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May, 2016 News
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- 5-31-16 Maryland Reporter: Bond-rating firm differs with Treasurer Kopp over Purple Line debt
- 5-31-16 Montgomery Community Media: Montgomery County Ranks 19th Happiest Place in America
- 5-31-16 NBC News: Searching for Superbugs: The Lab Looking for the Next Big Threat -- The sample was loaded into one of the super-fast gene sequencers at the lab inside the bowels of the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research. The small team at the Multidrug Resistant Organism Repository and Surveillance Network (MRSN) lab specializes in testing germs for antibiotic resistance, which has become the scourge of hospitals all over the world.
- 5-30-16 Bethesda Magazine: Food Wine & Co. Closes in Bethesda -- Restaurant is located in building slated for redevelopment: Last week, Carr formally announced its plans for the building, saying in a press release it would “incorporate the new Bethesda Purple Line Station, a new entrance to the Metro Red Line and a below grade tunnel for the Capital Crescent Trail” into the building.
- 5-29-16 Washington Post: Purple Line’s foes add Metro safety, maintenance problems to legal argument -- Metro’s declining ridership, added costs mean plans merit reconsideration, they say.
- 5-27-16 Bethesda Magazine: Leader of Purple Line Construction Team Makes First Public Appearance in Silver Spring -- Herb Morgan of Purple Line Transit Partners told attendees ‘We’re here for the long haul’
- 5-27-16 Suburban Hospital (Johns Hopkins Medicine): Suburban Hospital Receives Certificate of Need Approval for Clinical Addition
- 5-27-16 WTTG/FOX5 TV: Beyond the Lens: Saluting America's Military - Walter Reed Facility Dog Program
- 5-27-16 Washington Post: The superbug that doctors have been dreading just reached the U.S. -- The woman was treated in an outpatient military facility in Pennsylvania, according to a Defense Department blog post about the findings. Samples were sent to the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center for initial testing. Additional testing was done by a special Defense Department system that tracks multi-drug-resistant organisms.
- 5-27-16 Bethesda Magazine: Apartment Building Planned for Vacant Steamers Site in Bethesda -- Novo Properties plans 58-unit project with ground-floor retail
- 5-26-16 Bethesda Magazine: County Council Formally Approves Budget with Major Property Tax Increase -- “Education first budget” is official after unanimous council vote Thursday
- 5-26-16 Bethesda Magazine: 7 Great Places to Bike -- Montgomery County offers plenty of trail options
- 5-26-16 U.S. Department of Defense: Naval Medical Logistics Command Recognized for Logistics, Acquisition
- 5-25-16 Bethesda Magazine: Parking Fees Going Up at Three Bethesda Garages -- County still on track to start charging for Saturday parking in 2017
- 5-25-16 Washington Post: Maryland, Virginia and D.C. reach agreement on new Metro safety commission
- 5-25-16 U.S. Department of Defense: DoD Aims to Save $1.9 Billion Through Headquarters Restructuring
- 5-25-16 Washington Post: Maryland to ask companies for $100 million tech solution to ease I-270 gridlock
- 5-25-16 Bethesda Magazine: High-Rise Near White Flint Metro Set for Final Approval -- The 300-foot-tall residential building would be built where a McDonald’s stands today
- 5-24-16 Bethesda Magazine: After Excavation, Garage Construction Begins at Suburban Hospital -- The new parking garage is expected to open next year
- 5-24-16 Bethesda Magazine: After 10 Months of Delay, County Says Signage for Closed Sidewalks Will Be Posted Soon -- Signs required by law at construction sites, but none have gone up
- 5-24-16 Bethesda Magazine: JBG, Federal Government Celebrate Completion of Twinbrook Office Redevelopment -- Upgraded 5600 Fishers Lane building now home to 4,500 HHS employees
- 5-24-16 Bethesda Magazine: Bethesda, Cabin John Residents Complain of Increased Airplane Noise -- County official says county wasn’t notified of new flight path of planes coming from Reagan National
- 5-23-16 Nerdwallet: ‘Wealthiest’ Cities: How Income, Home Values and Credit Limits Stack Up Around the US
