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Five Things You Need to Know Today: Dec. 22

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

 

1) Weather Watch — National Weather Service forecasters are predicting a mostly sunny day with a high temperature near 52. 

2) Tide Watch — Today's low tide at  is 2:02 am (-.12 ft). High tide is 8:22 am (10.86 ft). The sun will rise at 7:10 am and set at 4:13 pm. 

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

rotespn

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Wednesday's answer: snowflake

4) Music History: In 1858, composer Giacomo Puccini was born. (From http://www.on-this-day.com)

5) Big Blue Watch: The Big Blue boys have their second home basketball game of the season at 7 pm against Saugus at.


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