Five Things You Need To Know Today

Here are today's most important things to know, Hyattsville.

1.Tonight's City Council meeting includes a presentation about the proposed new elementary school site plan and request for vacation of Oliver Place and Maryhurst Drive. Paul Taylor, director of Prince George’s County Public Schools, will provide the information.

2. Happy Hour at Carolina Kitchen is 4 to 7 p.m. Domestic draughts are $2. Cocktails and house wines are $3.99.

3. The great Metro Yarn Crawl began on April 9. If don’t have your tote bag, which doubles as your ticket, A Tangled Skein still has some, for $13. Ten shops in the Washington, D.C. are participating in the crawl, which runs until April 17. Your tote bag entitles you to a 20 percent discount from any of the stores on full-priced yarn, fiber, books and patterns. A card comes with each tote bag. Get it stamped at each of the shops you visit. Each shop will hold a drawing at the end of the crawl. When you have collected seven stamps, you can enter the drawing held by the shop of your choice. A Tangled Skein's prize is a $100 gift certificate. During the crawl, the storage room at A Tangled Skein will be open for a super annex sale with clearance yarns at a 70 percent discount. After April 17 all remaining sale yarn will be donated to charity. This sale will take the place of the regular Friday annex sale on April 15.

4. Tomorrow night is Family Math Night at 5:30 p.m. in the multipurpose room of Rosa Parks Elementary School.

5. Notice people walking around your neighborhood yesterday? That was just Trinity Lutheran and Redeemer Lutheran churches on a prayer walk. Curious what it was all about? Check out the details at the Concordia Lutheran School website.