Five Things: Range Road Closure Today

SONG OF THE DAY: Radiohead – "Paranoid Android"

1. TODAY'S FORECAST: A beautiful 70-degree day is expected with mostly sunny skies, followed by a low of 49 tonight with mostly clear skies.

2. RANGE ROAD CLOSURE: Today and tomorrow, Range Road will be closed to through traffic between the hours of 6 p.m. and 2 a.m. This is to facilitate the delivery/installation of structural steel for the I-93 southbound overpass; work which is being done during the nighttime hours in efforts to minimize traffic impacts. Motorists should expect to be rerouted during these hours.

3. SELECTMEN TO MEET: The board will have a short meeting tonight which will include a discussion of the driveway ordinance. The meeting will begin at 7 at the Community Development Department.

4. THIS DAY IN HISTORY: On this day in 1890, the United States Congress decrees that about 1,500 square miles of public land in the California Sierra Nevada will be preserved forever as Yosemite National Park.

5. PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE THIS WEEK: A reminder that the first presidential debate between Barack Obama and Mitt Romney will take place this Wednesday, Oct. 3 at 9 p.m. in Denver, Colo. This debate will be moderated by Jim Lehrer and focus on foreign policy.