UPDATED: 5 Things You Need To Know Today in Framingham: April 15

1. Today is tax day. Both your Massachusetts and Federal taxes need to be filed electronically or by mail today ( or you could file an extension). The main Framingham Post Office, on Route 30, is only open until 6 p.m. today. If you need to mail a return - the only post office open until midnight is in Boston.

2. The Town of Framingham will join the City of Boston, Mayor Walsh and communities throughout Massachusetts in observing April 15 as “One Boston Day.

Town of Framingham employees and members of the community are encouraged to take a moment of silence at 2:49 p.m. to honor and remember all those affected by the tragic events of the 2013 Boston Marathon.

Through-out the day, Town of Framingham employees, residents and business owners are encouraged to take part in simple random acts of kindness and goodwill and to share how you are marking the day on social media using the hashtag #OneBostonDay.

3. Framingham High School’s Boys tennis has a match today at 4 p.m. The Marian High girls lacrosse team has a game at 4 p.m. today on the field at Walsh Middle School.

4. Come hear storyteller Libby Franck tonight at the main Framingham Library. She will present My Mother Gave Me Riches at 7 p.m.

Franck celebrates libraries through the sharing of her mother’s life story. Libby’s mother, Elisabeth Hamilton Friermood, was a librarian, storyteller and the author of 18 historical novels for teen girls. When Elisabeth was a little girl, her mother took her to their town’s new Carnegie Library every week, and told her “a body’s never poor who lives within walking distance of the public library.” She weaves the back story of Elizabeth’s novels with some of her own stories, and along the way pays tribute to her mother, the importance of libraries, and the wonder of storytelling.

Refreshments provided by Trader Joe’s in Framingham.

5. Tonight there is a meeting on the clean up at General Chemical at Wilson Elementary School with MassDEP at 7:15. The public is welcome to attend.

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Photo of Libby Franck courtesy of Framingham History Center