'Long Summer Family Fun Day' at Veterans Park, Bayside Y

Here are five things you should know about today, Aug. 14, in and around Barrington: 

1. Partly cloudy with a high temperature near 78 degrees.
2. The Barrington Land Conservation Trust and the Bayside YMCA team up for a special 'Long Summer Family Fun Day' starting at 4:30 pm in Veterans Memorial Park.
3. The Friends of the Barrington Public Library are offering some very special books for purchase directly from the library's book sorting room. Among them: THE NEW GROVE DICTIONARY OF MUSIC AND MUSICIANS edited by Stanley Sadie, in 20 volumes, and a collector’s edition of JANE EYRE by Charlotte Bronte. Click here to find the book sorting room online.
4. Marijuana Anonymous, a fellowship of men and women who share recovery from marijuana addiction, meets at 7 pm in the education building of Barrington Congregational Church, 461 County Road.
5. Two Barrington boards, the Cemetery Commission and the Harbor Commission, meet today, respectively, at 3:30 pm in the Library Meeting Room and at 7:30 pm in the harbormaster's office in the Public Safety Complex on Federal Road.