1. Today should be sunny, with a high of 47, according to the National Weather Service. Tonight should be cloudy, with a low of 28, according to the service.

2. Today at 10 a.m., the Social Service Grants Review Committee meets to give money to a variety of local charities. In recent years, as budgets grow tighter, some have said the town should not give taxpayer money to charities. In response, the committee has stopped donating to some charities that were deemed more "wants" than "needs," such as the Boy Scouts. Overall, the town donates around $20,000 to various agencies voluntarily (others are mandated).

Today, the group will hear presentations from the Thames Valley Council for Community Action, SECT Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependency, Community Health Center, Women’s Center of Southeastern Connecticut, Child & Family Agency of SECT, NL County Association for Retarded Citizens, Disabled American Veterans, Veterans of Foreign Wars and the NL Homeless Center. Thursday is the second and last meeting for the committee this year.

3. Three Waterford residents have been named to the Dean’s List at the University of New Haven: Nicole Denny, Steven Garvin and Robert Swansen. If anybody would like to announce an accomplishment like a child making a Dean’s list or an engagement, feel free to post your own announcement in our announcements section. We generally post announcements on the main page.

4. Tonight, the Board of Selectmen meets to act on a $1.64 million proposal by the Utility Commission for emergency repairs to the sewer main on Logger Hill. The Utility Commission is also seeking $2.68 million for the construction of Harrison’s Landings sewers and roads reconstruction and Maple Court sewers and water line extension.

5. On this date in 49 BC, Julius Ceaser crosses the Rubicon Waterway and invades Rome. Later, "crossing the Rubicon" would become a phrase for making a decision for which there is no return. And on this date in 1920, the Treaty of Versailles takes effect, which ended World War I.

Quote of the Day

“I had rather be first in a village than second at Rome.”

-Julius Caesar

Trivia of the Day

What was the name of John D. Rockefeller’s oil company, when he owned it?

Yesterday’s Answer: The first “anchor” of Saturday Night Live’s Weekend Update was Chevy Chase.