5 Things You Need To Know Today, Friday, March 1

Here are 5 pieces of information designed to get your weekend off to an early start and to help make you the smartest person in the cafeteria.

1. Your 3-Day Local Weekend Weather Forecast:

• According to the NWS, today will feature scattered showers, mainly after 2pm. Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, partly sunny, with a high near 40. North wind 5 to 11 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
• Friday Night Scattered snow showers, mainly before 11pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 28. North wind 5 to 8 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. Little or no snow accumulation expected.
• Saturday A slight chance of snow showers before noon, then a chance of rain showers. Cloudy, with a high near 43. Northwest wind 3 to 7 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
• Saturday Night A chance of rain showers before 8pm, then a chance of snow showers. Cloudy, with a low around 27. Light northwest wind. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
• Sunday A chance of snow showers before noon, then a chance of rain showers. Cloudy, with a high near 42. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
• Sunday Night Mostly cloudy, with a low around 29.

2. Reader Comment of the Day: "Police Charge 83-Year-Old Wilmington Man With Fourth OUI - why bother? Some liberal judge will just let him out. He'll drive again and then when he kills some little kid or family everybody will be up in arms and say why didn't the police do something. Being a police officer must be an awfully aggravating job." Reader Nancy, commenting on the story, "Police Charge 83-Year-Old Wilmington Man With Fourth OUI."

3. It's Happening Today: Trevor Morgan Concert At Lowell Assembly of God Church. This is a great chance to hear a very talented young performer. The LAG Church is located at 996 Andover St., Tewksbury. Tickets are just $10.

4. It's Happening Saturday: Miano DJ Productions presents DJ Tony M at Wicked Cheesy Pizza. Looking for something fun to do Saturday night? Tewksbury's own DJ Tony M will be doing his thing at Wicked Cheesy Pizza starting at 8 p.m. But if you get there easy, Wicked Cheesy will be giving away free pizza slices from 7:30 to 8 p.m. This is an under 21 event and no alcohol will be served.

5. By The Numbers: 51 -- We've gone over this before but it bears repeating. Tewksbury/Methuen girls varsity hockey player Amanda Conway has scored a mind-boggling 51 goals this season in just 20 games. The Red Rangers are 10-7-3 and have advanced to the quarterfinals of the Division 2 North Sectional Tournament.