Planning to Pay for College, Making Your House Safe From Falls, Story Time at the Benton

1. Peter Hoffman, a Certified Financial Planner with Woburn-based Trust Advisory Group, Ltd., will speak on the whys and hows of planning for the costs of a higher education so you can send your kids to college without endangering your retirement or burdening them with years of debt from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. in the Belmont Public Library's Assembly Room. This free program is sponsored by the non-profit Financial Planning Association of Massachusetts as part of its mission to bring financial planning education to the public.

2. For most seniors, falls are the greatest threat to continue living independently at home. The Beech Street Center, 266 Beech St., is presenting a Safe Home "Tour", a virtual one-hour program that illustrates the "slip, trip and fall" hazards in a typical home and a discussion of practical and economical modifications. The free program begins at 1:15 p.m.

3. Pre-School Storytime will be held at the Benton Library, Belmont's independent and volunteer run library, at 10:30 a.m. Stories and crafts for children age 3 to 5. Parents or caregivers must attend. Siblings may attend with adults. Registration is not required. The Benton Library is located at the intersection of Oakley and Old Middlesex.

4. The Planning Board will continue discussions with the solar power firm Broadway Electric on installing solar panel arrays on the roof of the Wellington Elementary School at its public meeting in the Selectmen's Room in Town Hall beginning at 7 p.m.

5. On this day in 1935, Parker Brothers began marketing the board game "Monopoly."