5 Things You Need to Know Today: July 1

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. Selectmen meet at 7:30 a.m. at the . This unusual early-morning session makes up for the originally scheduled July 5 meeting, which is now cancelled.

2. The Fourth of July weekend is traditionally light on community events but there are two activities well worth checking out. From 1 to 2 p.m. Saturday, July 2, those adorable Angel Hair Alpacas visit the lawn of the .

3. And a long-standing tradition returns to the Common at 7:30 p.m. Sunday, July 3 when the Grafton Lions Club presents the United States Air Force Band in a concert of patriotic music.

4. We made it halfway through 2011. July 1 is the 182^nd day of the year, with 183 left to go. (Hey, we didn’t create the odd-numbered-day year.) So how are those resolutions coming? Yeah, ours too.

5. Today’s forecast: Thunderstorms possible, high 77, low 60.