5 Things You Need to Know Today: Oct. 5

Today is Friday, Oct. 5, and here are the five things you need to know:

1. It should be a beautiful day, so be sure to get outside and enjoy it. The National Weather Service is predicting that local residents can expect it to be partly sunny, with a high near 72. Tonight should be mostly clear, with a low around 59. (sunrise, 6:45 a.m.; low tide, 9:01 a.m.; high tide, 3:14 p.m.; sunset, 6:17 p.m.)

2. Marblehead High School's varsity football team will look to remain unbeaten this afternoon as they travel to Newburyport to take on Clippers. The game will be Marblehead's first chance to avenge a brutal loss last October where they amazingly blew a 26-7 point lead in the fourth quarter. It is scheduled to begin at 2:30 p.m.

3. Ellis Paul will be performing at the Me and Thee Coffee House on Mugford Street tonight. Tickets for the concert, which is scheduled to begin at 8 p.m., are $20 in advance, $23 at the door. Click Here for more information.

4. The seventh annual Breast Friends Walk will begin Sunday at Devereux Beach. The walk will kick off at 9 a.m. and will benefit a truly worthy cause, so consider stopping by and pitching in.

5. Today in History: On Oct. 5, 1947, the first televised White House address was given by President Harry S. Truman.

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