5 Things: Who Else is Stocking Up On Twinkies?

[Your Song of the Day]

1. Weather report: Today will be mostly sunny with a high of 46 degrees. Tonight is looking mostly cloudy with a high of 30 degrees. Tomorrow should be cloudier with slightly higher temperatures.

2. Goodbye snacks, Hello weight loss. Hostess Brands, Inc. announced Friday that it will sell off or close down its 82-year-old business. These are the guys who make Twinkies, Ding Dongs and other guilty pleasures. Have you been hoarding these snacks in case they are gone for good?

3. Patch Fact: Did you know: Stylops is the name for a group of tiny insects that spend most of their lives inside the bodies of bees or wasps. Biologists call Stylops and other such insects parasites.

4. Holiday Toy Store needs donations! The Holiday Toy Store is in its 25th year of serving families with financial need from Brookline, Mont Vernon, Milford, and Amherst. New toy donations can be dropped off at multiple locations in the area. For further questions about the Holiday Toy Store or for information regarding eligibility and registration to participate in receiving gifts, you can contact Lisa Emerson at 930-3565.

5. Cake time! Did you know you can borrow a cake pan from the Amherst Town Library? They have about 45 cake pans that you may borrow for 2 weeks. They have just moved the entire collection into storage to free up this space. You will now be able to look through a notebook with pictures of the pans, chose one, and a staff person will retrieve it for you. And because the collection has grown so large, they are no longer able to accept donations of pans.