Dinner and a Movie at the Library, Rain This Weekend and More

1. Your Local 3-day Forecast:

• According to the National Weather Service, Friday will be mostly cloudy, with a high near 41. Expect a calm wind becoming southwest 5 to 7 mph in the morning.
• Friday night will be cloudy, with a low around 39. Expect a southwest wind 6 to 8 mph. There is a 30 percent chance of rain. 
• Saturday will be mostly cloudy, with a high near 46. Expect a southwest wind 5 to 7 mph. There is a 40 percent chance of rain.
• There will be a low around 38 Saturday night. Expect a calm wind becoming northeast around 6 mph after midnight. There is an 80 percent chance of rain.
• Sunday will be cloudy, with a high near 48. There is a 70 percent chance of rain.
• Sunday night will be cloudy, with a low around 40. There is a 60 percent chance of rain.

2. Reader Comment of the Day: "A bad seed," reader J. S. commenting on the article, Alleged Tewksbury Embezzler Rejects Plea For Bouncing Boyscouts Check.

3. It's Happening Tonight: Enjoy a screening of "Prisoners" at the Tewksbury Public Library at 7 p.m.  The Friends of the Library will provide moviegoers with two slices of pizza, a snack, and a can of soda/bottle of water. Find out more about registration requirements here. 

4. It's Happening This Weekend: Massachusetts State Police will hold a Sobriety Checkpoint this weekend in Middlesex County. Read more here. 

5. ICYMI: A Lowell man was arrested after assaulting his mother near the Stadium Plaza parking lot in Tewksbury, fleeing in her car and then striking a Lowell Police cruiser on Thorndike Street in Lowell Wednesday evening. Read more here.