5 Things You Need To Know Today, Wednesday, May 1

Here are 5 pieces of information designed to get you over the hump on this Wednesday and to help make you the smartest person in your family.

1. Your 3-Day Local Weather Forecast:

• According to the NWS, today will be sunny, with a high near 71. Calm wind becoming southeast 5 to 8 mph in the morning.
• Wednesday Night Clear, with a low around 42. Southeast wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the evening.
• Thursday Mostly sunny, with a high near 71. Calm wind becoming west around 5 mph in the afternoon.
• Thursday Night A slight chance of showers before 2am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 41. Light and variable wind becoming northeast 5 to 10 mph in the evening. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
• Friday Mostly sunny, with a high near 60.
• Friday Night Mostly clear, with a low around 41.

2. It's Happening Today: Dewing, North Street, Trahan, Heath Brook, and Ryan Schools are all raising funds for One Fund Boston today. Students are encouraged to wear either their Boston Pride clothes OR patriotic clothes for $1 donation on that day to show their support of  this great cause then PACs will collect and send in checks on behalf of families of Tewksbury.

3. Reader Comment of the Day: "We also could absolutely use more political balance amongst our 2 Senate seats. Unchecked power is akin to absolute power and that is what we are creating in this state. Warren and Markey would make the most leftist politically biased duo in the entire country. Never a good thing, just as it would be the same on the extreme right." Reader Raoul Duke, commenting on the story, "Gomez to Face Markey in Senate Election."

4. By the Numbers: 15 percent. That was the voter turnout in Tewksbury for the special Senate Election Primary on Tuesday.

5. It's Also Happening Today: The Tewksbury Senior Center is the site for the 5th Annual Community Health Fair from 3 to 7 p.m. The event is being sponsored by the Board of Health and the Council on Aging. This is a fun, family event with something for everyone and loads of great information.