Five Things You Need To Know Today, October 23

CPL Drop-In Games: Children are invited to visit the Coventry Public Library's Youth Services Department from 3-5 p.m. to play board games with other library friends. Select a game from the list, ask a librarian for the game you'd like to play and have fun!

Greene Vampire Presentation: The Greene Public Library (Hopkins Hollow Rd., Greene) is hosting Dr. Michael Bell, author of Food for the Dead: On the Trail of New England's Vampires on tonight at 6 p.m. Dr. Bell will unravel the mystery of little-known, so-called vampires who survived in the remote areas of New England. Call 397-3873 to register.

School Committee Meeting: The Coventry School Committee will meet this evening at 7 p.m. at the School Administration Building across from Town Hall. Click here or see the attached PDF for tonight's agenda.

Political Blogging: Less than one month until the Nov. 6 election, Coventry Patch is looking for candidates who would like to blog about their platform, views and anything else they would like the public to know! Residents with a knowledge or passion for politics would make terrific bloggers, also! Email lauren.costa@patch.com if you're interested.

Pumpkin Contest: Have you decorated your pumpkins yet? Whether you're planning on carving, painting or wrapping them up as a toilet paper pumpkin mummy, we want to see! Click here to upload your pumpkin photos and enter to win a $25 gift card. The contest starts today and runs until Nov. 1. Click here to enter now!

For more community happenings, click here to check out our Events page.