Monday Five: Speak Up, Tree Pickup, School Emergency Plan, Likes, Things

Speak Your Mind: Fire Chief Robert Seltzer has started a weekly blog on fire safety tips for readers. What are you passionate about? Start a blog on Patch and tell us.

Christmas Tree Pickup - The town will pick up discarded Christmas trees on normal scheduled pickup days Jan. 7 – 11. Remove all tree bags, tinsel, ornaments, stands, etc. 

School Committee - The Smithfield School Committee meets tonight at 7 p.m. in the Smithfield High School Media Center. Among the items on their agenda, a discussion and vote on the school department's District Emergency Response Plan.

Facebook - Like what you see here on Smithfield Patch? Wondering how best to share a story or important weather/safety alert? Like us on facebook! And please don't forget tell your friends about us.

Things - Got something going on that people have to know about a particular morning at 5:30 a.m.? E-mail it to robert@patch.com, and ask nicely - it'll probaby make it in for the following morning.