5 Things You Need to Know Today, Aug. 3

Today is Friday, Aug. 3. Here are five things to know today in Peabody.

1. Weekend weather: Some heavy rain in the forecast today and tonight between 4 and 10 p.m. amid 90-degree temperatures. Saturday and Sunday should see more of the same with highs in the mid to upper 80s.
2. Babe Ruth baseball: Double elimination round robin play begins this morning (10 a.m.) in Quincy for Peabody Babe Ruth baseball against the Waterford, Conn. All-Stars. The winner goes on to play either Coventry, R.I. or Portland, Maine on Saturday while the loser drops into the loser's bracket and would also play the next day.
3. Party for the animals: A neighborhood block party over at 19 Jefferson Rd. on Saturday won't just be having fun between noon and 11 p.m., some of the neighbhorhood youngsters will be holding a bottle and can drive as well to raise funds to donate to the Northeast Animal Shelter on behalf of pets in need.
4. Saturday market: The runs between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. at the library courtyard on Main Street.
5. Lee Hawkins Band Sunday: The Lee Hawkins Band performs this Sunday at the from 6-8 p.m. The concert was rescheduled from last weekend due to rain.