentors provided helped many of the FRCS scholars develop truly cutting edge experiments.

• The Waters Corporation - The Science of What’s Possible,  Mr. Joe Arsenalut
• Autodesk -3D Design and Engineering Software for Architecture, Mr. Steve Rines
• Raytheon - Defense technology & training, Homeland & Border security, Cyber security

The entire faculty also deserves recognition as the success with these experiments not only required STEM skills but also reading, writing and research skills and each of FRCS’ faculty members reinforces these across the academic departments in grades K-12.