Five Things You Need To Know Today: February 3

"Five Things you Need to Know Today" is a Patch column that provides readers with essential, daily information at a glance.

1. School is back in session

There's a two hour delay, but Stoughton Public Schools are opening again today after two days off from the latest bout with winter weather. Preschool is canceled, however.

2. Meetings Around Town

At 7 p.m. the Conservation Commission meets at the in the Fitzpatrick Room on the first floor. At 7:30 p.m. the Zoning Board of Appeals meets at the Town Hall in the Yaitanes Room on the third floor.

According to the agenda, the Zoning Board will be discussing the possible construction of L.A. Fitness on Hawes Way (near Target).

3. Blood Drive Today at Maxx Training Center

From 1 p.m. until 6 p.m. the , located on Rose St. across from the Police Station, is holding a blood drive for the Red Cross. With all the snow in the past month, many blood drives have been canceled so the blood supply is low, according to the Red Cross.

Donors receive a Boston Bruins t-shirt and a two week pass to the training center.

4. Stoughton High Athletics scheduling update:

The wrestling team will travel to Canton this evening (5:45 p.m. start).

A makeup date for the hockey team's game with Canton has not been announced, as is the case with the team's game against Franklin.

Weather pending (because it looks like we will get another winter storm), the boys' and girls' basketball teams will their games against Foxborough on Saturday.

And, according to the SHS athletic website, team pictures are today (with the exception of hockey and swim) in the gym, right after school.

5. Dining Tip: Chocolate month at Dunkin' Donuts

If you're a fan of chocolate for breakfast, try the new chocolate flavored items at Dunkin' Donuts (the chocolate bagel stick and triple chocolate muffin are excellent). There's a million Dunkin' Donuts shops in Stoughton, so you shouldn't have any trouble finding one.

Bonus: Hard to believe, but the Patriots won their first Super Bowl nine years ago to the day, February 3, 2002, upsetting the St. Louis Rams and the "Greatest Show on Turf" 20-17 in New Orleans in Super Bowl 36. Relive the magic of the Pats' last drive, which ended in a game-winning field goal by Adam Vinatieri, here.