Daily Five: How About Attending a Book Discussion?

Weather: Don't get your hopes up if you want sunshine anytime soon. A slight chance of showers after 9 a.m. Patchy fog before 9 a.m. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with a high near 58. East wind around 6 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20 percent. Showers also possible through the evening. More clouds Thursday and Friday, according to NOAA.

Selectmen to meet: The Portland Board of Selectmen will meet at 7:30 p.m. at the Portland Public Library. Among the items on the agenda, setting a date for a public hearing on the proposed blight ordinance.

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Feel like a good book discussion? Come to the East Hampton Public Library at 6:30 p.m. for a discussion of John le Carre's classic novel, The Spy Who Came in From the Cold. The plot is set in the early 1960s and features a triple-bluff by the British Secret Service against what was then East Germany. No registration required.

Shoreline showdown: East Hampton (4-4) will host defending Class S champion Hale-Ray (6-5) in a Shoreline Conference softball game at 3:45 p.m.

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