5 Things You Need to Know Today, Friday, May 10

1. Your Weekend Local Weather Forecast:

• According to the NWS, Friday will be partly sunny with a high near 79 and a calm wind becoming southwest 5 to 8 mph in the morning.
• There is a 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after 10 p.m. with a low near 55. Thunderstorms are most likely after 2 a.m. 
• There is a 70 percent chance of showers and a thunderstorm before 5 p.m. on Saturday with a high near 73. 
• Saturday night there is a 60 percent chance of thunderstorms and showers before 1 a.m. with a low around 51.
• Sunday there is a 30 percent chance of showers before 10 a.m., with the day becoming partly sunny after that with a high near 72. 
• Sunday night will be partly cloudy with a low near 43. 

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3. It's Happening Today: The Tewksbury Knights of Columbus will host a fundraiser for the Sean Collier Memorial Scholarship tonight at 7:30 p.m. There will be a DJ, a cash bar and silent auctions. Among the items up for bid are box seats to every major Boston sports team, box seats to watch a Bruins game next season in a private suite with Ray Bourque, a jersey signed by the 2013 Boston Bruins, and much more.

4. It's Happening Tomorrow: . Residents are being asked to leave non-perishable food items in or near their mailboxes.

5. ICYMI: In case you missed it, voters at Tewksbury Annual Town Meeting approved a 12-month moratorium on medical marijuana dispensaries in town, effectively giving town officials a year to evaluate the law passed by Massachusetts voters back in November.