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Restaurant

Pupuseria Mama Emilia is Now Open in the Ritchie Center in Rockville

By MCS Staff

Update: Pupuseria Mama Emilia is now open 

Pupuseria Mama Emilia at 785-H Rockville Pike in the Ritchie Center is now open. The new restaurant takes over the location that was formerly home to Dokiya Ramen and Pho 95. Pupuseria Mama Emilia comes to you from the owners of Pupuseria La Familiar, which has locations in Beltsville, College Park, Falls Church (Virginia), and Wheaton in MoCo and boast of Mama Emilia’s family recipe. The menu at the existing restaurants consists of a variety of beverages, Pupusas, soups, and a multitude of Salvadoran dishes.

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Business

South Korea Ministry of Food and Drug Safety Approves Gaithersburg-Based Novavax’s COVID-19 Vaccine

By MCS Staff

GAITHERSBURG, Md., Jan. 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Novavax, Inc. (Nasdaq: NVAX), a biotechnology company dedicated to developing and commercializing next-generation vaccines for serious infectious diseases, and SK bioscience, Co. Limited, a vaccine business subsidiary of Korea-based SK Group, today announced that South Korea’s Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (MFDS) has approved a Biologics License Application (BLA) from SK bioscience for Nuvaxovid™ COVID-19 Vaccine (recombinant, adjuvanted) for active immunization in individuals 18 years of age and older for the prevention of COVID-19 caused by SARS-CoV-2. Nuvaxovid™, Novavax’ COVID-19 vaccine also known as NVX-CoV2373, is the first protein-based COVID-19 vaccine to be approved for commercial use in South Korea and will be manufactured and marketed in the country by SK bioscience.

“Novavax is proud to bring our COVID-19 vaccine to South Korea at a critical time in the pandemic as both the Delta and Omicron variants have taken hold,” said Stanley C. Erck, President and Chief Executive Officer, Novavax. “We thank our partners at SK bioscience for their commitment to this public health challenge and the MFDS for its thorough assessment of our data as we look forward to helping address major obstacles to controlling the pandemic through the additional option of our protein-based vaccine.”

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Burtonsville

Chapala Tex-Mex in Burtonsville to Close

By MCS Staff

Chapala Tex-Mex in Burtonsville has announced it will be ceasing operations on February 16th.

Last month we spoke with John Angel, one of the owners of the restaurant, who told us that they purchased the neighboring building that was home to Seibel’s for 82 years at 15540 Old Columbia Pike (Seibel’s closed permanently on November 28th).

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Retail

Sephora Coming to Two MoCo Kohl’s Locations This Year

By MCS Staff

Last year Kohl’s announce a major partnership with Sephora that would open 850 Sephora “shop-in-shops” in Kohl’s locations across the country by 2023, in a similar deal to the one struck between Target and Ulta. Sephora previously had a partnership with J.C. Penney that has been slowly winding down ever since J.C. Penney filed for bankruptcy in 2020.

Kohl’s has Montgomery County locations in Aspen Hill, Calverton, Gaithersburg, and Germantown, and is about to start construction on the first Sephora shop-in-shop location at the Calverton location, which is in the orchard Center on Cherry Hill Road. This will be the first Kohl’s location in Maryland to add a Sephora.

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Business

Germantown-Based Amentum Appoints Charles A. Mathis, Formerly of SAIC, As CFO; Wins Range Services Contract Supporting the Navy’s Atlantic Undersea Test and Evaluation Center

By MCS Staff

Amentum is a premier global technical and engineering services partner supporting critical programs of national significance across defense, security, intelligence, energy and environment. Headquartered in Germantown, Md., the company employs more than 37,000 people in all 50 states and performs work in 105 foreign countries and territories.

Earlier this month, Amentum announced Charles A. Mathis as its new CFO- a position he held with SAIC from 2016 until he retired last year.

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MoCoSnow

National Weather Service Increases Risk for Sunday Winter Storm Threat

By MCS Staff

The National Weather Service has increased the risk for Sunday’s potential winter storm to moderate for Upper MoCo and enhanced for C/SE MoCo. Per their map in our featured photo, the confidence for the winter storm has also increased to moderate for upper MoCo and enhanced for C/SE MoCo.

We have to remember that we’re discussing a storm that hasn’t even formed yet, so a lot can change. To help people understand, I always compare tracking a storm to the score of the game when your favorite team is upsetting the best team in the league. When we’re five days out, it’s early in the first quarter. Each model shows you a different aspect or perspective of the game. You can be happy with what’s happening from one or all perspectives, but you know there’s a good chance it won’t end up that way.

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MoCoSnow

Tracking Potential Winter Weather This Weekend

By MCS Staff

The National Weather Service has a slight winter storm threat for our areas on days 6 and 7, for potential winter weather this upcoming Sunday and Monday.

As it looks now the threat seems to be between Saturday night and Sunday night (and potentially Monday night), but anyone who has experienced winter in the area knows how quickly things can change when it comes to potential winter weather.

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Bethesda

Bethesda-Based Aledade Acquires Advance Care Planning Company Iris Healthcare as Part of New Health Services Arm

By MCS Staff

Bethesda-Based Aledade, founded in 2014, is considered one of the leading physician enablement companies helping independent practices, health centers, and clinics deliver better care to their patients and thrive in value-based care. With more than 1,000 practices in 37 states, Aledade shares in the risk and reward across more than 140 value-based contracts representing more than 1.7 million patient lives under management.

Aledade announced the acquisition of Austin-based Iris Healthcare. This is Aledade’s first acquisition. Additional information is available in the press release below:

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