5 Things You Need to Know Today, Thursday, April 4

Here are 5 pieces of information designed to get your Thursday off on the right foot and to help make you the smartest person caught in rush-hour traffic on I-93.

1. Your 3-Day Local Weather Forecast:

• Hellooooo, Spring!! According to the NWs, today will be sunny, with a high near 54. Southwest wind 7 to 13 mph.
• Tonight Partly cloudy, with a low around 33. Southwest wind around 9 mph.
• Friday A slight chance of rain between 2pm and 3pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 57. Southwest wind 7 to 9 mph becoming west in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
• Friday Night Mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming clear, with a low around 27. West wind 7 to 16 mph.
• Saturday Sunny, with a high near 53. Northwest wind 9 to 14 mph.
• Saturday Night Mostly cloudy, with a low around 33.

2. It's Happening Today: The Tewksbury High LAX team is in action this afternoon. The Redmen play host the Pentucket High at 4 p.m. at the Livingston Street fields.

3. Reader Comment of the Day: "Something wrong here. I can't believe this is even a consideration. We can't keep the South Station open. Our local taxes, water/sewer bills are going up. The State wants more of our money. The Feds want more of our money. I'm broke. Somebody has to say NOOOOOOOO!" Reader Splice, commenting on the story, "New Life For Tewksbury High Artificial Turf Field."

4. It's Also Happening Today: The High School Building Committee will be meeting tonight at 6 p.m. in a first floor classroom at the high school. For a peek at the agenda, click here.

5. Oh, And Another Thing: Friday Night Flicks ON A THURSDAY: Lincoln (Dinner & A Movie). Everybody likes FREE, right? Well, how about an Academy Award winning performance from Daniel Day Lewis in "Lincoln." PLUS, free food. You can't beat that. It all begins at the Tewksbury Public Library at 7 p.m.