Friday's Top Ten

I got so caught up in the “will they/won’t they”close schools drama that I temporarily forgot I had a blog post to write.

Oops.

News highlights for your Friday:

• The Howard County Library System has a new Director, Tonya Kennon.
• Howard Hughes Corporation and the Howard County Arts Council have announced the Merriweather District Artist in Residence Program 
• The Howard County School System will raise class sizes as a way to address budget shortfalls.
•  The percentage of the Howard budget which is dedicated to Education has fallen from 58 per cent to 52 per cent.
• Children’s musical group Milkshake will be performing at the Chrysalis this season.
• Bloggers Jason Booms and Scott Ewart are having way too much fun anazlying and informing about the upcoming local elections.
• Lupa, the Roman-inspired restaurant which replaces Petit Louis Bistro Downtown at the Lakefront, has opened.
• The space formerly occupied by Comptoir will sell gelato!
• Decisions on Hickory Ridge Center plan delayed for ten months...
• My husband was a genius to take down our patio umbrella last night.

I hope your day goes well. Please take care to avoid the fate of these unlucky job applicants.