5 Things You Need to Know Today: May 3

Our weekday morning column, 5 Things You Need to Know, provides you with information that can help you plan your day and give you some fodder for water cooler conversations.

1. It's almost time to make reservations for Mother's Day (May 13). So where will you take your favorite mother in Shrewsbury? Take our poll and let us know where the best place is to show mom how much you care.

2. Are you dying to ask a town official a question, but didn't know who to ask? Readers have asked about empty buses leaving the high school and what police do if they pull over an illegal alien. Let us know what's on your mind and we'll answer it. Email your questions to Shrewsbury Patch Editor Jennifer.Lucarelli@patch.com and we'll answer them for you.

3. Are you frustrated by the national presidential candidates? Do you go to lots of Shrewsbury events and have some great photos? Do you just want to try blogging? We want to hear from you. We have expert bloggers from local businesses and we have people who just love to blog about living and working in Shrewsbury. To sign up, click here.

4. If you love the written word, stop by Shrewsbury Senior Writers Fridays at 10 a.m., at the and share your own writing.

5. Project Bread—The Walk for Hunger is looking for volunteers for their May 6 event. .

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