5 Things You Need To Know Today: Feb. 1

"Five Things You Need to Know Today" is a Patch column that provides readers with essential, daily information at a glance.

1. Town Manager Search. Members of the Bedford Town Council meet at 6 tonight in a non-public session to continue their discussion on the next town manager, the pool, which two weeks ago was reduced to five, is likely to be trimmed to three tonight.

2. February heat wave? No, April Fool's Day is still two months away. Yet here we are, roughly 24 hours before Punxsutawney Phil decides if we'll have an early spring, and the forecasted high, according to Weather.com, is 51 degrees. Expect areas of patchy fog and some showers this morning which will likely melt a thin layer of ice that may have been left overnight. Chance of rain today is 50 percent.

3. Get Your Weekly Dose of Congressional Insight. Rep. Frank Guinta (R, NH-01) has been sending an update to Granite Staters every Friday afternoon for nearly a year now. “Frank’s Footnotes,” his congressional weekly e-newsletter, is an important part of his ongoing efforts to ensure the people he represents stay informed about his activities in Washington and New Hampshire. To receive this weekly e-newsletter you must sign-up for it at: http://guinta.house.gov/contact-me/newsletter. The next edition of “Frank’s Footnotes” will be sent this Friday afternoon.

4. Bedford Achievements of the Day. The following Bedford residents have been named to the Fall 2011 Dean's List at Champlain College, a private baccalaureate institution, located in Burlington, Vt.. It is a national leader in educating students through its unique program that prepares students for life beyond college with a mix of professional training, academic enrichment and cultural immersion. The honored students are:

• Nicole Thayer is majoring in Game Design.

• Emily Burns is majoring in Social Work.

• Patrick Burke is majoring in Digital Filmmaking.

• Molly Emerson is majoring in Early Childhood/Elementary Education.

5. Bulldog Bites. The following is a schedule (provided by HighSchoolSports.net) of all BHS athletics events for the day:

• 5:00PM G FR Basketball @ Sanborn Regional Schools
• 6:00PM B V Wrestling @ Con Val High School
• 6:30PM B FR Basketball @ Sanborn Regional Schools