5 Things You Need to Know Today: Sept. 6

Today is Thursday, Sept. 6, and here are the five things you need to know:

1. It should be a beautiful day in Marblehead. The National Weather Service is predicting that local residents can expect it to be partly sunny, with a high near 72. Tonight should be mostly cloudy, with a low around 65. (sunrise, 6:14 a.m.; low tide, 9:35 a.m.; high tide, 3:51 p.m.; sunset, 7:08 p.m.)

2. It may not be as exciting as Grown Ups 2, but the Board of Selectmen will sit down with Independence Media Friday morning to discuss the filming of a commercial at a landing here in town. The meeting is scheduled to begin at 9 a.m. at .

3. Wonder how much that house you always drive by sold for? Click Here for this week's Sold! column, which offers a closer look at five homes that recently sold in Marblehead.

4. The Marblehead School Committee will hold a meeting tonight in the library at . The meeting is scheduled to begin at 8 p.m., according to the posted agenda.

5. Today in History: On Sept. 6, 1970, two passenger jets bound from Europe to New York were simultaneously hijacked by Palestinian terrorists and flown to Jordan.

For more things going on in Marblehead today, check out our events calendar.