5 Things You Need To Know Today—Monday, July 16

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1) Feare no more the heate o' th' Sun: Patchy fog before 7 a.m. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming sunny, with a high near 88. Northwest wind 6 to 8 mph becoming north in the afternoon. Tonight, partly cloudy, with a low around 70. Northwest wind around 5 mph becoming southwest in the evening. Also, prepare yourself: could be record high temperatures tomorrow. (Forecast by the National Weather Service.)

2) The water understands Civilization well: The Melrose Board of Aldermen has a full meeting tonight at 7:45 p.m., and at 8:30 p.m. a public hearing on .

3) Get busy livin': Have you checked out The Week Ahead yet? Every Sunday at 3 p.m. we bring you .

4) What would the neighbors think: New feature we're trying out: Each Sunday we'll round up .

5) How can Monday be all right ... : Here's our lineup of weekly columns that run each Monday on Melrose Patch:

• You Ask, Patch Answers: Each Monday, we'll take a question submitted by a reader and try to get the answers you're looking for. 

• ? Our weekly mystery photo runs every Monday at 3 p.m. and asks you to guess where the photo was taken in Melrose. Guess correctly and you can win a prize.
  

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