Très Hot in Marietta

1. It’s still humid but not quite as hot today with a high of only 92, the National Weather Service says. There’s a 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms this afternoon, and a 30 percent chance overnight, when the low will be about 74. The front moving through will mark a break in the weather: The high Friday will be in the lower 80s.

2. The had its grand unveiling Wednesday. You can take a virtual tour of the senior housing high-rise and see the celebration with Marietta Patch.

3. Photographer Kim Koch also attended Sheriff Neil Warren’s Corn Boilin’ on Monday, at which the sheriff announced the expected: He will run for re-election in 2012. Come back to Marietta Patch at 2 p.m. to see our photo gallery from the hot, delicious event at .

4. The has scheduled a public hearing for July 27 at 5:15 p.m. at City Hall to set the millage rate for the coming year. This chart shows the tax digest and levy for the past five years. If you missed the council’s Wednesday meeting, the video should be online in the next day or two. And we'll have a report from the meeting at 8 a.m.

5. It’s Bastille Day, which is France’s version of Independence Day, and it’s the day half the world is obsessed with some British wizard named Harry. It’s also the day the British Open begins. And the Women’s World Cup continues in Germany with a Sunday final set between the United States and Japan. So why not celebrate with a tasty look at Colombian food off Marietta Square? OK, it doesn’t make a lot of sense to us either, and we noticed Colombia was misspelled in the article on . But we appreciate any excuse to dive into the multicultural dining scene around the square. So thank you, Marietta Daily Journal.