5 Things You Need to Know Today: July 13

[Your Song of the Day]

1. Your weather report: Today will be mostly sunny with a high of 94 degrees. Tonight will be clear with an overnight low of 66 degrees. Look out for isolated thunderstorms on Sunday.

2. Rent is up. WMUR reports that a study from the New Hampshire Housing Finance Authority found vacancy rates for apartments have dropped while rental prices have gone up.

3. Patch Fact: The first refrigerator built for the purpose of preserving food was made in 1911, and a practical, self-contained model was mass-produced by Frigidaire in 1923.

4. One year! Amherst Patch is celebrating its one-year anniversary on Sunday, July 15. Thank you to all the readers and contributers who have helped build this into a community resource. Looking forward to future anniversaries!

5. Congrats! Michelle Weber of Amherst, NH received a President's Recognition at Clearwater Christian College for scholastic achievement during the 2012 spring semester. In order to be recognized for this award, honorees must have been enrolled full-time and earn a minimum grade point average of 3.90 on a 4.00 scale. Weber is a Sophomore Music BS major at CCC. Weber is a homeschool graduate and daughter of James and Beth Weber of Amherst.