5 Things April 20: Back Roads, Earth Day and More

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1. April vacation at Jake’s Clubhouse

Jake's Place Clubhouse will be open 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. for open play. Teen Night, for ages 10 and older, will take place 6 to 8:45 p.m. Admission is $10.

2. Back Roads Band performance

The Back Roads Band will play at McMahon’s Countryside Grille 9 a.m. to midnight.

3. Vernal pool adventure

The Foxborough Conservation Commission invites you to their annual vernal pool adventure. This program will be held outdoors in a certified vernal pool 10 a.m. at the Cocasset River Recreation Area, 68 Mill St., Foxborough. Come learn about the critters that depend on the town's vernal pools. We will bring buckets, magnifying lenses and a microscope. Wear warm clothes, boots and or rain gear (if light rain) and bring a fish net. Heavy rain will cancel the event. For more information contact conservation manager Jane Sears Pierce at 508-543-1251 or check out the website.

4. National Grid celebrates Earth Day

More than 600 National Grid employees will join forces with local communities to beautify parks and clean-up areas in need of attention all across the company’s U.S. service area as part of Earth Day 2013. The company and its employee volunteers will take part in a dozen local projects and events across Massachusetts, New York and Rhode Island through the end of May. National Grid employee volunteers across the three states will help with projects ranging from Hurricane Sandy reconstruction to work on neighborhood farms. Tree planting, park clean-up and walking trail maintenance are among the many projects getting attention.

5. High near 59, low around 26

Today there is a 60 percent chance of showers, mainly before 8 a.m. New precipitation amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible. Otherwise, it will be partly sunny, with a high near 59. West wind will be 8 to 13 mph, with gusts as high as 26 mph. Tonight will be mostly clear, with a low around 33.