5 Things You Need to Know Today: Jan. 5

"Five Things You Need to Know Today" is a Patch column that provides readers with essential, daily information at a glance.

1. Today will be mostly sunny with a high of 37˚ according to the National Weather Service. Tonight will see increasing clouds with a low of 21˚.

2. The is meeting today at 8 a.m.; Bruce Freeman Rail Trail Advisory Committee is meeting at 8 a.m.; Concord Public Schools and CC Regional School District Policy Subcommittee is meeting at 5 p.m.; Historic Districts Commission is meeting at 7 p.m.; Board of Assessors is meeting at 7 p.m.; Middle School Advisory Board is meeting at 7 p.m.

3. Stop by today at 10:30 a.m. or 4 p.m. for you chance to win tickets to Jan. 14 concert in Acton. 

4. Time to boogie! Try a free class tonight, 7:30 p.m. at DL Dance Enterprises in Harvard.

5. Have you ever seen No, No, Nanette? Neither has anyone else, really. On Jan. 5, 1920, the New York Yankees announced the purchase of slugger George Herman "Babe" Ruth from the Boston Red Sox. Baseball lore has it that Sox owner Harry Frazee used the $125,000 from the trade to finance the aforementioned Broadway show. In reality, he used the funds to climb out of debt following a string of stage turkeys.