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County Council Approves Bill to Create a Silver Spring Business Improvement District
The County Council yesterday approved a bill to establish a business improvement district in Silver Spring that would provide marketing and promotions for all the businesses within the current Silver Spring Urban District.
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Detectives Seek Help Identifying Suspect in Commercial Burglary
Detectives from the county’s 3rd District Investigative Section are looking to the public for help identifying a suspect in a commercial burglary that happened in the 900 block of Ellsworth Drive.
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DEP to Launch Pilot Program to Expedite Permitting of Residential Solar Installations
The county’s Department of Permitting Services will launch a pilot program designed to expedite the process of getting permits for residential solar installation. The program will pilot the Solar Automated Permit Processing (SolarAPP+), developed by the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory.
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Catalyst Hot Dogs Owner Featured in NPR’s ‘The Indicator from Planet Money’
Chris Van Jura, the owner of the Catalyst Hot Dogs food cart, is featured in an episode of ‘The Indicator from Planet Money,’ NPR’s “little show about big ideas”. The episode, titled “The COVID Small Business Boom,” discusses businesses that were started as a byproduct of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Playground Now Open at Ellsworth Place
The playground at Ellsworth Place, which was reconstructed last year then closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, has now reopened. [sponsored]
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Construction of Silver Spring’s Tallest Building Tops Out
Silver Spring’s latest apartment development reached a milestone this week when the 26-story Solaire 8200 Dixon topped out, developer Washington Property Company announced. The development, which will be Silver Spring’s tallest building, is a 403-unit apartment tower in the heart of the Ripley District in downtown Silver Spring.
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The Angry Jerk Set to Open at 4 p.m. Today
The Angry Jerk, featuring “authentic Caribbean cuisine,” will open at 4 p.m. today (July 21), according to a spokesperson for the restaurant. The menu features jerk chicken, curry chicken, and brown stew chicken with roasted carrots and gravy, along with jerk salmon as well as jerk or fried snapper.
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County’s “Oops Tag” Program Designed to Reduce Non-Recyclables in Residents’ Bins
The county’s Department of Environmental Protection has begun a program of inspecting residents’ recycling collections looking for items that shouldn’t be placed in those bins. The Recycle Right “Oops Tag” program is intended to reduce the amount of non-recyclable material going to the recycling center.
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Silver Spring’s Red Rock Films Earns Three Emmy Nominations for “Secrets of the Whales”
Silver Spring-based Red Rock Films has earned three nominations for the Disney+ / National Geographic series “Secrets of the Whales” for the 73rd Primetime Emmy® Awards.