5 Things You Need to Know Today: July 17

Today is Tuesday, July 17, and here are the five things you need to know:

1. Be prepared for another hot day in Marblehead. The National Weather Service is predicting that local residents can expect it to be sunny, with a high near 94. Tonight should be mostly cloudy, with a low around 75. (sunrise, 5:21 a.m.; high tide, 10:54 a.m.; low tide, 4:41 p.m.; sunset, 8:17 p.m.)

2. A local man accused of assaulting a police officer following his arrest for selling prescription narcotics on Pleasant Street Saturday afternoon is scheduled to be arraigned in Lynn District Court this morning. for our full story.

3. The town's Solid Waste Facility Committee will meet tonight in the lower-level conference room of the on Widger Road. The meeting, scheduled to begin at 7:30 p.m., is expected to feature a review of the transfer station site plan, according to the posted agenda.

4. In honor of the recent heat wave, this week's column poses this question: Would you rather put up with a blizzard or a heat wave? to see photographs of some local landmarks during a blizzard that rocked Marblehead in January 2011.

5. Today in History: On July 17, 1945, Winston Churchill, Harry S. Truman and Joseph Stalin met in the German city of Potsdam to decide the future of a defeated Germany.

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