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October 2013 News
- 10-31-13 Walter Reed NMMC Journal: Region Medical Director Focuses on Recapturing Beneficiaries, Quality Care, Cost
- 10-31-13 Fort Belvoir Eagle: DoL officially changes name to LRC-B
- 10-30-13 Washingtonian Magazine: The Surf’s Up in Carderock (Video) -- The Naval Surface Warfare Center unveils its new “wavemaker.”
- 10-30-13 Washington Post: Montgomery opens new transit operations center, adds 40 new buses to Ride On
- 10-30-13 Gazette.Net: State: Purple Line plan would save taxpayer dollars -- Public-private partnership cuts costs by 90 percent
- 10-30-13 Bethesda Now: Council Staff: Ditch BRT South Of Bradley, Cedar Lane Station
- 10-30-13 Bethesda Now: Parks Mulls Over What To Make Of Freeland Park
- 10-30-13 Southern Maryland News: Indian Head economy struggles with vacancies -- Looming BRAC round worries town officials
- 10-29-13 Bethesda Now: Council Analysts: Re-Up The Bethesda Urban Partnership
- 10-29-13 Bethesda Now: (VIDEO REPORT) Planner Talks Changes In Bethesda
- 10-29-13 Gazette.Net: Langley Park businesses fear Purple Line’s impact -- Owners say $2.2B light rail construction will hinder revenue, drive up rent
- 10-28-13 Bethesda Now: Starr’s Capital Budget Includes B-CC High School Addition -- A boundary study of the reassignment of elementary schoolers living on the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center base has been added to the recommendations. The recommendation is for that study to take place this winter. Students from the base were recently switched from Bethesda Elementary School to Rosemary Hills Elementary School for grades K-2 and North Chevy Chase Elementary School for grades 3-6. Those changes and other recent boundary changes were meant to ease overcrowding concerns at Bethesda Elementary, but MCPS has apparently been hit with a wave of transfer requests from families of kids who temporarily live on the base.
- 10-28-13 Bethesda Now: Purple Line Planners Reassure Council On P3 Concept
- 10-28-13 Bethesda Now: County Urges Pedestrian Safety As Rush Hour Gets Darker
- 10-28-13 Washington Post: Capital Business -- Cybersecurity tax credit part of Montgomery County’s effort to become industry hub
- 10-28-13 Gazette.Net: Cybersecurity companies in Montgomery eligible for tax credit bonus -- Program provides ‘vote of confidence,’ CEO says
- 10-28-13 Federal News Radio 1500 AM: Army ponders proper shape, size of cyber workforce
- 10-28-13 Gazette.Net: Montgomery County to keep AAA bond rating -- County officials met with Wall Street agencies in New York
- 10-27-13 Frederick News-Post: Detrick garrison payroll totals more than $30 million
- 10-25-13 Montgomery County Dept. of Transportation: County bike sharing program rolling along
- 10-25-13 Maryland State Highway Administration (SHA): SHA Installs Bus Pads This Weekend on Connecticut Avenue in Chevy Chase -- Double Lane Closures Expected Between Friday Night and Monday Morning
- 10-24-13 Bethesda Now: Council Staff: Wisconsin Avenue Can’t Hold Median Bus Rapid Transitway
- 10-24-13 Bethesda-Chevy Chase Patch: Bethesda-Chevy Chase Area Gets New Early Voting Location in 2014 -- There'll be more polling location options during early voting next year
- 10-24-13 Walter Reed NMMC Journal: NSAB Parking Changes Make Way for New Construction
- 10-24-13 Washington Post: Capital Business -- Developer Federal Realty plotting second phase of Pike & Rose development in Rockville
- 10-24-13 Washington Post: Residents concerned about impact of proposed light-rail Purple Line
- 10-23-13 Bethesda Now: Trail Group: Purple Line Planners Erred In Impact Study
- 10-23-13 Bethesda Now: Bethesda Metro Bus Bays May Not Close
- 10-23-13 Gazette.Net: Apex owners working to solve Bethesda Purple Line Station issue -- County and state wants the building torn down, owners still evaluating options
- 10-22-13 Gazette.Net: Bethesda police station plans move forward -- New facility could be done by 2016
- 10-22-13 WTOP 103.5 FM: Montgomery County mom speaks out about road safety
