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November 2013 News
- 11-30-13 Federal News Radio 1500 AM: Fed Access: A BRAC update and more -- This week on "Fed Access", host Derrick Dortch gets a BRAC update from Dr. Andrea Morris, BRAC Coordinator and Community Resilience director for Arlington County Virginia. Dr. Morris will discuss how base closure and realignment has impacted the county's economy, and what officials have learned from the process.
- 11-30-13 Washington Post: Purple Line’s obscure obstacle: The endangered Hay’s Spring amphipod
- 11-29-13 Bethesda Now: Bike Lane, Sidewalk In The Works For Goldsboro Road
- 11-27-13 Medical Press: NIH director warns that US research funding is falling behind, calls for new focus on innovation
- 11-27-13 Bethesda Now: Chevy Chase Residents To Finally Get Wisconsin Avenue Crosswalk
- 11-27-13 Gazette.Net: What goes up ... -- The Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division, held its third annual egg drop competition on Nov 20. Twenty-one students from the Math Matters club at Thomas W. Pyle Middle School in Bethesda competed to see if they could design a case protective enough so that when a raw egg was dropped 20 feet onto concrete, the egg would remain intact.
- 11-26-13 Federal News Radio 1500 AM: Mass-transit subsidy, once again, set to decline
- 11-26-13 Gazette.Net: Long Branch plan taps Purple Line potential for development in Silver Spring -- County Council OKs proposal
- 11-26-13 Washington Business Journal: Twinbrook Metro redevelopment site on the market
- 11-26-13 Bethesda Now: Military Wants Walter Reed Kids Back At Bethesda Elementary
- 11-26-13 Gazette.Net: Planning board recommends tunnel for Capital Crescent Trail -- County must keep its promise to residents, planning board member says
- 11-25-13 Bethesda Now: Suburban Hospital Turns 70
- 11-25-13 Washington Post: Capital Business -- Bus trip reveals a lot is happening in and around Howard County
- 11-22-13 Baltimore Sun: Court sides with Hopkins in Montgomery County land dispute -- Donor's family says she would have opposed research park plans
- 11-22-13 Gazette.Net: Residents reject Army fence for Silver Spring trail -- Fence would close off possible contamination at Forest Glen Annex
- 11-22-13 U.S. Dept. of Defense: Pentagon Official Says DOD Needs More BRAC
- 11-21-13 Roll Call: A Tale of Two BRACs -- Commentary by Frank Kendall, Undersecretary for Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics
- 11-21-13 Military.com: DoD Buzz -- White House Opposes Base Closure Catch
- 11-21-13 Washington Post: Walter Pincus Fine Print column -- Air Force struggles against being financially grounded by Capitol Hill dysfunction
- 11-21-13 Walter Reed NMMC Journal: Bethesda Notebook -- Base Parking Changes: The Navy Exchange parking garage will turn over to retail only Nov. 30. A new parking garage will open on Nov. 29 and be open for several colors of parking passes. More information to follow.
