Five Things: Beer Tax Hike Killed

1. TODAY'S FORECAST: A partly cloudy day with a high of 26 will make way for a mostly cloudy night with a low of 18.

2. DELIBERATIVE SESSIONS APPROACH: The school deliberative session is scheduled for tomorrow at 7 p.m. in the Windham High School auditorium. The town deliberative session will take place on Saturday at 9 a.m. With the approaching winter weather, we will let you know if there are any unexpected changes to that schedule.

3. BEER TAX HIKE KILLED: By an overwhlming 308-35 vote the New Hampshire House of Representatives killed a proposed beer tax increase on Wednesday.

4. THIS DAY IN HISTORY: On February 7, 1964, Pan Am Yankee Clipper flight 101 from London Heathrow lands at New York's Kennedy Airport--and "Beatlemania" arrives. It was the first visit to theUnited States by the Beatles, a British rock-and-roll quartet that had just scored its first No. 1 U.S. hit six days before with "I Want to Hold Your Hand." At Kennedy, the "Fab Four"--dressed in mod suits and sporting their trademark pudding bowl haircuts--were greeted by 3,000 screaming fans who caused a near riot when the boys stepped off their plane and onto American soil.

5. CUTS TO SATURDAY MAIL: Saturday first class mail delivery from the U.S. Postal Service is scheduled to end on Aug. 1. Learn more here.