5 Things You Need To Know Today: Feb. 21

1. Today's Meeting Schedule. The Bedford Zoning Board of Adjustment among other items on its 7 p.m. agenda, will hear a request from the Bedford Presbyterian Church to enlarge the existing sign at 4 Church Road to add changeable letters. The Bedford Taxpayers Association meets at 7 p.m. in the Richmond Room at the Bedford Public Library and the Bedford Library Book Discussion Group gathers at 7 p.m. in the McAllaster Room at the library.

2. Going to be out of town for one of the three remaining 2012 elections? The Town of Bedford has absentee ballots available for the upcoming town and school elections on March 13, the state elections on Sept. 11 and the general/presidential election on Nov. 6.

3. The warm winter continues ... According to Weather.com this morning will feature partly cloudy skies giving way to a cloudy afternoon. The high today is 46 degrees.

4. Are you the sexiest man in Bedford? Cosmopolitan magazine is on the hunt for 2012’s hottest single men from across the country and wants to find a sexy man in every state and the District of Columbia. Could the sexiest man in New Hampshire be from Bedford? Why not? The Bachelor of the Year will be featured in the November Cosmo and win $10,000. To nominate Bedford's sexiest man go to: cosmopolitan.com/bachelor-nominate. Nominations will be accepted until April 8.

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

5:00PM B JV Basketball @ Laconia High School

5:00PM G JV Basketball vs. Laconia High School

6:30PM B V Basketball @ Laconia High School

6:30PM G V Basketball vs. Laconia High School