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May, 2015 News
- 5-31-15 Military Times: Military retirement reform gets Pentagon support
- 5-30-15 Montgomery Community Media: Montgomery County Plans a Salute for Vietnam Veterans
- 5-29-15 Bethesda Magazine: Capital Crescent Trail Detour In Effect After Partial Closure -- Trail users must travel around a new apartment building for next 2 weeks
- 5-29-15 The Hill: Hope for traumatic brain injury in U.S. troops -- The Intrepid Spirit Centers have been successful, because they were designed from the ground up to produce multi-disciplinary, tailored-to-the-patient rehabilitation
- 5-29-15 Frederick News-Post: Fort Detrick gets new garrison commander
- 5-28-15 Phys.org: Collision course: ONR testing high-speed planing hulls to better understand wave slam
- 5-28-15 Association of Defense Communities: Defense Industry Adjustment Program Would Be Eliminated under Senate Policy Bill
- 5-28-15 WUSA9-TV: Safety issues and 26 biohazard labs identified in DC area -- A USA Today/WUSA9 investigation has identified 26 biolabs across Virginia, DC, and Maryland - and many have self-identified safety risk that have not previously been publicly disclosed
- 5-28-15 Bethesda Magazine: New Bike Lanes Set For North Bethesda -- Project would be latest cycling improvement to come to White Flint area
- 5-28-15 Bethesda Magazine: End The Debate – Chevy Chase, Kensington and Bethesda Are the Best D.C. Suburbs -- At least according to the real estate website Movato
- 5-28-15 Washington Business Journal: Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab tackles new frontiers -- Johns Hopkins University’s Applied Physics Laboratory has been the hidden mastermind behind some of the nation’s most influential technologies for 73 years. Now the Howard County institution is going deeper into the medical world, while maintaining its foothold in national security and space exploration projects.
- 5-28-15 Baltimore Sun: Army chemical-biological center in Edgewood, private lab in Maryland received live anthrax samples
- 5-28-15 Washington Business Journal: Is the Pentagon ready for sequestration part deux?
- 5-27-15 Bethesda Magazine: Suburban Hospital Preps Interim Parking Lot -- Bethesda hospital is in first phase of $272 million campus expansion project
- 5-27-15 Gazette.Net: EYA starts selling new townhouses in Bethesda
- 5-27-15 Baltimore Magazine: Maryland at No. 10 in Bike Friendly Rankings -- State remains in solid position, but drops three spots overall
- 5-27-15 Southern Maryland BayNet: Plans proceed for privately-built office on base -- What has been described as the “largest private sector real estate firm in the world” is ready to enter into a contract with the Navy to build four, 150,000 square-foot office buildings inside the fence line at Patuxent River Naval Air Station
- 5-26-15 Gazette.Net: Public-private endeavor seeks to pull tech firms to Rockville -- Accelerator to offer business support, stipends to startups
- 5-26-15 Maryland State Highway Administration: SHA Improves Two Miles of East-West Highway in Montgomery County -- Nighttime Work and Daytime Single Lane Closures Scheduled; Motorists Should Plan Extra Travel Time and Remain Alert for Work Crews; Project includes MD 410 between MD 355 (Wisconsin Avenue) and MD 185 (Connecticut Avenue) in Bethesda
- 5-26-15 Washington Post: Maryland commuter rail, bus riders will pay more -- New fares will go into effect June 25
- 5-26-15 Bethesda Magazine: Capital Crescent Trail Detour Coming To Downtown Bethesda -- Part of the popular walking and cycling trail will be temporarily closed to allow for completion of the Lot 31 project
- 5-26-15 Bethesda Magazine: Road Reopens After Collapsed Storm Drain Caused Emergency Closure -- Hillandale Road near Little Falls Parkway in Bethesda was closed for 7 months
- 5-26-15 Washington Post: Maryland offers incentives to active military and veteran homebuyers
- 5-26-15 Hagerstown Herald-Mail: Fort Detrick to hold ceremony for garrison commander change
- 5-25-15 Association of Defense Communities: Heightened Security Could Exacerbate Traffic Woes outside Bases, Panel Says
- 5-25-15 National Public Radio: It's Not Rude: These Portraits Of Wounded Vets Are Meant To Be Stared At
- 5-22-15 Bethesda Magazine: Planning Board Members Offer Possible Changes to the Bethesda Downtown Plan
- 5-22-15 Bethesda Magazine: Chevy Chase Neighborhood Decries ‘Development Creep’ in Bethesda Downtown Plan -- Some see recommended rezoning of Bethesda Fire Station site as invitation for mixed-use redevelopment
- 5-22-15 Southern Maryland News: Trying to bridge the pay gap in Southern Maryland: For each dollar a man earns in St. Mary’s, a woman makes 57 cents -- Finnacom attributes the 43 percent pay gap in St. Mary’s to the Base Realignment and Closure decisions of the 1990s, which brought many science, technology, engineering and math-related jobs to Patuxent River Naval Air Station
- 5-22-15 WRC / NBC4 TV: (VIDEO REPORT) Purple Line Project Still Has Life
- 5-22-15 FEDweek: White House Opposes House DoD Bill Provisions -- The Obama administration has objected to several provisions in the House-passed DoD authorization bill for fiscal 2016 (HR-1735), including language that once again would reject the Pentagon’s call for another round of base closings and realignments
- 5-21-15 Bethesda Magazine: County Planners to Apply Bicycling Stress Test -- Bicycle Master Plan will develop “stress map” to figure out where bicycle lanes, paths and other improvements are needed
- 5-21-15 Washington Post: Long-planned Prince George’s transit center to open this fall -- The center will consolidate about a dozen bus routes serving the Langley Park area, one of the busiest bus-only transfer points in the region
- 5-20-15 Gazette.Net: Shady Grove Metro ‘urban village’ breaks ground -- Development in Derwood-Rockville area begins
- 5-20-15 Bethesda Magazine: Proposed Towers Would Bring At Least 625 Units To Pooks Hill In Bethesda -- Community criticized plans at public meeting last year, citing traffic concerns for two-lane Pooks Hill Road
- 5-18-15 Frederick News-Post: Fort Detrick's rapid economic growth to subside -- State officials expect job growth and economic output at military installations like Fort Detrick to fall in the near future
- 5-18-15 Lakewood (WA) Suburban Times: Funding for I-5 improvements around JBLM in FY 2016 National Defense Authorization Act -- Friday the House of Representatives passed the Fiscal Year 2016 National Defense Authorization Act, which included an amendment that would provide funding for roads in urban areas around military installations such as Interstate 5 near Joint Base Lewis-McChord. The amendment from Rep. Denny Heck (D-Wash.) and Rep. Don Beyer (D-Va.) authorizes $25 million to be made available through the Office of Economic Adjustment for “transportation infrastructure improvements associated with congestion mitigation in urban areas related to recommendations of the 2005 Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission.”
