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Federal Aviation Administration to hold meeting about airplane noise
The FAA is holding a public meeting Sept. 15 at Westland Middle School in Bethesda about proposed changes for planes leaving Reagan National Airport. Some have complained of increased plane noise over their neighborhoods after the FAA instituted a new automated flight guiding system. [FAA]
MCPS collecting money for backpacks, school supplies
The county school system’s Give BACKpacks campaign uses donated money to buy backpacks filled with school supplies to be distributed to students in need at the start of the school year Aug. 29. [MCPS]
Silver Spring apartment explosion and fire deemed “accidental in nature”
Montgomery County fire officials wrapped up their investigation of the Flower Branch apartments fire Wednesday and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives is expected to come out with its final report on the cause of the explosion this week. [WTOP]
State’s public pension system missed its growth target by more than six percent
The $45.5 billion investment portfolio earned 1.16 percent for the fiscal year that ended June 30, not close to the annual objective of 7.55 percent. [Washington Post]
Giveaways at opening of Nike Factory Store at Pike & Rose
The first 100 people through the door at the new Nike Factory Store in North Bethesda will get a free gift. [Pike & Rose via Twitter]
Five county companies ranked in top 1,000 of nation’s ‘fastest growing’
Inc. magazine’s annual list of the fastest growing companies in America includes a number of local IT services, government services and marketing firms. [Maryland Department of Commerce]
Slightly cooler, but still hot Thursday on tap
The high temperature is expected to reach near 90 degrees with a 40-percent chance of rain, mainly after 2 p.m. [National Weather Service]
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