Five Things: April Fools, Opening Day

Share your favorite April Fools joke: I still remember the time my mother, my almost-always-straight-faced mother, convinced us we were going to travel the country in a collapsible trailer, with some of us in the trailer, collapsed. The brochure did us in. What about you? What’s the best gag you pulled or was pulled on you on April 1? Tell us in the comments section.

Opening Day: The Red Sox meet the Yankees for the first game of the regular season today at 1:05 p.m. in the Bronx. The long march to October begins!

David-Max Opens: Main Street’s newest shop opens today, a mix of furniture and lifestyle goods – many made locally. It’s across from Frank & John’s at 187 Main Street.

On Tuesday …

School Committee meeting: On the agenda is a discussion of strategic planning for the district. The meeting begins at 7 p.m. in the library at Cole Middle School.

Other stuff:

School Calendar survey: The School Department is asking parents to fill out a surveyof the school year holidays, vacations, start and end days. The results will be used when deciding on the 2014-15 school year. To complete the survey,click here. The survey will be available through Friday, April 5.

Register now for Bunny Hop 5K: The East Greenwich Track Club is holding it’s second-annual Bunny Hop 5K and Fun Run on Saturday morning, April 13, at Goddard Park. Proceeds support the East Greenwich Track Club Summer Series, a free track-and-field event on Wednesday evenings in July for boys and girls ages 4-14. It’s a USATF-certified course and sanctioned event. First 350 people to register are guaranteed a shirt. Please visit www.egtrackclub.com for registration and more information. If you are interested in volunteering for the event, please email missisommer1@gmail.com.