5 Things You Need to Know Today: Tuesday, Sept. 25

Here are 5 pieces of information designed to start your Tuesday in high gear and to help make you the smartest person in the coffee shop.

1. Your 3-Day Local Forecast: According to the NWS, today will be sunny, with a high near 73. Light southwest wind increasing to 9 to 14 mph in the morning. Winds could gust as high as 25 mph.

• Tonight Increasing clouds, with a low around 57. South wind around 7 mph.
• Wednesday A chance of showers, with thunderstorms also possible after 5pm. Cloudy, with a high near 75. Southwest wind 7 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 24 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
• Wednesday Night Showers and thunderstorms likely before midnight, then a chance of showers. Patchy fog after 2am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with a low around 54. Southwest wind around 8 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
• Thursday Mostly sunny, with a high near 64. Northwest wind 8 to 13 mph.
• Thursday Night Mostly clear, with a low around 45.

2. Reader Comment of the Day: "I am repulsed by this banned book list. We need to be reading and studying these classics. Censorship is our "Brave New World." Reader Malcolm Nichols, commenting on the story, "Banned Books Week: What You Need to Know."

3. By The Numbers: 493. That's the number of donors who drove through the parking lot of the Wynn School on Saturday and donated to the 4th Annual Zero Waste Day.

4. It's Happening Today: The Board of Selectmen will be meeting tonight at Town Hall. After an executive session at 6:30 p.m., the open public session will begin at 7 p.m. The agenda includes a presentation by the School Space Study Committee and a motion to tighten up the process for appointing people to town boards and committees. Click here for the complete agenda.

5. It's Also Happening Today: The Tewksbury High field hockey team is back in action this afternoon when they take on MVC rival Chelmsford at home. Game time is 3:45 p.m. at the Livingston Street Fields.