5 Things You Need To Know Today: Feb. 9

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. There will be a brief ceremony today in the at 1 p.m. as senior Austin Garvey signs his official letter of intent to play D1AA football for Colgate University in the fall of 2012. Austin has received a full athletic scholarship and the school community will honor him.

2. The  is asking residents to support their "No Show Ball" by not attending. That's right. Go online and purchase your "virtual tickets" for $5 to an event that will not be taking place. By doing this, all the proceeds will go toward the development of children in the MetroWest community and not toward an extravagant fundraising event. The event itself will "not" take place on April 1—April Fool’s Day. Tickets can be purchased online. Since going on sale last week, many have shown their support including area news personality Susan Wornick of WCVB's Channel 5. 

3. The Massachusetts State Police are seeking witnesses to, or anyone else with information about, a motor vehicle crash that occurred on the evening of Monday, Jan. 30 on Route 290 in nearby Shrewsbury. The crash occurred at 7:36 p.m. in the westbound lane, just before Exit 23. Preliminary investigation indicates that a 2000 Subaru Legacy that was being operated by a 49-year-old Shrewsbury man went out of control and made contact with a 2005 Acura TSX being operated by a 40-year-old man from Holden. Both vehicles ultimately went off the road to the left, with the Acura coming to rest against a rock ledge and the Subaru coming to rest a short distance ahead of the other car, on the shoulder. Both drivers were wearing seat belts. The operator of the Acura was transported to the University of Massachusetts Memorial Medical Center in Worcester by ambulance with serious injuries. Troopers assigned to the Holden Barracks are investigating to determine why the Subaru went out of control and whether any other vehicles were involved. Anyone who saw the crash, or the sequence of events leading up to it, is urged to contact Trooper Bray at the State Police Barracks in Holden at 508 829-8410. Any assistance is greatly appreciated.

4. Looking for some exercise? There is an inline speed skate team that meets Wednesdays at Roller Kingdom in Hudson and is open to kids and adults from area towns. They meet each Wednesday from 6 to 8 p.m. for practice and competition. If interested in the Hudson Speed Team, check them out on Facebook, then get in touch with coach Rob Gould. 

5. No one guessed the answer to the Marlborough themed anagram yesterday. YUBASOEMLD was in fact Samuel Boyd, a prominent early businessman who opened Marlborough's first shoe factory in 1836 and became known as the "father of the city."

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