Five Things You Need to Know Today: Dec. 5

1) Weather Watch — National Weather Service forecasters are predicting patchy fog before 8 am. Otherwise, partly sunny, with a high near 56. 

2) Tide Watch — Today's low tide at  is 1:23 pm (1.13 ft). High tide is 7:38 pm (8.11 ft). The sun will rise at 6:57 am and set at 4:10 pm. 

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

wgyeaat

Friday's answer: Starbucks

4) Music History: In 1791, composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart died in Vienna, Austria, at the age of 35. (From http://www.on-this-day.com)

5) Town Watch: The town's Capital Improvement Committee will meet at 6:30 p.m. in the Selectmen's meeting room. Assistant Town Manager Dave Castellarin will present an outlook on the 2012 Budget.