Five Things You Need to Know Today: Oct. 21

1) Weather Watch — National Weather Service forecasters are predicting a mostly sunny day. The day's high temperature will be near 63.

2) Tide Watch — Today's low tide is 12:37 pm (1.28 ft). High tide is 6:51 pm (9.11 ft). The sun will rise at 7:03 am and set at 4:52 pm. 

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

creocs

Thursday's answer: Palmer (Avenue)

4) In Music History —  In 1908, a Saturday Evening Post advertisement offered a chance to buy a two-sided record from Columbia. 

5) Watch — The football team line up against Salem tonight at 7 in Salem at Bertram Field.