5 Things You Need to Know Today: Monday, July 16

Here are five pieces of knowledge designed to get your week off to a flying start and to help make you the smartest person in the grocery store.

1. Your Three-Day Local Weather Forecast: According to the NWS, today will see patchy fog before 8am. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with a high near 89. Northwest wind around 7 mph.

• Monday Night Partly cloudy, with a low around 68. Calm wind.
• Tuesday Partly sunny, with a high near 95. Light west wind becoming southwest 9 to 14 mph in the morning.
• Tuesday Night A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms after 3am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 74. Southwest wind 6 to 8 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
• Wednesday A chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 10am. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 90. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

2. Quote of the Day: "I will never forget the face of the little 8-year-old boy in the funeral home looking at his mom.” Gary Brown,

3. It's Happening Today: Tewksbury National 11-year-olds play for the Little League District 14 Championship tonight at 7:30 at Pollard Field in Billerica behind O'Connor Hardware.  The best of 3 series is tied at 1-1 with North Andover East.

4. Reader Comment Of The Day: "Actually, I think they were there to fill out job applications. Unfortunately with this melee, these imbeciles have ruined their chance at employment at McDonalds. They will now have to seek employment at Taco Bell. Although, anyone stupid enough to engage in fisticuffs at McDonalds may have difficulty correctly assembling soft shell taco's or putting the right amount of salt on the fries. I would bet they could be ok at picking up trash on the side of the highway though." Reader Joe Bill, commenting om the  story, "

5. It's Also Happening Today: at the at 2 p.m. Release your inner colors!  Dress up in your favorite color (or in all of them!) as fancy as you like.  We'll be reading a story, making a colorful craft and doing some dancing.Plus, you get to meet local celebrity, Miss Massachusetts USA Ambassador!  She'll be here to help out and tell you all about what it is like to be a pageant winner and to have those responsibilities.