5 Things You Need to Know Today: 'The Patriots Are 10-2' Edition

1.     The first snow of the year fell last night, right around 7:30 p.m., which is when Wellesley's Special Town Meeting begun.

2.     Speaking of Special Town Meeting, it lasted about 2 hours and 45 minutes. Was this longer, shorter or typical for a Special Town Meeting. (Before the meeting began, moderator Peg Metzger acknowledged the meeting was competing with the New England Patriots vs. New York Jets game for attention. Also there were several references to the game during the meeting).

3.     Speaking of the Patriots: What a game!

4.     Moving forward: Wellesley Patch wants you to submit your questions to Santa. E-mail the editor with questions from you or your kids and Santa himself will answer them on video.

5.     Speaking of the holidays, be on the lookout for several end of the year top-10 lists to round out 2010. In fact, you might want to check back here tomorrow, maybe around this time, for the first installment.