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Five Things to Know Today: Feb. 25

Don't be surprised if frogs fall from the sky; everything else will today.

 1.  Weather: Heavy rain and high winds, according to the National Weather Service, with a high of 52. Sunrise is at 6:42 and sunset at 5:48, which gives us about 2 minutes and 36 seconds more daylight than yesterday.

2.  I’ll Be Your Best Friend: Please check out our Emmaus Patch Facebook page and “Like” us … we like you!

3.  In Case you Missed It: A report by the Center for American Progress to a dim view of American public school achievement, but it ranked East Penn as a high-achieving district that gets a high rate of return on its student investment.

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4.  Coming Up: As a precaution, a neighborhood in Emmaus has been under a Water Boil Advisory after a water main broke Wednesday morning. If yesterday’s water test in clear today, the advisory should be lifted by this afternoon.

5Today in History: On this day in 1861, Hiram Rhoades Revels, a Republican from Natchez Mississippi became the first African America to sit in Congress.

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