5 Things You Need To know Today, Monday, April 15

Here are 5 pieces of information designed to make Monday feel a little bit less like Monday and to help make you the smartest person in the coffee shop.

1. Your 3-Day Local Weather Forecast:

• Mostly sunny, with a high near 59. North wind 5 to 8 mph becoming south in the morning.
• Monday Night Mostly cloudy, with a low around 39. South wind 5 to 10 mph.
• Tuesday A slight chance of showers after 1pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 64. South wind 8 to 16 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
• Tuesday Night A chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 44. South wind 5 to 15 mph becoming west after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
• Wednesday A chance of showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 62. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
• Wednesday Night A chance of showers before midnight. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 46. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

2. Reader Comment of the Day: "My friends visited last weekend. I told them my taxes were $6,300; my friend in Burlington pays $5,000; Billerica pays $4,000; Salem pays $3,900 and Saugus pays $3,000. They could not believe how high my taxes were. So yes, they are very high here. They asked me why they were so high and I honestly could not answer them; we all agreed Saugus has low taxes due to Route 1, but the Burlington friend was shocked." Reader WebMom, commenting on the story, "Have You Dreamed of a Home With a White Picket Fence?"

3. It's Happening Today: Town Offices are closed today because of Patriots' Day. Quick Trivia  -- Patriots' Day is observed in Massachusetts and what other State in the USA? Virginia? Rhode Island? Maine? Answer Below:

4. By The Numbers: One explanation for the diminishing population in Tewksbury could come from the fact that in 2012, for the fourth consecutive year, there were more deaths than births. In 2012, there were 247 births and 277 deaths. In 2011, there were 237 births, 347 deaths. In 2010 there were 253 births and 269 deaths. And in 2009, the year that started this trend, there were 273 births and 302.

5. Oh, And Another Thing: It's time for the newest edition of the Border War. Wilmington and Tewksbury will meet this morning in high school boys' baseball action at 10 a.m. The game will be played at Scanlon Field in Wilmington.

Quick Trivia Answer -- Maine. This is because, back at the time of the American Revolution, Maine was actually part of Massachusetts.