5 Things You Need to Know Today: March 1

The daily 5 has the weather forecast, gas prices, and some suggestions on how to spend your day.

1. The weather

The National Weather Service predicts mostly cloudy skies today, with a high near 28 degrees. Friday night will be mostly cloudy, with a low around 16 degrees. Saturday will be partly sunny, with a high near 25 degrees.

2. Movie and Popcorn

The Dexter District Library will screen the movie Hotel Transylvania for free at 11 a.m. Friday, March 1. Dracula, who operates a high-end resort away from the human world, goes into overprotective mode when a boy discovers the resort and falls for the count's teen-aged daughter.

3. Dexter Knights of Columbus Fish Fry

The Dexter Knights of Columbus will continue its annual Lenten Fish Fry today. Dinners will be served from 4:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at the Knights of Columbus Hall, 8265 Dexter-Chelsea Road. Meals are $10, $9, and $6 for children under 10.

4. Gas prices

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

• $3.84 a gallon (regular) BP, 200 Baker Rd.
• $3.85 a gallon (regular), Sunoco, 2940 Baker Rd.
• $3.85 a gallon (regular), Pilot Service Station, 195 Baker Rd.
• $3.85 a gallon (regular), Pilot Service Station, 750 Baker Rd.
• $3.95 a gallon (regular), BP, 8135 Main St.
• $3.89 a gallon (regular), Mobil, 7177 Dexter-Ann Arbor Rd.

5. This day in history

March 1, 1932: On this day in 1932, in a crime that captured the attention of the entire nation, Charles Lindbergh III, the 20-month-old son of aviation hero Charles Lindbergh, was kidnapped from the family's new mansion in Hopewell, New Jersey. The body of the baby was later discovered near the Lindbergh mansion. For more historic dates, visit www.history.com.