5 Things You Need To Know Today: May 6

1. It is expected to be a beautiful day today. The National Weather Service says it is will be sunny with a high in the low 70s. 

2. Congratulations to the Marlborough students who made honor roll at St. John's High School in Shrewsbury for the third quarter: Matthew Williams, Adithyan Panchamoorthy, Joseph Atchue, Matthew Dehner, Benjamin Gowaski, Thomas Porter, Michael Prewitt, Thomas Calderin, Edward Leonard, Robert Pino, James Culhane, Matteo Puzella, Matthew Burger, Phillip Cognetta, Ethan Matchinski and Derek McMaster. 

3. There will be a conference in Marlborough for Alzheimer care professionals that will be held on Wednesday, May 11 at the .  The program beginsat 7:35 a.m. and will end at 4 p.m.To register or for further information about continuing education credits, visit:alzmass.org/maze11/rfp.asp

4. The Sudbury Valley Trustees executive director Ron McAdow, who has been a novice birder for thirty years, will lead a group teaching beginners how to identify birds commonly seen in eastern Massachusetts, west of Boston. The group will take their skills out into the field and identify birds in the wild. Members: Free, Non-Members: $10. For additional information and registration, visit www.svtweb.org or call 978-443-5588.

5. Make Mothers Day special this year by treating the important
women in your life to fabulous desserts while helping the fight against breast
cancer. During the week leading up to Mothers Day, May 2 – 8, more than 250
restaurants, bakeries, cafés and chocolate shops throughout Massachusetts will
participate in Boston Bakes for Breast Cancer, including . Through Mothers Day,  Sunday, May 8, the pastry chef at Halfway Café will bake a unique dessert to put on the menu. Desserts start at $3 and 100 percent of sales will benefit breast cancer research and care at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. Just ask your server about it!

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