Five Things You Need to Know in Mansfield for Dec. 20: BYOB, Media and Scouts

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• Mostly sunny, with a high near 40. North wind around 6 mph becoming light and variable in the afternoon.
• Thursday Night Showers likely, mainly after 5am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 34. Light east wind increasing to 5 to 10 mph after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

2. Mansfield Selectmen Angered by Newtown Media Coverage - Many in the Mansfield Board of Selectmen feel that the media coverage of the Newton Connecticut shootings was too much, too fast.

3. Mansfield's Aunt Aleda's Asking for BYOB policy for their restaurant. The issue has been brought up in Mansfield before, concerning Mangia Bene's BYOB policy, but Mansfield selectmen want to make the rules a little more stringent.

4. Judge Says Kosilek's Legal Team Should Be Paid

5. There are two story times for ages 2-3 and 4-5 today at the Mansfield Public Library. The morninggroup meets at 11 a.m. and the afternoon group meets at 1 p.m.