Today is Tuesday, May 8, the 129th day of the year and World Red Cross Red Crescent Day.
Today's Headlines
- SportsBeat: — Including a student
- Woodbury-Middlebury Eye on the Beltway:
Events & Reminders
- All Day:
- 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. at Bethlehem's Memorial Hall and the Woodbury Senior Center
- 6 p.m.
- 7 p.m. at
- 7:30 p.m. at
- 7:30 p.m. in the
Today's Weather
Tuesday in Middlebury: Showers likely, mainly after 7 a.m. Cloudy, with a high near 64. South wind between 6 and 13 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60 percent. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.
Tuesday Night in Middlebury: Showers and possibly a thunderstorm. Low around 56. South wind between 5 and 9 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80 percent. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Tuesday in Woodbury: Rain likely, mainly after 11 a.m. Cloudy, with a high near 66. South wind between 11 and 17 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70 percent. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.
Tuesday Night in Woodbury: Showers and possibly a thunderstorm. Low around 51. South wind between 8 and 13 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80 percent. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Today in History
1886: Pharmacist John Styth Pemberton first sells a carbonated beverage named "Coca-Cola" as a patent medicine.
1919: Edward George Honey first proposed the idea of a moment of silence to commemorate The Armistice of WWI, which later results in the creation of Remembrance Day. In the U.S. it was called Armistice Day and is now Veterans Day.
1933: Mohandas Gandhi begins a 21-day fast in protest against the British rule in India.
1945: WWII combat ends in Europe with German forces agreeing to an unconditional surrender in Rheims, France.
Weather information taken from the National Weather Service. Today in History compiled from Wikipedia and other sources.
