Community Corner

Five Things You Need to Know Today: Aug. 24

Still recovering from the earthquake? Here are a few things to take it off your mind.

  1. Luckily for all of us, the and the Greater Boston area turned out to be pretty much a non-event. This photo slideshow of the "damage" made us here at Patch HQ giggle a bit.
  2. And it looks like another sunny day here in Weston, with a high of 81.
  3. However, it looks as though Hurricane Irene could hit the area late in the weekend, according to Bloomberg News. We'll be sitting in the basement and awaiting the plague of frogs.
  4. In more cheerful news, St. Peter's church hosts a tonight for women at 6:30 p.m.
  5. Twitter proved to be the best way to follow the earthquake yesterday. What do you mean you're not on Twitter yet? Go sign up for an account and be sure to follow us at @WestonMAPatch. Not really sure what Twitter is or how to use it? Feel free to drop editor Meghan Kelly an email to learn more about it.


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