SUMMER BRINGS TOUCH OF AUTUMN.(Local)

Byline: Donna Liquori Staff writer

Even though summer officially starts at 11:14 tonight, this weekend might feel more like fall as the forecast calls for cool weather marked by clouds and some rain.

The solstice marks the longest day of the year, the moment at which the sun is farthest north in the Northern Hemisphere.

Greg Gerwitz, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service at Albany County Airport, is not someone who thinks the summer solstice is a big deal. "It happens every year," he said. No doubting that fact.

But to some, the solstice is a big deal. Witches have festivals; church organizations celebrate with a solstice …