5 Things You Need to Know Today: Aug. 14

Today is Tuesday, Aug. 14, and here are the five things you need to know:

1. It should be another picture-perfect day in Marblehead. The National Weather Service is predicting that local residents can expect it to be mostly sunny, with a high near 77. Tonight should be mostly cloudy, with a low around 67. (sunrise, 5:42 a.m.; low tide, 9:28 a.m.; high tide, 3:47 p.m.; sunset, 7:55 p.m.)

2. Have you voted for Marblehead's best of the best yet? to cast your vote in this year's contest, which features everything from to .

3. The Planning Board will meet tonight in the Selectmen's Meeting Room of . The meeting, scheduled to begin at 7:30 p.m., according to the posted agenda.

4. The local man charged with driving through a row of bushes on Fairview Avenue while operating under the influence Friday evening was arraigned in Lynn District Court Monday morning. Click Here for all the details.

5. Today in History: On Aug. 14, 1935, the Social Security Act, which created a government pension system for the retired was created.

For more things going on in Marblehead today, check out our events calendar.