5 Things You Need To Know Today, Monday, May 6

Here are 5 pieces of information designed to make your Monday feel a little less Monday-ish and to help make you the smartest person at your breakfast table.

1. Your 3-Day Local Weather Forecast:

• According to the NWS, today will be sunny, with a high near 69. Calm wind becoming south 5 to 7 mph in the afternoon.
• Monday Night Patchy fog after 5am. Otherwise, mostly clear, with a low around 46. Southeast wind around 6 mph becoming calm in the evening.
• Tuesday Patchy fog before 7am. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with a high near 75. Calm wind becoming south 5 to 8 mph in the afternoon.
• Tuesday Night Mostly cloudy, with a low around 48. South wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the evening.
• Wednesday A chance of showers, mainly after 10am. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 71. Chance of precipitation is 40%.
• Wednesday Night A chance of showers. Cloudy, with a low around 51. Chance of precipitation is 50%.

2. Reader Comment of the Day: "Mike I couldn't agree with you more! Coming on here and commenting will make no difference. If you really care about the issues then you will make the time to attend Town Meeting and Voice Your Opinion! I will be there to have My Say in How My Tax Dollar's are Spent!" Reader MHartley, commenting on the blog post, "Wasn’t the Town-Council Form of Government Defeated in 2012?"

3. It's Happening Today: Tewksbury's Annual Town Meeting is Scheduled to begin tonight at 8 p.m. in the McGrath Auditorium at Tewksbury High School.

4. It's Happening Today, Part 2: Tewksbury Varsity Girls Lacrosse vs Haverhill. The Redmen will be hosting the Hillies at the Livingston Street Fields. The ball is scheduled to drop at 3:30 p.m.

5. Oh Yeah, And Another Thing: With this final item, I officially pass the baton to the new Tewksbury Patch Local Editor Chris Gambon! Chris is an exceptional writer, he bleeds Patch Green and will do an outstanding job bringing you the news and information you want and have come to expect every day.