5 Things You Need to Know Today: July 6

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1. Your weather report: Today will be mostly sunny with a high of 89 degrees. Tonight will be partly cloudy with an overnight low of 69 degrees. Look out for possible thunderstorms coming through tommorow.

2. Revenues down, but hope remains. The Nashua Telegraph reports that the first half of New Hampshire's two-year budget is $26.6 million short of its target revenue. The state can exceed revenue forecast by $7.5 million if the state’s acute care hospitals make $34.1 million in payments still owed under a state Medicaid Enhancement Tax.

3. Patch Fact: The Hebrew language has been the language of the Jewish people throughout their history. It is one of the world's oldest living languages.

4. Nominations needed! We want YOU to tell us the best of the best in your town with our . We are accepting nominations until July 9 in categories like , ,  and . See the rest 

5. Congrats! Angela Bendeck, a resident of Amherst and a Philosophy major in the class of 2013, was named to the Dean's List in Ithaca College's School of Humanities and Sciences for the spring 2012 semester.