Five Things You Need to Know Today: Dec. 14

1. CLEAR AND SEASONABLE. It will be sunny today, with a high of 47. Tonight will be clear, with a low of 28. But there could be some snow on the horizon early next week.

2. A NEW BREAKFAST/LUNCH SPOT IN TOWN: Snooky's, a new breakfast and lunch restaurant with no connection to the "Jersey Shore" TV show, recently opened at 137 Epping Road, in the old Merrill's Place. So far, the reviews we're hearing are positive. Reader Diana Collinge told us on Facebook that she went last weekend and the food was good and the wait staff attentive.

3. WIN $500 FOR YOUR ELECTRIC BILL. Did you deck out your house for the holidays? Snap a photo and enter it in Patch's annual holiday contest. First prizes are $100,000 for local schools and $500 your electric bill!

4. THIS DAY IN HISTORY:On this day in 1799, George Washington, the American revolutionary leader and first president of the United States, died of acute laryngitis at his estate in Mount Vernon, Virginia. He was 67 years old.

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