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Good morning, Hampton and North Hampton. Here are five things you need to know for Monday, March 18:

1. First Board Meeting Since Big Election Win: The Hampton Board of Selectmen will meet at 7 p.m., and it'll be the selectmen's first session since Mary-Louise Woolsey beat out incumbent Chairman Rick Griffin at the town meeting polls last week.

2. Today’s Featured Fun: The annual School Administrative Unit 21 Chorus Festival starts at 6:30 p.m. in the Winnacunnet High School auditorium.

3. This Day in History: On this day in 2002, 13-year-old Brittanie Cecil died, two days after being struck in the head by a puck at a Columbus Blue Jackets ice hockey game. Cecil’s death forced the National Hockey League to take new precautions regarding fan safety.

Cecil was struck by a puck that had ricocheted into the stands off the stick of a defenseman and then off of another spectator. She later died from swelling in her brain, caused by a damaged artery she suffered when her head was hit and snapped backward. In the aftermath of Cecil’s death, the NHL forced all teams to install behind the goals 18-foot mesh nets, designed to catch pucks that fly above the standard eight-foot glass barrier, and NHL and minor league hockey teams place warnings on tickets, signs and the scoreboard reminding fans to stay alert to flying pucks.

Brittanie Cecil’s parents received a $1.2 million settlement from the NHL after the incident.

4. Today's Forecast: Another storm's on its way. Click here for more.

5. Do You Like Taking Photos? Well, you're in luck because we want to showcase them for you as part of our Photo of the Day.

Send any pictures you have of something or someone in or around the area to Editor Kyle Stucker at Kyle.Stucker@Patch.com for use in this daily, weekday feature!