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Five Things You Need to Know Today: Dec. 12

From music history to local tides. Things to know in Swampscott on this fall day.

 

1) Weather Watch — National Weather Service forecasters are predicting a sunny day with a high near 49.

2) Tide Watch — Today's low tide at  is 5:49 am (.82 ft). High tide is 12:02 pm (9.83 ft). The sun will rise at 7:03 am and set at 4:10 pm. 

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3) Swampscott Scrambler — Unscramble these letters to spell the name of a Swampscott person, place or thing (answer to be posted tomorrow):

llekasbtab

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Thursday's answer: lighting

4) Music History: In 1792, in Vienna, 22-year-old Ludwig van Beethoven received one of his first lessons in music composition from Franz Joseph Haydn. (From http://www.on-this-day.com)

5) Track Watch: The boys and girls track teams get off the line today in their first meet of the season vs Revere.


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