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

Today is Wednesday, September 26. Here are five things you need to know.

1. Chance of rain: There will be a 50 percent chance of rain today, according to the National Weather Service. Otherwise, the day will be mostly cloudy with a high around 76.

2. No school: The Milton Public Schools will be closed today for Yom Kippur. The Day of Atonement began at sunset on Tuesday.

3. CPA committee meeting: Milton’s Community Preservation Act (CPA) committee will meet at the Milton Public Library tonight at 7. The CPA will be on Milton’s ballot in November.

4. Friends Book Shop: The Friends of the Milton Public Library Book Shop is open this evening. Purchase or donate gently used books from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. today in the basement of the library.

5. Weymouth Patch is coming: Weymouth Patch officially launches tomorrow, September 27. Visit Weymouth.Patch.com for the latest news from neighboring Weymouth.