Daily Five: High School Renovation Tour Today

1. Today should start foggy, but then clear up by 9 a.m., with a high of 59, according to the National Weather Service. Tonight should be cloudy, with a low around 48, according to the service.

2. Monday night, the Board of Finance cut $6,000 from the proposed Recreation and Parks Department budget.

The Recreation and Parks Department's budget came in lower than last year, but the program line had a $9,000 increase in it. The Board of Finance cut that increase by $6,000, so the program line now has a $3,000 increase.

Board members Cheryl Larder, J.W. “Bill” Sheehan, Ron Fedor and Alan Wilensky voted for the reduction, with Norman Glidden, Mark Wiggins and Anthony Jessuck voting against it.

3. Tonight, the School Building Committee meets to tour the . The tour, like all other public meetings, is open to the public, as the group is meeting at 4:30 in the lobby of Waterford High School. Patch is going, and will take photos to post for Wednesday morning.

4. The Waterford High School music department is . The concert features the schools’ bands, choruses and orchestras.

5. On this date in 1914, the first international figure skating championship takes place in New Haven. And on this date in 1852, Harriet Beecher Stowe’s Uncle Tom’s Cabin is published.

Quote of the Day

"So you are the little woman who wrote the book that started this great war."

-Abraham Lincoln to Stowe, possibly a legend.

Trivia of the Day

What three male UConn Huskies won the NCAA tournament’s Most Outstanding Player award?

Yesterday’s Answer: Billy Bob Thornton played the president of the United States in “Love, Actually.”