Five Things You Need to Know Today: March 8

1. School Committee budget meeting. The School Committee will hold a special budget meeting this afternoon at the . The meeting will start at 4 p.m.

2. Basketball season comes to an end. After an impressive season, the boys' basketball team fell to Brockton last night in the South Div. 1 semi-finals. The final score was 49-44. Way to go on a fantastic season, boys. Go Tigers!

3. Art exhibit at L'Aroma. in West Newton has a new art exhibit up! A number of local artists have their work on display now through April 29 in an exhibit titled "Shared Benefits." The artists will have a meet-and-greet on Sun., April 22. 

4. Today is International Women's Day. And as part of the celebration of International Women's Day, the will host award-winning filmmaker Liane Brandon today for a screening of her short films Anything You Want To Be and Betty Tells Her Story. The event starts at 7 p.m. and is free and open to the public. 

5. Want to stay posted on the Franco Garcia search? We've created a special section of our site just for stories dedicated to Franco. You can subscribe to the page's RSS feed and make sure you are on top of the updates and news when it happens.