Daily Five: Former Drive-In For Sale

1. Today should be sunny, with a high of 39, according to the National Weather Service. Tonight should be partly cloudy, with a low around 26, according to the service.

2. Patch noticed Friday that 105 Boston Post Road, a property behind Stop & Shop that used to be a drive-in movie theater, is for sale (there is a big sign on Boston Post Road).

to ARJO LLC for $1.34 million, according to town property records. Willow Tree secured a permit to install an 80-unit condo complex in 2005, and had that permit extended in 2010 to last until 2015.

The property is vacant, although

3. On Thursday, the Conservation Commission held a nearly five-hour public hearing on Kobyluck Brother LLC’s at 28 Industrial Drive, Environmental Planner Maureen Fitzgerald said. Kobyluck’s team presented the plan for three-and-a-half hours, and then several members of the public spoke, Fitzgerald said.

The hearing was continued until Feb. 9, she said.

4. at Chili’s in New London for the class of 2012 drug and alcohol free graduation party. To participate, eat at Chili’s tonight and let the wait staff know that you are there for the fundraiser. Part of the bill will go to the party.

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5. On this date in 1956, Martin Luther King, Jr’s house is bombed in retaliation for the Montgomery Bus Boycott. And on this date in 1948, Indian Mohandas Gandhi is assassinated by Nathuram Godose, a Hindu extremist.

Quote of the Day

“Knowledge speaks, but wisdom listens.”

-Jimi Hendrix

Trivia of the Day

What former vice president and member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Wyoming turns 71 today?

Friday’s Answer: Cool Hand Luke featured the line, “It looks like we have a failure to communicate.”