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July, 2017 News
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- 7-31-17 Bethesda Magazine: Developer Unveils Proposal for Six-Story Apartment Complex on Arlington Road -- Building would replace block of single-family homes near Bethesda Elementary
- 7-31-17 WTOP 103.5 FM: Feds find Metro safety slip-ups, crumbling concrete, broken power-cutoff buttons
- 7-31-17 Bethesda Magazine: Grosvenor-Strathmore Growth Plan Heads to County Council -- Planning board recommends allowing estimated 1,397 new homes, three high-rises on Metro property
- 7-28-17 Washington Post: Let’s keep motors off our bike trails -- Commentary by Paul Basken, science-policy reporter at the Chronicle of Higher Education
- 7-28-17 THE HILL: Closing old military bases will help our defense — and our communities -- Commentary by Mackenzie Eaglin, resident fellow at the Marilyn Ware Center for Security Studies at the American Enterprise Institute
- 7-27-17 U.S. Department of Defense: Carderock, UMBC open door for collaboration with Educational Partnership Agreement
- 7-27-17 Bethesda Magazine: Beltway Resurfacing Project To Close Outer Loop Lanes Starting Next Week -- Workers will begin project to patch pavement, pave and restripe highway in Bethesda and Kensington
- 7-27-17 Washingtonian Magazine: Montgomery County Used to Have the Stupidest Bike Lane in America. Now It’s Leading the DC Area in Cycling Infrastructure -- Commentary by urban planner Dan Reed
- 7-27-17 Greater Greater Washington: A town center in White Oak may finally take shape -- Commentary by urban planner Dan Reed
- 7-27-17 Military Health System: Medical Technology -- Military medicine on leading edge of innovation
- 7-27-17 Washington Post: Senate committee includes $100 million to help build Purple Line in Maryland
- 7-26-17 Bethesda Magazine: Marriott Finalizes Development Deal for Downtown Bethesda Headquarters -- Project partners plan to finish offices, flagship hotel by 2022
- 7-26-17 Bethesda Magazine: Planning Board Looks To Increase Max Building Density at Grosvenor-Strathmore Site -- Staff estimates changes could raise housing count from 1,145 to 1,397 units
- 7-26-17 WTOP 103.5 FM: Montgomery County Council nudges along revived Purple Line project -- Montgomery County Council members approved a measure to allow the state to build and operate the Purple Line light rail project on county land
- 7-26-17 Bethesda Magazine: Planning Board To Vote on High-Rise Project at Former Steamers Site in Bethesda -- Proposal calls for 110-foot building at Auburn and Norfolk avenues
- 7-26-17 Bethesda Magazine: Proposal Filed To Turn Former Car Dealership Site into Apartments at Westfield Montgomery Mall -- Early plans show apartments with plaza, walking trail on former Ourisman site
- 7-26-17 FEDweek: White House Again Pitches Base Closings; Congress Balks
- 7-25-17 Bethesda Magazine: Carr Plans To Cut Historic Community Hardware Store In Half for Aug. 19 Move -- Move will allow demolition and redevelopment of Apex Building to continue
- 7-25-17 Bethesda Magazine: Planning Board Passes Redevelopment Proposal for Its Own Headquarters -- Project on Georgia Avenue envisioned as a gateway to downtown Silver Spring
- 7-25-17 MCDOT: Next scheduled controlled blast for the MD 355 Crossing Project near NSAB/Walter Reed/NIH in Bethesda: Wednesday July 26 between 10:00 – 11:00 AM
- 7-25-17 Bethesda Magazine: Friends of Capital Crescent Trail Taking Purple Line Fight to U.S. Transportation Secretary -- Will Elaine Chao sign the project’s federal grant agreement?
- 7-25-17 Bethesda Magazine: Goodbye Police Station, Hello Hotel High-Rise? -- StonebridgeCarras submits plan for 220-room hotel at station site on Wisconsin Avenue
- 7-23-17 WJLA/ABC7 TV: (VIDEO REPORT) Tunnel work creates commuter headache on Rockville Pike
- 7-21-17 MCDOT: Blasting for MD 355 Crossing Project Scheduled for Wednesday, July 26, between 9:30 AM and 12:30 PM.
