Five Things: Can You Taste It?

Good morning, Hampton and North Hampton. Here are five things you need to know for Tuesday, March 19:

1. In Case You Missed It: Be sure to check out this awesome recap and video from a Hampton Rotary Club-organized shop-a-thon to help food pantries hindered by recent storms.

2. Today’s Featured Fun: It's back! The annual North Hampton annual Pizza Taste-a-Thon is from 6 to 7:30 p.m.! Click here for more details.

Also, Hampton Parks and Recreation's popular "Arts and Crafts with Mrs. A" program resumes today.

3. What Else Is Happening Today? Flatbread Hampton is throwing a fundraiser night from 5 to 9 p.m. for the North Hampton School greenhouse project.

Also, the North Hampton Planning Board has a work session at Town Hall at 6:30 p.m., while the Hampton Budget Committee and the Hampton Parent-Teacher Association both meet at 7 p.m.

4. This Day in History:
On this day in 2003, the United States, along with coalition forces primarily from the United Kingdom, initiates war on Iraq. Just after explosions began to rock Baghdad, Iraq's capital, U.S. President George W. Bush announced in a televised address, "At this hour, American and coalition forces are in the early stages of military operations to disarm Iraq, to free its people and to defend the world from grave danger." President Bush and his advisors built much of their case for war on the idea that Iraq, under dictator Saddam Hussein, possessed or was in the process of building weapons of mass destruction.

5. Today's Forecast:

Day
Snow before 10am, then rain and snow. High near 36. East wind 15 to 17 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New snow accumulation of 3 to 5 inches possible.

Night
Rain and snow likely before 1am, then a chance of snow. Cloudy, with a low around 28. Northeast wind 10 to 13 mph becoming west after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 70%.