May 4: Forum, School Board, Blogs

Spend your Wednesday 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. Calling all : Every Wednesday at 1 p.m. we host a discussion called about local parenting topics. We want your opinions. Please join the discussion by commenting on the article later today.

2. We're compiling a list of the that make Farmingdale unique. Did you miss our yesterday?

3. There is a tonight at 8 p.m. at .

4. Head to for to receive 25% off any bottle of wine $100 or less.

5. will launch today! Come back later to view this new feature and interact with our new local bloggers. Interested in blogging on Patch? E-mail amandaf@patch.com.