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Five Things You Need to Know in Hyattsville Today (the Hy-Five)

The skies looked pretty gray Thursday. Looks like we're in for another overcast day today.

Thank God it’s Friday, Hyattsville! Here are five things you need to know today:

1. Should have a relatively mild day today, with a high of 52 degrees, though the National Weather Service is expecting clouds to roll in. One never knows what those clouds are full of this time of year.

2. There’s a Christmas blessings party from 3 to 5 p.m. Saturday at . Kids are invited!

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3. Have you seen the Watkins Park festival of lights yet this year? It’s their 25th anniversary and the show’s on from 5 to 9:30 tonight. and organizers are asking attendees to bring a canned good to donate to a local food bank.

4. Only two more weeks of city leaf collection remain this season! Make sure you get the fallen ones out to the curb on Dec. 19 and Jan. 9 so the city can suck them up and get them out of your way.

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5. America’s Bill of Rights was ratified on this day in 1791.


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