Five Things You Need To Know Today, March 5

Here are five things you need to know today:

1) Hello sunshine: Looks like today will be a sunny one, if the National Weather Service is correct. The NWS is forecasting partly sunny skies and temperatures in the mid-30s.

2) Gold still available: The still has tickets available for the annual . For just $100, you have a chance to win a $20,000 “pot of gold!” There’s also opportunities to win $5,000 in second and third place prizes.

3) Event spotlight: The Parent-Teacher Organization will meet tonight at 7 p.m. in the school’s meting room. On the agenda is a request for volunteers for certain activities.

4) In case you missed it: We have a new addition to our Local Voices column. The Kitty Connection group, which specializes in helping feral cats and other animals find “forever homes,” is now blogging on Woburn Patch! Here are their and blog entries.

5) People are strange: On this day in 1969, Doors lead singer Jim Morrison is charged with lewd behavior, indecent exposure, profanity and drunkenness after a concert in Miami, Florida. Although Morrison thought the charges were a joke, the Florida authorities were rather serious. Morrison would be tried in 1970 and refused a plea bargain. He was sentenced to six months in prison, but died in Paris before he could serve the time. It wasn’t until December of 2010 that Morrison was officially pardoned of the charges by the state of Florida.

To find out what is going on today in Woburn, check out our events listings.