Local Schools Celebrate Memorial Day Today

Good morning, Hampton and North Hampton. Here are five things you need to know for Friday, May 24:

1. Today's Top Thing: American Legion Post 35 will host three different Memorial Day assemblies in area schools this morning: Hampton Academy at 8:45 a.m., North Hampton School at 9 a.m. and Marston School at 10:30 a.m.

2. Today’s Winnacunnet High School Sports Matchups (information via Winnacunnet.org):

Baseball @Londonderry – Varsity/JV at 4:00
Track & Field Division I Meet at 4:00
Frosh Softball @Concord at 4:00

Want to see scores, information and photos from WHS and other games featured prominently on Patch? Here's how.

3. What Else Is Happening Today? Aquarion Water Company's rate case hearing goes back before the Public Utilities Commission today, not long after a key court ruling was made.

Also, it's the end of the second annual Restaurant Week in NH.

4. This Day in History: The Cincinnati Reds beat the Philadelphia Phillies 2-1 on this night in 1935 in Major League Baseball’s first-ever night game, played courtesy of recently installed lights at Crosley Field in Cincinnati.

5. Today's Forecast:

Day
Showers. High near 65. South wind 5 to 10 mph becoming west in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New precipitation amounts between a half and three quarters of an inch possible.

Night
Rain. Low around 50. Breezy, with a north wind 15 to 20 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%.