Daily Five: Two Big Meetings Tonight, "The Hunger Games" Premieres

1. Today should be foggy before 11 a.m., and then clear up, with a high of 68, according to the National Weather Service. Tonight should be partly cloudy, with a low around 50, according to the service.

2. Tonight, the Board of Education meets at 7 in Town Hall.

The board will revisit the school budget for 2012-13 school year. The board approved a without knowing what the health care costs would be (last year health care costs increased $1.6 million). The health care numbers have come in, and the board should be able to discuss real numbers and have an accurate budget for the 2012-13 school year.

Also, the board is expected to take action on grievances by the teachers' union and the secretaries' union. The teachers' union originally , alleging teachers were paying up to $494 more than they should have for health insurance. The secretaries' union filed the same grievance earlier this year.

5. Also tonight, the Conservation Commission meets to continue a public hearing on a proposal by Kobyluck Brothers LLC to install a . During the public hearings, the company , shrinking the size of the facility’s footprint and changing the way the site deals with storm water.

4. At midnight tonight (or technically Friday morning), The Hunger Games premieres at Waterford’s . The Hunger Games is based off a highly popular novel of the same name written by Suzanne Collins.

5. On this date in 1972, the United States Congress sends the Equal Rights Amendment to the states to ratify. The amendment would never be ratified. And on this date in 1873, Puerto Rico abolishes slavery.

Quote of the Day

“The purpose of all wars is peace.”

-Saint Augustine

Trivia of the Day

What 1992 movie starred Demi Moore, Kevin Bacon, Kiefer Sutherland and Jack Nicholson?

Yesterday’s Answer: President Gerald Ford pardoned former president Richard Nixon.