This Week in Essex: Up and Down Weather, NASA Born

Here are a few tidbits of information to get your week started:

1. The weather: The Weather: The skies are supposed to be sunny today and tomorrow, with a slight chance of rain Wednesday and a more significant chance of rain Thursday and Friday, according to the National Weather Service. The good noes? The sun will come back out in time for the weekend.
Today will be sunny, with a high of about 83 degrees. Tonight will be mostly clear, with a low of about 66 degrees.

2. From history.com's This Day in History: "On this day in 1958, the U.S. Congress passes legislation establishing the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), a civilian agency responsible for coordinating America's activities in space. NASA has since sponsored space expeditions, both human and mechanical, that have yielded vital information about the solar system and universe. It has also launched numerous earth-orbiting satellites that have been instrumental in everything from weather forecasting to navigation to global communications."

3. ICYMI: Did you catch this article that ran over the weekend about the American unhappiness with Congress?

4. The Heritage Society of Essex and Middle River at 516 Eastern Blvd. is open on Sundays from 1 to 4 p.m. Special request tours can be arranged by calling the society at 410-574-6934.

5. Neighboring News: Dundalk's Old Seagram's Plant Burns, 1 Injured