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November 2012 News
- 11-30-12 Gazette.Net: BRAC drives job gains in Maryland -- Fort Meade, other bases fuel public and private growth
- 11-30-12 Bethesda Patch: Old Georgetown Road Pedestrian Bridge Re-Opens -- The bridge was closed for a renovation project
- 11-30-12 Bethesda Patch: Demolition For 4900 Fairmont Project Expected To Launch In January -- The buildings that formerly housed restaurants including Bethesda mainstay Foong Lin are set to come down
- 11-29-12 Montgomery County Dept. of Transportation: Go Montgomery -- Visit MCDOT's New Pedestrian Safety Website
- 11-29-12 Montgomery County Dept. of Transportation: Go Montgomery -- Bethesda Woodmont Parking Lot Project Update
- 11-29-12 WAMU 88.5 FM: D.C. Area's Transportation Future: Crowding, Crowding And More Crowding -- Council of governments releases 30-year transportation forecast
- 11-28-12 Baltimore Sun: Development aimed at defense industry stalls in Harford
- 11-28-12 Gazette.Net: Bethesda Metro station elevators opening soon -- Schedule depends on state inspectors
- 11-28-12 Gazette.Net: County explores alternatives for new 2nd District police station -- Developer cites poor economy for deal’s failure
- 11-28-12 WTOP 103.5 FM: Transportation, housing eat up 72 percent of incomes -- Buying a cheaper house in Washington's outer suburbs may no longer be the economic bargain it used to be
- 11-28-12 WUSA9-TV: Jaime Contreras of SEIU 32BJ, union represending 300 Escab Workers at Walter Reed Hospital in Washington, D.C., says Union Has Paid Employee Health Benefits That Employer Escab Should Cover
- 11-27-12 Montgomery County Dept. of Transportation: Federal delegation presents $40 million check to County for BRAC project
- 11-27-12 New York Times: The Hard Road Back -- Learning to Accept, and Master, a $110,000 Mechanical Arm
- 11-27-12 Politico: Maryland lawmakers build 'Fort Cyber'
- 11-26-12 WAMU 88.5 FM: Planners Tackle Traffic Congestion To Fort Meade
- 11-25-12 NBC News: Battle-hardened double amputee to prospective congressional foes: 'Bring it' -- In 1977, the 435-seat U.S. House of Representatives contained 347 veterans (almost 80 percent of that body) while 65 former service members filled the 100-seat U.S. Senate. In 2013, 84 fellow veterans will join Duckworth in the House (19 percent) while the Senate’s cadre of ex-military personnel has dwindled to 18, according the American Legion.
- 11-24-12 Tom Philpott's Military Update: Mail-order drugs might be key to leaner military health care budget -- The House and the Senate will decide in the next few weeks how military pharmacy fees will be raised in 2013, a step that arguably will be the most significant taken to date to slow growth in military health care budgets
- 11-23-12 Navy Times: Music lessons may help brain-injured veterans
- 11-23-12 Washington Examiner: Transportation summit to examine local funding issues
- 11-22-12 Washington Post: Talking turkey about ‘jointness’ -- Walter Pincus "Fine Print" National Security column
- 11-21-12 Washington Post: Army launches campaign to dispel myths about vets with PTSD and TBI
- 11-20-12 Gazette.Net: Free shuttle bus in Chevy Chase moving forward -- Issue will go to a public hearing
- 11-19-12 Washington Post: Capital Business -- Carr goes ahead with Bethesda project without tenants
- 11-19-12 Washington Examiner: Montgomery planners want third track for MARC line
- 11-18-12 Washington Post (Associated Press): Montgomery County exec seeks $1M to study bus rapid transit after saying it wasn’t feasible
- 11-16-12 Bethesda-Chevy Chase Regional Services Center: Lot 31 Project Update – November 16, 2012
- 11-16-12 Washington Examiner: Planner: Chevy Chase project would add traffic to Connecticut Ave.
- 11-16-12 Gazette.Net: Chevy Chase Lake Sector Plan behind schedule -- Shopping center would feature buildings up to 150 feet tall
- 11-16-12 Gazette.Net: Speed cameras slowing drivers, but losing revenue -- Authorities, citing safety, add, move devices to catch more drivers
- 11-16-12 Government Executive: Pentagon falls short on savings at joint bases, auditors say
- 11-16-12 USA TODAY: Military care system still has gaps, report finds
- 11-15-12 Walter Reed NMMC Journal: USO Breaks Grounds for New Facility at NSAB
- 11-15-12 Walter Reed NMMC Journal: New Navy Exchange Offers More Space, Products for Customers
- 11-15-12 Bethesda Now: Bethesda Does Well, Grosvenor Struggles In New ‘Walkability’ Ratings
- 11-14-12 Bethesda Now: Measuring Development Impact on Area Schools
- 11-14-12 Gazette.Net: Fate of historic trail uncertain in Army restoration project -- Ireland Drive may close due to contamination cleanup
- 11-13-12 Gazette.Net: Walter Reed janitors get paid, but late -- Union had filed complaint with Department of Labor
- 11-13-12 Bethesda Now: Residents Pleased With Intelligence Campus Designs
- 11-13-12 Maryland Capital Gazette: Fort Meade: Building a team of elite cyber professionals
- 11-13-12 Washington Examiner: Montgomery County can't afford proposed bus network, Leggett says
- 11-12-12 WTOP 103.5 FM: Walter Reed janitors say they haven't been paid for weeks
- 11-12-12 Washington Post: Montgomery County considers giving more of the road to buses
- 11-12-12 Washington Post: Ft. Belvoir Elementary School students greet veterans during school program -- ...[D]uring the past decade, a number of Fort Belvoir students had parents killed overseas. “When you walk through these corridors and peer in the rooms, you have no idea what these kids are thinking about. These kids serve too.”
