5 Things

Good morning, Douglaston.

This weekend, keep your eye out for a story on a local mediation center and stop back by this afternoon for our weekly Parent Talk feature.

This coming week, we'll put up a story about a 1986 Mets reunion being held at Strawberry's Sports Grill.

If you have not already read them, be sure to take a look at our newest columns, Notes from a Food Diva and Day Tripper.

Here are 5 Things You Need to Know Today:

1. Read our story about the Douglaston mediation center.

2. Stop by at 2 p.m. for Parent Talk. This week's topic is how to get your kids to save energy in your home during extremely hot weather.

3. Strawberry's Sports Grill will host a 1986 Mets reunion event tomorrow. Click here for more information.

4. The play "A Permanent Solution for a Temporary Problem" will be performed at the Flushing Public Library this afternoon.

5. It's stressful being a male baboon - at least, according to a report in the journal Science. Take a look at the New York Times's story.