5 Things You Need to Know Today: May 22

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. A tree service started clearing trees Tuesday on a property on Main Street that the owner hopes to sell for redevelopment. 

2. If your business takes you down Depot Street this week, prepare for delays. The Grafton and Upton Railroad is installing track across Depot Street Wednesday and Thursday, and Milford Police will be detouring traffic down South Main Street and Fruit Street instead.

3. A free English as a Second Language course is being offered in Milford through Compassion New England. The eight-week program meets on Wednesday nights, starting on May 28. Registration is required. For more information please call 508-482-0010 or visit www.compassionne.com.

4. Milford Town Library is holding drop-in storytime programs this month, for toddlers accompanied by an adult. See the announcement for more information.

5. The Milford Sports Center will host a youth wrestling summer clinic, beginning in June. Please see the announcement for more details.