- 11-21-13 Walter Reed NMMC Journal: Warrior Care Month Research Summit Highlights Ongoing Projects Benefitting Patient Care
- 11-21-13 Walter Reed NMMC Journal: WRNMMC Chief of Staff Discusses ‘Way Ahead’ With Staff
- 11-21-13 Walter Reed NMMC Journal: Outreach Event Prepares Wounded Warriors for Civilian Careers
- 11-21-13 Walter Reed NMMC Journal: Installation Recreational Facility Nears Completion
- 11-21-13 WTOP 103.5 FM: Drop in federal transit subsidy could worsen congestion
- 11-21-13 Military Times: DoD seeks plan to shut all U.S. commissaries
- 11-20-13 Montgomery County Dept. of Transportation: Corridor Cities Transitway advisory committees being formed
- 11-20-13 Washington Post: Montgomery Council tentatively approves plan to study network of bus-only lanes
- 11-20-13 Gazette.Net: Report: Montgomery still hopes to demolish Apex building -- Staffers recognize difficulty in meeting the state’s end-of-the-year deadline
- 11-20-13 New York Times: Grand Vision for Former Home of Walter Reed Hospital
- 11-19-13 Bethesda-Chevy Chase Patch: Developer to Build New Police Station, Get Old Station Site -- The council voted unanimously that the site of the current Montgomery County Police Department Second District station would no longer be needed once the new station is built
- 11-19-13 Bethesda-Chevy Chase Patch: Tell It Like It Is: State Wants Your Feedback on Making Maryland Safe for Bicycles -- State officials are asking for public comment on an updated plan to expand biking networks, improve safety and promote biking in Maryland
- 11-19-13 Governmemt Executive's Defense One: Pentagon Electronic Health Records Not Ready Until 2017... At Least
- 11-16-13 Maryland Capital Gazette: Fort Meade job fair features nearly 70 employers
- 11-16-13 Baltimore Sun: State offers grants to train residents for Red, Purple Line work
- 11-15-13 Washington Business Journal: Washington's priciest ZIP codes
- 11-15-13 WTTG / FOX5-TV: (VIDEO) Improving trail safety for pedestrians and bikers
- 11-15-13 Fort Detrick Standard: Fort Detrick Restoration Advisory Board (RAB) Update
- 11-14-13 WRC / NBC4-TV: Joint Base Andrews Air Show Cancelled for Budget Reasons -- Event was last held in 2012; had been moved from an annual to an every-other-year schedule, but the next scheduled event has now been called off to save about $2.1 million
- 11-14-13 Washington Business Journal: Hellish I-95 commute doesn't end Inside the Beltway anymore
- 11-14-13 Washington Post: Walter Pincus Fine Print column -- Personnel costs are a growing threat to defense, military leaders tell Congress
- 11-13-13 Gazette.Net: New bikes lanes in North Bethesda
- 11-13-13 Washington Post: Public input sought for design of Corridor Cities Transitway stations
- 11-13-13 Washington Post: Dr. Gridlock -- Officials unveil transportation cost calculator
- 11-12-13 Washington Post: Montgomery taking a hard look at bus rapid transit
- 11-12-13 Federal News Radio 1500 AM (Associated Press): Military suicides down by more than 22 percent
- 11-11-12 Gazette.Net: Owner of Bethesda’s Apex building wants more time, incentives before agreeing to demolish structure -- Without tearing building down, Purple Line platform would have to fit in existing tunnel
- 11-11-13 CNN: Veterans in Focus -- Veterans share one thing they want you to know about military service
- 11-11-13 New England Cable News: (VIDEO REPORT) Puppies helping veterans deal with visible and invisible wounds of war
- 11-11-13 Government Health IT: Do DoD changes signify last nail in iEHR's coffin?
- 11-10-13 Washington Post: Groups that help wounded veterans and inmates’ children win Purpose Prize
- 11-10-13 Washington Post: How the military isolates itself — and hurts veterans -- Commentary by Phillip Carter and retired Lt. Gen. David Barno, veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan, respectively, and senior fellows at the Center for a New American Security
- 11-10-13 Washington Post: Washington: A world apart -- This map highlights in yellow the nation's Super Zips — those ranking highest on income and college education. The largest collection of Super Zips is around Washington, D.C.
