5 Things You Need To Know Today, Monday, Jan. 14

Here are 5 pieces of information to get your week off to a flying start and to help make you the smartest person in the drive-thru at Dunkin Donuts.

1. Your Local 3-Day Weather Forecast:

• According the NWS, today there is a slight chance of showers before 11am. Areas of fog before 11am. Otherwise, cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly sunny, with a high near 49. Light and variable wind becoming west 5 to 9 mph in the morning. Winds could gust as high as 28 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
• Monday Night Mostly cloudy, with a low around 28. Northwest wind around 6 mph becoming calm in the evening.
• Tuesday Mostly sunny, with a high near 41. Calm wind becoming northwest around 5 mph in the afternoon.
• Tuesday Night Partly cloudy, with a low around 25. Calm wind becoming west around 6 mph in the evening.
• Wednesday Mostly sunny, with a high near 41.
• Wednesday Night Partly cloudy, with a low around 27.

2. Reader Comment of the Day: "I think that anyone whose primary job function is to work in close proximity with children, and whose job may require them to be alone with children at times, should be required to undergo a fingerprint check. It is a reasonable thing to ask." Reader Ron Powell, commenting on the story,

3. It's Happening Today: Take advantage of Group Lessons at Learn to Figure Skate Club! The program begins at 3 p.m. at the Stoneham Arena. It's FREE! Take a group lesson and learn to skate at the Learn to Figure Skate Club. Email Karen@learn2skate.org with questions.

4. It's Happening Today, Part 2: The Stoneham High girls varsity ice hockey team is home today for a game against Central Catholic. The puck drops at 4 p.m. at the Stoneham Arena.

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