5 Things You Need To Know, Thursday, Nov. 8

Here are five pieces of information designed to take your Thursday to the next level and to help make you the smartest person in the company.

1. Your 3-Day Local Weather Forecast: According to the NWS, today will feature freezing rain likely before 8am, then rain likely. Cloudy, with a high near 42. Breezy, with a north wind 15 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 38 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.

• Thursday Night A chance of rain and snow showers, mainly before 10pm. Cloudy, then gradually becoming partly cloudy, with a low around 31. Northwest wind 9 to 14 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%. Little or no snow accumulation expected.
• Friday Sunny, with a high near 50. Northwest wind 7 to 10 mph.
• Friday Night Partly cloudy, with a low around 34. West wind around 5 mph becoming calm.
• Saturday Mostly sunny, with a high near 49.
• Saturday Night Mostly cloudy, with a low around 38.

2. Quote of the Day: "We are making sure our tax dollars are being spend with accountability. That’s what our campaign was all about."

3. Reader Comment of the Day: "I believe Massachusetts revenues are off by at least 50 Million Dollars a month so I'm curious as to where the "extra" money will come from. The economy is still weak which is why the Democrats haven't unveiled their tax increase plans.....but rest assured....they have one at the ready." Reader Who Me?, commenting on the article,

4. By The Numbers: 16,188. That's the number of votes cast in Tewksbury on Tuesday. With 21,514 registered voters, that works out to 75.2 percent voter participation. Well done Tewksbury. Now come back and vote during the municipal election in the spring.

5. It's Happening Tonight: Mahoney's annual Ladies Night Out will take place tonight from 4:00 pm to 9:00 pm at the Tewksbury Mahoney's Garden Center, 1609 Main St., Visit Mahoney’s Christmas Shoppe filled with all the glitz and glitter ever imagined, sip wine and sample food, and shop local fashion designers and sellers, salons, crafters and much more.

Businesses participating in the event include Cape Cod Lady, A Perfect Scarf, Little Feet Barefoot Books, Soluna Garden Farms, Simple Pleasures Fashion, Lyn Evans, Sparkles, Olio d' Melli, Josepine Taylor Fashion Jewels, Green Eyed Daisy, Tamara Handbags, Silpada, Sugar Road Cakery, Concord Hand Design, Cape Cod Lady, Coastal Winery, and more.

 The event marks the official start of the holiday season for Mahoney’s. Great pride is taken in transforming the garden shop into a festive Christmas Shoppe filled with ornaments from around the world, exquisite figurines, lifelike pre-lit Christmas trees and wreaths, painted poinsettias, and other hard-to-find decorations.

And Don't Forget: Do Not Leave The House ... until you check out the latest Merrimack Valley traffic report by clicking here. The report shows where there are traffic backups, construction and accidents. The report is updated every five minutes.