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December 2012 News
- 12-29-12 Baltimore Sun: The push and pull of spending for Aberdeen contractors -- Installation's procurement is far bigger than pre-BRAC, but is in decline
- 12-29-12 Austin (TX) American-Statesman: Soaring cost of military drugs could hurt budget
- 12-26-12 Washington Post: Prince George’s and Montgomery want more money for transportation
- 12-26-12 Gazette.Net: Montgomery eyes first earmark for BRT -- Leggett asks for $1 million to study key corridors
- 12-26-12 Maryland Capital Gazette: Meade to break ground on new housing facility
- 12-26-12 New York Times: Heart Disease in Military Shows Steep Drop Since Korean War
- 12-24-12 Washington Post: Triple amputee and occupational therapist form bond of brothers during soldier’s recovery
- 12-24-12 Washington Post: Plan to transform White Flint attracts major investor
- 12-21-12 Bethesda Now: Planning Board Approves Controversial West Lane Apartment
- 12-20-12 Washington Business Journal: BRAC losses continue to mount in Northern Virginia
- 12-20-12 Association of Defense Communities: Senate Less Resistant than House to Future BRAC Rounds
- 12-20-12 Baltimore Sun: Mikulski to lead Senate Appropriations Committee -- Maryland Democrat will be spending panel's first woman chair
- 12-20-12 WTOP 103.5 FM: Region attempts to answer tough transportation questions
- 12-20-12 Washington Post: Walter Pincus Fine Print column -- Military funds to spare?
- 12-19-12 Military.com: TBI Drops in Afghanistan, Doctors Look for Cause
- 12-19-12 Bethesda Patch: New Renderings Unveiled For Bethesda Purple Line Station -- Station at Wisconsin and Elm Street will be built in conjunction with Red Line Metro south entrance
- 12-18-12 U.S. Senator Carl Levin: Senate Armed Services Committee Completes Conference of National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 -- BRAC-related language of interest:
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- Declines to authorize the requested additional rounds of Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC).
- Requires planning and a report on savings resulting from the establishment of a defense health agency.
- 12-19-12 Gazette.Net: State receives $18.3 million for traffic improvements on Connecticut Avenue -- Second of four grants expected to be awarded
- 12-19-12 Gazette.Net: Montgomery County continues work at improving pedestrian safety -- Fatalities down 21 percent, and collisions down 12 percent
- 12-19-12 Baltimore Sun: Mikulski poised to become Senate committee chair -- Intelligence, health among most likely assignments
- 12-18-12 Montgomery County Dept. of Transportation: Bethesda Avenue-Woodmont Avenue project (parking lot #31) update
- 12-18-12 Bethesda Patch: County Mulls Issuing New RFP for Bethesda Police Station -- County officials are "much further behind" than anticipated on the project after developers JBG backed out of a land-swap deal to build the station
- 12-18-12 Washington Examiner: MontCo's redevelopment of White Flint touted
- 12-18-12 Gazette.Net: State, Montgomery leaders share transportation woes -- County leaders still favor gas tax
- 12-18-12 Maryland Gazette: Fort Meade: Construction begins on new post exchange
- 12-17-12 Bethesda Patch: Neighborhood Work Group Planned for Bethesda Purple Line Station -- Group meets with MTA officials Tuesday.
- 12-17-12 Railway Track & Structures: Maryland Transit seeks approval for Red Line FEIS
- 12-17-12 Washington Post: Capital Business -- Developers unveil latest plans for Pike & Rose
- 12-17-12 Washington Examiner: Public transportation use on the rise in D.C. region
- 12-16-12 WTOP 103.5 FM: Some say Montgomery County is not ready for Bikeshare
- 12-15-12 Montgomery County Dept. of Transportation: Bethesda Avenue-Woodmont Avenue project (parking lot #31) update
- 12-15-12 Gazette.Net: Residents unite against building proposed for 4831 West Lane -- Weintraub: Dumping another 115 cars on Montgomery Lane is going to be gridlock
- 12-14-12 Harvard University Gazette: Battle cries of freedom -- Exhibit shows the horrible human toll that was central to the Civil War
- 12-14-12 Bethesda Now: Planners Taking A Closer Look At Incoming Apartment Projects
- 12-14-12 Bethesda Now: Developer Details Bethesda Apartment Project
- 12-14-12 Gazette.Net: JBG details plans for new apartment building at 7900 Wisconsin Ave. -- Proposed building would feature 17 stories, first floor retail
- 12-13-12 Bethesda Patch: Blasting Begins at Bethesda's Lot 31 -- Blasting will continue Monday through Friday for the next two to three months, according to the Bethesda-Chevy Chase Regional Services Center
- 12-13-12 Takoma Park Patch: Bike Advocates Outline Silver Spring Changes for Capital Bikeshare -- Two cyclist groups sent Montgomery County a list of road improvements for Silver Spring, Takoma Park, Bethesda and Friendship Heights
- 12-13-12 Bethesda Now: Town May Take Bethesda Traffic-Avoiding Measures Into Its Own Hands
- 12-13-12 Odenton-Severn (MD) Patch: Beyond BRAC at Fort Meade -- Against a backdrop of fiscal uncertainty, a flurry of work continues the transformation at Fort Meade
- 12-13-12 Washington Post: Local officials call for ‘huge infusion’ of transportation funding from Maryland
- 12-13-12 WTOP 103.5 FM: D.C. region home to 6 of nation's 10 richest counties
