Woodbury-Middlebury Briefing: Thursday, May 10

Today is Thursday, May 10, the 131st day of the year.

Today's Headlines

Events & Reminders

• All Day:

• 11:30 a.m.

• 2:30 p.m. ,

• 4 p.m.

• 5 p.m.

• 7 p.m.

• 7:30 p.m. ,

Today's Weather

Thursday in Middlebury: A chance of showers before 11 a.m., then a slight chance of showers after 5 p.m. Patchy fog before 10 a.m. Otherwise, cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly sunny, with a high near 65. North wind between 7 and 14 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30 percent.

Thursday Night in Middlebury: Partly cloudy, with a low around 40. Northwest wind between 6 and 11 mph.

Thursday in Woodbury: A chance of showers before 1 p.m., then isolated showers after 2 p.m. Patchy fog before 9 a.m. Otherwise, partly sunny, with a high near 68. Northwest wind between 8 and 14 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40 percent. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.

Thursday Night in Woodbury: Partly cloudy, with a low around 40. Northwest wind between 6 and 11 mph.

Today in History

1497: Amerigo Vespucci allegedly leaves Cadiz for his first voyage to the New World.

1775: Representatives from the 13 Colonies begin the Second Continental Congress in Philadelphia. 

1869: The First Transcontinental Railroad, linking the eastern and western U.S., is completed at Promontory Summit, UT with the golden spike.

1872: Victoria Woodhull becomes the first woman nominated for President of the United States.

1893: The U.S. Supreme Court rules in Nix v. Hedden that a tomato is a vegetable, not a fruit, under the Tariff Act of 1883.

Weather information taken from the National Weather Service. Today in History compiled from Wikipedia and other sources.