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5 Things You Need to Know Today: June 18

Here are the five things you need to know before you start your day in Marblehead.

Today is Monday, June 18, and here are the five things you need to know:

1. It should be a pleasant day in Marblehead. The National Weather Service is predicting that local residents can expect it to be mostly sunny, with a high near 60. Tonight should be partly cloudy, with a low around 57. (sunrise, 5:05 a.m.; high tide, 11:25 a.m.; low tide, 5:11 p.m.; sunset, 8:23 p.m.)

2. An unidentified man has reportedly passed away after in the waters off of Marblehead Saturday afternoon. According to Salem Assistant Harbor Master Patrick Mulligan, area emergency responders received an alert around 2 p.m. Saturday that a man had fallen from a sailboat. for the full story.

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3. Did you get a chance to stop by the behind Saturday morning? to check out some photographs from the second market of the season.

4. Marblehead's Open Space Committee will meet this afternoon in the Selectmen's Meeting Room of . The meeting, scheduled to begin at 2 p.m., is expected to feature a plan update, according to the posted agenda.

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5. Today in History: On June 18, 1812, U.S. Congress officially delcared war on the United Kingdom.

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