- 12-12-12 Gazette.Net: Plans to create White Flint ‘business district’ underway -- Pike and Rose, Archstone apartments among projects slated for the area
- 12-12-12 Gazette.Net: New interchange on I-270 could relieve gridlock on Md. 355 -- Watkins Mill Interchange in engineering stage
- 12-12-12 Washington Examiner: Purple Line cost tops $2 billion
- 12-11-12 Bethesda Now: Bethesda’s Bikeshare Rollout Not Affected By Delays
- 12-11-12 Washington Post: Capital Business -- Gray offers grants to Walter Reed merchants, others
- 12-11-12 Bethesda Patch: Funds Released for Improvements to Major Chevy Chase Intersection -- This is the second set of funds released for specific transportation improvements to help ease traffic problems on roads leading to the Bethesda medical campuses
- 12-11-12 Senator Ben Cardin News Release: Cardin, Mikulski, Van Hollen Announce Release of $18.3 Million for BRAC-Related Transportation Project -- The Defense Department will release $18.3 million to the Maryland Department of Transportation, State Highway Administration (SHA) to improve access to the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda. Maryland SHA will manage a $23.1 million project, consisting of $18.3 million grant funds and other funding of $4.8 million, to construct the Maryland Route 185 (Connecticut Avenue) and Jones Bridge Road/Kensington Parkway intersection improvement project
- 12-11-12 Washington Examiner: Military medical advances help drive lower US murder rates
- 12-10-12 Gazette.Net: Petroleum spill site poses little risk, contractor says -- Underground contaminants at Forest Glen Annex assessed
- 12-10-12 Government Executive NextGov: Report chronicles the rising burden of military mental health care
- 12-10-12 Bethesda Patch: 'Road Diet' Proposed for Arlington Road -- Trimming a lane for drivers and adding space for cyclists are among bike infrastructure improvement suggestions made by cyclist groups ahead of Capital Bikeshare
- 12-10-12 Bethesda Now: Residents At Odds With Planning Staff on Bethesda Development
- 12-10-12 Bethesda Now: As County Gets More Diverse, Bethesda Doesn’t Change Much
- 12-9-12 Washington Examiner: Md.'s U.S. senators push to keep Navy air squadron in state
- 12-9-12 Washington Examiner: Military movement bolsters Maryland job growth
- 12-9-12 Association of Defense Communities: Lessons from Past BRAC Rounds Can Help Shape Ongoing Mission Support Efforts
- 12-9-12 Associaton of Defense Communities: Begich Amendment Would Deter Non-BRAC Realignments
- 12-8-12 WTOP 103.5 FM: The benefits of ride sharing: Time, money and the end of commuting headaches -- Local governments are less involved in slugging than in other forms of ride sharing and transit, but there is a relatively new app just for employees at seven locations impacted by BRAC that aims to pair workers with other military personnel heading in the same direction
- 12-8-12 Maryland Capital Gazette: Fort Meade traffic study points to simple solutions -- Buses, carpools and even bikes would mimic Pentagon's transit network
- 12-7-12 Fort Detrick Standard: Conserving Enegery at Fort Detrick and Beyond
- 12-7-12 WTOP 103.5 FM: Project to widen Route 1 makes progress
- 12-7-12 Bethesda Now: UPDATED: Blasting at Lot 31 Construction Site Rattles Neighbors
- 12-7-12 New York Times: Rules Eased for Veterans’ Brain Injury Benefits
- 12-6-12 Gaithersburg Town Courier: Lack of Funding May Stall CCT Progress
- 12-6-12 Walter Reed NMMC Journal: Secretary of Defense Salutes Walter Reed Bethesda Staff
- 12-6-12 Walter Reed NMMC Journal: Murtha Cancer Center Offers 'Unique' Care
- 12-5-12 Bethesda Now: Panetta Visits Walter Reed A Year After Dedication
- 12-5-12 Bethesda Patch: Reports: Intelsat Passes Up Bethesda; Will Move HQ To Tyson's -- Satellite giant has officially announced its planned move to Tyson's Corner, despite an "agressive" incentives package offered by Montgomery County, according to reports
- 12-5-12 Bethesda Now: NIH Expects No Further Noise Issues From Power Plant Testing
- 12-4-12 Gazette.Net: Walter Reed Cancer Center named in honor of late Pennsylvania congressman -- Pelosi: “He made a difference to our wounded warriors.”
- 12-4-12 U.S. Department of Defense News Release: Panetta Praises 'Outstanding' Walter Reed Employees
- 12-4-12 Washington Post: The Fine Print: A question of what Tricare should cover -- Walter Pincus "Fine Print" national security column
- 12-4-12 Baltimore CityBizList Real Estate: Foulger-Pratt Buys Up-Zoned North Bethesda Building for $5.1M
- 12-3-12 Gazette.Net: Frederick group seeks improved emergency contact with Fort Detrick -- Community panel wants agreement on protocols in an emergency
- 12-3-12 New York Times: Vietnam Veterans, Discharged Under Cloud, File Suit Saying Trauma Was Cause
- 12-3-12 Washington Post: Retired military officers’ letter seeks to amend gun law to help battle suicides
- 12-3-12 Washington Post: Editorial -- Saving taxpayer money on Tricare
- 12-3-12 Washington Examiner: Maryland struggles with reducing pedestrian deaths
- 12-2-12 Montgomery County Dept. of Transportation: Bethesda Avenue-Woodmont Avenue project (parking lot #31) update
- 12-2-12 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: Walter Reed cancer center to be named for Murtha -- Late congressman was advocate of medical care for military members and their families
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