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Five Things You Need to Know: Sept 23

More rain to greet our Friday.

Today is Friday, Sept. 23. Here are five things you need to know:

  • More rain: Rain will fill the day yet again, with temperatures in the low 70s.
  • Sports: The NAHS at 3:45 p.m. at And the at 5:15 p.m. at 1540 Lakeview Ave., Dracut.
  • Patch-iversary: A will be at 9 p.m. at If you are a North Andover Patch Facebook fan, call and make a reservation and save $5 on admission.
  • Fall Festival: Don't forget, is Saturday.
  • This Day in History: In 1780 British spy John Andre was captured with papers revealing that Benedict Arnold was going to surrender West Point to the British. In 1846, astronomer Johann Gottfried Galle discovered the planet Neptune. in 1951, the first transcontinental telecast was received on the west coast when the show "Crusade for Freedom" was broadcast by CBS in New York. In 1990, Iraq threatened to destroy Middle East oil fields and attack Israel if any nation tried to force it from Kuwait.

To find more things to do today, check out our event listings.


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