Five Things You Need To Know Today, Dec. 16

Not too bad, eh? Compared to yesterday, today's high temperature of 31 degrees should be most welcome. It will be a cold start of the day at about 13 degrees by 7 a.m. Prepare for a cloudy day with little chances of snow.

Rockets Sports. Girls and boys JV indoor track match up with Woburn today starting at 5:30 p.m. Want to keep up with Reading sports? Check our schedule of activities .

What's Inside 55 Walker's Brook Drive? This week, Reading Patch is taking a brief look at each of the businesses inside the 55 Walker's Brook Drive office space. Have you ever wondered what goes on in there? On Tuesday, the spotlight was on the .  Wednesday featured , the smallest occupant of the giant office building. Find out more about the other businesses that occupy the building. The next story in the series goes live later today.

Holiday Tree and Wreath Sale. Reading Memorial High School's band and color guard are once again selling Christmas decorations, their biggest annual fundraiser. The event ends on Friday, so be sure to drop by today or tomorrow. For more information, click .

Boston Tea Party. On this day in 1773, a group of Massachusetts colonists made a stand against what they saw as another example of Britain's taxation tyranny, and dumped 342 chests of British tea into the water. Later known as the "Boston Tea Party," the midnight raid was a protest of the Tea Act of 1773, a bill enacted by the British parliament  that lowered tea taxes paid by the British East India Company and granted it a virtual monopoly on the American tea trade.

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