Mask Mandate Dropped At Lakewood Schools + Forecast

Rise and shine, Lakewood! Let's get you started this Wednesday with everything you need to know going on in town today.

First, today's weather:

Increasing clouds and windy. High: 53 Low: 49.

Here are the top stories in Lakewood today:

1. Starting Friday, the Lakewood Schools will no longer require masks to be worn inside district buildings. (Lakewood Patch)
2. Beck Center For The Arts Presents 77th Rotary Club Speech, Music, And Visual Arts Student Competition (Broadway World)

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Today in Lakewood:

• Betty Ford - Women in History (12:45 PM)
• Animal Safety and Welfare Advisory Board Meeting (6:00 PM)

From my notebook:

• Lakewood City Schools: "One of the best school memories: Valentine's Day card boxes! These Taft preschoolers enjoyed creating some amazing boxes and sharing sweet treats and cards with their classmates. Hope your day was filled with sweetness as well!" (Facebook)
• Lakewood City Schools: "Postseason competition is in full swing and our Rangers are making their mark! Wrestlers Zayna Muntaser and Gillian Coulson qualified for the state tournament thanks to 3rd and 4th, respectively, at the district tournament. Two Ranger sw..." (Facebook)
• Lakewood City Schools: "Langston Hughes was an influential African American writer whose poems, columns, novels and plays made him a leading figure in the Harlem Renaissance of the 1920s. A graduate of Central High School in Cleveland, Hughes said “Hold fast to..." (Facebook)

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— Chris Mosby

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