Five Things You Need to Know Today: Oct. 11

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

Posted Tue, Oct 11, 2011 at 1:53 am ET|Updated Tue, Oct 11, 2011 at 2:04 am ET

1) Weather Watch — National Weather Service forecasters are predicting a sunny day with a high near 63.

2) Tide Watch — Today's low tide is 5:11 am (.57 ft). High tide is 11:28 am (9.56 ft). The sun will rise at 6:51 am and set at 6:08 pm.

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

RUYAQR

Monday's answer: (Andrew) Maylor

4) In Music History — In 1939, Coleman Hawkins recorded Body and Soul. (From on-this-day-in-history.)

5) Watch — Big Blue and the Tanners tangle on the high school cross country course. It's a showdown. The two boys' teams are unbeaten.

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