Five Things you Need to Know Today is a Patch column that provides readers with essential, daily information at a glance.

Today is Thursday, August 23. Here are five things you need to know.

1. Mostly sunny: Today will be mostly sunny with a high around 88, according to the National Weather Service.

2. Selectmen meeting: The Milton Board of Selectmen will meet at Town Hall tonight at 6:30. The agenda includes a Public Hearing on Gas Main Grant of Location-School Street, and a discussion of October Town Meeting,  Town Administrator’s Screening Committee and 131 Eliot Street.

3. Planning Board meeting: The Milton Planning Board will also meet at Town Hall at 6:30 this evening.

4. One more meeting: Rounding out a busy night at Town Hall will be the Town Government Study Committee. The committee will meet at 7.

5. No library events: There are no meetings or events scheduled for today at the Milton Public Library.