5 Things You Need to Know Today: March 28

Today is Monday, March 28. Here are five things you need to know:

1. Just another breezy Monday: According to the National Weather Service, today will feature increasing clouds, with a high near 41 degrees. It will be breezy, with a west wind between 11-20 mph, according to the forecast.
2. On the agenda: The School Committee meets today at the , beginning with executive session at 6:30 p.m.
3. Sign up for scrapbooking time: Deanna Czarnieck, an independent Stampin' Up! demonstrator will lead a workshop on creating a scrapbook page April 7 at the . Registration is required. Please call 978-664-4942 to register.
4. Clean out those closets: The North Reading Recycling Committee and North Reading Middle School will hold a Recycling Fundraising Event on Saturday from 9 a.m. to noon at the North Reading Middle School, 19 Sherman Road. The event is open to residents of North Reading and surrounding communities and gives people the opportunity to properly dispose of electronic waste, such as computers and radios, as well as books, clothing, documents and bicycles. There will be a fee for each electronic item. The price list is available at the North Reading Middle School website. A $10 donation is suggested to support Bikes Not Bombs efforts to reuse the bicycles brought to the collection. Other collections at the event, which will be free, are books (hardcover/paperbacks), VCR tapes and used CDs, clothing, cell phones and printer cartridges. Paper shedding will also be available. Anyone with questions can email the Recycling Committee at Recycle@northreadingma.gov.
5. Three Mile Island crisis begins: On this date in 1979, the worst accident in the history of the U.S. nuclear power industry began when a pressure valve in the Unit 2 reactor at Three Mile Island failed to close, according to History.com. Cooling water, contaminated with radiation, drained from the open valve into adjoining buildings, and the core began to overheat. A small amount of radiation leaked from the plant during the crisis. This incident has been brought to the forefront recently with the nuclear crisis in Japan.

To find more things to do today, check out our event listings.