Welcome to “5 Things,” your daily source for community events, happenings in town and other little tidbits of information. Here are five things you need to know on Tuesday, March 5.

1. Warmer: Clouds will still linger on Tuesday but the temperature will get a little higher than Monday – up to the mid-40s.  There’s an outside chance of a morning shower and there will be a light north wind.

2. Expo: The annual North Shore Business Expo comes to DoubleTree by Hilton Boston North Shore on Tuesday, with a full day of events planned. Businesses from all across the region will take part and there will be several seminars and panels discussions for local business leaders.

3. Blogs: Have you checked our "Local Voices" blogs? Just in the past few days we have two blogs with tax advice and a local photographer offering photo tips.

4. Sports: The past few days have been full of excitement over the success of “Danvers Nation” with two big wins by the boys hockey team and a win from the boys basketball team over Minuteman Technical High School.

5. Slots: The public meeting that the Board of Selectmen had discussed about holding regarding the slots parlor proposal on Tuesday at Danvers High School will not happen. A representative from the company, The Cordish Companies of Maryland, has asked the town to postpone the meeting. A new date has not yet been set.

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