- 7-21-17 Bethesda Magazine: RESCHEDULED: Lanes on Old Georgetown Road to Close Over Two Weekends -- Road crews will work on building bus pads, July 28-31 and August 4-7
- 7-21-17 Bethesda Magazine: Principal Shows Off New Silver Creek Middle in Kensington -- About 560 students expected to attend in the school’s first year
- 7-21-17 Bethesda Magazine: Ourisman Garage Dispute Moves Toward Resolution as Planners Give Nod to Trail Proposal -- Car dealership offers to build public plaza where Capital Crescent Trail runs into Bethesda Row
- 7-21-17 3D Printing Industry: Oak Ridge release details of the U.S. military’s first 3D-printed submarine -- A second version of the hull is to be created for testing in the wave pool at the Carderock Division of the Naval Surface Warfare Center
- 7-20-17 United States Army: Army opens collaborative cybersecurity research center -- The U.S. Army Research Laboratory in Adelphi MD opened the Army Cyber-research Analytics Laboratory, or ACAL, on Monday
- 7-20-17 Fredericksburg Free Lance-Star: Dahlgren workers slated to move to Indian Head
- 7-20-17 MCDOT: Blasting for MD 355 Crossing Project Scheduled for Friday, July 21 between 1:00-2:00 PM
- 7-20-17 WTOP 103.5 FM: Transportation Planning Board will study new crossing over the Potomac
- 7-19-17 Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments: TPB approves set of 10 regional transportation initiatives for further study
- 7-18-17 Bethesda Magazine: County Council Passes Resolution Opposing Plan To Study New Potomac River Crossing -- Regional transportation board is scheduled to weigh whether to study the bridge Wednesday afternoon
- 7-14-17 WTOP 103.5 FM: Supporters of Potomac crossing make pitch as regional panel considers projects
- 7-20-17 NSA Bethesda/Walter Reed NMMC Journal: NSAB Celebrates Environmental Cleanup Milestone
- 7-20-17 Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall Pentagram: Explore D.C.: National Museum of Health and Medicine
- 7-20-17 Washington Post: Bicyclists fear Oregon’s controversial bike tax could spread
- 7-19-17 Bethesda Magazine: Crews Detonate First Test Blast at Bethesda Pedestrian Tunnel Project -- Rockville Pike briefly closed to clear people from the area; next blast set for Thursday
- 7-19-17 U.S. Department of Defense: NAVSEA recognizes Carderock innovators, partners for unprecedented naval asset
- 7-19-17 Military Technologies: Partnering with U.S. Army to Improve Ebola Detection -- Tony Hu, PhD discusses a new type of blood test that can detect biomarkers of Ebola infections
- 7-19-17 Bethesda Magazine: Court of Appeals Grants Stay in Purple Line Case, Restoring Project’s Federal Approval -- ‘It’s a stunning rebuke of Judge Leon,’ County Council President Roger Berliner said
- 7-19-17 Baltimore Sun/Harford Aegis: At a community forum, a hopeful view emerges about Edgewood's future
- 7-19-17 Montgomery Community Media: Residents Comment on Viva White Oak Plans
- 7-18-17 Bethesda Magazine: County Council Members Split Over Affordable Housing, Height Caps in Bethesda -- Approved map will limit height bonuses around edges of downtown
- 7-12-17 Bethesda Magazine: Council Majority Backs Firm Height Caps Near Bethesda’s Fringe -- County leaders to map out areas where height bonuses are barred
- 7-11-17 Bethesda Magazine: Transportation Committee Lobbies Against Restricting Bethesda Height Bonuses -- ACT urges County Council not to limit incentives for affordable housing
- 7-18-17 Bethesda Magazine: Bethesda Avenue Repaving Set To Begin Sunday Night -- Crews will tear up concrete road and replace it with asphalt; Bethesda Row work is expected to be noisy
- 7-18-17 Federal News Radio WFED 1500 AM: McCain, Reed float trial balloon for another BRAC round
- 7-17-17 WTOP 103.5 FM: Toll lanes around entire Beltway, paying more for parking, massive Metro expansions proposed for study
- 7-17-17 Washington Post: Isiah Leggett’s signature plan for Shady Grove is less lucrative than promised
- 7-17-17 WTOP 103.5 FM: NIH tries to turn around low morale
