School Board Race in Home Stretch

The school board election and budget vote campaigns reach its climax Monday, one day before the voters go to the polls. Patch will be providing full coverage of the issues and events today and tomorrow.

Each day the "5 Things" column will tell you five essential pieces of information you need to know today, like events happening or community topics being covered on the site later on in the day. Have an event or topic that should appear in this column? Add it to the calendar or send us a news tip.

Monday's highlights:

1. It's the day before suburban districts around the state go to the polls to vote on school spending packages and school board members. has offered of this issues over the past weeks. Today and tomorrow we'll be summarizing the race and The polls open Tuesday.

2. , recently recovered from from a week of delays due to track problems in an East River tunnel, puts new schedules in place Monday to accommodate summer track and signal work. Generally, mid-day trains are the only ones impacted. See our story on the changes here.

3. It is a mitzvah to enable people to say Kaddish, and theasks your help to make that happen. Morning minyans take place at 6:30 a.m. weekdays and 9 a.m. on Saturday and Sunday. Evening minyans are at 8 p.m. Sunday to Thursday.

4. There's lots to do at the  Monday, like a free seminar at 9 a.m. on how to tune your piano. The program is free and open to the public. For more, check out our "events" listings or the library's web site.

5. Did you read about the that was robbed in Plainview last week or the  WTC artifact  that will be the centerpiece of a memorial park? Let us know your ideas for other family-friendly features and news stories for, or browse our "events" calendar for other happenings around town.