5 Things You Need to Know Today: Wednesday, Oct. 24

Here are five pieces of information designed to get you over the hump on this Wednesday and to help make you the smartest person at the supermarket.

1. Your 3-Day Local Weather Forecast: According to the NWS, today will be mostly sunny, with a high near 60. Calm wind becoming northeast around 5 mph in the afternoon.

• Wednesday Night Partly cloudy, with a low around 39. Calm wind.
• Thursday Mostly sunny, with a high near 60. Calm wind becoming south around 5 mph in the afternoon.
• Thursday Night Partly cloudy, with a low around 46. Light south wind.
• Friday Patchy fog before 7am, then Patchy fog between 8am and 9am, then Patchy fog between 10am and 11am. Otherwise, sunny, with a high near 71.
• Friday Night Patchy fog after 5am. Otherwise, mostly clear, with a low around 49.

2. Reader Comment of the Day: "I heard Romney was so mad that he lost last night that he went out and bought a company this morning and fired all 428 workers..." Reader Joey, commenting on the article, "Romney or Obama: Who Won The Final Presidential Debate?"

3. Quote of the Day: “I don’t believe in holding 98 percent of families and 97 percent of small businesses hostage to give the top two percent tax breaks. Scott Brown is working for a Republican majority in the Senate and that’s bad for Massachusetts.” Senate candidate Elizabeth Warren, speaking during a campaign stop in Tewksbury on Tuesday.

4. It's Happening Today: It will be a debate doubleheader tonight in McGrath Auditorium at Tewksbury High School. At 6:30 p.m., state Rep. Jim Miceli, D-Andover, and his Republican challenger, Tewksbury Selectman Doug Sears will square off in their only debate of the campaign at 6:30 p.m. The second half of the doubleheader, starting at 7:45 p.m., will put state Sen. Barry Finegold, D-Andover against his Republican Challenger, state Rep. Paul Adams, R-Andover. The debates are being sponsored by the Lowell Sun, along with its media partners Tewksbury Patch, Wilmington Patch and the Town Crier.

5. It's Also Happening Today: Tewksbury High Field Hockey vs. Dracut. The Redmen are back home today for a game against the Middies at the Livingston Street Fields. Game time is 3:45 p.m.