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November, 2016 News
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- 11-30-16 Bethesda Magazine: Westbard Plans Don’t Show Underground Utilities Because They Don’t Have To -- Sector plan does not include requirement to move power, telephone lines
- 11-30-16 Washington Business Journal: Here's when work will start, for real, at Walter Reed
- 11-30-16 Baltimore Sun/Harford Aegis: Editorial -- Is Aberdeen's new 'wall of sound' really necessary, desirable?
- 11-30-16 Washington Post: These soldiers at Walter Reed are making masks to reveal the hidden wounds of war. And to heal.
- 11-29-16 WFED Federal News Radio 1500 AM: 2.1 percent pay raise, TRICARE changes make it to final NDAA
- 11-29-16 Baltimore Sun: In Indian Head, Md., Navy's bomb testers seek new ways to blow things up
- 11-29-16 STUFF Science: Detailed human embryo development revealed in three-dimensional 'atlas' -- They used the Carnegie collection of human embryos at the National Museum of Health and Medicine in Washington DC
- 11-29-16 New York Times: Obama’s Sacred Duty: Visiting the Wounded at Walter Reed
- 11-29-16 Bethesda Magazine: Purple Line Groundbreaking on Hold Until Transit Agencies Can Find Lawsuit Solution -- Project is unlikely to begin construction this year
- 11-28-16 Washington Post: Suburbs seeking transit look for ways to keep residents from being priced out -- The issue, which some experts call “transit-induced gentrification,” is gaining new attention in Montgomery and other once auto-centric suburbs building light-rail and rapid bus lines to revitalize older areas, attract younger workers, and help an increasing number of lower-income residents reach jobs. Focusing growth around transit stations has become the way many inner suburbs plan to thrive without adding to the sprawl that has left them drowning in traffic.
- 11-28-16 Bethesda Magazine: Six Cutting Edge Medical Procedures Happening in the Bethesda Area -- Thanks in large part to the National Institutes of Health our backyard is an international hub for medical innovation: NIH, NSAB, Walter Reed, NCI, Suburban/Hopkins, Sibley
- 11-28-16 Baltimore Sun/Harford Aegis: Route 22 widening in Aberdeen slated to be completed by spring 2018 -- The Route 22 improvements are meant to "improve intersection safety and capacity to handle increased traffic in Aberdeen generated by the federal BRAC," according to SHA
- 11-26-16 Washington Post: Md. and Va.won’t meet deadline for new Metro safety body. What happens now?
- 11-24-16 WFED Federal News Radio 1500 AM: Trump gets list of demands from military families
- 11-23-16 Washington Post: Legal costs mounting in Silver Spring Transit Center litigation
- 11-23-16 Bethesda Magazine: Berliner Sees Light at the End of Purple Line Lawsuit Tunnel -- Council member said there’s now a path forward to satisfy federal judge’s issues with transit project in lawsuit
- 11-23-16 Bethesda Magazine: Construction Begins on White Flint’s Western Workaround Road Project -- The project will realign Executive Boulevard in the redeveloping area
- 11-22-16 Montgomery County Government: Leggett Hails News of County’s 2016 Triple-A Bond Rating; County Among Best in Nation for Fiscal Responsibility
- 11-22-16 BISNOW Real Estate News: Arlington's Office Landlords Are Already Seeing A Post-Election Surge In Activity
- 11-21-16 U.S. Department of Defense: Eye See You: Belvoir Hospital Becomes First Military Hospital in Nation to Perform Cutting-Edge Eye Surgery
- 11-19-16 Washington Post: How to salvage Metro? Rewrite the compact, says influential D.C. business group
- 11-18-16 U.S. Department of Defense: Naval Support Activity Bethesda’s Religious Ministry Department is hoping this holiday season will be a season of giving
- 11-18-16 Washington Post: Md. lawmakers signal interest in Va. model for transportation funding
- 11-18-16 Frederick News-Post: Transit group urges more MARC service to Frederick
- 11-18-16 Washington Post: Bus service to BWI could be discontinued
- 11-18-16 WTOP 103.5 FM: Bus rapid transit taking shape in Montgomery Co.
