Today is Tuesday, March 12th. Here are five things you need to know.

Lynnfield Idol Semifinal: Tonight at 7 p.m., it's the semifinal in the ongoing Lynnfield Idol competition. The final is on March 27th.

Candidates Night: The Lynnfield Business Coalition will hold its annual candidates night on Thursday, March 21 in the LHS auditorium at 7 p.m. Participating candidates will present a prepared statement and will take questions from the audience as well as prepared questions.

Book Group: This Thursday, March 14th from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m., the Lynnfield Library’s BookLover’s group discusses “The Buried Book: The Loss and Recovery of the Great Epic of Gilgamesh” by David Damrosch

The Lynnfield Girls Softball Middle School Program is having its final signup session at the Lynnfield Middle School cafeteria tonight from 6:30 to 8:30 pm. For more information, contact Jerry Guerra at jguerra@jagg-group.com.

Save The Date: Coming up on Monday, March 25th, dine at the Ninety-Nine Restaurant in Lynnfield to help support Journeys of Hope, a local nonprofit that helps support homeless teens. Dine between 5 and 10 p.m. and 15% of your check will be donated to the organization. A voucher is required that night and a PDF copy will be provided on this website this week.