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Five Things You Need To Know Today, June 21

Be sure to head to Book Ends tonight for a book signing.

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Today is Tuesday, June 21. Here are five things you need to know:

  1. Get outside: If you haven’t been outside recently, make sure today you do. According to the National Weather Service, the high for today will be 80 degrees. It should be mostly sunny throughout the day and by Tuesday night temperatures will drop to around 61 degrees.
  2. Book Signing: Be sure to stop by tonight from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. as will be speaking about their books. Chef Paul Turano of Tryst restaurant in Arlington will provide the food.
  3. Preschool Auction: The Family Action Network (FAN) of Winchester will be offering an at Preschool Social Academy (PSA) for the upcoming 2011-2012 year. This opportunity will be open to all new (currently unenrolled) students of PSA who will be entering the four-year-old pre-K program. This auction item is valued at $5,400. Online bidding will start on June 15 with a minimum bid of $2,700. All bidding will be conducted online on the FAN members-only site on BigTent. FAN can bid for their non-member friends in order to take advantage of this wonderful opportunity. Non-members may also submit their bids directly to presidents@fanwinchester.org. All proceeds will be used towards continuing to offer event programming and benefits to our FAN members. 
  4. Paving:  As part of Winchester’s resurfacing program, the Department of Public Works will be paving Laurel Hill Lane and Irving Street today. All cars must be off the street and out of driveways by 7 a.m. In case of rain, the schedule will be pushed back by one day. If you have any questions concerning this work, please call the at 781-721-7100.
  5.  “Like” us: If you haven’t done so already, be sure to head to the Winchester Patch Facebook page and become a fan.

To find out what is going on today in Winchester, check out our events listings.

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