- 11-18-16 Bethesda Magazine: Downtown Silver Spring Hotel Plans Win Early Approvals from Planning Board -- Members also approve sketch plan for mixed-use high-rise on former Steamers site in Bethesda
- 11-18-16 ROLL CALL: Commentary -- Bring Back trhe Earmarks, Really: Congress hasn't worked right since the earmark ban kicked in
- 11-17-16 WHAG-TV (Hagerstown): Walter Reed staff prepares for mass casualty incident -- The scenario was a building collapse
- 11-17-16 Bethesda Magazine: Regency Centers Buys Westbard Developer Equity One -- The deal creates one of the largest shopping center investors in the country
- 11-17-16 WTOP 103.5 FM: 7 students in 4-car crash at ‘dangerous’ Md. intersection
- 11-17-16 WTOP 103.5 FM: Metro GM: Dire situation led to starting 24/7 work without full plan
- 11-17-16 Frederick News-Post (Capital News Service): Will Trump make Maryland’s transportation great again?
- 11-17-16 Baltimore Business Journal: COPT plots 500,000 square feet of new office space at Columbia Gateway -- Looking to capitalize off the region’s strength as a hub for growing cybersecurity firms
- 11-17-16 Quantico Sentry: Fun facts about snow aboard Quantico
- 11-17-16 Montgomery County Government: Getting Around a Little Easier -- Montgomery County has started working on the first of two phases of the White Flint West Workaround transportation project, an effort designed to create a pedestrian-friendly community where residents and visitors can walk to work, shops and transit.
- 11-17-16 Washington Post: D.C.’s children’s hospital gets 12 acres at former Walter Reed campus
- 11-17-16 NSA Bethesda/Walter Reed NMMC Journal: ‘Scarred For Life’ Art Exhibit to Portray Veterans Scars
- 11-17-16 New York Times: Lessons from the Battlefield
- 11-17-16 ROLL CALL: Trump Eyes a Bipartisan Idea to Pay for Rebuilt Roads, Bridges -- Republicans and Democrats have pitched a national infrastructure bank
- 11-16-16 U.S. Army Research Laboratory: Army Research Laboratory announces ARL South
- 11-16-16 Washington Technology: Contract Opportunity -- Army plans industry day for R&D cyber defense acquisition
- 11-15-16 Washington Post: Developers in Montgomery County will pay more to build farther from transit, jobs
- 11-15-16 Business Wire: Fitch Rates Montgomery County, MD's $436MM GOs 'AAA'; Outlook Stable
- 11-15-16 Bethesda Magazine: Council Member, State Delegates Take Aim at Speed Limits in Proposed State Bills -- Speed limits could be lowered to 15 and 20 mph in county’s urban and school areas
- 11-14-16 WTOP 103.5 FM: Police crack down at pedestrian crosswalks to reduce fatalities
- 11-14-16 Washington Post: Transit advocates want more MARC for I-270 relief
- 11-14-16 Bethesda Magazine: ‘B’ Marks the Spot -- Aluminum sculptures installed in downtown Bethesda highlight arts and entertainment district
- 11-14-16 Vanity Fair: How Two Trailblazing Psychologists Turned the World of Decision Science Upside Down -- After his book Moneyball became a best-seller, Michael Lewis learned that many of the ideas it presented to the general public had actually been introduced decades earlier by a pair of Israeli psychologists: Daniel Kahneman and Amos Tversky -- includes a detailed section on The Psychology of War.
- 11-14-16 Maryland Capital Gazette: Retro Anne Arundel: As Fort Meade nears the century mark, a look back
- 11-12-16 Washington Post: Dr. Gridlock -- New suburban lifestyle needs new ways of getting around
- 11-11-16 Washington Post: What a Trump White House means for Maryland’s Purple Line plan
- 11-11-16 Bethesda Magazine: County To Force Ourisman Honda to Stop Constructing Garage Next to Capital Crescent Trail -- Car dealer now responsible for modifying Bethesda project
- 11-11-16 Maryland Dept. of Transportation/Maryland Transit Administration: Good News for Bike Lovers Who Ride MARC Train! -- MDOT grant project will retrofit one-third of MARC passenger cars to accommodate standard full-sized bicycles during weekday service on all three lines – Penn, Camden and Brunswick
- 11-11-16 Vanity Fair: Inside the Painstaking Recovery Process of a Medal of Honor Marine
- 11-10-16 Bethesda Magazine: Planning Board OKs White Flint 2 Sector Plan Draft -- Document calls for 5,700 new hom
- 11-10-16 Bethesda Magazine: The Crescent at Chevy Chase Awaits Sketch Plan Approval -- Planning Board to review project Nov. 17
- 11-10-16 NSA Bethesda/Walter Reed NMMC Journal: Public Works Gearing Up for Medical Center Redesign
- 11-10-16 Bethesda Magazine: Council Committee Seeks To Expand Road Resurfacing -- Full council to vote on special appropriation next week
- 11-9-16 Bethesda Magazine: Utility Work To Close Lanes on Wisconsin Avenue in Downtown Bethesda This Weekend -- The multiple closures are expected to occur during the daytime
- 11-9-16 Washington Post: Purple Line stations are slated to have ‘unique’ public art. You can tell the artists what you’d like to see
- 11-9-16 WRC/NBC4 TV: More Tolls Could Be on the Table in Maryland
- 11-9-16 Bethesda Magazine: Beltway Entrance Ramps on Old Georgetown Road To Close -- Part of project to repave 6 miles
- 11-9-16 United States Army: Human trials begin for Army-developed Zika vaccine
- 11-7-16 Bethesda Magazine: Montgomery State Senator To Introduce Legislation to Permit HAWK Pedestrian Signals in Maryland -- Sen. Roger Manno’s bill would change state law to permit the signals and establish penalties for drivers who violate them
- 11-7-16 Defense News: Pentagon Could Look to Close Bases Without BRAC Authorization
- 11-6-16 Stars and Stripes: Volunteers wanted for PTSD study of treatment some call a miracle
- 11-5-16 Washington Post: Editorial -- A smart growth plan in Montgomery County
- 11-4-16 Washington Post: Developers are making billions off Metro. How that could help save the system.
