5 Things You Need to Know Today: Oct. 5

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. Play Five Crowns at 3 p.m. at the , 30 Providence Road.

2.  StoryTime for four-year-olds is held at 1:15 p.m. at the 33 Grafton Common.

3. If you can read this, thank a teacher. Today is World Teachers’ Day. Why not send a note to that teacher who inspired you?

4. Ten years ago today, Robert Stevens became the first victim of the anthrax attacks that added to the national horror and anxiety of the post-Sept. 11 era.

5. Today’s forecast: Sunny, high 63, low 37.