Salem's Hazardous Waste Collection Day Later This Month

Today is Thursday, Sept. 12, and here are the five things you need to know: 

1. It will be another unseasonably warm day in Salem. The National Weather Service is predicting that local residents can expect showers this afternoon and a daily high near 81. Tonight should be cloudy, with a low around 63. (sunrise, 6:19 a.m.; low tide, 11:02 a.m.; high tide, 5:10 p.m.; sunset, 6:58 p.m.)  

2. Salem's Hazardous Waste Collection Day will be held Sept. 28 from 8 a.m. to 12 p.m. at Salem High School on Willson Street. Salem and Beverly residents can drop off items such as motor oil, chemicals, pesticides, car batteries, propane cylinders, tires and paint. 

3. The Salem City Council will meet tonight at City Hall on Washington Street. The meeting, scheduled to begin at 7:30 p.m., is expected to feature a discussion regarding the upcoming repairs to the North Street Fire Station, according to the posted agenda. 

4. In case you didn't see it yesterday, we published a post offering a look around the interior of the Salem Fire Department's new $1.1 million fire apparatus. Click Here to check it out. 

5. Today in History: On Sept. 12, 1979, Indonesia was hit with an earthquake that measured an 8.1 on the Richter scale.  

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