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5 Things You Need To Know Today: Feb. 27

Healthy heart fair at YMCA, Framingham Police Chief offered 3-year contract, NASA's Apollo project division leader speaking at library tonight and more featured in today's column.

Our daily column, 5 Things You Need to Know Today, will help you to get your day started and offer you some fodder for water cooler conversation. 1. The MetroWest YMCA is holding a free Healthy Heart Fair & Cardiovascular screening today from 3-7 p.m. Learn your numbers for cholesterol, blood pressure, glucose, BMI, receive your Framingham Risk Score and discuss results with medical experts. Learn about health and well-being programs the MetroWest YMCA and MetroWest Medical Center offer to help keep your heart healthy and other preventative care opportunities. Sponsors suggest calling to schedule an appointment. The event is targeted to men and women ages 35-65. 2. Town Manager Bob Halpin has informed Framingham Police Chief Steven Carl, …

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5 Things You Need To Know Today: Feb. 26

Best selling author Jodi Picoult will be in Framingham tonight to speak about her newest book The Storyteller. Framingham Selectmen and School Committee are meeting tonight, too.

Our daily column, 5 Things You Need to Know Today, will help you to get your day started and offer you some fodder for water cooler conversation. 1. New York Times best selling author Jodi Picoult has a new book, so that means a visit to Framingham. Picoult puts Framingham on her book tour stop each time she launches a new book. Thanks to Barnes & Noble Booksellers at Shoppers World, Picoult will be speaking for free at Walsh Middle School tonight at 7. Attendees can purchase her latest book at the event, and Picoult will sign it. Picoult writes on her website: "Boy, am I looking forward to hearing readers’ reactions to this book. It’s different. Grueling. There’s no trial. A third of it takes place over seventy years ago. There’s a Gothic…

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Preview This Winter's Hottest Books

Bestselling authors Sue Grafton, Jodi Picoult and more are releasing books this winter.

It might be chilly out, but book publishing is red hot right now. Several favorite bestselling authors are releasing books early in 2013. What are some of the most anticipated?

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IMAGE GALLERY: Hundreds Flock To Lone Wolf Author

Bestselling author Jodi Picoult appeared at Walsh Middle School before a crowd of hundreds to talk about her new book Lone Wolf

More than 300 people listened to bestselling author Jodi Picoult at Walsh Middle School talk about her new book Lone Wolf. The event was sponsored by the Barnes & Noble Booksellers in Shoppers World. Thanks to Framingham Patch reader Leslie Harvey for submitting these photos from last week's event.   Follow us on Facebook and Twitter to keep up to date on the latest Framingham news, or simply hit the "like" button at the top of this page. If you'd like to receive the daily newsletter with our top stories, click here.

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5 Things You Need to Know Today: Feb. 28

Bestselling author Jodi Picoult will introduce her new novel, Lone Wolf at Walsh Middle School tonight at 7.

Our daily column, 5 Things You Need to Know Today, will help you to get your day started and offer you some fodder for water cooler conversation. 1. What Do Animals Say? Find out what all kinds of animals say in Say What? by Angela DiTerlizzi at Barnes & Noble Booksellers at 10:30 a.m. Then, during the free storytime, there will be a reading of The Little Girl with the Big Big Voice by Kristen Balouch, a fun-filled adventure of a girl in the jungle! 2. Bestselling author Jodi Picoult will introduce her new novel, Lone Wolf at Walsh Middle School tonight at 7. The event is sponsored by Barnes & Noble Booksellers. 3. Do you ever wonder why a child is a picky eater or avoids certain clothes? Do you want to know why a child does not sit still…

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