Waterfront Advisory Committee Meets Today

Today is Thursday, June 13, and here are the five things you need to know:

1. It should be a pleasant day in Swampscott. The National Weather Service is predicting that local residents can expect it to be partly sunny, with a high near 63. Tonight should be cloudy, with a low around 50. (sunrise, 5:05 a.m.; low tide, 9:04 a.m.; high tide, 3:22 p.m.; sunset, 8:21 p.m.)

2. The Harbor and Waterfront Advisory Committee will meet this morning in the second-floor conference room of Swampscott Town Hall. The meeting is scheduled to begin at 8:30 a.m., according to the posted agenda.

3. The town Traffic Study Committee will again take up parking at the popular summertime destination Phillips Beach. The chairman of the Board of Selectmen asked study committee member and Assistant Town Administrator Dave Castellarin to have the panel consider the whole situation including changes to parking restrictions on Ocean Avenue and other streets in the neighborhood. Click Here for our full story.

4. In the market for a new home in Swampscott? Wondering how much that house you drive by all the time is selling for? Click Here to check out this week's roundup of New Homes for Sale in Swampscott, powered by our partners at Zillow.

5. Today in History: On June 13, 1967, President Lyndon Johnson nominated Solicitor-General Thurgood Marshall to become the first black justice on the US Supreme Court.

For more things going on in Swampscott today, check out our events calendar.