Daily Dose: June 22

Weather

Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly after 2 p.m. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 87. Calm wind becoming south around 6 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60 percent. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms. 

Wednesday Night: Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly before 8 p.m. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 71. West wind between 6 and 9 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60 percent. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

 —National Weather Service

Events

7 p.m. at , 324 Main St. Open to all local artists, musicians, poets and performers. Signup starts at 6.

Monday’s Top Story

Like the rest of the country, home prices in the Owings Mills and Reisterstown markets have plunged, in this case more than 24 percent since 2008, according to data from the Coldwell Banker Residential Greenspring Branch.

This Day in History

1944: On this day in 1944, U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the G.I. Bill, an unprecedented act of legislation designed to compensate returning members of the armed services--known as G.I.s--for their efforts in World War II.

—History.com

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