5 Things You Need to Know Today: March 7

Our weekday morning column, 5 Things You Need to Know, provides you with information that can help you plan your day and give you some fodder for water cooler conversations.

1. Mitt Romney took Massachusetts on Super Tuesday and Shrewsbury residents rallied behind their former governor, supporting him in a landslide in the .

2. The School Committee will meet tonight at 7 p.m. at the town hall. They will discuss preschool and full-day kindergarten tuition as well as voting on the improvement plans for and the . The final school department budget will be discussed at a public hearing on Wednesday, March 14 at 7 p.m. at the .

3. Learn more about  at the at 9:30 a.m., 98 Maple Ave.

4. On this day in 1876, Alexander Graham Bell patents the telephone. Just over 200 years later, we now can send voice and data over wireless technology and phones are getting smaller and smaller as well as smarter.

5. Have you picked your favorite gym in Shrewsbury? and let us know where the best gym is in town.

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