Tuesday: Softball, Spring's Back, Cats

Good morning, Woonsocket, and welcome to another installment of Five Things to Know Today. Grab your coffee, and read up.

1) Softball - Today at 3:45 p.m., head up to Cold Spring Park and take in the WHS Varsity Fastpitch Softball home game against North Smithfield. Batter up!

2) Cats - This morning at 11 a.m., head down to Social Street to for a benefit to help the Woonsocket Cat Sanctuary. The price for a ticket is $6.

3) Planning Board Meeting Canceled - Don't show up to tonight's scheduled Planning Board meeting at City Hall. It's canceled.

4) Back to mild - The weather is going to dry up and warm up today, not a moment too soon. The high will be in upper 50s. No rain predicted.

5) Good old days - On this day in 1986, the U.S. national debt hit $2,000,000,000,000, accoring to brainyhistory.com. Care to compare? Check out the national debt clock, and you'll look back on the 1986 number quite fondly.