Why Should You Go For a Run Today?

1. Today is National Running Day! Today, June 5, marks the fifth-annual celebration of National Running Day, which encourages people to get out out and push themselves to run for a purpose. Find out more and claim your unique badge by clicking here, and sign up for a fun local run through our friends at Millennium Running.

2. The weatherman says ... Another beautiful day awaits as today's high temperature is predicted to be at or around 76 degrees with plenty of sunshine and a few passing clouds and a 0-percent chance of rain. Get out and enjoy this gorgeous weather while it lasts!

3. No common achievement. After years of thoughtful planning, the Bedford Village Common is now ready for the public to enjoy. Members of teh Bedford Village Common Development Committee and town officials, this Sunday, hold a grand opening celebration at ribbon cutting at 1 p.m. For more information, click here.

4. Being a good neighbor. Anheuser-Busch Brewery employees are volunteering today, June 5, with the New Hampshire Rivers Council to help clean up McQuesten Brook. 

5. On this day ... June 5, 1933, President Franklin D. Roosevelt took the United States off the gold standard, according to History.com. Some people, including Ron Paul, have argued for a return to the Gold Standard to help America get its fiscal house in order.