IN THE NEWS
June, 2014 News
- 6-30-14 Washington Post: Poll shows mixed response to military health care as scrutiny mounts
- 6-30-14 Healthline News: 44 Percent of U.S. Soldiers Report Chronic Pain, 15 Percent Use Opioid Painkillers
- 6-30-14 Washingtonian Magazine: War-Torn: CBS Reporter Cami McCormicks Latest Story About Combat and Its Aftermath is Her Own -- When she returned to war zones after losing her leg as an embedded journalist, I wasnt such an outsider anymore.
- 6-30-14 Maryland Daily Record: Commercial markets produce mixed results in second quarter -- The BRAC related office boom that never happened still haunts the Harford County market. That countys vacancy rate of 36.14 percent is nearly twice as high as the next highest submarket.
- 6-30-14 Army Times: Army museum delayed to 2018; more funds needed to build it
- 6-29-14 Washington Post: Capital Business -- Debated Montgomery County biotechnology incubator officially closes its doors Monday
- 6-28-14 Washington Post: Metrobus changes go into effect Sunday for some routes -- Bethesda-Silver Spring line. Eastbound buses on routes J2 and J3 will serve the bus stop on Rockville Pike at Medical Center Station and will not enter the bus loop.
- 6-28-14 Washington Post: Capital Bikeshare works to recruit minorities and low-income residents
- 6-27-14 Fort Detrick Standard: Public Comment Period and July 23 Information Session Regarding Toxic Waste at Forest Glen Annex
- 6-27-14 WTOP 103.5 FM: Montgomery County paves the way for bus network that could zip by traffic
- 6-26-14 Bethesda Now: Planners Outline Park Concepts That Could Be In Bethesdas Future
- 6-26-14 CNN: The 'bionic men' of World War I -- The scale and type of physical injuries endured by soldiers injured in World War One challenged the ingenuity of prosthesis designers, whose work to replace lost body parts would let many return to productive civilian life, a process echoed today with soldiers injured in our recent wars.
- 6-26-14 Military Times: Researchers try to verify whether canines help patients with TBI, PTSD
- 6-26-14 Federal News Radio 1500 AM: Pentagon sticking to its guns in commercial approach to health record system
- 6-25-14 Bethesda Now: Chevy Chase Residents, Environmental Groups Threaten Lawsuit Over Purple Line
- 6-25-14 WTOP 103.5 FM: Capital Bikeshare runs out of keys as new membership soars
- 6-25-14 WTOP 103.5 FM: Fatal Beltway crashes more likely in Prince George's County -- Along a section of the Beltway known for its chronic congestion in Montgomery County, there was an average of 41.4 crashes per mile over three years. A three-year total of 2,004 accidents were archived in the roughly 16-mile segment between I-95 and the American Legion Bridge. In 2012, there were 635 collisions (39.7 per mile).
- 6-25-14 Bethesda Now: Could Expansion Be Coming For Bethesda Circulator?
- 6-25-14 Bethesda Now: Bethesda Company Honored For Transit, Commuter Benefits
- 6-24-14 Bethesda Now: Website For Info, Feedback On Cedar Lane Closure
- 6-24-14 Bethesda Now: Bethesda Urban Partnership Celebrates 20 Years
- 6-24-14 Washington Post: Walter Pincus Fine Print column -- Some lawmakers worry about troops smoking, but Defense officials warn them to go easy
- 6-23-14 District Chronicles: Montgomery College wins new workforce training grants
- 6-20-14 Washington Post: Hero worship of the military is getting in the way of good policy -- Commentary by Capt. Benjamin Summers, U.S. Army. The views expressed are his own.
- 6-20-14 Baltimore Sun: Preparing for another BRAC, before it's a done deal -- Md. officials and groups are talking, planning to get ahead of defense cuts
- 6-20-14 Washington Post: Montgomery makes push to boost Capital Bikeshare memberships
- 6-20-14 Bethesda Now: Big Changes Coming To Bethesda Farm Women?s Market
- 6-20-14 Bethesda Now: Streetsense Hosting Event To Get Millennial Feedback On Downtown Bethesda
- 6-20-14 Military Times: DoD visits 7 hospitals and clinics as part of review
- 6-20-14 NBC News: DOD and VA Can't Prove Their PTSD Care is Working, Study Claims
- 6-19-14 Bethesda Now: Second Tower Crane Going Up At 8300 Wisconsin
- 6-19-14 Naval Support Activity Bethesda Journal: World Class Brief Presented to Independent Review Panel, Staff
- 6-19-14 Bethesda Now: New Gables White Flint Renderings
- 6-19-14 WRC/NBC4 TV: Black Bear Tranquilized After Escaping Officers, Running Through NIH Campus -- Rockville police say the 150-pound bear was spotted near downtown Rockville, Md., Thursday morning
- 6-19-14 Defense One: Now It?s Official: Furloughs Frustrate Defense Department Personnel
- 6-18-14 Washington Post: Metrobus changes go into effect Sunday for some routes -- Bethesda-Silver Spring line. Eastbound buses on routes J2 and J3 will serve the bus stop on Rockville Pike at Medical Center Station and will not enter the bus loop.
