5 Things You Need To Know Today: Jan. 6

"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 G FR Basketball vs. Sanborn Regional Schools
• 5:00PM B JV Basketball @ Kennett High School
• 5:00PM G JV Basketball vs. Kennett High School
• 5:00PM B V Swimming @ Londonderry Swim Meet
• 5:00PM G V Swimming @ Londonderry Swim Meet
• 6:30PM B V Basketball @ Kennett High School
• 6:30PM G V Basketball vs. Kennett High School

2. Winter warm up ... After AM snow showers bring up to an inch of accumulation, the light snow cover is expected to melt quickly as temperatures rise into the low 40s.

3. Meeting Schedule. The Bedford Village Common Development Committee meets today 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 Drive - From Lindahl Rd. to Canary Lane.  (3 poles) 
• Oriole Drive - At Pigeon Place (1 Pole on Oriole Dr. and 4 poles along Pigeon Place)
• Oriole Drive - Starting at McIntosh Lane. and continuing down Cardinal Ct. (3 poles on Oriole Dr. and 2 poles on Cardinal Ct.)
• Canary Lane and Blackbird Drive - (2 poles on Canary Lane. and 6 poles on Blackbird Dr.)
• Eagle Drive and Nut Hatch Lane - (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:

Newt Gingrich

• 7 p.m.: Speaks in Salem, Salem High School cafeteria, 44 Geremonty Drive, Salem.

Mitt Romney

• 6 p.m.: Hosts spaghetti dinner, Laconia, exact location TBA.

Rick Santorum

• 8 a.m.: Meet and greet with patrons at Lindy's Diner, 19 Gilbo Drive, Keene.
• 9:30 a.m.: Keene Town Hall, Keene Library basement auditorium, 60 Winter Street, Keene.
• 11:45 a.m.: Visits Pelletier's Sports Shop, 105 Peterborough St., Jaffrey.
• 1 p.m.: Dublin Town Hall, Dublin School auditorium, 18 Lehmann Way, Dublin.
• 4 p.m.: Manchester Town Hall, Belmont Hall, 718 Grove St., Manchester.

Fred Karger

• 11 a.m.: "Fred Friday" at Dartmouth, Collis Center, Dartmouth College.
• 5 p.m.: Speaking at Hillsborough County GOP 2012 Primary Gala, Crowne Plaza Hotel, 2 Somerset Parkway, Nashua.

Jon Huntsman

• 9 a.m.: Speaks at New England College Convention, Grappone Conference Center, 70 Constitution Avenue, Concord.
• 5 p.m.: Speaks at house party hosted by Karen Eitel, 243 Randolph Hill Road, Randolph.
• 6:45 p.m.: Speaks at Littleton Chamber of Commerce annual dinner, Mount Washington Hotel, 173 Mount Washington Road, Bretton Woods.

Buddy Roemer

• 12:30 p.m.: Barrington Town Hall, Turbocam, Barrington.
• 2 p.m.: Tours Community Partners, Old Dover Road, Rochester.
• 3:30 p.m.: Speaks at the Jaffrew VFW, 12 Hathorn Road, Jaffrey.

Ron Paul

• 2 p.m.: Hangar rally, Jet Aviation, 83 Perimeter Road, Nashua.
• 7 p.m.: Town Hall meeting, University of New Hampshire Memorial Union Building, 83 Main St.

Multiple candidates

• 5 p.m.: Hillsborough County Republican Committee Primary Gala, Crowne Plaza Hotel, 2 Somerset Parkway, Nashua.