Five Things: School Committee Meeting on Tap

SONG OF THE DAY: "Stay Useless" by Cloud Nothings

Good morning, Medford! Here are five things you need to know today, Monday, Jan. 7:

1. SCHOOL COMMITTEE: The Medford School Committee will meet tonight in the City Council Chambers at City Hall, first at 6:45 p.m. for a caucus, then at 6:55 p.m. for an organizational meeting, then their regular meeting at 7 p.m. The agenda can be viewed here.

2. WEEK IN REVIEW: In case you missed some of the bigger stories around Medford last week, take a look at our weekly recap we posted over the weekend.

3. FOLLOW MEDFORD ON TWITTER, FACEBOOK: Last week, the city of Medford announced they had launched new Twitter andFacebook pages to give residents information on social media.

4. THIS DAY IN HISTORY: On this day in 1789, America's first presidential election is held. Voters cast ballots to choose state electors; only white men who owned property were allowed to vote. As expected, George Washington won the election and was sworn into office on April 30, 1789. Information courtesy of History.com.

5. TODAY'S FORECAST: Partly cloudy with a high of 29. Partly cloudy again tonight with a low of 17.