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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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