Five Things You Need to Know Today: June 18

1. Parks & Recreation awards. The Newton Parks & Recreation Department will present its annual community awards tonight at 7 p.m. in the Aldermanic Chamber at  

2. Bicycle Advisory Committee. The Newton Bicycle Advisory Committee will meet tonight at 5 p.m. in room 202 at . 

3. Board of Aldermen. The Board of Aldermen will meet tonight in the chamber at City Hall (following the Parks & Rec awards). The board will likely vote on funding for the F.A. Day project as well as special permits for a couple of Newton Centre restaurants. To view the full reports docket for tonight, click the .pdf to the right. 

4. Babe Ruth baseball. The Newton Babe Ruth baseball teams will play a number of games today. The Avalon Bay Angels will face the Village Bankers at at 6 p.m.; Barr & Cole will face the Newton-Wellesley Hospital Team in Upper Falls at 6 p.m.; and the Elks will face the Auburndale Warriors at Albemarle Field (250 Albemarle Road) at 8:30 p.m.

5. Last day of school for teachers. Newton Public School teachers will have their last day of the 2011-2012 school year today. Happy summer!