5 Things You Need to Know Today: Aug. 9

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1. Your weather report: Today will be partly cloudy with a high of 86 degrees. Tonight will have scattered thunderstorms with an overnight low of 69 degrees. More storms should be making their way into the area tomorrow.

2. Save money on groceries. The Huffpost has a great guide on cutting down your costs at the grocery store. Save money by grating your own cheese, cooking your own beans and passing on bottled water.

3. Patch Fact: Assaying is any process used to determine the amount of one or more metals or valuable minerals contained in substances. These substances include ore samples, ingots (molded masses of metal), and alloys (mixtures of metals).

4. CASH MOB! Be sure to join in . Show your support to this local business by stopping by between 4-7 p.m. and pledging to spend $20!

5. Congrats! Marissa Ashcraft of Mont Vernon made the Deans List for the Spring Semester at Northeastern University. She is currently enrolled in the Nursing program.