Five Things You Need To Know Today, Dec. 16

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Today is Thursday, Dec. 16. Here are five things you need to know:

1.    Cold again: Well, the snow flurries didn't really happen yesterday, did they? Forecasters are still projecting a 30 percent chance of snow flurries for today. Either way, whether it snows or not, it's going to be another cold one as temperatures are going to be in the 20s all day.

2.   Traveling Woburnites: Judy Tanner is presenting at the this morning at 10:30 a.m. Take some time to travel to another country without leaving the city limits.

3.   Jingle bell rock: In the mood for more holiday music? Stop by the tonight at 7 p.m. for the school's . Performances are expected to last until 8:30 p.m.

4.   Safety first: Are you interested in traffic laws? Do you wonder how they are made? Then head over to the meeting at today at 4 p.m. The commission will hold its monthly meeting and discuss traffic ordinances for the city. In other meeting news, the Historical Commission meeting has been cancelled for today. 

5.   It's tea time: It was on Dec. 16, 1773 that colonists boarded ships and, in protest of the British government's tea tax, dumped three shiploads of tea into Boston Harbor.

To find more things to do today, check out our event listings.