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February, 2019 News
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- 2-28-19 MCDOT: MD 355 Crossing Project -- PLANNED LANE CLOSURES, WEEK OF MARCH 4-8, 2019
- 2-28-19 WJLA/ABC7 TV: Excavation completed on main tunnel for Purple Line; budget, timeline questions loom
- 2-28-19 Bethesda Magazine: Bethesda Metro Center Project Changed To Include 489 Residences -- Developers previously proposed retail and office space
- 2-28-19 Bethesda Magazine: Metro Board Votes To Keep Current Operating Hours -- Decision reduces chances that federal funding for county transit work will be trimmed
- 2-28-19 Bethesda Magazine: Scooters To Be Added to Bike-Share Rental Program -- County continues campaign to reduce car traffic for short trips
- 2-28-19 Bethesda Magazine: Van Hollen: Despite Trump, NIH Significantly ‘Better Off’ In Terms of Funding -- Senator touts role on Appropriations Committee in discussing first two years in office
- 2-28-19 Fort Belvoir Eagle: VDOT Richmond Highway Construction Update
- 2-28-19 ROLL CALL: Pentagon wants Congress to replenish funds Trump taps for border wall -- Wasserman Schultz calls plan an end-run around Congress
- 2-27-19 Bethesda Magazine: Battery Lane Apartment Owners Scoping 15-Year Plan To Redevelop Buildings -- Aldon Management drawing up sketches and designs for review
- 2-27-19 WTOP 103.5 FM: Endless commute: Studies show DC-area drivers spending slightly less time behind wheel
- 2-27-19 Military Times: ‘I don’t want to die’: 380 Walter Reed patients are looking for kidney donors
- 2-27-19 Military Times: Large-scale closures of VA facilities could be coming sooner than expected. Here’s why.
- 2-27-19 Federal News Network 1500 AM: DoD needs to use a scalpel if it cuts medical force, medical corps educator says
- 2-26-19 Bethesda Magazine: County Council Confirms First of Three Assistant Administrative Officers -- Elrich selects former D.C. environmental department chief of staff
- 2-26-19 HIT Infrastrfucture: DoD Restructures Management of Medical Treatment Facilities -- The Department of Defense is restructuring its medical treatment facilities (MTFs), including transferring MTF administration and management from the military departments to the Defense Health Agency
- 2-26-19 WJLA/ABC7 TV: New proposal could end Metro's Silver Spring turnback
- 2-25-19 U.S. Department of Defense: Carderock Researchers Contribute to Book on Ship Stability
- 2-25-19 Bethesda Magazine: Bethesda Apartments Most Expensive in Washington Region -- Rental rates are 50 percent above state median price
- 2-25-19 WAMU 88.5 FM: Trump’s Border Wall Could Cut Funding to Maryland’s Largest Military Base -- President Donald Trump’s pursuit of $3.6 billion in military construction funds for the southern border wall might cut funding for infrastructure projects at Fort Meade, the largest military base in Maryland, according to community and military leaders.
- 2-25-19 Baltimore Business Journal: Baltimore's dockless scooter pilot ends Thursday. Here's what the community thinks, and what's next
- 2-24-19 Washington Post: Metro’s deja vu debate over late hours keeps happening because people keep forgetting -- “We always seem to keep finding ourselves . . . at the same precipice,” former agency official says
- 2-22-19 WTOP 103.5 FM: Flextime program offers incentive to commuters who choose to avoid sitting in traffic -- Interstate 495 Inner Loop — between VA-267 and I-270 Spur; I-495 Outer Loop — between I-95 and MD-193; I-66 EB at VA-267; and DC-295 SB at Benning Road.
