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February 2012 News

• 2-29-12 Gazette.Net:  Traffic in Bethesda to get worse as road construction begins in March -- Military reports its staff using more public transportation
• 2-29-12 Gazette.Net:  Underground Capital Cresent Trail crossing would cost $51 million -- MTA report calls Bethesda stacked tunnel costly, disruptive
• 2-29-12 Gazette.Net:  Federal jobs, spending cuts would affect Montgomery -- County kept on negative watch list for ties to federal government
• 2-29-12 Bethesda Patch:  17-Story Retail, Residential Tower To Break Ground In Woodmont Triangle -- The first phase of the Woodmont Central plan, known as the "Gallery of Bethesda," will break ground in March
• 2-28-12 Washington Examiner:  Leggett: Bethesda Metro entrance not necessary for Purple Line
• 2-26-12 Gazette.Net:  For wounded Walter Reed vets, American Legion dinner means time with ‘family’ -- Dinner is a chance for them to get away from everyday struggles
• 2-28-12 Washington Business Journal:  Vornado facing heavy BRAC-tied losses
• 2-28-12 Seattle Times:  Pentagon to review how military handles PTSD cases
• 2-28-12 Bloomberg News:  U.S. States Seek to Contain Harm as Pentagon Plans Defense Cuts
• 2-27-12 Montgomery County Dept. of Transportation:  Free Shuttle Bus Serves North Chevy Chase
• 2-27-12 Washington Post:  LaVar Arrington Hard Hits blog -- Wounded Warriors: a personal story
• 2-26-12 Annapolis Capital:  Fort Meade continues to be west county’s engine of growth
  • 2-26-12 Annapolis Capital:  Health services flooding market
• 2-25-12 WJLA/ABC7-TV:  For Veterans, a Hire-On-the-Spot Job Fair in Bethesda
• 2-25-12 Washington Post:  Planners reject proposal to keep trail inside tunnel for future Purple Line
• 2-25-12 New York Times:  Branding a Soldier With ‘Personality Disorder’
  • 2-25-12 New York Times:  At War blog -- ‘Personality Disorder,’ a Disputed Diagnosis
• 2-23-12 Scripps Howard News Serevice:  Proposed military base closings seen as needed money saver -- New rounds of military base realignment and closures proposed for 2013 and 2015 will look different from the last round of BRAC, especially for the Air Force
• 2-23-12 Gazette.Net:  Rock Creek Hills Local Park is committee’s preferred site for new B-CC middle school -- Kensington park will be discussed by park and planning commission on March 15
  • 2-23-12 Bethesda Magazine:  It’s Rock Creek Hills Local Park — Again
• 2-23-12 Walter Reed NMMC Journal:  Joint Commission to Arrive Next Week
• 2-23-12 Business Wire:  Fitch Rates State of Maryland's $921MM GOs 'AAA'; Outlook Stable
• 2-23-12 Walter Reed NMMC Journal:  Solid Curtain/Citadel Shield 2012: We Train To Protect -- The public also may see an increase in security service personnel and traffic around installations. While residents should remain vigilant for suspicious activity, they should not interpret the additional activity as more than a routine military exercise
• 2-23-12 Association of Defense Communities:  How Congress Cleared the Bases: A Legislative History of BRAC
• 2-22-12 Seattle Times:  Army reinstates PTSD diagnoses in six cases from Madigan -- The Army Surgeon General has offered to expand those reviews to include other soldiers who feel they did not get fair treatment from Madigan
• 2-22-12 Washington Examiner:  New York Avenue is Metro's fastest-growing station -- The Medical Center station in Bethesda saw a boom of its own, spurred by the massive shift of military jobs under the Defense Department's Base Realignment and Closure plan.
• 2-22-12 Bethesda Patch:  MCPS Will Recommend Middle School Sites Wednesday -- The meeting is the last on the schedule before the superintendent weighs in
• 2-21-12 Bethesda Patch:  Lot 31 Groundbreaking Delayed Again -- The public parking garage project is now planned for March, officials say
• 2-21-12 Baltimore Sun:  Maryland Air National Guard losing planes, mission -- Other areas being added, but Air Force cancellation of C27J program nationwide to leave state without airlift capability for disasters, war
• 2-20-12 Washington Post:  Returning military members allege job discrimination — by federal government
• 2-19-12 Inside NoVA.com:  Quantico, Belvoir business group preps for future
• 2-17-12 Marine Corps Times:  D.C.-area hiring fair set for veterans, spouses -- A “hiring fair” — not merely a “job fair” — aimed at wounded warriors, veterans, transitioning military members, and military spouses will be held Feb. 25 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Naval Support Activity Bethesda, home of Walter Reed National Military Medical Center.
