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November 2011 News
- 11-30-11 Gazette.Net: Fifty bikeshare stations planned for stations along the Red Line -- Montgomery County officials still seek funding for project
- 11-30-11 Association of Defense Communities: Virginia Would Continue Military Support under Reform Initiative, Official Says
- 11-30-11 Gazette.Net: Bethesda transportation committee seeks applicants to fill vacancy -- Bethesda board seeks applicants
- 11-29-11 Association of Defense Communities: Governor Recommends Eliminating Virginia’s Military Affairs Office
- 11-29-11 Bethesda Patch: Bikeshare Open House Planned For Tuesday Evening -- Community feedback sought on locations for bike docks
- 11-28-11 WMATA News Release: Metro launches Farragut Crossing -- New option for customers transferring between Red and Blue/Orange lines
- 11-28-11 ProPublica: Brain Wars: How the Military Is Failing Its Wounded -- Testing Program Fails Soldiers, Leaving Brain Injuries Undetected
- 11-27-11 New York Times: Don’t Know How? Well, Find Someone Who Does -- Is advanced technical knowledge necessary to become an inventor? Look at the story of Katherine Bomkamp, and you will see that it isn’t. Ms. Bomkamp, 20, came up with the idea behind the Pain Free Socket, a prosthetic device that is intended to ease phantom limb pain in amputees.
- 11-25-11 Joint Base Andrews Capital Flyer: MGMC provides a 'no-cost' patient shuttle service to WRNMMC
- 11-25-11 Rockville Patch: Leggett to Join State Leaders on Mission to India -- The county executive will try to attract Indian biotechnology companies to Montgomery County.
- 11-23-11 WTOP 103.5 FM: InterCounty Connector off to a smooth start -- Bus transit could also help out with BRAC. Fort Meade and the National Naval Medical Center are two of the stops.
- 11-23-11 Gazette.Net: Montgomery County marches toward new pedestrian safety measures -- New signs painted on dangerous roads countywide
- 11-22-11 Baltimore Sun: Supercommittee inaction could hurt state -- Deficit reduction efforts collapse, delaying decisions -- Maryland lawmakers said they are concerned about the possibility of broad cuts, which could include $454 billion nationally in defense spending. Fort Meade, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Walter Reed National Military Medical Center and other military installations account for 7.5 percent of Maryland's economic activity, according to the state Department of Business and Economic Development.
- 11-22-11 New York Times: Despite Threat of Cuts, Pentagon Officials Made No Contingency Plans
- 11-21-11 Washington Post: Dr. Gridlock blog -- The Intercounty Connector: Travelers are eager for a test -- “I live in Ellicott City and take the bus from the Mall in Columbia. My workplace is the new Walter Reed in Bethesda. I would like the ICC tested using the route of the commuter bus Route 203, which is supposed to start Jan. 3. According to the Maryland Transit Administration, the route starts at the Snowden River Park and Ride in Columbia, proceeds to the mall, then to Scaggsville, Burtonsville, and the Georgia Avenue Park and Rides before arriving at the Medical Center Metro station."
- 11-21-11 Military.com: Nathan Promoted to Navy Surgeon General
- 11-21-11 Washington Examiner: MontCo lawmakers take up vision for growth in Kensington
- 11-21-11 Washington Post: Capital Business -- A new shuttle for the BRAC shuffle
- 11-21-11 New York Times: Room for Debate -- How Can We Prevent Military Suicides?
- 11-19-11 Washington Post: Military health-care reform leaves wounded warriors entangled in more red tape
- 11-18-11 Joint Base Andrews Capital Flyer: Helping Wounded Warriors Return Home
- 11-18-11 Annapolis Capital: 3 options studied for Route 198 -- Roadway could get a new look
- 11-17-11 Bethesda Patch: Study Details Post-BRAC Rockville Pike Delays -- Extra traffic and a new signal at North Wood Drive means it takes an extra 45 seconds to travel on the Rockville Pike near Walter Reed Bethesda, study reveals
- 11-17-11 Association of Defense Communities: DOD Insists It Still Needs Flexibility to Miss BRAC Implementation Deadline
- 11-17-11 Walter Reed NMMC Journal: Dedication Ceremony Honors Heroes, Welcomes Promising Future
- 11-17-11 Walter Reed NMMC Journal: Staff Making Strides Through Integration
- 11-17-11 Walter Reed NMMC Journal: Biomedical Research Lab Supports Patient Care, Graduate Education
- 11-17-11 Gazette.Net: Andrews local contracting up; Prince George’s companies seek more -- Military base did 60 percent more business with county in fiscal ’11
- 11-16-11 Montgomery County News Release: Public Invited to Comment on Proposed Bikesharing Initiative along Metrorail Red Line
- 11-16-11 Gazette.Net: Study: Hospital merger has slowed traffic on Rockville Pike in Bethesda -- New intersection has brought mixed results for residents
- 11-16-11 Washington Business Journal: Bethesda: Smartest in U.S. (for its size)
- 11-15-11 Gazette.Net: Construction on pedestrian underpass on Rockville Pike in Bethesda to start next summer -- $68M Bethesda pedestrian project OK’d by council
- 11-15-11 Bethesda Patch: BRAC Implementation Committee Meeting Set For Tuesday Night -- Federal funds for transportation projects; traffic signals near Medical Center on agenda
- 11-15-11 Washington Examiner: Residents near new Walter Reed worry about traffic plans
- 11-15-11 WTOP 103.5 FM: Beltway, I-70, I-95 rank among most unreliable roads list
- 11-11-11 Joint Base Andrews Capital Flyer: Funds available to civilians, spouses to develop or upgrade job training/skills -- Personnel affected by BRAC, including those who became part of one of the joint military bases in the National Capital Region (NCR) and spouses who left a job to follow a military member or civilian employee of the military to a new location, may be eligible for career planning, assessment and counseling; placement assistance; financial counseling and other services.
