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Track the Marblehead to Halifax Ocean Race

Our "Five Things to Know Today" column provides essential daily information at a glance, including how to track your favorite skipper in the Marblehead to Halifax Ocean Race.

Here are your Five Things to Know Today:

1. Weather Watch: A chance of showers and thunderstorms, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 4 p.m. Some of the storms could produce heavy rain. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with a high near 77.

Sunrise: 5:14 a.m.
Low Tide: 6:04 a.m.
High Tide: 12:23 p.m.
Sunset: 8:22 p.m.

2. Track the Marblehead to Halifax Ocean Race:
 The latest edition of the yacht race started in Marblehead on Sunday. Organizers have provided a detailed tracker so you can see how your favorite skipper and crew are doing. If you're on Twitter, you can follow the race at @MHOceanRace.

3. Marblehead Elementary School Teacher Dies of Cancer: Cynthia Lockett Hooks, 65, whose teaching career included many years at Coffin School, died on Friday. Her funeral is Wednesday and the family welcomes friends and family. Here are the details on the service.

4. Travel Writer Sets Date for Library Talk: Travel writer Meg Pier will present "From Curacao to Estonia" at the library on July 17. Here are the details

5. Famous Boston Restaurant With North Shore Ties to Close: Anthony's Pier 4, long a staple of the South Boston waterfront, is closing in August. The owners, the Athanas family, also own Hawthorne By The Sea, a restaurant in Swampscott.


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