Daily Five: Council OKs Payment For Fitch Ball Field

1. Today is Wednesday Dec. 21. The forecast from the National Weather Service is a wet one: Rain, mainly after 2 p.m. High near 53. South wind between 9 and 13 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible. Wednesday Night: Showers, mainly before midnight. Low around 45. West wind between 9 and 14 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90 percent. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.

2.  The Town Council voted Tuesday night to go forward with paying $139,000 to four vendors owed for their work on the Fitch Ball Field improvements.  The Council met jointly with the Board of Education in a committee of the whole meeting Monday, and agreed to authorize the vendors be paid with department of defense money provided to the schools. The bills are 120 days overdue. The because the project cost about and more than the $500,000

3. How is it possible that there are no local entries in Patch's Deck The House contest, when we know there are so many ? The grand prize is $100,000 donated to the Groton schools - and ! Tell your friends and neighbors - if they have lights hung and inflatables inflated - to snap a photo and upload it to the contest site!

4. As you begin to make your travel plans for the Christmas weekend, don't forget to check Patch's newest feature: Our Gas & Traffic page. Cheap gas and road construction notifications - call it an early Christmas present!

5. Remember that great YouTube video we posted earlier this year of the listening to the mariachi band? Well, to pick the cutest images from the web this year. Vote!