5 Things To Know This Week: Weather, Pepco Hearing, Blood Drive

Good morning, Potomac! It’s Monday morning, and time to get your day started with these “5 Things.” Among our offerings: weather, a Public Service Commission hearing on Pepco’s handling of the derecho and what you can expect coming up this week.

1. We can expect a warm week, as temperatures stay mostly in the 80s and 90s. Highs will reach 93, with lows in the upper 60s. Today will be mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and thunderstorms, according to the National Weather Service. Today’s high will be 86, with tonight’s lows dropping to 68.

2. Patch is relaunching its Readers’ Choice program and we’re asking you, your friends, family, neighbors and coworkers to help determine the best of the best by voting for your favorites in each of our categories -- ranging from favorite pizza spot to favorite park. Just click on the category, then vote in the poll at the bottom of the article.

3. at this time. Interested donors should contact the drive coordinator, Richard Sinatra, sinatrar@verizon.net, at this time.

4. A public hearing regarding Pepco’s handling of the June 29 derecho is scheduled for Tuesday at 7 p.m. The Maryland Public Service Commission wants to hear people’s experiences dealing with Pepco during the outages from the storm. The public hearing is scheduled to take place at the Council Office Building in Rockville.

5. Are you a social media buff? Do you love to share and connect with your community online? Check out the Potomac Patch Twitter account, and follow it for all the latest Potomac updates, especially regarding breaking news. We also have a Facebook page where we poll readers on those fun questions we’re just itching to ask.