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5 Things You Need To Know Today: Wednesday, Dec. 7

Bits of knowledge designed to help you be the smartest person in your office.

Here are five pieces of information designed to start your Wednesday off on the right foot and to help make you the smartest person taking a moment of today to recall the significance of the Dec. 7. 1. Today's Local Weather Forecast: According to the NWS, today will see Showers. Patchy fog. High near 49. North wind around 5 mph becoming calm. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible. Wednesday Night: Rain showers before 4am, then rain showers, possibly mixed with sleet between 4am and 5am, then rain showers and snow showers, possibly mixed with sleet after 5am. The rain could be heavy at times. Patchy dense fog. Low around 33. North wind between 3 and 10 mph. Chance of …

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IMAGE GALLERY: Michael & Marisa Perform Ant-Bullying Concert at Ryan School

Teenage brother and sister rock duo perform for elementary students.

(Editor's note: The following article is based on information submitted by the Ryan School PAC.) They are barely older than the audience they played to, but when brother and sister pop duo Michael and Marisa cranked up the volume and rocked the gymnasium at the Ryan School this week, they might have well have been Justin Bieber and Taylor Swift. The 5th and 6th graders at Ryan went wild, dancing, shouting, singing and waving their arms. The event was sponsored by the Ryan School PAC. Michael and Marissa, born and raised in Boston, recently released their new song, “The Same”; a song penned by Michael and Marisa with LA music producer Peter Zizzo (Avril Lavigne and Vanessa Carlton) which tackles the bullying issue head on. The pop duo, …

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Tewksbury Residents Enjoy VIP Treatment at Papa Roach Concert

Dan and Kristen Callanan win WAAF contest.

  Two residents of Tewksbury won the opportunity to hang out at a VIP pre-concert party in Worcester with the national recording artists, Papa Roach.  Dan Callanan and Kristen Callanan were invited to shoot billiards, enjoy some free food, mingle with the WAAF "Mantown Girls" as well as with members of Papa Roach. The up-close and personal party was presented by radio station WAAF radio station.

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