5 Things You Need to Know Today: May 25

Welcome to 5 Things You Need to Know Today, your place for useful facts. We'll provide this early morning digest each weekday to keep Salemites and Salem Patch users in-the-know.

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2. What are you doing for Memorial Day? We want to know how you'll be celebrating those who have served and how you'll be enjoying a little extra time off with family and friends. Let us know what you'll be up to in the comments.
3. Soon to open art gallery, Mike's Museum, located at 1 Lafayette St., invites you to Annual Towel Day. Towels will be collected for . Mike's Museum founder Mike Lash said "Towel Day is an annual celebration on the 25th of May, as a tribute to the late author Douglas Adams (1952-2001). On that day, fans around the universe proudly carry a towel in his honor." You learn something new every day! To learn more about Mike's museum, visit the Facebook Page.
4. We're psyched for Prom. We'll be on Friday to see students off (fingers crossed for good weather). Be sure to say hello and smile for our photographers.
5. The National Weather Service is predicting mostly sunny skies today and a high of 65 degrees. Sounds good to us, but it looks like we may be in for some dense fog tonight.

To find out what else is happening today in Salem, check out our events calendar.