5 Things You Need to Know Today: Aug. 24

1. has a food truck with all kinds of good eats in its parking lot around lunch time today. Stop by to take part in the food truck craze.

2. The city is prepping for the upcoming elections today as they test their voting equipment today.

3. The Post Road Art Center is for it's upcoming show "floating" to be put in between August 23rd and 30th. Do you have an artistic bent? This might be the place to show it off and even be rewarded with a prize.

4. This was the day that Pluto received its demotion in 2006 to a "dwarf planet" by the International Astronomical Union, confusing parents and anyone not in elementary school at the time ever since.

5. If you are having trouble choosing your food for breakfast, or a late brunch, then perhaps you might want to have a waffle in honor of national waffle day. They might be Belgian in origin, but they have a home in my heart.