- 11-11-11 Gazette.Net: Baltimore-Washington region’s aging infrastructure a roadblock to growth -- Executives say more investment needed in highways, mass transit
- 11-10-11 Montgomery County News Release: Two Parking Lots in Bethesda to Close Mid-January for Construction of New Parking Garage that will Triple Number of Parking Spaces; Nearby Parking Alternatives Available
- 11-10-11 WAMU 88.5 FM: Walter Reed Hospital In Bethesda Renamed -- Just last week, the federal government awarded almost $90 million to Maryland state and Montgomery County transportation agencies to upgraderoads and intersections around the medical center. County leaders worried that without any changes on Rockville Pike and Jones Bridge Road, the area would suffer from constant gridlock because of traffic to the new center.
- 11-10-11 FOX5 / WTTG TV: Walter Reed Dedicated; Traffic Improvements Years Away
- 11-10-11 Bethesda Patch: VIDEO: Walter Reed Bethesda Dedication Ceremony -- U.S. Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta cut the ribbon on the new, expanded military hospital
- 11-10-11 U.S. Department of Defense News Release: Panetta Dedicates New Bethesda Military Medical Center
- 11-10-11 Gazette.Net: Secretary of Defense, other officials dedicate Walter Reed -- Military members herald new hospital in Bethesda
- 11-10-11 Walter Reed NMMC Journal: Warrior Care Clinic Putting Warriors First
- 11-9-11 Gazette.Net: Bethesda residents want improvements as agencies relocate to Sangamore Road -- Intelligence Community Campus-Bethesda will replace geospatial agency
- 11-9-11 Gazette.Net: New Bethesda police commander values input from community -- Safety for businesses, homeowners among priorities
- 11-9-11 New York Times: On War and Redemption -- Commentary by Captain Timothy Kudo, who deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan between 2009 and 2011 with Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 8th Marines, and is currently a Senior Membership Associate with Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America
- 11-9-11 Washington Post: Dover Air Force Base is nation’s latest military site to be accused in scandal
- 11-8-11 Washington Post: My father’s wooden legs are the basis of a heroic veteran’s story
- 11-8-11 Washington Post: Capital Bikeshare expansion underway in D.C. and Arlington
- 11-8-11 WTOP 103.5 FM: Widening roads causes bigger traffic jams
- 11-7-11 Association of Defense Communities: Panetta Hints at Potential for New BRAC Round
- 11-5-11 San Antonio Express-News: Texas outmuscled in federal funding competition -- Commentary by Gary Martin
- 11-5-11 WTOP 103.5 FM: A grim prediction for D.C. area traffic in 2030
- 11-3-11 Walter Reed NMMC Journal: Transit Benefits Now Distributed Directly to SmarTrip Cards
- 11-3-11 Washington Post: Dr. Gridlock blog -- New BRAC money, but still no new transportation plan
- 11-2-11 Baltimore Sun/ExploreHarford.com: Aberdeen Proving Ground commuting times expected to be five times higher by 2015
- 11-2-11 Washington Post: Pentagon to fund millions in BRAC-related transportation projects
- 11-2-11 WTOP 103.5 FM: More road improvements planned near National Medical Center
- 11-2-11 Washington Examiner: Region wins $268.9m to ease gridlock
- 11-2-11 Army Times: DoD funds road projects near military hospitals
- 11-2-11 Gazette.Net: National Museum of Health and Medicine opens in Silver Spring -- Museum relocated from Washington, D.C.
- 11-2-11 Gazette.Net: Montgomery school system welcomes military families -- Meeting will provide information about resources
- 11-2-11 San Antonio Express-News: S.A. receives $25 million to improve access to medical military facilities -- But S.A. loses out on federal fundingto improve Harry Wurzbach corridor
- 11-2-11 Tacoma (WA) News-Tribune: DOD funds to help ease I-5 traffic at base -- The Department of Defense announced Tuesday that it will provide $5.7 million to improve the Interstate 5 interchange serving Madigan Army Medical Center
- 11-1-11 U.S. Department of Defense News Release: Defense Officials Distribute BRAC Traffic Money
- 11-1-11 Montgomery County News Release: Leggett Praises $90 Million Federal Funding for Transit, Road & Pedestrian Improvements in Bethesda; Projects will address increased traffic related to BRAC at the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center
- 11-1-11 Bethesda Patch: $90 Million Set Aside for BRAC-Related Transportation Improvements -- Nearly $90 million in federal funds have been set aside for traffic and pedestrian access improvements at the National Naval and National Military Medical Centers in Bethesda
- 11-1-11 Gazette.Net: BRAC transportation projects in Bethesda get $88.9 million nod -- Road improvements to become a reality with federal dollars
- 11-1-11 Washington Examiner: Maryland, Virginia big winners of BRAC road funds
- 11-1-11 WTOP 103.5 FM: Congestion hasn't changed in Montgomery Co.
- 11-1-11 Washington Examiner: Council members want bus network running in 3 years
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