Community Corner
Five Things to Know: Artificial Turf Issue Resumes
Essential daily information at a glance, including word that the School Committee will take up the controversial artificial turf debate.

1. Weather Watch: Scattered showers, mainly before 9 a.m. Cloudy, with a high near 41. Breezy, with a northeast wind 16 to 22 mph, with gusts as high as 34 mph.
- Sunrise: 6:10 a.m.
- Low tide: 12:06 p.m.
- Sunset: 5:39 p.m.
- High tide: 6:26 p.m.
2. IMPORTANT UPDATE — Artificial Turf: The School Committee takes up this sometimes-contentious issue again at their 7:30 p.m. Thursday meeting, not their Wednesday meeting as originally indicated here this morning. The Thursday meeting is at the library at the high school.
3. Lobsters: The Boston Lobsters – the North Shore-based professional tennis team - will be moving its home court from the Ferncroft Country Club up to Manchester Athletic Club on Cape Ann this summer, but they will not be that far away – just a few exits up Route 128. Keep your eyes open this week, the Lobsters plan to announce this summer’s schedule.
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4. Coastal Flood Warning: Yes, forecasters say we're due for yet another winter storm on Thursday and Friday. The National Weather Service has issued a coastal flood warning for Marblehead.
5. More Snow?: That same weather system could bring us snow as well. The exact amounts are in flux, but it's supposed to be heavy and wet.
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