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5 Things You Need to Know Today: April 16

Here is a look at what's going on today around the Dexter area.

We've included a weather update, gas prices and some suggestions on how to spend your day.

1. The weather

The National Weather Service forecasts showers and thunderstorms likely before 2 p.m. today, then a chance of showers, with a high near 67 degrees. Monday night will be partly cloudy, with a low around 36 degrees.

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

2. Titanic Centennial Event: Meet a shipwreck survivor

Pierette Domenica Simpson, survivor of the 1956 collision of the SS Andrea Doria and the MS Stockholm, will return to the Ann Arbor District Library to share her personal and harrowing account of this traumatic event. She will deliver an up-close and personal account of transcending the trauma of a calamitous collision to becoming a proponent of safety at sea. The event takes place today from 7-8:30 p.m.

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

3. Varsity baseball versus Monroe

The Dexter Dreadnaughts take on Monroe today at 4:30 p.m. at Monroe High School. Come on out and support the varsity baseball team!

4. Gas prices

MichiganGasPrices.com reports the following gasoline prices in the Dexter area as of Sunday night:

  • $3.78 a gallon (regular), $4.09 (diesel), BP, 200 Baker Rd.
  • $3.99 a gallon (regular), $4.29 (diesel), , 2940 Baker Rd.
  • $3.79 a gallon (regular), $4.09 (diesel), , 195 Baker Rd.
  • $3.79 a gallon (regular), $4.09 (diesel), , 750 Baker Rd.
  • $3.99 a gallon (regular), BP, 8135 Main St.
  • $3.89 a gallon (regular), $4.19 (diesel) Mobil, 7177 Dexter-Ann Arbor Rd.

5. This day in history

April 16, 2007: On this day, in one of the deadliest shootings in U.S. history, 32 students and teachers were killed after being gunned down on the campus of Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University by Seung Hui Cho, a student at the school. For more historic dates, visit www.history.com.


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