- 5-23-16 Greater Greater Washington: Montgomery County will build bus rapid transit in four years
- 5-23-16 Military Times: Senators call for abolishing service medical commands
- 5-22-16 Maryland Reporter (Capital News Service): Purple Line Divided: Major impact on townhomes in Silver Spring
- 5-22-16 Baltimore Sun: Lawmakers push to make U.S. Cyber Command a top military command
- 5-20-16 Bethesda Magazine: County Council Adds $25.5 Million to Next Fiscal Year’s Budget -- Funding included for public elections, health and human services, fire department staffing
- 5-20-16 Baltimore Business Journal: As Columbia grows into city, Kittleman says, 'We can't continue to build roads, folks'
- 5-19-16 Montgomery County Dept. of Transportation: MCDOT to Begin Project to Replace Elmhirst Parkway Bridge
- 5-19-16 U.S. Department of Defense: Scientists Probe Traumatic Brain Injury Effects at Research Lab
- 5-19-16 Urban Land Institute: In Print: Dead End: Suburban Sprawl and the Rebirth of American Urbanism
- 5-19-16 Baltimore Sun: Baltimore slides as Washington suburbs lead population gains
- 5-19-16 NSA Bethesda/Walter Reed NMMC Journal: President's Column, Dr. Charles L. Rice USUHS -- As many of you know, I am retiring as president of the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences in June, so this will be my last official “President’s Column.”
- 5-18-16 Washington Post: Capital Business -- Washington’s sputtering office market has developers scrambling
- 5-18-16 Washington Business Journal: Why one consulting firm chose North Bethesda over downtown Bethesda
- 5-18-16 WTOP 103.5 FM: Purple Line to link job centers in Maryland’s two largest counties
- 5-18-16 BISNOW Real Estate News: Institute for Defense Analyses (IDA) Buys 370k SF Site In Potomac Yard For Future HQ -- The new IDA facility will be a vast commuter improvement for IDA employees over their current HQ at Mark Center. That site, at the already-congested intersection of Seminary Road and Beauregard Street at the I-395 interchange, is far from the nearest Metro station. It has seen explosive—and controversial—growth in the past few years, largely as a result of the DOD’s Base Realignment and Closing program.
- 5-18-16 Washington Business Journal: Navy looks to onboard sailors with civilian skills at higher pay grades
- 5-18-16 Bethesda Magazine: Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School Set for ‘Incredibly Complex’ Addition Project -- Construction likely to start as soon as this school year ends and continue even after new building is complete
- 5-18-16 Bethesda Magazine: Murals Planned To Brighten Up Bethesda Metro Station -- Bethesda Urban Partnership, Brookfield Properties to provide $30,000 to selected artists
- 5-18-16 U.S. Department of Defense: Face of Defense: Wounded Warriors Motivate Squad Leader
- 5-17-16 WTOP 103.5 FM: Top 30 traffic bottlenecks in Maryland (Freeways/ExpressWays)
- 5-17-16 MilitarySpot.com: Army Uses Technology to Increase Aerial Delivery Accuracy
- 5-17-16 Bethesda Magazine: Westbard Developer to Host Public Meeting June 1 on Shopping Center Plans -- Equity One to submit sketch plan not long after County Council approved controversial rezoning
- 5-17-16 Bethesda Magazine: New Economic Development Corporation Looking for CEO, Office Space Before July 1 Start Date -- The privately run, government-funded group will take over responsibilities of county agency
- 5-17-16 Bethesda Magazine: Bethesda Community Store, Barbecue Stand Close -- Longtime owner Arnie Fainman did not renew lease at historic building this year
- 5-17-16 Association of Defense Communities: White House Veto Threat Cites Use of OCO Funds, Failure to Approve BRAC
- 5-16-16 Federal News Radio 1500 AM: TRICARE enrollment fee fight ahead for Congress
- 5-14-16 Washington Post: Nine universities on one small campus? It’s real. It’s here. And it could be higher ed’s future. -- The Universities at Shady Grove is a program unlike any other, with nine state universities converging at the Rockville, Md., campus, part of an effort that began 16 years ago to reduce college costs, produce an educated workforce and encourage college completion among populations that traditionally struggle to get their degrees.
