5 Things You Need To Know Today: July 9

1. Last Chance! Have you nominated your favorite in Bedford yet in our Readers' Choice categories? You have until the end of the day TODAY! So what are you waiting for? Tell us who deserves a nod in any of the following categories: , , , or even Click each link to go to the nomination page for each and don't forget to check out our with all 25 Readers' Choice categories that are up for grabs this month.

2. 2012 National Night Out. This year's National Night Out, a coordinated country-wide night out against crime, takes place on Tuesday, Aug. 7. Bedford Police, Fire, and Parks and Recreation departments will host events at Selvoski Field, near the l. The schedule includes a Police vs. Fire softball game, ice cream sundae's sponsored by the Coalition for Bedford Youth and a family concert with Ben Rudnick & Friends at the performance stage near the pool.

3. Talk about a perfect day. Yep, that's right. Mother Nature has seen fit to provide us a gorgeous, sunny 83-degree day with a 0-percent chance of rain. Get out and enjoy it. I know I will.

4. Seven up. Yesterday, Roger Federer won his seventh Wimbledon title by defeating home favorite Andy Murray in four sets. It's fitting then to note that on this day, in 1877, the All England Croquet and Lawn Tennis Club unveiled its first lawn tennis tournament at Wimbledon, which History.com notes was an outer-suburb of London. Twenty-one amateurs competed in the lone event, the Gentlemen's Singles tournament.

5. Here's the plan. The Bedford Planning Board is scheduled to meet tonight at 7 at the BCTV Bedford Town Meeting room. Among the topics to be discussed on the relatively short three-item agenda, board members will consider a request for final approval of a site plan for a 33,000 sq. ft. medical office building with associated site improvements at 5 Washington Place.

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