5 Things You Need to Know Today: July 19

Today is Thursday, July 19, and here are the five things you need to know today:

1. Thanks to yesterday's storm, it should be a 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 76. Tonight should be partly cloudy, with a low around 60. (sunrise, 5:24 a.m.; low tide, 6:40 a.m.; high tide, 12:57 p.m.; sunset, 8:14 p.m.)

2. It's been a little more than a year since forced the owners of and to close their doors - and now both businesses are very close to reopening. for our full story.

3. A series of powerful thunderstorms rolled through Marblehead Wednesday afternoon. The result was downed limbs, power outages and two-inch hailstones. Click Here to view a time-lapse video of the storm arriving.

4. It seems like it has been forever since Grown Ups 2 film crews shot in town, but you can expect to see them arriving in downtown Marblehead tonight. for all the details.

5. Today in History: On July 19, 1799, during Napoleon Bonaparte's Egyptian campaign, a French soldier discovered a black basalt slab inscribed with ancient writing near the town of Rosetta, about 35 miles north of Alexandria. The stone would forever be known as the Rosetta Stone.

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