  • 2-17-12 U.S. Department of Defense News Release:  Navy to Host Spouse, Veteran Hiring Fair at Bethesda
• 2-17-12 Gazette.Net:  Suburban Maryland office market facing two more years of federal drift -- Delta report points to significant drop in vacancies by 2015
• 2-17-12 Southern Maryland Newspapers Online:  Indian Head may be closer to chopping block this time -- Former BRAC committee chief warns officials
• 2-17-12 Gazette.Net:  As gas tax increase looms, county infrastructure projects can stagnate for years -- To build everything currently on the counties’ wish lists would cost a about $12 billion
• 2-16-12 Montgomery County Dept. of Transportation:   Roadwork planned near Medical Center in Bethesda/North Chevy Chase in connection with BRAC
• 2-16-12 Bethesda Patch:  Rockville Pike Traffic Light To Operate 30 Extra Minutes -- The State Highway Administration is attempting to alleviate backups on Walter Reed Bethesda's campus
• 2-16-12 WJZ / CBS TV (Baltimore):  USNS Comfort’s Move From Baltimore To Norfolk To Save Navy Time & Money
• 2-16-12 Gazette.Net:  For Montgomery commuters, websites attempt to curb awful commutes when nature strikes -- Council of governments hopes information will improve travel logistics
• 2-16-12 Gazette.Net:  Partnership with Walter Reed advances science studies for Northwestern High students -- Research institute provides materials, equipment, mentors to classroom
• 2-16-12 Gazette.Net:  Frederick wants county land for water tower to serve north end -- Ideal location to serve north end development, but pricetag is high
• 2-16-12 Baltimore Sun:  Ruppersberger vows fight to keep Comfort
• 2-16-12 Federal News Radio 1500 AM:  Congress pushes back against another round of BRAC
• 2-15-12 Washington Post:  Walter Reed partnership advances science studies
• 2-15-12 U.S.Department of Defense News Release:  Panetta Asks Congress to Undo Sequestration, Approve BRAC
• 2-15-12 Harford County Aegis:  Residents, APG employees learn more about Routes 40 and 715 construction
• 2-15-12 Gazette.Net:  Firm downsizes plans for Chevy Chase development -- Chevy Chase Lake area could become 1.5 million square acre development
• 2-15-12 Harford County Aegis:  Editorial -- Another BRAC?
• 2-15-12 WTOP 103.5 FM:  Financing approval anticipated for I-95/395 express lanes
• 2-15-12 Nature Publishing Group:  Mixed news for biodefense in President’s budget request
• 2-14-12 Baltimore Sun:  Maryland State, local officials preparing for new BRAC -- Taking nothing for granted as Pentagon seeks more base realignment in 2013
• 2-14-12 WTOP 103.5 FM:  10 of top 15 richest counties are in D.C. suburbs
• 2-13-12 Washington Post:  Montgomery wants to keep some funding for new Bethesda Metro entrance in next capital plan
• 2-13-12 Association of Defense Communities:  New Community Support Funding Proposed for OEA
• 2-10-12 Baltimore Sun:  Baltimore area's federal agencies a 'growth industry' -- Social Security is region's fifth-largest employer
• 2-9-12 Yahoo Real Estate News:  Richest cities where no one wants to move
• 2-9-12 Bethesda Patch:  MCPS Narrows Middle School Search  -- Two parks and three private sites remain
• 2-9-12 Baltimore Sun/ ExploreHarford.com:  Another BRAC in 2013? Where Harford stands -- Transportation concerns might hurt county's chances for more relocations
• 2-9-12 Washington Post:  Bethesda area braces for major roadwork
  • 2-9-12 Washington Post:  (GRAPHIC)  Bethesda road construction delays -- About 70,000 vehicles already jam Connecticut Avenue and Rockville Pike daily, and highway officials are warning motorists to expect delays over the next three years as they make road improvements to the main entry points to the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center and National Institutes of Health
• 2-9-12 Walter Reed NMMC Journal:  Military Health System Conference Highlights Care, Transformation
• 2-9-12 Belvoir Eagle:  Community's thoughts requested in transit study
• 2-8-12 United States Army News Release:  Army's top signal officer tours C4ISR campus, explores acquisitions efficiencies
• 2-8-12 Northern Virginia Connection Newspapers:  Bracing for Massive Change Along the Route 1 Corridor -- Whether called it Route 1, Richmond Highway or Hyland Highway, it won’t be the same
• 2-8-12 Gazette.Net:  Intelligence campus in Bethesda wins master plan approval -- Concerns about deforestation, rain runoff persist
• 2-8-12 Gazette.Net:  Bumper to Bumper:?Bus rapid what? -- How familiar is the public with the county’s plan for upcounty transit?
