Spend your Thursday with the activities and news in this "5 Things" column, where you will find five essential pieces of information you need to know each day, like events happening or local topics being covered on the site.
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1. School is back in session after the snow day yesterday. How are the roads today? E-mail amandaf@patch.com.
2. The has canceled all events while the collection is being moved back up to the main floor. Get a sneak peak at the renovated library reopening Jan. 18 .
3. Stumped for lunch break ideas? Check out our column for reviews of local eateries all around Farmingdale. We've recently visited , and and a new dish column is going up on the site later today.
4. Cheer on the Dalers: The takes on Oceanside at 5 p.m at .
5. There is an tonight at at 7 p.m. Check out our previous coverage of Borders events here.
