The Week Ahead: 5 Things to Know

1. The Bryn Mawr Civic Association holds its montly meeting at 7:30 p.m. Monday. District Judge Kathleen M. Valentine will be on hand to talk about the operation of her court and to answer questions.

2. The Lower Merion School District school board meets at 8 p.m. Monday night in the .

3. At 7:55 p.m. Wednesday, the is scheduled to vote on a two-year contract for , paying him a little more than $200,000 in 2012 and 2013. (The contract is attached to this story as a PDF and can be read in Scribd.)

4. A Gladwyne blood drive will be held from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Friday at to benefit a . Sign up to donate here, or go to redcrossblood.org and enter sponsor code 0224202.

5. Celebrate Earth Day on Sunday at Riverbend in Gladwyne at a free "" event from 1 to 4 p.m. This weekend is also Lower Merion Township's first "Spring Cleanup Weekend" of 2012: Bring your refuse and recycling free of charge to the township public works complex (1300 N. Woodbine Ave., Penn Valley) from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. "There will be three non-profit organizations there to take anything that can still be used, such as unwanted computers, bicycles, furniture, clothing and more," Commissioner Jenny Brown writes in an email to constituents.