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August, 2016 News
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- 8-31-16 Fort Meade Soundoff: Director of transformation leads Meade into future
- 8-31-16 Military Times: In the wake of scandal, Wounded Warrior Project outlines significant overhaul
- 8-30-16 WTOP 103.5 FM: Fairfax Co. installs new pedestrian-powered crosswalk aimed at improving safety
- 8-30-16 U.S. Department of Defense: Armed With Science blog -- Healing Through Art Therapy: Science Café Speaker to Focus on Treatment to Process Feelings, Experiences
- 8-30-16 Washingtonian Magazine: The NSA Research Director Wants Hackers to Know Who She Is -- Deborah Frincke disarms NSA’s doubters with transparency
- 8-29-16 Bethesda Magazine: SHA Begins Installing Flashing Signs and Making Other Changes at River Road Intersection -- Alterations come after a deadly February crash killed three members of a Bethesda family
- 8-29-16 Stars and Stripee: Quality of public schools can be a BRAC factor
- 8-28-16 Military Times: Significant interest from the private sector in running commissaries
- 8-28-16 NPR: Yellow Fever Timeline: The History Of A Long Misunderstood Disease
- 8-26-16 Washington Post: A narrow view won’t ease congestion -- Commentary by Patrick Wojahn, mayor of College Park and director of government relations at Rails-to-Trails Conservancy, a nonprofit organization that advocates for active transportation and regional trail systems
- 8-26-16 Bethesda Magazine: Chevy Chase Land Company Donates to Park -- $50,000 funds play area at Western Grove Urban Park
- 8-26-16 Baltimore Sun/Harford Aegis: Major overhaul of Aberdeen's train station desirable but not easily done, mayor and senator say
- 8-25-16 NSA Bethesda/Walter Reed NMMC Journal: 2016 Mobility Solace: Exercise Tests Transport Readiness For Patient With Infectious Disease
- 8-25-16 Military Times: Army, Coast Guard hardest hit by Zika
- 8-25-16 Bethesda Magazine: State Eradicates Invasive Plants along I-495 in County -- SHA uses herbicide on non-native species, leaving brown patches behind
- 8-24-16 Bethesda Magazine: Harris Teeter Opens in Downtown Bethesda -- 24-hour store includes a pharmacy and Starbucks
- 8-24-16 Washington Post: U.S. asks court to reconsider order setting back Purple Line light-rail construction
- 8-24-16 WTOP 103.5 FM (Associated Press): Japan authorizes $2M to study high-speed train in Maryland
- 8-24-16 United States Army: Survival rates improving for Soldiers wounded in combat, says Army surgeon general
- 8-23-16 Washington Business Journal: Branding Rockville Pike? Please, no giant 'Pike District' sign
- 8-22-16 Military.com: Tricare Urgent Care Benefit May Expand to Active Duty
- 8-22-16 Army Times: Army now deploying smaller medical teams for far-flung deployments, 3-star says
- 8-19-16 Montgomery County Sentinel: Soil sampling begins along Purple Line route
- 8-19-16 Washington Post: Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan plans to call for repeal of a transportation-funding law -- Gov. Hogan opposed the controversial measure, but his administration started implementing it
- 8-19-16 Baltimore Business Journal: Baltimore's first bike-share rentals coming in October
- 8-19-16 Military,com: Moving Patients Back to Military Hospitals Top Priority: Official
- 8-18-16 NSA Bethesda/Walter Reed NMMC Journal: WRNMMC Leaders Discuss Better Serving Beneficiaries
- 8-18-16 NSA Bethesda/Walter Reed NMMC Journal: Leaders Discuss State Of TBI, Psychological Health Care at Summit
- 8-17-16 Washington Business Journal: Walter Reed campus in D.C. will not have a Wegmans grocery store
- 8-17-16 Bethesda Magazine: Why Is the Former Exxon Property in Downtown Bethesda Still Vacant?
