5 Things You Need to Know Today: Oct. 4

Today is Thursday, Oct. 4, and here are the five things you need to know:

1. You'll want to be prepared for some wet weather today. The National Weather Service is predicting that local residents can expect showers, mainly after 3 p.m. and a high near 64. Tonight should bring more rain, which could be heavy at times. The low should be around 55. (sunrise, 6:44 a.m.; low tide, 8:18 a.m.; high tide, 2:31 p.m.; sunset, 6:18 p.m.)

2. Restaurant comings and goings, new businesses and the best dishes and recipes are among the items that have appeared on North Shore Patch sites over the past month. Click Here for this week's installment of The Latest North Shore Food News.

3. The Marblehead School Committee will meet tonight in the library at Marblehead High School. The meeting is scheduled to begin at 7:30 p.m., according to the posted agenda.

4. Marblehead High School's boys' varsity soccer team will host Lynn English tonight under the lights at Piper Field. The game is scheduled to begin at 6 p.m., so consider stopping by to cheer them on.

5. Today in History: On Oct. 4, 1985, the Free Software Foundation was founded in Massachusetts.

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