5 Things: Welcome to the Hotel Transylvania

1. Get out! February Vacation runs through March 1. Looking for something fun to do? Check out this comprehensive list of local and easily accessible activities unique to this week.

2. Give blood! This week, Feb. 25 to 28, The American Red Cross Donor Center at 425 Reservoir Ave., Manchester, will be open an hour earlier, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.. This is to hopefully make up for all of the blood lost this month due to the several snow storms. The Donor Center will also be open on Friday, March 1, from noon to 5 p.m. To make your appointment call 1-800-REDCROSS or go to redcrossblood.org. Walk ins are always welcome. There will be ski tickets and coupons for Chili’s Bar and Grill through Thursday. On Friday, donors will receive coupons from Subway and subs will be served all day.

3. The weatherman says ... Today's forecasted high is 44 degrees and the skies will remain cloudy, though the chance of additional precipitation is 30 percent today. That number,according to Weather.com,  rises to 60 percent tonight with snow and rain showers likely and a low of 32 degrees.

4. On the agenda. Tonight' Bedford Energy Commission meeting, originally scheduled for 7 p.m., has been cancelled, as has Friday's 8 a.m. Bedford Village Common Development Committee meeting. The next scheduled meeting is Tuesday, March 5, when the Historic District Commission gathers at 7 p.m. at the at the BCTV Bedford Town Meeting Room.

5. Library lowdown. The Bedford Public Library, today, hosts Drop-in story time (ages 3 & up) from 10-10:45 a.m. at the Children's Castle, then, from 1:30-3 p.m., in the McAllaster Room, Hotel Transylvania will be the featured School Holiday Movie for Kids. Description of the movie is as follows:

Rated PG - Children under 13 must be accompanied by a parent, please.

Welcome to the Hotel Transylvania, Dracula's lavish five-stake resort, where monsters and their families can live it up, free from meddling from the human world. Over-protective of his teenage daughter, Mavis, Dracula fabricates tales of elaborate dangers to dissuade her adventurous spirit. As a haven for Mavis, he opens the Hotel Transylvania, where his daughter and some of the world's most famous monsters Frankenstein and his bride, the Mumm, a family of werewolves, and more can kick back in safety and peace. For Drac, catering to all of these legendary monsters is no problem but his world could come crashing down when one ordinary guy stumbles on the hotel and takes a shine to Mavis. 

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