- 5-18-15 Bethesda Magazine: Crosswalk Opens Along Chevy Chase’s ‘Green Mile’ -- Controversial sidewalk project now has a pedestrian-activated warning light to help people cross Wisconsin Avenue
- 5-18-15 Bethesda Magazine: White Flint Mall Owners Expect to Begin Exterior Demolition Soon -- The owners of White Flint Mall are battling Lord & Taylor for the right to demolish the exterior of the mall and redevelop the land on Rockville Pike
- 5-18-15 Bethesda Magazine: County Planners Envision More Friendly And Inviting Norfolk Avenue -- Woodmont Triangle’s main street would have more trees, more public space and “parklets”
- 5-18-15 Gazette.Net: Thousands use pedal power to get around Montgomery County -- Bike to Work Day includes pit stops in Silver Spring, Takoma Park, White Oak
- 5-18-15 Military Times: New BRAC round inches forward in pending defense bill
- 5-16-15 Washington Post: Hogan: Price of Purple Line is ‘not acceptable’ -- In interview, Maryland governor says cost of long-planned light-rail project must be “dramatically” reduced
- 5-15-15 Washington Business Journal: The Walter Reed effect: Elm Street Development spends $7M on Shepherd Park development site -- Elm Street has bought nearly a block of Georgia Avenue, which it will soon redevelop as for-sale housing
- 5-15-15 Bethesda Magazine: Leggett Details Plan For Independent Economic Development Agency -- The nonprofit would take over many of the responsibilities of the county Economic Development Department
- 5-14-15 Bethesda Magazine: Animosity Remains As Town Of Chevy Chase Installs New Council -- Fred Cecere, who ousted longtime council member Pat Burda via a secret write-in campaign, was sworn in Wednesday
- 5-14-15 National Defense Industrial Association: Defense Technologists: We Do Things the Private Sector Does Not
- 5-13-15 Bethesda Magazine: Road Resurfacing Will Bring Lane Closures To Bethesda - Bethesda Beat$2.8 million project includes new sidewalk ramps and guardrails
- 5-13-15 Gazette.Net: Getting safely from here to there in Bethesda -- State, responding to ‘citizen requests,’ to install Wisconsin Avenue stoplight
- 5-13-15 Bethesda Magazine: ‘Premium’ Bus Service Could Be Coming To Rockville Pike -- Montgomery County hoping for federal money to help establish route that could serve as precursor to bus rapid transit
- 5-13-15 The Hill: White House threatens 'alternative options' to close military bases -- Congress plans to block military base closures in 2016
- 5-11-15 Baltimore Sun: New study highlights military's role in Maryland economy -- Maryland's military installations represented about 15 percent of the state's total economic output in 2012, according to a report released Monday by the state, which showcased the close ties between Maryland's economy and the military
- 5-11-15 Bethesda Magazine: Mixed-Use White Flint Project Gets Approval -- Gables Pike District and Montgomery County haven't come to formal agreement on use of shared parking garage
- 5-8-15 Bethesda Magazine: County Bus Rapid Transit Plan Throws Wrench Into Development Project -- Apartment project is first to be affected by new right-of-way rules from bus rapid transit plans along Wisconsin Avenue
- 5-8-15 National Institutes of Health: NIH Honored for Historic Preservation
- 5-7-15 WHAG-TV4: Scientists showcase research efforts at Fort Detrick -- Some of the brightest minds in the science world came together at the 2015 Spring Research Festival to showcase what they've been working on in the past year
- 5-5-15 Bethesda Now: UPDATED: Suburban Hospital Clears The Way For Interim Parking Lot
- 5-5-15 Washington Post: Leggett revives controversial proposal for new Montgomery transit authority - The Washington PostThe county executive reconvened a task force to look at possibilities for funding a bus rapid transit system
- 5-4-15 Bethesda Now: Parking Meters Coming To Chevy Chase, Friendship Heights
- 5-1-15 Bethesda Now: Cedar Lane Sidewalk To Close Near Intersection Project -- Crews working on an intersection project in Bethesda will close a sidewalk for approximately two weeks starting on Sunday
- 5-1-15 Bethesda Now: Chevy Chase Residents Again Threaten To Sue State Over Purple Line
- 5-1-15 Government Executive: Obama Says Military Retirement Reforms Will Require More Study -- The administration is ready to move forward immediately on a number of other January recommendations from compensation commission
- 5-1-15 Federal News Radio 1500 AM: (AUDIO REPORT) Strategic priorities of the Defense Health Agency -- What are the strategic priorities of the Defense Health Agency Healthcare Operations Directorate? What is DHA doing to save money and gain efficiencies?
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