- 6-18-14 Bethesda Now: Escalator Replacement At Bethesda Metro Now Set For August
- 6-18-14 Bethesda Now: Purple Line Opponents Speak Up One Last Time Before Trail Vote
- 6-18-14 Washington Business Journal: Planning underway for major State consolidation in Foggy Bottom -- State has been planning the consolidation for awhile now. The GSA received permission from the federal government in 2012 to take over the property from the Navy. The Navy had been using the property as its Bureau of Medicine and Surgery. The Navy shifted its operation from there as part of the Pentagon's 2005 Base Realignment and Closure plan.
- 6-18-14 FCW (Federal Computer Week): Bowen: Consolidating health IT about culture, not tech
- 6-18-14 Association of Defense Communities: Ft. Meade Celebrates Opening of Army?s First Unaccompanied Housing Project
- 6-17-14 Gazette.Net: Survey helps shape the Bethesda of the future -- Planners await results of online survey
- 6-17-14 Gazette.Net: Council members want White Oak plan to focus on jobs, not housing -- Planner says ?traffic challenges? are likely
- 6-17-14 WTOP 103.5 FM (Associated Press): Acting Veterans Affairs secretary to visit Md.
- 6-17-14 Baltimore Sun: Study sees 'walkability' of Baltimore area declining in relation to other cities -- Of 30 urban hubs, Baltimore falls from 11th to 22nd in look ahead
- 6-17-14 WTOP 103.5 FM: Frederick named one of the sexiest suburbs in the nation
- 6-17-14 Tacoma (WA) News Tribune: Joint basing works, but does it save money? -- A total of 12 joint bases were formed across the country before the end of 2011 -- including the consolidation of Fort Lewis and McChord Air Force Base into the largest military installation on the West Coast. But the bases have fallen under scrutiny for not fulfilling their cost-saving promises.
- 6-16-14 Association of Defense Communities: DOD Funding Needed to Accelerate Transportation Projects, Appropriators Say
- 6-16-14 Marine Corps Times: Military support groups worry veterans could overtax MTFs
- 6-16-14 Defense One: Pentagon Ranks Top 30 DOD Suppliers
- 6-14-14 Frederick News-Post: Fort Detrick's water quality passes state, federal tests
- 6-13-14 Frederick News-Post: Fort Detrick works to clean 19-year-old oil spill
- 6-13-14 HealthDay: More U.S. Service Members in Treatment for Mental Health Disorders -- Sept. 11, Afghanistan and Iraq wars, along with increased military outreach, linked to the rise
- 6-12-14 Globe Street Real Estate: Brightwood Becomes Destination on Investor Map -- [T]here is the transformation of the old Walter Reed Army Medical Center, about half a mile away. The city recently gave the go-ahead to the Hines-Urban Atlantic proposed plan's "The Parks at Walter Reed" to build 90 townhouses and duplexes, 502 condos and 1,287 rental apartments and a full-service senior center with 182 homes.
- 6-12-14 Science 2.0: Mortality Salience And The Trauma Curve: Soldiers Who Kill In Combat Less Likely To Be Alcoholics
- 6-11-14 Baltimore Sun: Md. VA system chief apologizes, vows to fix problems -- Monday audit shows Md. VA wait times are some of longest in nation
- 6-11-14 Bethesda Now: JBG Switches Out Office For More Residential In North Bethesda
- 6-11-14 Bethesda Now: Car Dealership Coming To Bethesda Apartment Project
- 6-11-14 Gazette.Net: Montgomery looking to lease buildings to business, nonprofits -- Parks buildings were found to be infrequently used
- 6-11-14 Gazette.Net: New housing going up near Germantown MARC station -- Mix of 470 townhomes and apartments on the plan
- 6-11-14 Washington Post: Montgomery Council creates two new offices to tackle environmental issues in county
- 6-11-14 Baltimore Sun: Aberdeen hopes to avoid another 'absolutely horrible' sequestration, leader of Harford Army Alliance says -- Organization's annual dinner features visit from APG's former commanding general
- 6-10-14 Gazette.Net: White Flint developers ushing to include broader area in marketing campaign -- White Flint developers seek brand for expanded area
- 6-10-14 Bethesda Now: East Village Seeks Neighborhood Feel In North Bethesda
- 6-10-14 Bethesda Now: Learn About Potential Bethesda Ecodistrict
- 6-10-14 Washington Post: What should downtown Bethesda look like? Montgomery planners seek input in survey
- 6-9-14 Federal Times: More than 60,000 federal jobs lost: Which states were hit the hardest? -- The states and areas that have lost the most federal employees include Washington, D.C., California and Pennsylvania, while Maryland gained more than 4,000 jobs over the three years. Most of those gains came from the Defense Department as the department moved thousands of employees into new facilities because of the base realignment and closure processes.
