Five Things You Need to Know Today: Dec. 14

1) Weather Watch — National Weather Service forecasters are predicting a partly sunny day with a high near 41.

2) Tide Watch — Today's low tide at  is 7:16 am (.71 ft). High tide is 12:43 pm (9.82 ft). The sun will rise at 7:05 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):

shrolciati

Tuesday's answer: committee

4) Music History: 1999 - Paul McCartney played a show at the Cavern Club in Liverpool. It was the first time that McCartney had played at the club since 1963. (From http://www.on-this-day.com)

5) Parking Watch: New handheld digital parking ticket dispensers go into service today.