- 11-11-12 Washington Post: For VA, mountains of disability claims remain a problem as vets wait for help
- 11-10-12 WTTG / FOX5 TV: A new kind of Navy Exchange
- 11-10-12 Tom Philpott's Military Update: Retirees in the wrong place soon will lose Tricare Prime -- With the presidential election over, Department of Defense officials are expected to announce soon that military retirees and their dependents living more than 40 miles from a military treatment facility or base closure site will lose access to Tricare Prime, the military’s managed-care option
- 11-10-12 Washington Post: Where We Live: Clover-College Park in Alexandria is where history endures but traffic rankles -- As with many area neighborhoods, the Defense Department’s Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) policy has altered traffic patterns.
- 11-9-12 Huffington Post: Serving Together: blog post by Jessica McNurlen, Serving Together Project Director -- Montgomery County Maryland is home to an abundance of effective nonprofit organizations and some of the finest military medical institutions in the country, including the new state-of-the-art Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda. However, up until recently, communication was lacking between the military and the local community's understanding of how to best work together to meet the needs of service members, veterans and their families. That disconnect has been felt by many communities across the country, particularly those who are serving or who have served in the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and their families.
- 11-9-12 New York Times: Giving -- In Veterans’ Aid, Growth Pains
- 11-9-12 Gazette.Net: Veterans’ health care has evolved with the times, medical director says -- Population younger, more female
- 11-9-12 Gazette.Net: Traffic lanes could be dedicated to buses in Montgomery -- Conversion would be quickest, most cost-effective way to increase ‘person throughput’
- 11-9-12 Bethesda Now: New Bethesda Police Station Up in the Air as Developer Backs Out
- 11-9-12 San Antonio Express-News: Military is S.A.'s major business
- 11-9-12 Roll Call: Commentary by Alan J. Magill and Stephen L. Hoffman: Overreactions to GSA Scandal Are Shortsighted -- New Defense Department polices have led to one-size-fits-all restrictions aimed at limiting all expenditures to prevent any possibility of bad publicity....For the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research and the Naval Medical Research Center, in particular, this decision is devastating
- 11-9-12 Bethesda Patch: 15-Story Residential, Retail Building Proposed For Commerce Lane -- Developers Kettler will file plans for the building, across from the Bethesda Metro station, within the month
- 11-9-12 Gazette.Net: Development blitz under way in Bethesda -- Mixed-use projects popping up downtown, on Rockville Pike
- 11-9-12 WTOP 103.5 FM: Montgomery Co. unveils plan for future bus rapid transit system
- 11-9-12 Joint Base Andrews Gazette: NAVFAC Washington awards contract for new medical facilities
- 11-8-12 Walter Reed NMMC Journal: Recovering Warrior Task Force to Visit Walter Reed Bethesda
- 11-8-12 Belvoir Eagle: 'Patient-centered medical home' model aims to improve healthcare at Belvoir hospital
- 11-7-12 Gazette.Net: Frederick alderman’s I-270 bus shoulder idea gets attention -- Krimm co-chairs task force studying proposal to help ease congestion
- 11-7-12 Bethesda Now: MoCo To Honor Veterans With TV Marathon
- 11-7-12 Bethesda Now: Navy To Unveil Revamped On-Base Store Saturday
- 11-7-12 Montgomery County Planning Board: Planners Propose Rapid Transit Corridor Recommendations to Planning Board
- 11-7-12 Gazette.Net: Project aims to connect veterans to local resources, support -- Website is one-stop source for events, information
- 11-6-12 Gazette.Net: Developers submit plans for first phase of Rockville mixed-use project -- Twinbrook Metroplace one of several such developments planned on the Pike
- 11-6-12 Gazette.Net: Transportation remains county’s No. 1 issue -- Council wants state lawmakers to fund projects
- 11-6-12 Baltimore Magazine: MDOT: State's Bike and Pedestrian Plan Due for Update
- 11-6-12 USO News Release: USO to Break Ground on State-of-the-Art Warrior and Family Center at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center at Bethesda -- USO hosts ground breaking ceremony for USO Warrior and Family Center at Bethesda to support troops battling visible wounds of war, along with their families and caregivers
- 11-5-12 Montgomery County Dept. of Transportation: Go Montgomery -- Car Sharing Now Available in Montgomery County
- 11-5-12 Baltimore Sun: State pushes ahead to draft blueprints for $2.2 billion Red Line project -- Regional transportation board to vote on $55.6 million request -- Making their task more difficult is the fact that the O'Malley administration hopes to build the $1.9 billion Purple Line light rail between Bethesda and New Carrollton during roughly the same time period using the same funding formula.
- 11-2-12 Gazette.Net: NIH urged to reduce plans for additional parking -- Master plan calls for 1,500 additional spaces
- 11-2-12 Washington Business Journal: National Intelligence close to deal for Reston lease
- 11-2-12 Washington Business Journal: Vornado forecasts BRAC recovery starting in 2014
- 11-2-12 BayNet.com: New Engineering Building Dedicated at Indian Head
- 11-1-12 Bethesda Patch: Development at Arlington Road Post Office Site Moves Forward -- Mixed-use retail and residential building approved for site, along with a new traffic signal on Arlington Road
- 11-1-12 Bethesda Now: Bethesda Metro Elevator Project Delayed
- 11-1-12 Bethesda Patch: Council Committee To Hear Update On Walter Reed Traffic Projects -- The hearing is set for 2:30 p.m. Thursday
- 11-1-12 Walter Reed NMMC Journal: Town Hall Offers Resources, Solutions for Warriors
- 11-1-12 Army Times: Army ramps up cybersecurity skills training
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