- 6-9-14 WBAL TV11: Officials break ground on $180M transit-oriented development project -- Annapolis Junction Town Center to have homes, retail at Savage MARC Station
- 6-9-14 Bethesda Now: Could Bethesda office market be on verge of a rebound?
- 6-9-14 Washington Post: Maryland kicks off rapid transit study to connect Charles and Prince Georges
- 6-9-14 Washington Post: Maryland road projects to watch this week -- Bethesda BRAC project
- 6-9-14 Washington Post (Associated Press): Big development at MARC station near Fort Meade
- 6-8-14 Montgogmery County Dept. of Transportation: Council Public Hearing June 17: Capital Crescent Trail
- 6-8-14 Frederick News-Post: Army to build hazardous material facility at Fort Detrick
- 6-7-14 Montgogmery County Dept. of Transportation: State closes portion of Cedar Lane at Rockville Pike for construction
- 6-6-14 WTOP 103.5 FM: Cedar Lane in Bethesda to close for months
- 6-6-14 WRC/NBC4 TV: (VIDEO REPORT) Project to Ease Congestion in Bethesda Means More Traffic on Rockville Pike This Summer
- 5-27-14 Montgomery County Dept. of Transportation: State to close portion of Cedar Lane at Rockville Pike for construction
- 5-21-14 Bethesda Now: Clock Will Be Ticking For Cedar Lane Closure
- 5-20-14 Washington Post (Associated Press): Roadwork aims to ease congestion near Walter Reed
- 5-20-14 Project Information and Detour Map
- 6-7-14 Baltimore Sun: After delays, transit-oriented development starts to arrive
- 6-6-14 Bethesda Now: Chevy Chase Green Mile Sidewalk Renderings
- 6-6-14 Federal News Radio 1500 AM: 'Significant' structural damage shutters NIH leased facility
- 6-5-14 Naval Support Activity Bethesda Journal: CDC (Child Development Center) Bethesda ? Providing Care to Support the Mission
- 6-5-14 Naval Support Activity Bethesda Journal: Bethesda Notebook -- Cedar Lane Closure
- 6-5-14 Bethesda Now: BUP Adds Bike Repair Stand To Trail
- 6-5-14 Gazette,Net: Chevy Chase may get Purple Line crossing at Lynn Drive after all -- State sets June 13 deadline for decision
- 6-5-14 Washington Post: Montgomery County to study signals that would change green light timing with traffic
- 6-4-14 Maryland State Highway Administration (SHA): State Highway Administration Reminds Drivers of Cedar Lane Closure in Bethesda Starting June 6 -- Full Closure With Signed Detour Will Be in Place Through Late August; Motorists Advised to Add Extra Travel Time
- 6-4-14 Bethesda Now: Changes Coming To Bethesda Crosswalk, But Not A Pedestrian Signal
- 6-4-14 WJLA/ABC7 TV: New traffic project set to alleviate gridlock in Montgomery County -- Wednesday morning, Montgomery County officials broke ground on the $75-million project to replace the the intersection at Randolph Road and Georgia Avenue with a new interchange.
- 6-4-14 Washingtonian Magazine: How Did a 7-Year-Old Boy Catch His Father?s PTSD? -- Logan Pearce never saw the Humvee his dad blew up in, and yet he managed to absorb the mental trauma of the blast
- 6-3-14 Gazette.Net: Purple Line, Capital Crescent Trail go to public this month -- Hearing concerns Capital Crescent Trail from Bethesda to Silver Spring
- 6-3-14 Montgomery County Government: Ride On Route 34 Detour to Begin Friday, June 6 -- The Maryland State Highway Administration (SHA) is starting construction on improvements to the Cedar Lane and Maryland Route 355 (Rockville Pike) intersection that will require the detour of Ride On Bus Route 34 beginning June 6 through August 22.
- 6-3-14 Southern Maryland News: MTA Kicks Off Southern Maryland Rapid Transit Study to Connect Waldorf to Branch Avenue Metro Station
- 6-2-14 Bethesda Now: Purple Line Designers To Present New Option For Lynn Drive Crossing
- 6-2-14 Washington Post: Retirements of Virginia congressmen Wolf and Moran could mean less clout for D.C. area
- 6-2-14 Fredericksburg (VA) Free Lance-Star: U.S. 1-Telegraph Road project meeting set
- 6-1-14 Washington Post: Higher tolls pushing many off the Dulles Toll Road
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