5 Things

Welcome to the weekend, Douglaston.

The Little Neck-Douglaston Ambulance Corps will host an EMS Celebration Day from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. today at its Marathon Parkway headquarters. Make sure to drop by Douglaston Patch tomorrow morning for our coverage.

This afternoon, we'll post our weekly Parent Talk column. Our council of local moms and dads will discuss how to help children with homework without doing it for them.

Drop by the site on Monday morning for the latest installment of Walter Mugdan's Conservation Conversation as well as This Week at the Movies. Reviews will include "Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides" and "Midnight in Paris."

Here are 5 Things You Need to Know Today:

1. Stop by the ambulance corps for EMS Celebration Day and then read our story on Sunday morning.

2. This afternoon, drop back by for Parent Talk.

3. The Bayside Historical Society is hosting It's My Park at Fort Totten.

4. Does your high school graduate have exciting plans for the future? Have they been accepted into a top school or already have a job lined up? Or, are they just taking some time off to do something interesting for a while? If so, we'd love to profile them for a story on Douglaston Patch. For more information, email nathan.duke@patch.com.

5. There will be jazz, wine and cheese tomorrow at The Castle at Fort Totten.