- 2-22-19 Marriott International Headquarters, Downtown Bethesda: Development Update, Week of February 25, 2019
- 2-22-19 Washington Business Journal: Amazon hopes to hire most of HQ2 locally
- 2-22-19 WTOP 103.5 FM: Montgomery Co. may support extending Metro hours
- 2-22-19 Bethesda Magazine: Metro Riders Demand Better Red Line Service -- At public forum, customers say schedule hobbles businesses, students
- 2-22-19 Broadway World: Chesapeake Shakespeare Company Receives An NEA Contract To Teach Acting At Walter Reed National Military Medical Center
- 2-21-19 MCDOT: MD 355 Crossing Project: PLANNED LANE CLOSURES, WEEK OF FEBRUARY 25 THRU MARCH 1, 2019
- 2-21-19 Bethesda Magazine: County Exploring Additional Spending Cuts -- Agencies have been ordered to examine underperforming areas, target reductions
- 2-20-19 Greater Greater Washington blog: Maryland toll lanes won’t ease traffic, critics say
- 2-20-19 Hagerstown Herald-Mail: Fort Detrick holding town-hall meeting to discuss family housing concerns -- A gathering is also scheduled for 6 p.m. March 1 at the Glen Haven Community Center, 1200 McMahon Road in Wheaton, Md., for residents from the Forest Glen Annex
- 2-20-19 Maryland Matters blog: Bicyclists Press Lawmakers for Share of the Road and Share of the Pie
- 2-19-19 Bethesda Magazine: Bethesda Project Aims To Provide ‘Missing Middle’ Housing -- Plans include demolishing large home and replacing it with eight townhomes
- 2-18-19 Association of Defense Comminities: National Emergency Means Lots of Questions for Military Spending
- 2-15-19 Marriott International Headquarters, Downtown Bethesda: Development Update -- Week of February 18, 2019
- 2-15-19 Bethesda Magazine: Council Panel Pushes To Keep Money for Metrorail Station Improvements -- Derailing White Flint funding in construction budget would impair other projects, members say
- 2-15-19 Bethesda Magazine: Metro Liaison Concerned Extended Hours Could Hurt Montgomery Rail Service -- Funding for Purple Line, more frequent trains to Glenmont might take a hit in budget
- 2-14-19 Washington Post: Maryland is focusing on adding toll lanes in plan to widen the Beltway and I-270 -- The state has removed earlier options to expand transit in the corridors
- 2-14-19 WTOP 103.5 FM: Auditor’s report critical of Maryland’s State Highway Administration
- 2-14-19 MDOT-MTA: Reminder: Commuter Bus Route 202 Discontinuation -- Maryland Department of Transportation Commuter Bus Route 202, service from Gaithersburg to DOD and Ft. Meade, will be discontinued due to low ridership. The last day of service will be Thursday, February 28, 2019. CommuterDirect.com ticket sales for this route will end February 7 at 2 p.m. As an alternative, passengers may take Commuter Bus Route 201 from Gaithersburg, Shady Grove Metro, Georgia Ave., or Burtonsville Park & Ride to Arundel Mills Mall, then transfer to RTA 502 or AACO AA-202.
- 2-14-19 Bloomberg News: Economics: These Are the Wealthiest Towns in the U.S. -- Wealth is concentrated in six counties: Westchester in New York, Bergen in New Jersey and Fairfield in Connecticut, all outside New York City; Cook County of Chicago; Los Angeles County, and Montgomery County, Maryland, bordering Washington D.C.
- 2-14-19 Bethesda Magazine: After Amazon Dumps New York, Montgomery Hopes for a Second Shot at Offices -- ‘Amazon is always aware of what we offer,’ county business development executive says
- 2-14-19 Washington Business Journal: AstraZeneca retires MedImmune brand; Jallal leaves for new company
- 2-13-19 MCDOT: MD 355 Crossing Project: PLANNED LANE CLOSURES, WEEK OF FEBRUARY 18-22, 2019
- 2-13-19 MCDOT: Agenda for FEBRUARY 19, 2019 Montgomery County BRAC Integration Committee (BIC) Meeting
- 2-13-19 Bethesda Magazine: 15-Year Effort to Document County Cemeteries Uncovers 50 New Sites -- County Planning Board to review new guidelines to preserve burial grounds
- 2-13-19 Bethesda Magazine: Governor’s Highway Widening Plan Gets Another Potential Roadblock -- Bethesda delegate files bill to restrict use of eminent domain for Beltway, I-270 projects
- 2-13-19 U.S. News & World Report: Senators Vow Urgent Reform to Correct 'Unacceptable' Military Housing Conditions -- Robert H. McMahon, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Sustainment, said the military will visit one of those bases – Army Fort Meade in Maryland – on Thursday in an effort to define the scope of housing lapses.
