5 Things You Should Know Today: Sept. 27

1. Northville weather

Mostly sunny skies are expected today with a high near 65 degrees, according to the National Weather Service. In the evening, expect mostly clear skies and a low around 40.

2. Gas prices

The lowest reported gasoline price in the Northville area – according to DetroitGasPrices.com via GasBuddy.com – is $3.85 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

There are still seats available for Patch's non-partisan Novi-Northville Education Forum, held in partnership with the Center For Michigan. It will be held at the Novi Public Library at 7 p.m. The Center is compiling data for a report to present to legislators about education. 

4. This day in history

On this day in 1938, according to History.com, President Franklin Rooselvelt wrote to Adolf Hitler to make a plea for peace. At that time, Hitler had threatened to invade Czechoslovakia.

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.