5 Things You Need to Know Today, Tuesday, March 26

Here are 5 pieces of information designed to get your Tuesday off on the right foot and to help make you the smartest person in the school.

1. Your 3-Day Local Weather Forecast:

• Dare we start thinking "Spring?" According to the NWS, today will be mostly sunny, with a high near 46. Northwest wind 7 to 11 mph.
• Tuesday Night Clear, with a low around 30. West wind around 6 mph.
• Wednesday Increasing clouds, with a high near 47. Northwest wind 5 to 13 mph.
• Wednesday Night A slight chance of rain showers before 11pm, then a slight chance of snow showers after 3am. Cloudy, with a low around 32. Northwest wind 7 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
• Thursday A chance of snow showers before 10am, then a chance of rain showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 46. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
• Thursday Night Mostly cloudy, with a low around 32.

2. Reader Comment of the Day: "And we can all hold hands and sing Kumbya and go home knowing we did "something"! Won't matter and will not stop any gun violence or murders in the US but we will all feel better because we did something!  Do you know Lanza chose the elementary school because it was a "soft target with lots of people"? He wanted to break Breivik's record of 77. He also thought each person killed gave him a higher score! If you really want to do something that would matter and possibly stop some of this senseless murder, go after video game makers and strengthen the laws for committing the mentally unstable! Criminals don't follow laws!" Reader Bob, commenting on the story, "Moms Demand Action's "Week of Action" Campaign."

3. It's Happening Today: The Wildcat Project at Wilmington High School is sponsoring it's 4th Annual Mandatory Pre-Prom Program on Tuesday, March 26, 2011 from 6:30-7:30pm at the Shriners Auditorium.  All students that are planning on attending the junior or senior prom must attend with a parent or guardian. The Wildcat Project is a program addressing the current issue of substance abuse in the Wilmington community.  This project consists of the following implementation strategies:  1) Drug and Alcohol abuse education for students, 2) Drug and Alcohol abuse education for parents & 3) Community outreach and education for the Wilmington community. The agenda will include information on social host liability by Wilmington Police Chief, Michael Begonis, followed by the keynote speaker, George Brown, a prevention specialist and recovering alcoholic. 

4. By The Numbers: $627,759. According to that's the amount the town has had to pay for snow and ice removal, thus far, during Fiscal Year 2013.

5. Oh, And Another Thing: Don't Head To work today without first checking the Wilmington Patch Commuter Page. This page is updated every 5 minutes and will provide information on construction spots, accidents and general traffic backups all over eastern Mass. Click here and save yourself plenty of headaches on your ride to work!!