Five Things to Know Today: Sept. 23, 2011

1. Rain, rain, rain: According to the National Weather Service, there is a 90 percent chance of rain today, which may be heavy. The high temperature today will be 75. Tonight, expect the rain to possibly continue with a 70 percent chance of precipitation; low near 65.

2. Sports:

Home

• Boys Varsity Soccer vs. Howell High School at 3:45 p.m. 
• Boys JV Soccer vs. Howell High School at 3:45 p.m.  
• Girls Freshmen Field Hockey vs. Freehold Township High School at 3:45 p.m.
• Boys Freshmen Soccer vs. Howell High School at 5:15 p.m.
• Boys Varsity Football vs. Middletown North High School at 7 p.m.

Away

• Girls Varsity Tennis vs. Colts Neck High School at 3:45 p.m.
• Girls Varsity Field Hockey vs. Freehold Township High School at 3:45 p.m.   
• Girls JV Field Hockey vs. Freehold Township High School at 3:45 p.m. 

3. Meet a Shipwreck Master: The Battleground Historical Society meets tonight at 7:30 p.m. at the in Englishtown. The guest speaker at the meeting will be , a historian, avocational archaeologist and scuba diver. Lieb is also the founding member and president of the New Jersey Historical Divers Association Inc., which is a non-profit historical organization, which is dedicated to the preservation of New Jersey shipwreck and maritime history.

4. Garbage Collection Bid Options: If you missed the Town Hall about the bids submitted by Waste Management, Marpal, Future Sanitation and Central Jersey Waste responded with bids for a variety of options that were laid out in the request for proposal (RFP). For more information and to view the bid options, click .

5. Kumon Grand Opening: is holding its from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 24. The ribbon cutting will take place at noon with Mayor Andrew Lucas. Free placement testing will be offered and new enrollments will get 50 percent off of registration fees.