Five Things to Know Today: Dec. 8, 2011

1. Sunny, Early A.M. Showers: The National Weather Service is calling for a 30 percent chance of rain today before 7 a.m., otherwise the day will be sunny with a high near 46. Tonight will be mostly clear with the low temperature hitting about 29 degrees.
 

2. Government:

• The Senior Citizen Advisory meets at 9:30 a.m. in room 213 of the .
• The meets at 7 p.m. in room 213 of the .
• The meets at 8 p.m. in the courtroom of the . For tonight’s agenda, click here.

3. Sports:

Home

• There are no home games schedule today.

Away

• Boys and Girls Varsity Swim Meet vs. Middletown High School North at the Freehold YMCA (470 E. Freehold Rd., Freehold) at 2:30 p.m.
• Boys Varsity Ice Hockey vs. Ocean Township at the Gold Coast Arena (1215 Wyckoff Rd., Farmingdale) at 5:45 p.m.

4. : Come to the CentraState Medical Center this evening at 6:30 p.m. for a free lecture on skin cancer and a screening with Dr. DiGiacamo.

5. : Today is the first day you can upload photos of your home decked out in holiday lights to Patch in order to participate in our national contest. Each Patch site will award a local winner to represent their Patch community in the national contest. Twenty-four finalists will win up to $500 to be put towards their electric bill and the grand-prize winner will receive $100,000 towards their local public school district.