5 Things You Need to Know Today, 5/28

1) Today we'll have scattered showers and thunderstorms, mainly before 11am. Otherwise, it will be mostly cloudy, with a high near 67. Tonight we'll have a chance of showers and thunderstorms. The low will be around 60. 

2) Today is Memorial Day, so all town offices, including the libraries, will be closed. There will be no Board of Selectmen meeting tonight.

3) Come on out for the Falmouth Memorial Day Parade and Ceremony this morning starting at 9:45. The parade will leave the Village Green off Main Street, and the ceremony will commence when parade reaches Memorial Lane. Afterwards, a light lunch wil be served at the . Any questions, please contact Crystal Knowlton at 508-495-7453.

4) The Cape Cod Theatre Project has been accepted into the New Balance Falmouth Road Race Numbers-for-Nonprofits program. Last year the program raised almost $2 million for selected charities. CCTP has been offered numbers for five runners if they pledge to raise at least $1,000. There is a $150 entry fee; please sign up by June 15 if you are a runner, or if you know a runner who appreciates what CCTP does. Rich Sherman (former director of the race) can be reached at ShermanFinancial@aol.com, or by phone, 508-548-0085.

5) This day in history: Volkswagen is founded (1937); U.S. troops abandon "Hamburger Hill" (1969); and comedian Phil Hartman is murdered (1998).