Five Things You Need to Know Today in Medfield, April 22

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Today's Weather: The National Weather Service calls for patchy frost before 8 a.m. otherwise mostly sunny with a high near 55 degrees. Expect scattered showers Friday night, mainly after 5 a.m. Conditions will likely be mostly cloudy with a low around 36 degrees. 

Notable Events:

• Earth Day Storytime Event at Barnes & Noble will be held at 10:30 a.m. Today's story is "It's Earth Day" (Little Critter Series). 
• Earth Day Plant Activity at Library will take place from 3 to 4 p.m. As part of April Vacation Week, the library invites children (ages 6 - 10) to Stop by the activity room to decorate a flower pot and plant a seedling to take home and start your garden.

In Case You Missed It: The Medfield High School boys' lacrosse team improved to 5-2 this season with a 10-5 victory over Xaverian of Westwood Thursday night at MHS. In case you missed the story, you can read it by clicking here. 

Check Back Today: Today is Earth Day and Good Friday. Check out Medfield Patch for some "good for the environment" suggestions and use our directory to find churches in the area and their Good Friday worship schedules. Richard DeSorgher's weekly column, "Uniquely Medfield" will appear today and Medfield Patch will publish the latest police logs from Medfield Police. 

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