5 Things You Need to Know Today: April 23

Our daily column, 5 Things You Need to Know Today, will help you to get your day started and offer you some fodder for water cooler conversation. 

1. This week's . Where you find the best plants?

2. Say it ain't so! Sen. Scott Brown accepted money from the Yankees' president? Does that change his allegiance?

3. Blogger Stephanie Ackerman talks about how to please everyone in your family when there is a gap in ages in her latest post. What do you do when a movie is appropriate for one child, but not another?

4. It's all the rage, but did you know Shrewsbury has its own genealogy club? The next meeting is tonight at 7, at the .

5. This starts National Work Zone Awareness Week, so be extra cautious when driving past any work area with or without police detail—it could save a life.