Five Things You Need to Know Today: Aug. 26

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

1. The weather

The National Weather Service predicts sunny skies with a high near 78 degrees. Tonight it will be partly cloudy with a low around 58 degrees.

2. Summer Concert Series

Billy Mack and the Juke Joint Johnnies will perform at 6:30 p.m. at the gazebo in . The concert is free and open to the public.

3. Learn how to downsize your home

The will host professional organizer Carolyn Anderson-Fermann at 10 a.m. Anderson-Fermann will provide audiences with simple tips to guide them through the process of downsizing a home. Whatever your age or situation, Anderson-Fermann will give you some helpful direction to set goals and timelines while deciding what to keep and what to toss.

4. Gas prices

On the road today? MichiganGasPrices.com reports the following gas prices in the Dexter area as of Wednesday night:

• $3.74 a gallon, , 200 Baker Rd.
• $3.75 a gallon, , 195 Baker Rd.
• $3.75 a gallon, , 750 Baker Rd.
• $3.71 a gallon, , 6100 Dexter-Pinckney Rd.
• $3.79 a gallon, , 7177 Dexter-Ann Arbor Rd.

5. Trivia

How many years has the been in operation? Know the answer? Leave us a comment.

Thursday's trivia answer:

In 2011, Thompson-Shore, a book binding company in Dexter, published this famous author's autobiography 100 years after his death. Mark Twain.