By David Hagedorn |
June 27, 2021
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Chris Van Jura opened Catalyst Hot Dogs, a mobile stand, in December. Photo by Laura Chase de Formigny
Hot dawg
There is one reason more compelling than utter deliciousness to get a cast-iron grilled hot dog made with dry-aged Roseda Black Angus Farm beef from the mobile Catalyst Hot Dogs stand and that’s to hear its owner, Silver Spring resident Chris Van Jura, pronounce “hot dawwwg” in his native New Jersey accent.
Van Jura, 39, considers selling Jersey dogs his true calling. He earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in theater from Western Connecticut State University in 2005. After college, he worked at a deli in Lodi, New Jersey, for four years to support himself between auditions and acting gigs. “What I was doing there is what I do now over-the-counter banter,” he says with a laugh. He went on to work for various restaurants, rising through the ranks to upper management. A job as a general manager for Fiola Mare in
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Originally published on June 24, 2021 5:08 pm
The Connecticut State Colleges and Universities governing board approved a policy Thursday that will require students to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 before returning to campus in person this fall.
The policy states that any student who is participating “in any on-campus activities in person for any reason at any of the institutions” will have to be fully vaccinated and report their compliance to the college or university they are attending.
“The vaccines that are currently authorized in the United States are safe, effective and critical to resuming normal operations at our campuses this fall,” CSCU interim President Jane Gates said in a statement. “Now is the time for students planning on attending college this fall to get vaccinated. With more infectious, more severe variants becoming more and more prevalent, getting your shot is the best way to protect yourself, your family and
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The Connecticut State Colleges and Universities governing board approved a policy Thursday that will require students to be fully vaccinated against COVID-