• 2-8-12 Washington Business Journal:  Federal Contracts: Top Counties for 2012
• 2-7-12 U.S. Department of Defense News Release:  Officials: Women Can Suffer Same Deployment Ills as Men
• 2-7-12 Kensington Patch:  County Committee Backs Greater Height for Konterra -- The project could go to 75 feet in exchange for public amenities
• 2-6-12 Army Times:  DoD: Tricare beneficiaries should go to MTFs
• 2-6-12 Federal Times:  BRAC cleanup costs linger long after installations close
• 2-5-12 Washington Examiner:  MontCo planners explore cramming BRT on crowded roads
• 2-4-12 Seattle Times:  Army doctor at Madigan suspended over PTSD comments -- Two physicians on a Madigan Army Medical Center psychiatric team have been removed from clinical duties, as the Army opens an investigation into whether PTSD screenings for soldiers were mishandled
• 2-3-12 Gazette.Net:  Panel OKs 3,000-worker intelligence campus in Bethesda -- Project to replace federal geospatial agency
  • 2-3-12 Washington Examiner:  Federal planners approve design plans for Bethesda spy campus
• 2-3-12 Southern Maryland News Online:  Indian Head base at risk of closure in looming BRAC fight -- Officials say plans are threat, opportunity
• 2-3-12 Southern Maryland News Online:  St. Mary’s County flush with cash, but officials see costs coming -- Morgan suggests investing money to withstand BRAC
• 2-2-12 Gazette.Net:  Lawmakers seek road improvement delays near Walter Reed -- Representatives: Connecticut Avenue upgrade needs more studying
• 2-2-12 Walter Reed NMMC Journal:  Warrior Transition Brigade Hosts First Town Hall of 2012
• 2-2-12 Walter Reed NMMC Journal:  Movers & Shakers -- Kiersten Marino, transition manager for the Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) project at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center (WRNMMC)
• 2-2-12 Walter Reed NMMC Journal:  Regional Appointment Center Seeks to Improve Access To Care
• 2-2-12 Walter Reed NMMC Journal:  WRNMMC Uses New, Brain-Controlled Prosthetic Arm
• 2-2-12 Military.com:  Belvoir Opens TBI Department
• 2-2-12 The Hill:  Defense lobbyists mobilize for Obama administration's round of base closures
• 2-2-12 Montgomery Examiner:  Cash cows Fairfax, MontCo shorted in state aid
• 2-1-12 Washington Post:  Capital Bikeshare program looks to spread into the Washington suburbs
• 2-1-12 Federal Times:  McKeon on Potential BRAC Request: ‘Kill It'
• 2-1-12 Gazette.Net:  New intercity bus routes added using Intercounty Connector -- Bus routes serve Gaithersburg, BWI, Fort Meade
• 2-1-12 USA TODAY:  Cost-saving plan to unify military medical services on hold
• 2-1-12 Severn Patch:  O'Malley: Route 175 Widening Would 'Create Real Jobs' -- In his blog, the Maryland governor touts the benefits of widening the road that crosses in front of Fort Meade
• 2-1-12 Hampton Roads Virginian-Pilot:  Base exchanges save sailors 23 percent, Navy survey says
• 2-1-12 Southern Maryland News Online:  Base closings seen as challenge for Pax River -- Navy installation could lose or gain in new BRAC process
  • 2-1-12 Southern Maryland News Online:  Editorial -- ‘National treasures’ at risk?
    
     
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