- 10-22-13 Defense News: US Army Official: Congress Will Have To Authorize New BRAC Round
- 10-22-13 Defense News: Army Seeks To Expand Privatization Efforts
- 10-22-13 Montgomery County Dept. of Transportation: MCDOT to construct dual bikeway on Woodglen Drive
- 10-21-13 Bethesda Now: Planners Want Input On Future Of Bethesda
- 10-21-13 Bethesda Now: New Police Station Could Mean Loss Of Parking In Woodmont Garage
- 10-18-13 Gazette.Net: Former owner buys Bethesda Marriott for $35.6 million -- Renovation to debut next year
- 10-18-13 Gazette.Net: Planning for projects can take years -- Montgomery County has to do better in permitting, county official says
- 10-18-13 Bethesda Now: Morning Poll: Challenges and Concerns For Bethesda
- 10-18-13 Gazette.Net: Names & Faces: Montgomery chamber hires VP of public affairs -- The Montgomery County Chamber of Commerce hired Ilaya Hopkins as vice president of public affairs effective Tuesday
- 10-18-13 Washington Post: Somerset, a stone’s throw from Friendship Heights, guards its small-town charm
- 10-18-13 Washington Post: C.W. Bill Young, longtime Fla. congressman, dies at 82
- 10-17-13 Baltimore Business Journal: Maryland lost big in government shutdown
- 10-17-13 Government Executive's Defense One: After the Shutdown, Uncertainty Still Plagues Pentagon
- 10-17-13 Walter Reed NMMC Journal: Patient-Centered Care Top Priority of New WRNMMC Director
- 10-17-13 Walter Reed NMMC Journal: Bethesda Notebook -- Base Parking Changes
- 10-17-13 Washington Post: Maryland delays Board of Public Works vote on Purple Line proposal
- 10-16-13 Silver Spring Patch (Capital News Service): Shorter commutes don't interest homeowners and businesses in path of Purple Line -- More than 116 home and business owners are going to have to say goodbye to their property to make room for the new Purple Line light rail train
- 10-16-13 Bethesda Now: Apex Building Owner Willing To Sell For Preferred Purple Line Station
- 10-16-13 Bethesda Now: Metro Reveals Some Improvements For Bethesda Station
- 10-16-13 Gazette.Net: Fate of GEICO property in Friendship Heights remains unclear, some residents concerned -- Floreen: property “some of the most valuable real estate in the Washington region”
- 10-15-13 Association of Defense Communities: Virginia Suffers Most Severely from Shutdown -- Maryland came in sixth
- 10-15-13 Bethesda-Chevy Chase Patch: Shutdown Has Meant Shorter Commute Times -- While the government shutdown that started Oct. 1 has meant frustration and financial insecurity for the furloughed, it’s meant easier commutes into Washington for others
- 10-15-13 Military Times: Wheelchair lacrosse gains steam
- 10-14-13 Washington Post: Capital Business -- CoStar: Retail projects on Rockville Pike suggests ’ confidence in future
- 10-14-13 Washington Business Journal: Federal Realty wins approval for Pike & Rose addition
- 10-14-13 Bethesda-Chevy Chase Patch: Purple Line Bridge Over Conn. Ave. Envisioned -- The Maryland Transit Administration has released a few preliminary images of what the Purple Line and Capital Crescent Trail bridges spanning Connecticut Avenue could look like
- 10-14-13 Reuters: Saving Defense dollars: From BRAC to ORAC -- Commentary by Kay Bailey Hutchison and Michael O'Hanlon
- 10-14-13 Montgomery County Dept. of Transportation: Bethesda Avenue-Woodmont Avenue project (parking lot #31) update: Concrete operations continue
- 10-13-13 Washington Post: Purple Line: Public-private transit partnership would be one of the broadest in U.S.
- 10-13-13 Washington Post: Paying to build, operate and maintain a light-rail Purple Line
- 10-13-13 Washington Post: (GRAPHIC/MAP) Purple Line plan -- Maryland’s plan for financing, designing, building, operating and maintaining a Purple Line with a public-private partnership would be one of the most far-reaching arrangements for any U.S. transit project, and one that some lawmakers are worried is unproven and risky. The financial agreement would lock the state in for 35 years.
