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Five Things You Need to Know Today: Aug. 11

There's a GOP debate today, as well as a North Hampton School Board.

Good morning, Hampton and North Hampton. Here are five things you need to know for Thursday, Aug. 11:

 

1. Tune in for Debate Coverage: There's a GOP debate in Iowa today, and Patch will have coverage as well as coverage of some New Hampshire candidate viewing parties.

Find out what's happening in Hampton-North Hamptonwith free, real-time updates from Patch.

The Ames (Iowa) Patch will cover the debate, while stay tuned right here on Thursday and Friday for some coverage of the local parties. Watch for our tweets with the hashtag "#debatewatch" and tweets from our evening's live commentators, @NHRepSerlin and @AndrewHemingway.

Also, are you getting together to watch the debate in Hampton or North Hampton? Let us know and we might stop on by!

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2. Fate of the Field Trip: The North Hampton School Board will meet at 7 p.m., and among the expected discussion items is the continuation of the New York City trip, on which the board will take a vote.

3. This Day in History: On this day in 1934, a group of federal prisoners classified as "most dangerous" arrives at Alcatraz Island, a 22-acre rocky outcrop situated 1.5 miles offshore in San Francisco Bay, Calif.

The convicts -- the first civilian prisoners to be housed in the new high-security penitentiary -- joined a few dozen military prisoners left over from the island's days as a U.S. military prison.

Also, the longest work stoppage in major league history begins on this day in the 1994, and hip-hop is born at a birthday party in the Bronx on this day in 1973. 

Information courtesy of History.com.

4. Today's Forecast: Luckily, there won't be another day of rain today. Today should be mostly sunny, and the high should be near 78 degrees.

Tonight should be much cooler, though, with a low around 58 degrees. 

Information courtesy of the National Weather Service.

5. Today's Featured Fun: Judy Pancoast will perform at the North Hampton Bandstand at 10:30 a.m. as part of the town's children's program.


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