5 Things You Need To Know Today

5 Things for Jan. 7: School Committee Meets, Pats Playoff Tickets on Sale, How to Use Patch & More

Here's five things you need to know in Foxborough for today, Jan. 7.

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! Today’s weather in Foxborough, according to the National Weather Service based in Taunton, calls for mostly sunny, with a high near 35. North wind 5 to 9 mph. Monday night: Mostly clear, with a low around 20. Calm wind becoming southwest around 6 mph after midnight. The Foxborough School Committee will meet at 7 p.m. Monday in the Foxborough High School Media Center to discuss the following business: School is back in session in Foxborough after the holiday break and Foxborough Patch will be there …

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Patriots Playoff Tickets Go on Sale Monday

Tickets to the Jan. 13 AFC Divisional Playoff game in Foxborough go on sale to the general public on Monday, Jan. 7.

Hosting playoff games in Foxborough used to be rarity for the New England Patriots and its fans prior to the Robert Kraft era. In fact, the Patriots hosted just one playoff game in the first 34 years of the franchise's history - a loss to the Houston Oilers in 1978 - prior to Kraft buying the team in 1994. Since then, the Patriots have qualified for the playoffs 14 times, including 12 times as AFC East division champions. With a 12-4 regular season record in 2012, the Patriots claimed their fourth consecutive division title and enter this year’s playoffs as the second seed in the AFC. It is the fourth time in franchise history that the team has earned the second seed. What's better is that in three of those seasons the Patriots advanced to…

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