- 10-13-13 Washington Post: Impacted properties: Purple Line -- The Maryland Transit Administration will buy some strips of private land.
- 10-13-13 Washington Post: Easement-only property acquisitions: Purple Line -- The Maryland Transit Administration plans to acquire temporary easements to some private property that would be returned to the owner after construction.
- 10-13-13 Washington Post: Possibly displaced properties: Purple Line -- The Maryland Transit Administration plans to condemn and buy 53 houses or apartment units and 60 businesses.
- 10-13-13 Washington Post: The Purple Line agreement -- The agreement among the Maryland Transit Administration, Montgomery County and Columbia Country Club.
- 10-13-13 Washington Post: Capital Bikeshare is coming to College Park
- 10-13-13 Washington Post: Einstein’s brain a wonder of connectedness
- 10-13-13 USA TODAY: Obama team: Shutdown cripples research
- 10-12-13 Bethesda-Chevy Chase Patch: Cyclist to Drivers: 'Try Not To Kill Us With Your Vehicles' -- How could bicycling safety be improved in Bethesda and Chevy Chase?
- 10-12-13 WTOP 103/5 FM: Study: Extend Metro or build light-rail to Ft. Belvoir?
- 10-11-13 U.S. Army Medical Command: 20 years of Army research yields hope for malaria vaccine
- 10-11-13 Nature.com: NIH campus endures slow decay -- Experiments suffer from lack of lab materials and staff during US government shutdown
- 10-10-13 Center Maryland: Donald Fry blog: The downside of Maryland’s federal dependence
- 10-10-13 WJZ/CBS13 TV: Maryland-Based Charitable Organization Helps Families Of Fallen Military Members
- 10-10-13 Association of Defense Communities: Maryland County Seeks Firms to Conduct JLUS for Indian Head Facility
- 10-10-13 WHAG TV4 (Hagerstown): Government Shutdown Ripples Across Fort Detrick
- 10-10-13 Walter Reed NMMC Journal: Clark Says Core Values, Loyalty ‘to Those We Are Privileged to Serve’ Drive Mission
- 10-10-13 Washington Post: Capital Business -- Fort Meade transforming from Army base to cyber city
- 10-9-13 TRICARE /DOD Defense Health Agency: Update: TRICARE Statement About Government Shutdown
- 10-9-13 Bethesda Now: Commenting Period Won’t Be End Of Purple Line Outreach
- 10-9-13 Gazette.Net: White Flint developer banking on apartments rather than offices, retail -- ProMark revises plans for North Bethesda Gateway
- 10-9-13 Gazette.Net: Leggett supports residents’ request to drop Wayne Avenue substation location in Silver Spring -- Community hopeful an alternate location will be found
- 10-8-13 Gazette.Net: AAA: Montgomery’s rapid transit plan ‘fatally flawed’ -- Organization warns council of negative impact
- 10-7-13 Army Times: Army expanding mental health program despite research
- 10-7-13 Gazette.Net: Thousands remain out of work as government shutdown continues -- Walter Reed employees return to work; Navy scrubs birthday concert
- 10-7-13 Gazette.Net: Military commissaries begin to reopen despite shutdown
- 10-7-13 Gazette.Net: Metro commuters have new parking option at Twinbrook -- New garage opened Monday
- 10-7-13 Bethesda-Chevy Chase Patch: Council Committee Begins Examination of Bus Rapid Transit Proposal -- The council's transportation and environment committee began holding work sessions about bus rapid transit on Monday
- 10-7-12 WUSA9 TV: (VIDEO) Crystal City shop owners hurt by shutdown
- 10-7-13 Government Executive's Defense One: America’s Longest War
- 10-7-13 Washington Post: Dual-leadership role at NSA and Cyber Command stirs debate
- 10-6-13 Association of Defense Communities: Defense Communities Suffer Disproportionate Hit from Sequestration
- 10-5-13 Washington Post: Obstacles hinder but don’t stop D.C. runners
- 10-4-13 Gazette.Net: Chevy Chase wants a Purple Line fix -- Town seeks to alter crossing, after others vie for changes
- 10-4-13 Bethesda Now: MoCo Budgeting For Rockville Pike BRT Conceptual Plan
- 10-4-13 Military Health System News Release: New Defense Health Agency Will Streamline Functions
- 10-4-13 Joint Base Andrews Gazette: TRICARE issues statement about government shutdown
- 10-4-13 Huffington Post: Government Shutdown: Its Impact on Our Fighting Men and Women -- Commentary by Dorian de Wind, Retired U.S. Air Force Officer and writer
- 10-4-13 Washington Post: Montgomery reconsiders White Oak research hub plans as council questions traffic impact
- 10-3-13 CNN: CNN Heroes -- Helping disabled vets rebuild their lives
- 10-3-13 Washingtonian: Amid Shutdown, Bike Commuters Take the Scenic, Illegal, Route to Work -- A popular biking and running trail is technically closed because of the government shutdown, but it's still plenty busy. And against the law to use
- 10-3-13 Government Executive's Defense One: Paying the Troops: Beyond the Shutdown
- 10-3-13 Walter Reed NMMC Journal: Fisher House Bethesda Provides a Home Away From Home for Military Families
- 10-3-13 Walter Reed NMMC Journal: National Museum of Health and Medicine Supports Art Exhibit
- 10-3-13 Washington Post: Who needs the Smithsonian and National Gallery when there’s the Medical Museum?
