5 Things You Need To Know Today: Jan. 5

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

1. Bulldog Bites. Today's BHS sports schedule includes the following games:

• 3:30PM B V Alpine Skiing @ Milford - GS Race
  
• 3:30PM G V Alpine Skiing @ Milford - GS Race
  
• 4:00PM B JV Track @ JV Meet III
  
• 4:00PM G JV Track @ JV Meet III
  

2. Winter warm up ... After a couple days in the teens and 20s, temperatures rise to the high 30s and low 40s today and tomorrow. Today's forecasted high is 37 degrees with partly cloudy skies and a 10-percent chance of rain.

3. Meeting Schedule. Nothing slated for today in Bedford, but the Bedford Village Common Development Committee meets tomorrow at 8 a.m. at the BCTV Bedford Town Meeting Room.

4. PSNH setting temp. utility polls. Beginning this week, Public Service of NH and raising 27 temporary utility poles to enhance/repair the existing electrical distribution network in the area. Work is scheduled to be completed by Summer 2012.

Locations are as follows:

• ORIOLE DR. - From Lindahl Rd. to Canary Lane.  (3 poles)
• ORIOLE DR. - At Pigeon Place (1 Pole on Oriole Dr. and 4 poles along Pigeon Place)
• ORIOLE DR. - Starting at McIntosh Lane. and continuing down Cardinal Ct. (3 poles on Oriole Dr. and 2 poles on Cardinal Ct.)
• CANARY LN. & BLACKBIRD DR. - (2 poles on Canary Lane. and 6 poles on Blackbird Dr.)
• EAGLE DR. & NUT-HATCH LN - (4 poles on Eagle Dr. & 2 poles on Nut-Hatch Lane.)

5. Candidates on the trail. The following, courtesy of NH Patch Regional Editor Marc Fortier, is a complete list of candidate visits throughout the Granite State today:

Mitt Romney

• 7:45 a.m.: Town Hall meeting, Salem Boys and Girls Club, 3 Geremonty Drive, Salem.

Rick Santorum

• 7:30 a.m.: Addresses the Queen City Rotary, Puritan Backroom, 245 Hooksett Road, Manchester.
• 11 a.m.: Rick Santorum Northfield/Tilton Town Hall, Merrimack Valley Railroad, 5 Park St., Northfield.
• 1 p.m.: Has lunch with patrons of the Tilt'n Diner, 61 Laconia Drive, Tilton.
• 3:30 p.m.: Addresses College Convention 2012, Grappone Center, 70 Constitution Avenue, Concord.
• 7 p.m.: Town Hall hosted by the Southern N.H. 9-12 Project, Windham Town Hall, 3 North Lowell Road, Windham.

Newt Gingrich

• 9 a.m.: Pemi Baker Valley Town Hall, Plymouth Senior Center, 8 Depot St., Plymouth.
• Noon: Littleton Town Hall, Littleton Opera House, 2 Union St., Littleton.
• 2 p.m.: Lancaster Town Hall, Great North Woods Welcome Center, Lancaster.
• 7 p.m.: Meredith Town Hall hosted by the Meredith Lakes Region Tea Party, 281 Daniel Webster Highway, Meredith.

Jackie Gingrich Cushman and Kathy Gingrich Lubbers

• 11 a.m.: Tour The Plus Co. facilities, 19 Chestnut St., Nashua.

Jon Huntsman

• 7:15 a.m.: Attends Hampton Rotary meeting, Ashworth Hotel, 295 Ocean Boulevard, Hampton
• 9 a.m.: Holds Employee Town Hall at Goss International, 121 Technology Drive, Durham.
• 11:45 a.m.: Attends business lunch hosted by Renee Reidel, Pease International Tradeport 3rd floor conference room, 1 New Hampshire Avenue, Portsmouth.
• 7 p.m.: Holds Town Hall in Newport, Newport Recreation Department, 65 Belknap Avenue, Newport.

Buddy Roemer

• 9:30 a.m.: Coffee with the Candidate at the Midfield Cafe, 83 Perimeter Road, Nashua.
• 10 a.m.: Business stroll in Nashua, Main Street, Nashua.

Multiple candidates

• 7 p.m.: Nashua Republican Committee meeting, Crowne Plaza, 2 Somerset Parkway, Nashua.