5 Things You Need To Know Today—Monday, July 30

1) Lovely day: Patchy fog before 8 a.m. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with a high near 77. North wind 5 to 9 mph becoming east in the afternoon. Tonight, a slight chance of showers before 9 p.m. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 60. Southwest wind 5 to 8 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20 percent. (Forecast by the National Weather Service.)

2) You're the best around, nothing's gonna ever keep you down: Don't forget that voting is open in the final round of our Readers Choice contest for 2012. The nomination period closed on July 9 and it's now time for you to .

3) History never repeats: The Melrose Historical Commission meets tonight at 7 p.m. in the Melrose Public Library's History and Genealogy Room.

4) Uh, a-take two: That announcement we were going to make last Monday, we're instead posting today at noon.

5) New moon on Monday: 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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