Blue and White Day at BHS, Retirement Board

1. Braintree High School students will wear Blue and White today as part of Spirit Week. The Homecoming Rally is this afternoon, followed by the Homecoming Dance Saturday at 7 p.m. in the gymnasium.

Last month, the School Committee voted to ban outside students from Homecoming. 

2. The Braintree Contributory Retirement Board meets at 10 a.m. on the second floor of 74 Pond St. 

3. Activities today at the Senior Center on Cleveland Avenue include: 

9:15 Exercise Class 

10:00 Weight Loss Group 

10:30 Blood Pressure  at Senior Center (free) by Home Instead 

11:00 Tai Chi Class and Library van ride 

12:00 Pool Players 

1:00 Women’s Poker

4. Today should be partly sunny with a high near 66 degrees, according to the National Weather Service. Tonight clear, low around 50.

5. Sam Adams was born today in 1722, as was Johnny Pesky (1919), actor Wilford Brimley (1934), Meat Loaf (1947), Gwyneth Paltrow (1972), Lil Wayne (1982) and Avril Lavigne (1984).