- 11-4-16 Baltimore Sun/Harford Aegis: Aberdeen Proving Ground, Harford's economic lifeblood
- 11-4-16 Federal News Radio 1500 AM: Does TRICARE actually need an overhaul?
- 11-4-16 NSA Bethesda/Walter Reed NMMC Journal: Capstone Field Exercise Tests USU's Medical Students
- 11-4-16 Bethesda Magazine: After 10 Years, Christ Lutheran Church Project Wins Approval -- New sanctuary, condominiums planned on site
- 11-4-16 Washington Post: Cutting Metro’s late-night hours could hurt Md.’s proposed light-rail Purple Line, official says
- 11-4-16 Washington Post: One way to ease traffic: Let it get so bad that motorists give up
- 11-3-16 WHAG-TV (Hagerstown): New healing space for warriors is the Green Road Project -- Two acres of woods sit in the middle of naval base, serve as place of solace
- 11-3-16 SEAPOWER Magazine: Navy Tests Variable-Depth Sonar’s Hydrodynamic Behavior in Tow
- 11-3-16 ROLL CALL: NIH to Require Researchers Receiving Grants to Share Data -- Part of a broader shift for biomedical field
- 11-3-16 Association of Defense Communities: Outsourcing, Mission Changes to Shape Installation of the Future
- 11-3-16 WTOP 103.5 FM: Public commenmt extended for Purple Line environmental impact
- 11-3-16 Bethesda Magazine: County To Meet with Ourisman Honda Over Construction Near Capital Crescent Trail -- The car dealership is building right up against the paved trail
- 11-2-16 Bethesda Magazine: Berliner Asks State Lawmakers To Allow HAWK Crosswalk Signals on State Roads -- County Council member says the signals could be used at popular crosswalks that don’t warrant a standard traffic signal
- 11-2-16 Washington Post: Federal takeover of Metro? Board chairman’s proposal triggers debate but has some support
- 11-2-16 WTOP 103.5 FM: Montgomery County looks to boost safety on Capital Crescent Trail
- 11-2-16 Association of Defense Communities: There’s More than One Way to Forge a Partnership, Hammack Says
- 11-1-16 AARP: Fisher House: An Oasis for Military Families -- Homes help ease burden of those who care for veterans
- 11-1-16 Washington Post: Auto-centric suburb considers making developers pay more for transit, walking -- Montgomery County is considering changing how it measures the transportation impact of proposed development, focusing — for the first time — on how accessible new buildings would be to transit rather than how many vehicles they would add to roads.
- 11-1-16 Bethesda Magazine: Planning Board Expected To Approve Sketch Plan of Proposed High-Rise for Former Steamers Site -- Mixed-use building would include up to 58 dwelling units
- 11-1-16 Washington Business Journal: The deal with JBG was a 'no-brainer,' Vornado CEO Steve Roth tells analysts
- 11-1-16 FiercePharma: Sanofi-Walter Reed Zika alliance brings in Brazilian vaccine institute Fiocruz
- 11-1-16 Bethesda Magazine: County Receives Grant To Fund White Flint Bikeshare Stations -- Rockville also awarded funds to install two stations in Twinbrook
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