Sunshine, Medicare Born, Sweet Frog to Open, NPGC Update

Here are some tidbits of information to get your day in Dundalk started:

1. The Weather: Today is expected to be sunny, with a high of about 84 degrees, according to the National Weather Service. Tonight should be mostly clear, with a low of about 71.

By the way, it was a crisp 63 degrees today at 4:30 a.m.

2. From history.com's This Day in History: "On this day in 1965, President Lyndon B. Johnson signs Medicare, a health insurance program for elderly Americans, into law. At the bill-signing ceremony, which took place at the Truman Library in Independence, Missouri, former President Harry S. Truman was enrolled as Medicare's first beneficiary and received the first Medicare card. Johnson wanted to recognize Truman, who, in 1945, had become the first president to propose national health insurance, an initiative that was opposed at the time by Congress."

3. Dundalk's SweetFrog frozen yogurt store officially opens Thursday. A more detailed story will be published later today.

4. Many rumors are circulating on the streets of Dundalk regarding the bid process under way for the sale of the North Point Government Center and surrounding park. As of July 29, the official word from Baltimore County's Office of Communication, via Deputy Director Ellen Kobler, was this: "The RFP evaluation committee is still in the process of reviewing the bids for that and the other two County properties for sale. No date set for announcement."

5. Speaking of the North Point Government Center, community residents plan to again take their message to the Baltimore County Council that they are adamantly opposed to the sale of the property. Community leaders will speak at the County Council meeting on Monday, Aug. 5. Anyone interested in carpooling to attend the meeting should be at the Dundalk Moose Lodge parking lot, 2800 Sollers Point Road, before 4:30 p.m.