- 8-16-16 Bethesda Magazine: Metro To Extend Rockville-Area SafeTrack Work and Close Several Red Line Stations This Weekend -- The transit operator said heat and humidity have slowed repair work
- 8-16-16 Baltimore Business Journal: Why Kevin Plank is buying the Baltimore Water Taxi
- 8-16-16 Bethesda Magazine: Developers Scheduled for December Hearing on Chevy Chase Lake Project -- The Chevy Chase Land Co. and Bozzuto filed applications earlier this month
- 8-16-16 Bethesda Magazine: Construction Permit Sought for Target in Bethesda
- 8-16-16 Washington Business Journal: MoCo selling high-profile public garage advertising at cut-rate prices
- 8-15-16 Bethesda Magazine: Resident’s Lobbying Leads to Changes in Bethesda Row Crosswalks -- County rejected request for 'scramble' pedestrian crossing but made other changes at intersection of Bethesda and Woodmont avenues
- 8-15-16 WTOP 103.5 FM: Medical students at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USUHS) in Bethesda are taking part in combat casualty training -- Aug. 15-17
- 8-14-16 Washington Post: Get ready, Maryland. Charlotte’s light-rail project shows what Purple Line construction could bring
- 8-14-16 WJZ/CBS13-TV: Baltimore Rolling Out Bike Share Program
- 8-12-16 Washington Post: Smart growth requires more than roads -- Commentary by Rollin Stanley, general manager of urban planning for Calgary, Alberta, and Montgomery County planning director from 2008 to 2012
- 8-12-16 Baltimore Sun/Harford Aegis: Commuter bus route proposed from Baltimore to Edgewood, Belcamp, Aberdeen Proving Ground
- 8-11-16 U.S. Department of Defense: WMATA Brings SafeTrack to Montgomery County -- The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority’s (WMATA) SafeTrack surges are coming to the Red Line and will impact Naval Support Activity Bethesda (NSAB).
- 8-11-16 Washington Business Journal: Montgomery County EDC lands its first CEO
- 8-11-16 Frederick News-Post: Fort Detrick installs solar panels on hundreds of homes -- ...also installed solar panels for 240 housing units and a community center in Silver Spring at Fort Detrick’s Forest Glen Annex
- 8-11-16 Bethesda Magazine: Since You Asked: How Did the Bethesda Trolley Trail Get Its Name? -- The federal government-funded intersection improvement project at Old Georgetown Road and West Cedar Lane in Bethesda includes building wider sidewalks for trail users from Charles Street to Alta Vista Road and from Center Drive to Lincoln Drive.
- 8-11-16 Bethesda Magazine: County Touts Ridership of Shuttle to Bethesda Office Park Home of Marriott International -- The first two weeks of shuttle service have seen an average of 200 riders per day
- 8-11-16 Bethesda Magazine: Purple Line Work To Take Place along Capital Crescent Trail and Wisconsin Avenue Later This Month -- Crews will be taking soil borings to explore underground conditions along the Purple Line’s route
- 8-11-16 Washington Post: Student enrollment continues to surge in Maryland school district -- With the new school year just weeks away, Maryland’s largest school system has projected that its enrollment will continue to surge, rising to a record level of more than 159,000 students. School officials in Montgomery County said the growth continues an eight-year trend of enrollment increases of more than 2,000 students a year.
- 8-11-16 IHS Jane's 360: Underwater power transfer could overcome one obstacle for UUV operations
- 8-11-16 Frederick News-Post: Proposed road through Fort Detrick’s Area B concerns residents
- 8-11-16 Military Times: Malaria drug causes brain damage that mimics PTSD: case study -- Project at Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC) Carderock Division, Maryland
- 8-11-16 Association of Defense Communities: SBA Rule Incorporates Statutory Changes Easing HUBZone Eligibility Requirements at BRAC Sites
- 8-10-16 Bethesda Magazine: Downtown Bethesda Harris Teeter To Open in 2 Weeks -- The 50,000-square-foot grocery store is at corner of Battery Lane and Woodmont Avenue
- 8-10-16 U.S. Department of Defense: Acting ignites passion, reinforces connection for service members, veterans -- Soldiers assigned to the Warrior Transition Brigade-National Capital Region at Fort Belvoir, Virginia, and Naval Support Activity-Bethesda, Maryland, have a recovery process that can sometimes take months or even years.