- 5-12-16 Bethesda Magazine: FTA Directs Metro to Make Immediate Repairs to Bethesda Area Red Line Tunnel -- Metro to adjust SafeTrack repair schedule to meet new demand
- 5-11-16 Baltimore Sun: State forms group to fight for Maryland in future round of BRAC -- As the Pentagon calls for a new round of military base realignment, officials in Maryland are working to build on the state's gains in previous rounds.
- 5-11-16 Washington Post: Does math make sense in picking transportation projects? -- Virginia says yes. Maryland is not so sure.
- 5-10-16 Washington Post: Exclusive: Patient safety issues prompt leadership shake-up at NIH hospital
- 5-10-16 Bethesda Magazine: County Moves to Set Up Capital Bikeshare Network in White Flint -- State grant could help pay for four stations, plus a fifth in nearby Twinbrook area
- 5-10-16 WTOP 103.5 FM: Fairfax County engages the community on bus rapid transit
- 5-9-16 Washington Post: Silver Spring homeowners along Purple Line sue to get more for their land
- 5-8-16 Military Times: Next-gen medical records, simpler Tricare top new health chief's ro-do's
- 5-7-16 WAMU 88.5 FM: Feds Order 'Safety Stand-Down' At Metro After Thursday Track Explosion
- 5-5-16 NSA Bethesda/Walter Reed NMMC Journal: Construction Update -- Editor’s Note: This is the second in an ongoing series
- 5-5-16 NSA Bethesda/Walter Reed NMMC Journal: Dr. Richard Thomas Appointed New USU President -- Army Maj. Gen. Richard Thomas, M.D., D.D.S., has been appointed as the new President of Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USU) and will succeed Dr. Charles Rice
- 5-5-16 WUSA/CBS TV9: 19 future service dogs born in Md. -- It's Puppypalooza at Warrior Canine Connection in Brookeville, Maryland!
- 5-5-16 Bethesda Magazine: Universities at Shady Grove to Move Forward with Biomed Building -- Gov. Hogan proposed delaying funding to 2020 for the 2 million project, but county leaders fought for it
- 5-5-16 WTOP 103.5 FM: Opening of pedestrian bridge over I-395 completes 3-year project -- The new bridge across Interstate 395 at Seminary Road near Mark Center in Alexandria opened on Wednesday for walkers and bikers only.
- 5-5-16 USA TODAY: Pentagon perpetuates stigma of mental health counseling, study says -- As suicides remain at record levels, troops still fear seeking help will hurt careers.
- 5-5-16 WBAL/NBC TV11: Maryland research lab works to keep soldiers safe -- Thousands of U.S. troops are serving overseas, and many are in danger every day. A lab in Maryland is working to keep them safe.
- 5-4-16 Montgomery County Dept. of Transportation: MCDOT to Begin Project to Elmhirst Parkway Bridge -- The construction is expected to take about nine months during which Elmhirst Parkway will be closed to traffic and detour routes will be established
- 5-4-16 Bethesda Magazine: Construction on Bethesda North Conference Center Garage to Start this Summer -- Project will make way for a new street grid that’s part of White Flint Sector Plan
- 5-4-16 Washington Post: Which transportation project is better? Do the math, Virginia says -- But in Maryland, the Hogan administration hates its version of a scoring system for transportation planning.
- 5-4-16 Bethesda Magazine: Three-Candidate Slate Wins Town of Chevy Chase Election -- All five of this year’s candidates agreed that a major focus for the town over the next year will be the Bethesda Downtown Plan, the county master plan likely to bring new zoning to downtown Bethesda
- 5-3-16 Washington Post: Montgomery Council approves disputed plan for development in Westbard
- 5-3-16 Washington Post: As deadline passes, fences and other structures remain in path of Purple Line
- 5-3-16 Bethesda Magazine: First Renderings Show Potential Future of Chevy Chase’s ‘Rodeo Drive’ -- Chevy Chase Land Co. aims to move away from high-end luxury retailers
- 5-2-16 Bethesda Magazine: Rockville Ranks First on List of Best Cities for Families -- Public schools cited as the major reason for top spot
- 5-2-16 Bethesda Magazine: Planning Board Set to Approve Downtown Bethesda Office Project -- The JBG Cos. wants to replace an existing Bethesda Avenue office building with a bigger one
- 5-1-16 Washington Post: In Montgomery’s Westbard, anger and resentment over a less-suburban future
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