March 26: Crime and County News

Spend your Saturday with the activities and news in this "5 Things" column, where you will find five essential pieces of information you need to know each day, like events happening or local topics being covered on the site.

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1. What are you doing this weekend? We've got some ideas in our weekly column.

2.  Did you miss some headlines this week? Check out our news tab to catch up.

3. Help Farmingdale win Patch's Hop Into Spring Sweepstakes. Enter here for our town to win a free screening of the new movie Hop, a chance to meet the characters and an additional $500.

4. Learn about the recent and every Saturday on Farmingdale Patch.

5. Make sure to follow us on Facebook (facebook.com/FarmingdalePatch) and on Twitter (@DalerPatch).