Mystery Shrouds Hampton Today

Good morning, Hampton and North Hampton. Here are five things you need to know for Thursday, March 28:

1. Special Rec Program Begins Today: The department's "Mystery in Hampton" student theater program runs on Thursday afternoons through May 2.

2. Today’s Featured Fun: Passover continues today with the beginning of the less-restrictive Chol HaMoed period. Tell us about what you've been doing to celebrate by posting in the comments below!

3. What Else Is Happening Today? The Hampton Beach Area Commission will meet at 7 p.m. at the Seashell Complex, the Hampton Zoning Board will meet at 7 p.m. at Hampton Town Hall, and the Hampton 375th Anniversary Committee will meet at 4:30 p.m. at Town Hall.

4. This Day in History: At 4 a.m. on this day in 1979, the worst accident in the history of the U.S. nuclear power industry began when a pressure valve in the Unit-2 reactor at Three Mile Island failed to close.

Cooling water, contaminated with radiation, drained from the open valve into adjoining buildings, and the core began to dangerously overheat.

The Three Mile Island nuclear power plant was built in 1974 on a sandbar on Pennsylvania's Susquehanna River, just 10 miles downstream from the state capitol in Harrisburg. In 1978, a second state-of-the-art reactor began operating on Three Mile Island, which was lauded for generating affordable and reliable energy in a time of energy crises.

5. Today's Forecast:

Day
A chance of rain and snow, mainly before 9am. Cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly sunny, with a high near 46. North wind 9 to 11 mph, with gusts as high as 24 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Night
Mostly cloudy, with a low around 33. Calm wind becoming north around 6 mph after midnight.