April 25: Short Story Group, Community Voices

Spend your Monday 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.

Have an event or topic that should appear in this column? Add it to the calendar or send us a news tip.

1. Are you a student at Farmingdale State? Every Monday we run a weekly calendar of events happening at

2. The meets today at the at 10:30 a.m.

3. Looking for a job? Our column is a weekly listing of all the available jobs in the area.

4. Each Monday we profile - students in the community doing great things. This week's students are very impressive-  make sure to check them out on the site later today.

5. Are you a parent in the district, a teacher, a Farmingdale alum, someone who sends their kids to private school or someone without kids in the system? We want to hear your take on the school budget during this tough year for LI schools. E-mail amandaf@patch.com.