5 Things You Need to Know Today: Oct. 24

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. The School Committee meets at 7 p.m. at .

2. The Planning Board meets at 7 p.m. at the .

3. Halloween is only a week away. Have you decorated your home yet? Or planned your costume? Or at least managed to get to the XtraMart to see their cool displays?

4. On this date 110 years ago, Annie Edson Taylor became the first person to go over Niagara Falls in a barrel. And 80 years ago today, an only slightly less harrowing commute began, as the George Washington Bridge was opened to public traffic.

5. Today’s forecast: Mix of sun and rain, high 58, low 45.