Drain Project Maps, Timeline and Traffic Patterns

1. Weather Watch: A chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after noon. Patchy fog after 7 a.m. Cloudy and cooler with a high near 60. East wind 7 to 9 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40 percent.

• Sunrise: 5:15 a.m.
• High tide: 8:28 a.m.
• Low tide: 2:34 p.m.
• Sunset: 8:04 p.m.

2. Business Owners Cite Drain Project Concerns: Our lead story this morning is about last night's meeting of business owners, town officials and drain project contractors. Here is our full report.

3. Drain Project Timeline, Maps and Traffic Patterns: The town has posted an information sheet with the drain project's timeline, maps of where the work will take place, and information on the traffic patterns that will be used during construction. I've attached it as a PDF or you can see it here on the town's Web site.

4. Magicians in Action: Weather permitting, the following Marblehead High School squads will be in action at home today: Boys lacrosse versus Hamilton-Wenham and softball against Swampscott. Here are the details.

5. Attention Writers: The Marblehead Festival of the Arts has extended its deadline for writers for this year's festival to May 23, according to the festival's Facebook page. Here's what you need to know (note that old May 18 deadline is still on this link.)

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