March 25: Shed the Meds, Weekend Plans

Spend your Friday 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. What are you doing this weekend? We've got some ideas in our weekly column.

2. Senator Kemp Hannon's at Farmingdale Public Library is from 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. today.

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3. Are you ready for Daler spring sports? Check out our first spring season preview going up on the site later today.

4. Farmingdale Patch is looking for to profile every week - volunteers, academics, athletes, specifically all those making a difference in the community.  E-mail editor Amanda Fiscina at amandaf@patch.com if you would like to nominate a youngster.

5. Help Farmingdale win Patch's Hop Into Spring Sweepstakes. Enter here for our town to win a free screening of the new movie Hop, a chance to meet the characters and an additional $500.