- 11-10-=13 Association of Defense Communities: Installation Officials Focused FY’13 Budget Cuts on Facilities Sustainment, GAO Finds
- 11-9-13 Baltimore Sun: After 50 years, I-95 still East Coast's common thread and economic backbone -- Highway's opening in Maryland in 1963 reshaped travel, race relations and local communities
- 11-8-13 WTOP 103.5 FM (Associated Press): Wounded warriors get rehab alongside pro athletes
- 11-8-13 Murfreesboro (TN) Daily News Journal: Fisher House begins service -- Facility at Alvin C. York Campus offers accommodations for veterans' families
- 11-8-13 Gazette.Net: Metro takes third stab at developing Grosvenor-Strathmore station
- 11-8-13 Gazette.Net: Bethesda park ready for renovation, county planner says -- Caroline Freeland park called an “urban oasis”
- 11-8-13 Gazette.Net: Parks ‘spokesmen’ take to the trails -- Managers use two wheels to check on southern county’s 100 miles of trails
- 11-8-13 Montgomery County Dept. of Transportation: Bicyclists parking at Metro urged to register their bikes
- 11-8-13 Joint Base Andrews Gazette: Medical clinic construction to impact traffic
- 11-8-13 Federal News Radio 1500 AM: Sequestration's second year worse than its first, military chiefs warn
- 11-8-13 Army Times: Service chiefs: Spending cuts equal troop casualties
- 11-7-13 Walter Reed NMMC Journal: Commander's Column -- Updated information related to the many ongoing construction projects aboard Naval Support Activity Bethesda
- 11-7-13 Walter Reed NMMC Journal: Warrior Care Month inTransition Assists Troops in Continuum of Mental Health Care
- 11-7-13 CNN: (VIDEO REPORT) Story behind 'I Drive Your Truck' -- CNN's Jake Tapper reports the CMA's 2013 Song of the Year honors the story of a fallen soldier and his father
- 11-7-13 Washington Post: Maryland gets approval to seek public-private partnership to build, operate Purple Line
- 11-7-13 WRC/NBC4-TV: Art Therapy for Hurt Soldiers Expands to Belvoir
- 11-7-13 Frederick News-Post: Army contractor outlines remediation plan based on Fort Detrick history
- 11-7-13 Federal News Radio 1500 AM: Budget experts blame lawmaker 'disengagement' as source of DoD turmoil
- 11-7-13 Army Times: Official: Army needs better cyber management
- 11-7-13 Washington Post: The Army’s cyber command facility with a Star Trek-inspired showroom may be falling apart
- 11-6-13 Washington City Paper: Next Up for Whole Foods: Walter Reed?
- 11-6-13 Washington Business Journal: Vornado Realty Trust weathering the worst of losses tied to BRAC
- 11-6-13 Washington Business Journal: Nuclear Regulatory Commission pursuing lease option in White Flint criticized by Congress
- 11-6-13 Washington Business Journal: (VIDEO REPORT) Get to know the master developer of the Walter Reed Army Medical Center redevelopment
- 11-6-13 Gazette.Net: Downtown Bethesda plan gets a ‘tuneup’ with the help of locals -- Planners seek input on downtown Bethesda’s strengths and weaknesses
- 11-5-13 Bethesda Now: Planners Start Bethesda’s ’20-Year Checkup’
- 11-5-13 Bethesda Now: Obama Walter Reed Visit To Impact Afternoon Traffic
- 11-5-13 Washington Post: Capital Business -- Team led by Hines Interests named master developer of 67-acre Walter Reed campus
- 11-5-13 Washington Post: Capital Business -- Metro seeks developers for five sites in Maryland and D.C.
- 11-4-13 Montgomery County Dept. of Transportation: Construction to begin soon on Langley Park Transit Center ***CORRECTED (contact)
- 11-4-13 Bethesda-Chevy Chase Patch: Bus Rapid Transit on Wisconsin Avenue, Chevy Chase: Good Idea or Unnecessary? -- The county council's deputy administrator recommends stopping BRT lanes at the Bethesda Metrorail station, while some businesses would prefer BRT to end at the Maryland-DC line
- 11-1-13 Bethesda Now: BRT Worksession Reveals Fundamental Differences On 355 Corridor
- 11-1-13 Gazette.Net: Residents see more detail of CCT route through Rockville, Gaithersburg -- State forming advisory committees as planning process continues
- 11-1-13 Gazette.Net: Montgomery planners ponder saving industrial land -- Residential, retail space taking over propert
- 11-1-13 Bethesda NoW: Donate Extra Candy For Troops Tomorrow
- 11-1-13 Joint Base Andrews Gazette: Medical Clinic construction impacts Perimeter Road
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