5 Things You Need to Know Today: Sept. 19

Today is Wednesday, Sept. 19, and here are the five things you need to know:

1. Be prepared for some wet weather today. The National Weather Service is predicting that local residents can expect rain and thunderstorms today. It will be cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly sunny, with a high near 70. Tonight should be mostly clear, with a low around 51. (sunrise, 6:28 a.m.; low tide, 7:54 a.m.; high tide, 2:07 p.m.; sunset, 6:45 p.m.)

2. At their meeting Tuesday night, members of the Recreation and Parks Commission unanimously endorsed the Marblehead All-Sports Foundation's efforts to get a synthetic turf field at Marblehead High School before the 2013 fall sports season. Click Here to read the full story.

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