Five Things You Need to Know Today: May 30

1. Memorial Day Parade: The town's Memorial Day Parade kicks off at 10 a.m. at Elm Street, travels onto Main Street, haults at Lindenwood Cemetery for a brief ceremony before moving onto Montvale Avenue and ending at . Make sure to check back with Stoneham Patch to see our photo gallery from the parade.

2. Eventful postings: Organizing a big party or poetry reading? Put it on the events calendar!

3. Closed for business: Town offices and schools will be closed in observation of Memorial Day.

4. Got a fever for more blogging? We're looking for some unpaid bloggers who either live or work in Stoneham to contribute blogs to our "Local Voices" section. We'd love to have folks passionate about writing on various localized topics such as cooking, fashion, fitness, high school sports and the outdoors. If interested, email Stoneham Patch Editor Mark Ouellette at mark.ouellette@patch.com and provide previous blog experience or writing samples and a resume (optional).

5. Sneak Peek: Check out the latest  fire log on Tuesday.

For more information, visit our events calendar.