5 Things You Need to Know Today: July 11

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1. Your weather report: Today will be mostly sunny with a high of 87 degrees. Tonight will be clear with an overnight low of 61 degrees. Tomorrow should be a bit warmer with partly cloudy weather.

2. Meeting. The Planning Board will be holding a meeting tonight at 7:30 p.m. in Amherst Town Hall. Tonight's agenda includes sign discussion for a local dentist's office, a non-residential site plan and an earth removal operation.

3. Patch Fact: Health officials in China feed feral rats flavored birth-control pills.

4. Trouble with jars? The Huffpost has a series of videos that show you little-known secrets to opening up stubborn containers. Do you slap the jar on the counter, or use rubber gloves?

5. Congrats!  Senior Felicia Weber of Amherst received the Dean's List Award at Clearwater Christian College for scholastic achievement during the 2012 spring semester. In order to be recognized for this award, honorees are required to earn a GPA between 3.50 and 3.90 on a 4.00 scale. Weber, majoring in Humanities at CCC, is a homeschool graduate and is the daughter of James and Beth Weber of Amherst, NH.