5 Things You Need to Know Today: May 1

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. Traffic has slowed considerably on East Main Street, due to construction at the intersection with Cedar Street. Seek alterate routes.

2. George Bolosky, a Milford student at Blackstone Valley Tech, participated in the Edelbrock Carburetor Challenge at the World of Wheels in Boston, and won a $4,000 scholarship to Ohio Technical College in Cleveland. The Edelbrock Academy, a newly formed program between Edelbrock and Ohio Technical College, gives students a solid foundation in the building and tuning of American muscle cars and performance vehicles. In the Carburetor Challenge, local high school students take a written test and write an essay about carburetor operation and diagnosis. 

3. Are you a veteran looking for a transition to a new career following return home from deployment? The program Boots to Business Veteran Mentorship Program, through the Boston Chamber of Commerce, will match you with a manager or director at a business in the Boston area. For further information or to participate, contact Carlene Arambula at (413) 499-2220 X212 or CArambula@detma.org.

4. A Business After Hours event will be held this afternoon at The Alamo Restaurant, starting at 5 p.m. The event is coordinated by the Milford Area Chamber of Commerce. Chamber members pay a $10 fee. For non-members, it's $25.

5. The Massachusetts State Police will hold a sobriety checkpoint on a public way in Worcester County Friday, May 3 into Saturday, May 4.