Five Things You Need to Know Today: March 23, 2011

1. Put on your snow boots and break out the umbrella, today is going to be wintry mix! The National Weather Service is calling for a 100 percent chance of precipitation today of both rain and snow; after 4 p.m., only expect rain, however. The high today will be around 38 degrees fahrenheit with an east wind between five and eleven miles per hour.  Expect no more than one inch of snow to accumulate. 

Tonight, there will be snow and sleet falling before 1 a.m., which will shift to rain and snow--again there is a 100 percent chance of precipitation! Possible snow and sleet accumulation overnight will be less than half an inch.  

2. Board of Education is meeting tonight at 8 p.m. in the media center of the high school.  The board will be holding their public hearing on the 2011-2012 budget. For a copy of tonight’s agenda, click here.

3. The Sierra Club is sponsoring the showing of A Chemical Reaction, a riveting documentary, tonight at 7:30 p.m. at the Oceanport Senior Center. The film tells the story behind the banning of chemical pesticides and fertilizers within the Province of Quebec. Learn how to get some of the chemicals out of your own town, meet organic supplies, and win door prizes. Suggested donation is $5. Please contact Lois Blake from the Sierra Club at lqblake@optonline.net 

4. The Little Silver Environmental Commission / Green Team meets tonight in Borough Hall at 7:30 p.m.

5. Keep in mind that the Oceanport Planning Board meeting for tonight has been cancelled, and has not been rescheduled. The next meeting will be held on Wednesday, April 13 in the meeting room of the Oceanport Municipal Building at 7:30 p.m.