5 Things You Need to Know Today: March 12

Today is Monday, March 12, and here are the five things you need to know:

1. Make sure you get outside today, it will be a beautiful day in Marblehead. The National Weather Service is predicting that local residents can expect it to be sunny with a high near 61. Tonight should be cloudy, with a low around 46. (sunrise, 7:00 a.m.; low tide, 8:53 a.m.; high tide, 3:08 p.m.; sunset, 6:47 p.m.)

2. The Finance Committee unanimously passed a motion in favor of approving a request from the for more than $300,000 to improve the radio system used by local emergency responders at their meeting Thursday night. , which breaks down the costs.

3. The Board of Health will meet tonight in the lower-level conference room of the on Widger Road. The meeting, scheduled to begin at 7 p.m., will feature a review of the department's annual appropriation, recently approved by the Finance Committee.

4. This week's contest asks you to pick the best place in Marblehead to celebrate St. Patrick's Day. We've given you a couple of options, let us know if we missed your favorite hangout and we will add it to the list. 

5. Today in History: On March 12, 1930, Mahatma Gandhi led a 200-mile march, known as the Salt March, to the sea in defiance of British opposition and to protest the British monopoly on salt.

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