5 Things You Should Know Today: Oct. 23

1. Northville weather

There's a chance of showers and thunderstorms throughout the day, according to the National Weather Service. Otherwise, expect it to be cloudy with a high near 70. In the evening, showers remain likely with mostly cloudy skies and a low around 58.

2. Gas prices

The lowest reported gasoline price in the Northville area – according to DetroitGasPrices.com via GasBuddy.com – is $3.39 per gallon. That price is reported to be available at the Sunoco station at Five Mile and Haggerty roads. Before your commute, be sure to check out our live traffic map.

3. Event

Today is Northville Patch's small business meet-up and social media event. There are four seats left for the event. See our previous story to register or for more details. The event will be held at 5:30 p.m. at the Northville Community Center on Main Street.

4. This day in history

On this day in 2002, according to History.com, 50 Chechen rebels held about 700 people hostage at a Moscow theater demanding that Russian forces pull out of war-torn Chechnya in the Caucasus Mountains.

5. Post your events to our site

Is your church organizing a food drive? Having a garage sale? Is your organization putting on an event somewhere in Northville? If it's not on our Patch calendar, it should be. Feel free to add events to our site at northville.patch.com/events/new.