5 Things You Need to Know Today: Monday, Oct. 1

Here are five pieces of information to help get the month of October off to a spooky start and to help make you the smartest person stuck in rush-hour traffic.

1. Your 3-Day Local Weather Forecast: According to the NWS, today will be partly sunny, with a high near 68. Southwest wind 9 to 16 mph, with gusts as high as 32 mph.

• Tonight Partly cloudy, with a low around 50. Southwest wind around 6 mph becoming calm in the evening.
• Tuesday Partly sunny, with a high near 75. Southwest wind 3 to 8 mph.
• Tuesday Night A chance of showers, mainly after 8pm. Patchy fog after 2am. Otherwise, cloudy, with a low around 58. Southwest wind 5 to 7 mph becoming calm after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
• Wednesday A chance of showers. Patchy fog before 11am. Otherwise, cloudy, with a high near 71. Southeast wind around 6 mph becoming east in the morning. Chance of precipitation is 50%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.
• Wednesday Night A chance of showers. Cloudy, with a low around 58. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

2. Reader Comment of the Day: "Mary, then why is he ducking a debate from an impartial organization like the Patch? This isn't FNC or ABC. Seems like Jim is like Tierney and wants to control the message and questions. What happened to open government? He does work for us after all." Reader Bob, commenting on the story, "Is Tewksbury Patch Sponsoring a State Rep. Debate?"

3. Quote of the Day: "We've been in this space (2286 Main St.) since 1997. But we were really cramped and we've been looking to expand for a while. We had hoped to expand when Superstar Video went out but that would have meant H&R Block would have had to (relocate) and it didn't work out."

4. It's Happening Today: Today is an important day for tyhe parents of Special Education students in the Tewksbury Schools. There is a Tewksbury Special Education Meet & Greet + TSEPAC Elections at the Wynn School at 6:30 p.m.

5. It's Also Happening Today: The girls varsity volleyball team, fresh off a big win over Bedford, is back in action today at home against neighboring rival Wilmington High. The first volley is at 5 p.m.