5 Things

Good morning, Douglaston.

If you’re thinking of using a tax preparer to help you file your tax returns this year, then be sure to drop by Douglaston Patch this morning for a list of 10 tips from the Internal Revenue Service.

Then, stop back by at noon for this week’s Sold! column, which includes photos of homes recently purchased in northeast Queens.

The next few weeks will be busy. Keep an eye out next week for coverage of Queens Borough President Helen Marshall’s State of the Borough speech as well as a piece on plans for the neighborhood’s for 2012.

Here are 5 Things You Need to Know Today:

1. Drop back by at 9 a.m. for our list of 10 tips to consider if you are using a tax preparer this year.

2. At noon, check out photos in this week’s Sold! column.

3. Queensborough Community College is hosting a program at 11 a.m. today during which attendees can learn about .

4. At 3 p.m., the Bayside Public Library is offering a .

5. is holding its program this weekend. Children will learn to make fruit smoothies and banana pancakes during the class.