- 8-10-16 Association of Defense Communities: Navy Would Have a Role to Play in Next BRAC Round, Mabus Says
- 8-9-16 United States Navy: Navy Medicine Researchers Develop Therapeutic Cocktail of Environmental Phages to Overcome Antibiotic-Resistant Infection
- 8-9-16 New York Times: When Warriors Pick Up Guitars -- ...The band, whose official title is MusiCorps Wounded Warrior Band (MusiCorps Band for short), spun out of a program, also called MusiCorps, at the Walter Reed Army Medical Center. MusiCorps, the program, uses conservatory-level music training to help wounded war veterans from Iraq and Afghanistan as part of their recovery.
- 8-8-16 Bethesda Magazine: SafeTrack Surge No. 7 Expected to Bring Delays to Rockville-Area Metro Stations -- Local officials urge riders to use alternatives as trains single-track between Twinbrook and Shady Grove for the next nine days
- 8-6-16 Fredericksburg (VA) Free Lance-Star: Staying on Guard Against Another BRAC: Fredericksburg region must maintain support for military bases -- Commentary by Vaughn Mahaffey, a member of the Fredericksburg Regional Military Advisory Council (MAC)
- 8-4-16 NSA Bethesda/Walter Reed NMMC Journal: Construction Update -- Construction upgrades at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center (WRNMMC) and NSAB began in late 2015 and are expected to continue for the next 7 to 10 years
- 8-4-16 Washington Post: Purple Line won’t be getting $900 million it expected on Monday
- 8-4-16 Washington Business Journal: NoMa pedestrian tunnel part of Union Market developers’ larger plans, proposed bond package
- 8-4-16 Military Times: After Zika vaccine breakthrough, DoD researchers to test it in humans
- 8-4-16 New York Times: China’s Straddling Bus, on a Test Run, Floats Above Streets
- 8-3-16 Washington Post: Beach Drive rehabilitation begins next month, will close busy commuter route
- 8-3-16 JustMeans.com: GM and U.S. Navy Work On Hydrogen Fuel Cell Powered Undersea Unmanned Vehicles
- 8-3-16 Maryland Capital Gazette: Defense Department wades through public comment phase of NSA construction project
- 8-2-16 Bethesda Magazine: Approved Rockville Pike Neighborhood Plan Allows Exceptions to Controversial Road Design -- Specific references to building height limits eliminated
- 8-2-16 Federal News Radio 1500 AM: New administration, same budget cap challenges, defense expert warns
- 8-2-16 Washington Post: Real EState -- New Montgomery Row townhouse community in Bethesda is close to plenty of shopping
- 8-2-16 Nerdwallet: The Most Educated Places in America 2016
- 8-2-16 Washington Post: Loss of VA health-care providers grows as demand for care increases. Will service suffer?
- 8-2-16 HydroWorld.com: DOE to fund test facility for U.S. waters as Wave Energy Prize competition continues -- In early July, the U.S. Department of Energy announced that the nine finalist teams for the Wave Energy Prize identified on March 1 will all proceed through Technology Gate 3 to test their 1/20th scale wave energy converter prototypes at the Navy’s Maneuvering and Seakeeping (MASK) Basin -- part of the Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC) in Carderock -- beginning in September.
- 8-1-16 Washington Business Journal: Delaney takes on Maryland gridlock with campaign to widen I-270
- 8-1-16 Washingtonian Magazine: Why Washington’s Big Box Stores Are Shrinking -- To fit into the new downtown lifestyle of places like Arlington and Bethesda, chain stores are slimming down and designing up
- 8-1-16 Association of Defense Communities: Partnership Protecting NAS Pax River from Encroachment Reaches Milestone
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