5 Things You Need to Know Today: March 19

Today is Monday, March 19, and here are the five things you need to know:

1. Be prepared for a few showers today. The National Weather Service is predicting that local residents can expect a slight chance of showers after 2 p.m. Otherwise, it will be partly sunny, with a high near 56. Tonight should be mostly cloudy, with a low around 41. (sunrise, 6:47 a.m.; high tide, 9:45 a.m.; low tide, 3:56 p.m.; sunset, 6:55 p.m.)

2. The Finance Committee will meet tonight in the lower-level conference room of the on Widger Road. The meeting is scheduled to begin at 7 p.m. and will feature a review of the school budgets for Fiscal 13, according to the posted agenda.

3. The town's Board of Selectmen will meet in executive session this afternoon in the Selectmen's Meeting Room of . The closed meeting, scheduled to begin at 3 p.m., is expected to feature a discussion about "strategies as it relates to collective bargaining," according to the posted agenda.

4. Don't forget! Town residents will gather at the Sun Circle at tomorrow morning to ring in the first sunrise of spring. Check out from last year's celebration. Sunrise Tuesday will be at 6:45 a.m.

5. Today in History: On March 19, 1918, Congress established time zones and approved daylight saving time.

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