5 Things You Need to Know Today: May 8

Today is Tuesday, May 8, and here are the five things you need to know:

1. Be prepared for some more wet weather today. The National Weather Service is predicting that local residents can expect showers, mainly after 3 p.m. and a high temperature near 47. Tonight should be rainy, with a low around 51. (sunrise, 5:28 a.m.; low tide, 7:25 a.m.; high tide, 1:43 p.m.; sunset, 7:51 p.m.)

2. Marblehead Town Meeting will continue tonight inside the Performing Arts Center at . Town Meeting is scheduled to reconvene at 7:45 p.m.

3. Local voters unanimously approved 's request for a new $1.2 million quint ladder truck at Town Meeting Monday night. for the full story. Voters also approved a proposed three-year $4.9 million drainage project. for all the details.

4. 's boys' varsity tennis team will host Revere this afternoon at the high school. The matches are scheduled to begin at 4 p.m., so consider stopping by to cheer them on!

5. Today in History: On May 8, during the Civil War, Richmond, Va., was named the capital of the Confederate States of America.

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