5 Things You Need to Know Today: Aug. 2

Our weekday morning column, 5 Things You Need to Know, provides you with information that can help you plan your day and give you some fodder for water cooler conversations.

1. Get your nails done at 9 a.m. at ther, 30 Providence Road.

2. A blizzard in August? Make Antarctic snowflakes at 2 p.m. at , 33 Grafton Common.

3. Don’t forget to come out for Special Town Meeting at 7:30 p.m. at a different location: , 105 Millbury St.

4. Many historians now believe the Declaration of Independence was signed on this day in 1776, and not the traditional July 4. But any day is a good day to honor America.

5. Today’s forecast: Sun, high 86, low 60.