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Cooling Trend Continues, 'Cookie' Needs a Home, Patio Party Today

News and information to get your day in Dundalk started.

1. The Weather: Sunshine and cooler temperatures will continue today with a high of about 81 degrees, according to the National Weather Service. Friday night will be mostly cloudy with a low of about 65.

2. From history.com's This Day in History: "While salmon fishing near the Klondike River in Canada's Yukon Territory on this day in 1896, George Carmack reportedly spots nuggets of gold in a creek bed. His lucky discovery sparks the last great gold rush in the American West."

For Saturday: "On this day in 1969, the grooviest event in music history--the Woodstock Music Festival--draws to a close after three days of peace, love and rock 'n' roll in upstate New York.

Conceived as "Three Days of Peace and Music," Woodstock was a product of a partnership between John Roberts, Joel Rosenman, Artie Kornfield and Michael Lang. Their idea was to make enough money from the event to build a recording studio near the arty New York town of Woodstock. When they couldn't find an appropriate venue in the town itself, the promoters decided to hold the festival on a 600-acre dairy farm in Bethel, New York--some 50 miles from Woodstock--owned by Max Yasgur."

For Sunday: "On this day in 1991, Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev is placed under house arrest during a coup by high-ranking members of his own government, military and police forces."

3. Cookie is available for adoption at the Baltimore County Animal Shelter in Baldwin.

4. The Maryland Science Center will hold a patio party today at 5 p.m.

5. The Community College of Baltimore County is extending its hours for fall registration.


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