Five Things to Know this Week

1:  The National Weather Service is not predicting any snow this week, in a seasonal first.

The temperature will be mostly in the 40s this week, dipping up into the 50s near the end of the week.  Tuesday will be the only exception, with a high of 25 deg.  Nighttime lows remain below freezing.  Forecasts are mostly cloudy, with a 30 percent chance of rain on Friday.

2:  There are some public meetings this week:

• Monday, the Board of Finance will meet at 7 p.m. at Town Hall room 205.
• Tuesday, the IT Steering Committee will meet at 7 p.m. at Town Hall room 106.  The Planning Commission will meet at 7 p.m. at Town Hall room 205.
• Thursday, the Board of Selectmen  will meet at 7:30 p.m. at Town Hall room 205.  The Elderly Services Commission will meet at 3:30 p.m. at the Senior Center Conference Room at the Department of Senior Services.  The Committee to Study Teen Survey will meet at 5:30 p.m. at Town Hall Room 208.

3:  Sports games this week:

• Boys Basketball will play Newtown, Tuesday at 7 p.m., home.  Friday, they will play Joel Barlow at home at 7 p.m.
• Girls Basketball will play Newtown, Tuesday at 7 p.m. at Newtown.  Wednesday they will play Joel Barlow at 7 p.m. at Joel Barlow.
• Hockey will play New Milford at South Kent at 8 p.m., Monday.  Wednesday they will play Masuk at home at 7:30 p.m., Thursday they will play Newington-Berlin at home at 8 p.m..  Friday they will play Amity at home at 7:45 p.m.
• Indoor Track has the CIAC Open Championship Saturday at 12 p.m. at the New Haven Athletic Center.
• Wrestling has a CIAC Class L Championship Friday at Bristol Eastern High School at 4:30 p.m.

4:  You may have noticed a slew of new columns we launched recently.  , and are our newest features designed to get readers exploring their communities more.  Look forward to them on Wednesday and Thursday.

5: It’s Valentine’s Day, Monday.  Get off the Internet.