5 Things You Need to Know Today: May 17

Today is Thursday, May 17, and here are the five things you need to know:

1. It should be a beautiful spring day in Marblehead. The National Weather Service is predicting that local residents can expect it to be sunny, with a high near 63. Tonight should be clear, with a low around 46. (sunrise, 5:19 a.m.; high tide, 9:43 a.m.; low tide, 3:37 p.m.; sunset, 8:01 p.m.)

2. The Board of Selectmen sat down with Columbia Pictures Location Manager Mark Fitzgerald at Wednesday night to discuss the proposed filming schedule for the upcoming Adam Sandler movie Grown Ups 2. for all the details.

3. Also at the Selectmen's meeting Wednesday night, board members unanimously approved awarding a common victualer's license to Marblehead resident Joseph Costanzo, who is looking to open at the space on Pleasant Street formerly occupied by .

4. 's varsity softball team will take on Lynn English this afternoon at . The game is scheduled to begin at 4 p.m., so consider stopping by to cheer them on!

5. Today in History: On May 17, 1939, the Columbia Lions and the Princeton Tigers played in the United States' first televised sporting event, a collegiate basketball game in New York City.

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