5 Things You Need to Know Today: Friday, Oct. 26

Here are five pieces of information designed to jump-start your weekend and to help make you the smartest person who starts humming tunes from "Grease" everytime someone mentions Hurricane Sandy.

1. Your 3-Day Local Weekend Weather Forecast: According to the NWS, today we will see patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming sunny, with a high near 68. Calm wind becoming southwest around 5 mph in the afternoon.

• Friday Night Partly cloudy, with a low around 47. Calm wind.
• Saturday Patchy fog before 10am. Otherwise, partly sunny, with a high near 66. Calm wind becoming east around 6 mph in the afternoon.
• Saturday Night A slight chance of showers after 3am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 47. Northeast wind 5 to 7 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
• Sunday A chance of rain, mainly after noon. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 59. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
• Sunday Night A chance of rain. Cloudy, with a low around 45. Chance of precipitation is 50%.

2. Quote of the Day, Part 1: "He (Sears) has a hard time with the truth. He's treading on very thin ice questioning my integrity."

3. Quote of the Day, Part 2: "That (project) was approved by a town meeting vote. Apparently, he (Miceli) doesn't understand how Town Meeting works."

4. Reader Comment of the Day: "God bless you! Let's hope the doctors are very wrong in your case. I will also support this question for all the same reasons. No one should be forced to live a life in pain." Reader Robert Bennett, commenting on the

5. It's Happening Today: Tewksbury Hospital's annual Craft Fair is scheduled to take place today from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Join your friends, neighbors and co-workers at our annual craft fair established to raise funds to pay for patient related recreational activities. There will be over 20 tables of crafters and vendors in the hospital's Events Room displaying handmade items of innumerous varieties. All priced affordably. Refreshments will be available.

And Don't Forget: Senator Barry Finegold and staff will hold open office hours on today in Andover, Dracut, Lawrence and Tewksbury.  Office hours will in Tewksbury be held at the following location:

Tewksbury Public Library, 2^nd Floor (Study Room)

300 Chandler St.

12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m.