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Daily Five: Sails Up 4 Cancer Fundraiser

Five things to know for Thursday, March 22, 2012

1. Hopefully, you haven’t had your fill of food and really how could you? Today, holds a fundraiser at the Stonington restaurant. Eat lunch or dinner at the Dog Watch Cafe and have a percentage of your bill donated to Sails Up 4 Cancer. Just remember to say you’re there for Sails Up 4 Cancer.

2. Don’t forget the Stonington Board of Education meets at 7 p.m. in the Stonington High School commons to . There will be a time for public comments. Will you attend the meeting? What are you hoping the outcome of the meeting is?

3. The Hunger Games, the opening novel in a bestselling trilogy about teenagers fighting for their lives in a post-apocalyptic world, comes to the big screen in a midnight premiere. Will you be at the theater in the middle of the night?

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4. Some of those other towns held parades last weekend, but everyone knows the real Irish Parade is the Mystic parade. Head to Mystic on Sunday March 25 for the 1 p.m., start of . Don’t forget to add your parade photos to the neighborhood gallery. And start getting in the Irish spirit today with and from .

5. Today’s Trivia: The British government passed the Stamp Act on March 22, 1765. The Stamp Act places a tax on all commercial and legal materials printed in the U.S. colonies. "There is no substitute for hard work." —Thomas A. Edison

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