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Marblehead Sea Captains Speak Tonight About Lobstering and Diving

Our "Five Things to Know" column provides essential daily information at a glance, including word of a great free talk to by given tonight at the library by Captains Jay Michaud and Ray Bates.

1. Weather Watch: Showers likely, mainly before 10 a.m. Patchy fog before 10 a.m. Otherwise, cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly sunny, with a high near 58.

  • Sunrise: 5:48 a.m.
  • High tide: 10:45 a.m.
  • Low tide: 4:48 p.m.
  • Sunset: 7:35 p.m.

2. New Police Captain to be Named: One of the agenda items for tonight's Board of Selectmen meeting is Police Chief Robert Picariello's scheduled announcement of a new captain. The meeting starts at 7:30 p.m. at Abbot Hall.

3. Marblehead Captains Tell Tales of Lobstering and Diving: There's a great program tonight in the "Underwater in Salem Sound" Lecture Series. "The Sound of Nickels and Dimes — Earning A Living from the Waters of Salem Sound" will be presented by Captains Jay Michaud and Ray Bates. 7 p.m. at the Abbot Public Library. Free.

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4. Magicians in Action: Marblehead High School sports will really be in full swing today if the rain clears off. Games today include boys tennis hosting Revere, softball at home against Lynn Classical and a home track meet versus Danvers. Here are the details.

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5. Coming This Morning: Marblehead's own Olympic gold medalist, Kayla Harrison, was at Swampscott High on Tuesday, where she threw a big football player to the auditorium floor. She also opened up about the sexual abuse she suffered as a child from her judo coach. We've got a full report, and I'll be posting it here later this morning.

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