5 Things: Mr. Spock is This Many Today

1. Meetings Today: 11:30 a.m.-  Board of Public Works Retirement System Trustees, 9 Riverside Street;  6:30 p.m. -  Zoning Board of Adjustment, City Hall Auditorium; 7 p.m. Board of Education Budget Committee NHS North Board Room (Followed by Special Board of Education, if needed); 7:30 p.m. -  Board of Aldermen Aldermanic Chamber (agenda attached).

2. Mom's Nite Out Vendors Sought: Annual night of pampering for the ladies at Pheasant Lane Mall is on the calendar, which means the call is out for local vendors with goods or services you'd like to promote. Link here for details.

3. Babies Have No Teeth for a Reason: New moms are starting to feed their babies solid food too early, putting them at risk of chronic diseases, according to the American Academy of Pediatrics. A study published in the April issue of the academy's journal, Pediatrics, found that 40 percent of mothers are introducing solid food into their child's diet before the age of four months. Read more here.

4. Black Henna Tattoos Harmful: The Federal Food and Drug Administration is warning against so-called black henna, the dye used in temporary tattoos offered at tourist destinations and other specialty shops, as more users report allergic reactions. Henna is a naturally occurring reddish-brown pigment that comes from a plant indigenous to tropical and subtropical regions of Africa and Asia. But black henna is a different product altogether that actually might not include any natural henna at all. A key ingredient in that dye is p-phenylenediamine, or PPD, the same chemical used in hair coloring, and can cause blisters, lesions and scarring.

5. Born Today? It's a birthday bonanza! You share your birthday with Mr. Spock, aka Leonard Nimoy (1931); Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (1940); Watergate journalist Bob Woodward (1943); singer Diana Ross, (1945); Aerosmith frontman Steven Tyler 1948); Teddy Pendergrass of Harold Melvin and the Bluenotes (1950); Kenny Chesney (1968); and actress Kiera Knightly (1985).