- 10-3-13 Bethesda Now: JBG Breaks Ground On Woodmont Triangle Apartment
- 10-2-13 Bloomberg News: 10 U.S. Programs We Didn't Miss Until the Shutdown -- (Slide 3) From Pedals to Pedestrian: Many Washington-area bike commuters learned this morning that the popular Capital Crescent Trail is managed by the federal government. On Tuesday a sign read: "Because of the federal government shutdown, this national park facility is closed."
- 10-2-13 Bethesda Now: Glen Echo Park Feels Pain Of Government Shutdown -- At Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, government furloughs are expected to have a big effect
- 10-2-13 Harford County Dagger: U.S. Army Edgewood Chemical Biological Center and Harford Community College Sign Education Partnership Agreement
- 10-2-13 WTOP 103.5 FM: Walter Reed open, but expect some changes
- 10-2-13 Gazette.Net: State to chop down 90 mature trees to widen Jones Bridge Road -- Part of BRAC project; planning board objects
- 10-2-13 Gazette.Net: County wants Apex building for ‘optimal’ Purple Line Station, but owner says it needs more time -- Planners faced with possibility of not being able to tear down building; owner says it was notified late in the game
- 10-2-13 Gazette.Net: Along Purple Line route, property owners in Chevy Chase joust for adjustments -- Town of Chevy Chase hoping expert can help persuade state to move light rail’s path
- 10-2-13 Gazette.Net: Silver Spring neighbors object to ‘fake house’ plan for Purple Line substation -- Evanswood Citizens’ Association wants substation buried
- 10-2-13 Gazette.Net: Construction starts on two Twinbrook apartment buildings in Rockville -- JBG developments to bring more than 500 apartments to Rockville
- 10-2-13 WTOP 103.5 FM: New HOV ramp at Seminary Road to ease Mark Center congestion
- 10-2-13 Washington Post: With new apps, D.C. millennials help fuel an evolution away from sitting behind the wheel
- 10-1-13 CBS News: Government Shutdown Showdown 2013 -- NIH, CDC feeling government shutdown's effects
- 10-1-13 Washington Post: Leggett: No catering to Chevy Chase country club in altering Purple Line route
- 10-1-13 Bethesda-Chevy Chase Patch: Elm Street Park to Get Capital Bikeshare Station -- Ask and ye shall receive: The Town of Chevy Chase asked for a Capital Bikeshare station, and will get one in the next few weeks
- 10-1-13 Gazette.Net: Hundreds likely furloughed in Montgomery in wake of government shutdown -- Federal agencies slash operations, national parks close
- 10-1-13 Frederick News-Post: Impasse shakes Frederick County
- 10-1-13 Maryland Capital Gazette: Federal shutdown affects thousands of workers in Anne Arundel County -- 60 percent of Fort Meade's civilians live in the county, Naval Academy shuts commisary
- 10-1-13 United States Air Force: TRICARE officials issue statement about government shutdown
- 10-1-13 Military Times: New Defense Health Agency opens for business
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