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5 Things: Relay for Life Meeting, Coffee with FHS Principal, Selectmen Meeting & More

Here's five things you need to know in Foxborough for today, Feb. 5.

Editor's note: Five Things You Need To Know Today is a Patch column that provides readers with essential, daily information at a glance. If you know of something happening in town that did not make our list, please add it in the comment section!

1. Expect a Cold and Partly Sunny Tuesday in Foxborough

Today’s weather in Foxborough, according to the National Weather Service based in Taunton, calls for partly sunny, with a high near 28. Calm wind becoming northwest 5 to 8 mph in the morning. Tuesday night: A slight chance of snow showers after 1 a.m. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 21. Light east wind. Chance of precipitation is 20 percent.

2. Relay for Life of Greater Foxborough Kick-Off Meeting

The Relay For Life of Greater Foxborough welcomes you to the kick-off meeting to pick up your team packet and learn more about the overnight walk scheduled for June 21-22 at Ahern School in Foxborough. The meeting will be held Tuesday at 6 p.m. at the South Foxborough Community Center. The challenge for all is to expand Relay for Life’s efforts by expanding its teams to 13 or more members in 2013.

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Please visit Relay for Life of Greater Foxborough online at www.relayforlife.org/greaterfoxboro to sign up in advance.
For more information, please contact event co-coordinators Amy Walker at aw1529@verizon.net, 508-337-9828 and/or Lisa Balzarini at l.balzarini@verizon.net, 617-921-9312 or American Cancer Society Staff Partner Katie Boutilier atKatie.Boutilier@cancer.org, 508-897-4322.

3. Foxborough Board of Selectmen to Meet Tuesday

Foxborough’s Board of Selectmen will meet Tuesday to discuss the following town business:

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  • Jeff Siena of MIIA Insurance will meet with the board at 7 p.m.
  • BOS chair James DeVellis will provide an update around 7:05 p.m.
  • Attorney Frank Spillane, representing Waxy O’Connor’s, will discuss a change of manager application filed with the town for the Irish pub.
  • Steve Sacco of Invensys will meet with the board to discuss the company’s future in town.
  • DeVellis will continue the ongoing discussion of holding future Town Meetings on Saturday.
  • Town Manager Kevin Paicos will discuss the FY14 budget
  • The board will go into executive session around 8:30 p.m. to discuss DPW negotiation parameters.

4. Coffee with Foxborough High School Principal

Parents will have the opportunity to have coffee with Foxborough High School principal Diana Myers-Pachla Tuesday at 9 a.m. at the high school.

5. Patriot Place Events:

Here’s what’s happening around Patriot Place today:

  • 11 a.m. - Storytime at Showcase Cinema de Lux: Meet Barney at Kids Club Storytime Tuesday.


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