5 Things You Need To Know Today: Sept. 12

1) Newsbit of the Day:  The School Committee meets tonight at 7 at the high school. Agenda items include updates on Hadley School maintenance and the Middle School teachers' trip to South Africa.

2) Swampscott Scholars: SHS Class of 2012 graduate Carolyn Murphy received the Dick & Kathy Baker Annual Scholarship.

3) Bit of Poetry:

Writing is exciting
and baseball is like writing.
You can never tell with either
how it will go
or what you will do;
generating excitement--
a fever in the victim--
pitcher, catcher, fielder, batter.

Marianne Moore

4) Weather Watch: The National Weather Service is predicting a sunny day with a high near 78.

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