Banks to the Rescue
Small businesses wait for banks to get federal money from the Paycheck Protection Program.
Like many business owners across Northern Virginia, Cyrille Brenac is still waiting to hear back from his bank about his application to the Paycheck Protection Program. That’s the $350 billion program that was part of the $2.2 trillion stimulus law designed to offer money to small businesses who can demonstrate they are keeping their employees. For Brenac, who lives in the Cherrydale neighborhood of Arlington, the money would help him rehire about 50 employees of his two French restaurants he laid off when the economy abruptly shut down as the result of the global COVID-19 pandemic.
This Week in Coronavirus in Maryland
Surging unemployment claims to mandatory face masks: weekly synopsis of local news on pandemic.
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Tapping Into Kindness in Herndon and Reston
SLHS PTSA Food Pantry distributes to its students and their families.
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Obituary: Mary Ragan “Polly” Webster, 97
Potomac Almanac co-founder, founding member of St. Francis Episcopal Church.
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Gaithersburg Book Festival Selects Poetry Finalists
Churchill student among finalists in Gaithersburg Book Festival contest.
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Revised Fairfax County Budget Reflects Pandemic Realities
County's updated budget proposal strikes millions in planned disbursements.
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Fairfax County Schools Pivot to Distance Learning
Students, parents, teachers, administrators, school board members reflect on new realities.
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Mobilizing Differently for Food for Neighbors in Herndon
Fill a Virtual Red Bag, it transforms to real food.
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Back to School Through Distance Learning in Fairfax County
FCPS students, educators explore new ways of learning.
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