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Montgomery Co. council approves $5M aid for retail shops, restaurants 04/21/2020 11:07pm • The Montgomery County, Maryland, council voted unanimously Tuesday to approve $5 million in emergency aid to retail shops and restaurants that have been hit financially hard by the coronavirus pandemic. The aid is in addition to the $5 million in aid for small businesses that the county approved Silver Spring restaurant feeds front-line COVID-19 workers 04/21/2020 04:38pm • Spiro Gioldasis says his restaurant, Pacci’s Trattoria has lost 75% of its business during the pandemic. But he’s using his situation to help the surrounding community. (WTOP/J.J. Green) Spiro Gioldasis was standing on a chair, with a screwdriver, gently repairing a chandelier that hangs ove DC-area pastry chef sweetens the day for front-line workers 04/21/2020 01:00am • Front-line workers at Fort Belvoir Community Hospital pose with their treat box. (Courtesy Samantha Arita) When your business revolves around making desserts for events, a stay-at-home order could spell disaster. But the owner of one such Fairfax, Virginia, business is now baking treats for work Coronavirus updates: Md. secures half a million COVID-19 tests; coronavirus cases top 25,000 04/20/2020 11:55pm • The shipment of 500,000 COVID-19 tests from South Korea arriving at BWI Airport April 18, 2020. (Courtesy Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan) The latest The state of Maryland has acquired 500,000 new COVID-19 tests from a South Korean health care company, Gov. Larry Hogan announced. Virginia is wor 'A lot of people are driving crazy': Expert says less traffic means more speeding on local roads 04/19/2020 03:38pm • With many businesses and schools closed for the coronavirus pandemic, a local expert said there has been a significant increase in drivers speeding, which could in turn be dangerous for hospitals. "It's very easy — myself included being honest about this — to be driving faster than you'd norm Coronavirus updates: Medical staff arrive from around US to assist in Md., 500 boxes of food given away in Montgomery Co. 04/18/2020 06:40pm • The latest A pantry staple giveaway Friday evening by a chain of grocery stores snarled traffic in a number of areas, even though few cars have been on the road due to stay-at-home orders. Nurses from around the U.S. are arriving in Maryland to help out at the University of Maryland Laurel M Coronavirus updates: Hogan, Northam, Bowser coordinating response; extended school closures in Md., DC 04/18/2020 12:58am • The latest Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan, Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam and D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser spoke in a conference call Friday to discuss coordinating virus response efforts. Public schools in Maryland will stay closed through May 15 in response to the coronavirus pandemic, the state's top Data Doctors: For now, avoid COVID-19 contact tracing apps 04/17/2020 06:30pm • Ukrainians wearing face masks look at the latest news on a phone in Kyiv, Ukraine, Tuesday, March 17, 2020. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky) Q: Do you think any of the COVID-19 contact tracing apps will be effective and worth using? If you look to see how other countries have been tracing the interactio 'You hear the cries': Virus toll haunts a New York paramedic 04/17/2020 09:18am • NEW YORK (AP) — Elizabeth Bonilla pulls her ambulance up to a set of Bronx row houses. Another ambulance and a fire truck are already there, their flashing lights painting the dark streets an eerie shade of orange. Neighbors gather on their stoops to watch. Some sip wine. “We gotta gown up,†Windows Catering gets $100,000 donation from customer for hospital worker meals 04/17/2020 08:59am • Alexandria, Virginia-based Windows Catering has received a $100,000 gift from an anonymous customer and is using the funds to provide thousands of meals to area hospital workers. Windows is working with United Way of the National Capital Area to distribute the fresh meals to doctors and nurses, a Coronavirus update: Case total in DC, Md., Va. passes 20,000; 5.2 million new US jobless claims 04/17/2020 01:47am • A shopper walks out of a store in Annapolis, Wednesday, April 15, 2020. Anne Arundel County is now requiring employees and shoppers to wear masks to help limit the spread of the coronavirus joining a few other counties in Maryland who are requiring the same. 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So, what is considered essential and nonessential? It’s a long list, available here, but WTOP has compiled the highlights. Most importantly, essential businesses in the food a VIDEO: Cal Ripken talks about coronavirus pandemic and shift in Ripken charity to help 04/16/2020 04:33am • (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=9be9c680-c459-4acb-af21-654a2ccca384';cnx.cmd.push(function() {cnx({playerId: "9be9c680-c459-4acb-af21-654a2ccca384",mediaId: '52ca230c-1433-4c01-922e-c32b788f7729' }).render("56153627b3bbab");}); Cal Ripken Jr. is retired, but he has nev