- 2-12-19 Greater Greater Washington blog: Montgomery County’s first Bus Rapid Transit station is under construction
- 2-12-19 WTOP 103.5 FM: What’s with DC’s terrible commute? Study suggests Pierre L’Enfant is to blame
- 2-12-19 Montgomery Community Media: Four of the 10 Most Diverse Cities in America Are in Montgomery County
- 2-12-19 Association of Defense Communities: Defense Committee Leaders against Using Milcon Money for Border Wall
- 2-11-19 Bethesda Magazine: Major Contractors, Developers Want ‘Traffic Relief Plan’ -- County asked for measures to alleviate congestion as multiple projects sprout in Bethesda
- 2-11-19 WTOP 103.5 FM: Safety weighs heavily in future plans for Montgomery Co. road -- Montgomery County’s planners are looking at ways to increase safety in the short term on the four-mile stretch of Veirs Mill Road that runs from Rockville to Wheaton
- 2-11-19 Association of Defense Communities: Harford County, Md., Seeks Bids for Transit Project
- 2-11-19 Military.com: Military Mulls Medical Personnel Cuts Even as Suicide Rates Rise
- 2-8-19 Marriott International Headquarters, Downtown Bethesda: NOTICE OF CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITY -- Week of February 11, 2019
- 2-8-19 WTOP 103.5 FM: Options wide open for configuration of new American Legion Bridge
- 2-8-19 Urban Turf D.C. Real Estate blog: Groundbreaking Expected Soon for 254 Apartments at Glenmont Metro
- 2-8-19 U.S. News & World Report: Pentagon Plans Massive Reorganization of Military Medicine -- Move has alarmed existing military medical personnel, who fear layoffs
- 2-8-19 Military Times: DoD and civilian doctors, pharmacies now sharing information about opioid prescriptions, watching for abuse
- 2-7-19 Source of the Spring blog: Thayer-Spring Public Parking Garage Now Open
- 2-7-19 WTOP 103.5 FM: Capital Bikeshare problems take many stations offline
- 2-7-19 Stars and Stripes: DOD medical force cut hurts military families
- 2-7-19 Washington Post: The parking lot suicides -- Veterans are taking their own lives on VA hospital campuses, a desperate form of protest against a system that they feel hasn’t helped them
- 2-7-19 Fort Meade Soundoff: Road construction projects continue on post
- 2-6-19 Bethesda Magazine: Showdown Coming Over Fate of Historic Bethesda Cemetery -- Protesters, including a mayor, vow to be arrested at housing authority meeting
- 2-6-19 Bethesda Magazine: Marriott Campus Sale Seen By Brokers As Boost For Rock Spring Area -- Planned retirement community one of three large projects on drawing boards
- 2-6-19 Association of Defense Communities: Survey: Military Families Want to Feel More Connected to Communities
- 2-5-19 MCDOT: MD 355 CROSSING PROJECT: PLANNED LANE CLOSURES FOR FEBRUARY 8-15
- 2-5-19 WTOP 103.5 FM: Naval officers, first responders undergo active-shooter training in Md.
- 2-5-19 Washington Business Journal: Chevy Chase Land, Bozzuto teaming on $200M Chevy Chase Lake
- 2-5-19 Bethesda Magazine: Rockville Strikes Accord on Development, School Capacity -- Council’s lone opponent says vote favors one developer
- 2-5-19 BISNOW Real Estate News: AvalonBay Breaks Ground On Long-Planned Rockville Apartments, But Decreases Overall Pace Of Development
- 2-5-19 Maryland Matters blog: House, Senate Bills Could Jam Up Hogan Highway Plan
- 2-5-19 Bethesda Magazine: Opinion: Slow Housing Growth Clobbers MoCo’s Capital Budget -- Putting the brakes on county road projects -- Commentary by Adam Pagnucco
- 2-4-19 Bloomberg Government: Embattled VA Health Care System May Merge With Pentagon’s
- 2-3-19 Association of Defense Communities: OEA Releases State-by-State Defense Spending Analysis
- 2-1-19 Marriott International, Downtown Bethesda: Development Update: Feb. 1, 2019 -- Water Main Break
- 2-1-19 Bethesda Magazine: Demolition of Former Bethesda Police Station To Begin -- 22-story mixed-use building, with hotel set to be completed in 2021
- 2-1-19 Bethesda Magazine: 15 MPH Speed Limit for Some Residential Streets Under Review -- State legislation would give County Council the power to set lower standard
- 2-1-19 Baltimore Sun: Gov. Larry Hogan boasts that Maryland has 'largest' transportation projects in nation, world. True? Seemingly
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