- 7-16-17 WRC/NBC4 TV: Segment of Red Line Shuts Down for 1st of 4 Weekends While Crews Work to Waterproof Tunnel
- 7-15-17 Washington Post: New bus system revives anger, frustration over lost light-rail in Baltimore
- 7-14-17 Bethesda Magazine: Federal Transit Administration Joins Appeal of Purple Line Ruling -- Agency joins Maryland in challenging earlier court ruling calling for new environmental study
- 7-14-17 Bethesda Magazine: Bethesda Metro Stations To Close This Weekend and Three Following Weekends -- Metro is piloting a waterproofing technology in leaky Red Line tunnel
- 7-13-17 Bethesda Magazine: Blueprint for Future White Flint Development Clears Planning Board -- County Council will now consider document allowing up to 6,000 new homes
- 7-13-17 Frederick News-Post: Maryland lawmakers to Trump: Don't shutter biodefense labs
- 7-12-17 MCDOT: Daytime Lane Closure on Rockville Pike in Bethesda at NIH/Walter Reed Continuing through July 28, 2017; Test Blasting scheduled for July 19, 20 & 24
- 7-12-17 WAMU 88.5 FM: Metro Board On Verge Of Major Overhaul -- Governance reforms seen as key to securing additional funding
- 7-12-17 Fort Meade Soundoff: Fort Meade’s ever-changing landscape
- 7-12-17 Fort Meade Soundoff: Army installation chief asks for new BRAC round
- 7-12-17 Baltimore Sun/Harford Aegis: SHA gets earful about Route 22 delays from Aberdeen business owner
- 7-11-17 Washington Post: Construction about to begin on new I-270 interchange in Gaithersburg
- 7-11-17 WRC/NBC4 TV: Neighborhoods Use Permit Parking to Prevent Commuters From Clogging Residential Streets
- 7-11-17 Bethesda Magazine: Opposition Rising Against Plan To Study Second Potomac River Crossing in Montgomery County -- Hogan said it’s not something Maryland is pushing for
- 7-10-17 Washington Business Journal: Suburban Hospital officials: Let us compete with MedStar Georgetown for transplant business
- 7-10-17 Bethesda Magazine: Montgomery County Preparing for Possible Lawsuit Over Increasing Airplane Noise -- The county is hiring a law firm to examine whether it has a case to take on the Federal Aviation Administration
- 7-10-17 Bethesda Magazine: Purple Line Transit Partners Spokeswoman Leaving for New Role -- Miti Figueredo to join Planning Board staff
- 7-10-17 Bethesda Magazine: North Bethesda Town Center Developer Shares Images of New Apartments Near White Flint Metro -- LCOR to describe plans during a Monday evening community meeting
- 7-7-17 MCDOT: Excavation Blasting for the MD 355/Rockville Pike Crossing Project at the Medical Center Metro Station
- 7-7-17 WTOP 103.5 FM: Columbia, Md. turns 50 years old: Time for a reboot
- 7-7-17 San Diego Union-Tribune: A medical ward for the modern battlefield
- 7-6-17 WJLA/ABC7 TV: (VIDEO REPORT) Montgomery co. transportation announces 5 weekends of closures on Rockville Pike -- Crossing Project at Walter Reed/Medical Center Metro Station Will Include Excavation Blasting Beginning Week of July 17.
- 7-6-17 Howard County Times/Baltimore Sun: Howard County launches BikeShare program in Columbia
- 7-6-17 Bethesda Magazine: Apex Developer Proposes 24/7 Demolition in Downtown Bethesda -- Carr Properties contends nighttime activity will minimize disruption to office workers, drivers
- 7-6-17 NSA Bethesda/Walter Reed NMMC Journal: Parking Permit Redistribution Starts in July
- 7-6-17 NSA Bethesda/Walter Reed NMMC Journal: Kobelja Takes the Helm of WRNMMC
- 7-5-17 WTOP 103.5 FM: Montgomery Co. parking rates set to rise
- 7-5-17 Bethesda Magazine: Community Coalition Calls for Firm Height Caps at Downtown Bethesda’s Fringe -- Council to debate height bonuses July 11
- 7-3-17 Bethesda Magazine: State Requests Expedited Schedule for Purple Line Lawsuit Appeal -- Latest court filing warns ‘continued delay costs the state millions of dollars and places the project in greater jeopardy’
- 7-3-17 U.S. Department of Defense: Uniformed Services University Hosts Boot Camp for Prospective Surgeons
- 7-3-17 Frederick News-Post: Montgomery County priorities for I-270 include toll lanes
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