Five Things You Need to Know Today: Dec. 6

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

2) Tide Watch — Today's low tide at  is 2:14 pm (.88 ft). High tide is 8:29 pm (8.14 ft). The sun will rise at 6:58 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):

ytoceo

Monday's answer: Gateway

4) Music History: In 1896, lyricist Ira Gershwin was born in New York City. (From http://www.on-this-day.com)

5) Town Watch: The town's Historical Commission will meet at 7 p.m. at Town Hall in the first-floor meeting room. They will disucss reports related to the town's Demolition Delay provision.