1. Today should be mostly sunny, with a high near 39, according to the National Weather Service. Tonight should be mostly clear, with a low around 25, according to the service.
2. Thursday, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission approved for the first time since 1978, according to timesunion.com.
The NRC approved a plan by Southern Company to install a nuclear power plant in eastern Georgia. It is the first time the NRC approved a nuclear power plant since the partial meltdown of the Three Mile Island nuclear plant in Pennsylvania, according to timesunion.com.
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"This is a historic day," President and CEO of the Nuclear Energy Institute Marvin Fertel told the Times Union.
3. Tonight, the Planning and Zoning Commission will hold a public hearing on a proposal by Kobyluck Brothers LLC . The Conservation Commission is holding a public hearing on the same proposal as well.
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4. This is the last full week of school before February break. Next week, all Waterford Public Schools will be off the first two days because of February break.
Update: February break this year is two days long, Monday and Tuesday, not a full week.
5. On this date in 2000, the last new Peanuts comic strip appears in newspapers, one day after creator Charles Shultz died. And on this date in 1981, a series of sewer explosions destroys more than two miles of roads in Louisville, Kentucky.
Quote of the Day
“The power to do good is also the power to do harm.”
-Milton Friedman
Trivia of the Day
Are Jim Morrison and Van Morrison related?
Friday’s Answer: There are now five oceans: the Atlantic, Pacific, Indian, Arctic and the Southern (Antarctic) Ocean.
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