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October, 2018 News
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- 10-30-18 MCDOT: MD 355 CROSSING PROJECT: PLANNED LANE CLOSURES THROUGH EARLY DECEMBER
- 10-30-18 Bethesda Magazine: County Explores Dockless Bike-Share Expansion -- Program would include most downcounty areas
- 10-30-18 Maryland Matters blog: Amazon: The Great ‘Get’ — and the Great Unknown
- 10-30-18 Baltimore Business Journal: Steve Case: D.C., Md., Va. should stop competing and start collaborating
- 10-29-18 Bethesda Magazine: Metro Considering Running All Red Line Trains to Glenmont Next Year -- End of Silver Spring turnbacks is part of general manager’s budget recommendations
- 10-26-18 Marriott International, Downtown Bethesda: Development Update: Week of October 29, 2018
- 10-25-18 Bethesda Magazine: Planning Board Approves Capital Crescent Trail Surface Route in Bethesda -- Bike lanes will provide connection to new trail tunnel beneath Wisconsin Avenue
- 10-25-18 Bethesda Magazine: County Officials Break Ground on 14-Mile Bus Rapid Transit Line -- Buses scheduled to run from downtown Silver Spring to Burtonsville by 2020
- 10-25-18 Bethesda Magazine: County Planning Department Unveils Preliminary Plans for Reconfiguring Georgia Avenue -- Proposal includes two options to redesign Beltway interchange in Silver Spring to improve traffic flow
- 10-25-18 WTOP 103.5 FM: Vespa-like scooters may join DC’s dockless program
- 10-24-18 MCDOT: MD 355 CROSSING PROJECT: PLANNED LANE CLOSURES WEEK OF OCT 29-NOV 2
- 10-24-18 Greater Greater Washington: What HQ2 could mean for the Washington region’s housing market, in seven charts
- 10-23-18 Bethesda Magazine: Updated: Grosvenor Turnbacks on Metro’s Red Line To End Dec. 17 -- Turnbacks at Silver Spring will continue
- 10-23-18 Bethesda Magazine: County Planning Board Asks Council for Additional $680,000 for Development of Bethesda Park, Slave History Museum -- Museum to be built in honor of former MoCo slave Josiah Henson
- 10-22-18 Bethesda Magazine: Pedestrian Bridge Completed, Crosswalk Reopened on Piney Branch Road -- Silver Spring crossing operational following controversy about danger of its temporary relocation
- 10-22-18 Washington Business Journal: Maglev developer has answers to Prince George’s questions over $12B project
- 10-22-18 Hagerstown Herald-Mail: Officials struggle to find money for MARC system
- 10-19-18 Marriott International, Downtown Bethesda: Development Update: Week of October 22, 2018
- 10-18-18 New York Times: Amazon HQ2 Watch: Northern Virginia Checks the Most Boxes
- 10-17-18 MCDOT: MD 355 CROSSING PROJECT: REMINDER: 24/7 LANE CLOSURE IN EFFECT THRU MID-NOVEMBER: WESTBOUND JONES BRIDGE RD TURN LANE ONTO NORTHBOUND ROCKVILLE PIKE
- 10-17-18 Bethesda Magazine: Regency Submits Revised Plans as SaveWestbard Continues Efforts To Halt Bethesda Neighborhood Development -- Developer’s recently submitted plans call for slightly reduced project
- 10-16-18 Annapolis Capital Gazette: Commander: Fort Meade is an engine driving economic change in Maryland
- 10-15-18 MedicalXpress.com: Walter Reed Army Institute of Research begins phase 1 clinical trial of Marburg vaccine
- 10-15-18 Military.com: Former Walter Reed Chief to Take Over at Troubled VA Medical Center
- 10-13-18 WTOP 103.5 FM: Growing concerns of cuts coming to Metrobus service
- 10-12-18 Marriott International, Downtown Bethesda: Development Update: Week of October 15, 2018
- 10-12-18 Source of the Spring blog: Board Authorizes Execution of Purple Line Construction MOU
- 10-12-18 Bethesda Magazine: Maryland Transportation Secretary Promises Not to Raze Homes in 270/495 Expansion -- Montgomery County state legislators grill Pete Rahn on the proposal
- 10-12-18 Washington Post: Poll: Maryland voters narrowly oppose Hogan’s big plan for express toll lanes
- 10-12-18 Bethesda Magazine: MDSHA Posting Flaggers at Silver Spring Temporary Crossing Where Child Nearly Hit by Car -- Construction on pedestrian bridge expected to be complete in early November
- 10-11-18 Washington Business Journal: Defense Health Agency planning major Falls Church expansion
- 10-11-18 MCDOT: MD 355 CROSSING PROJECT REMINDER: 24/7 LANE CLOSURE IN EFFECT THRU MID-NOVEMBER: WESTBOUND JONES BRIDGE RD TURN LANE ONTO NORTHBOUND ROCKVILLE PIKE
- 10-11-18 Bethesda Magazine: County School Board Outlines Guidelines for Purple Line Construction Near Schools -- Memorandum calls for heightened security, structure integrity certification
- 10-11-18 StreetsBlogUSA: D.C.-Area Bus System Is So Bad It Hurts Local Economy
- 10-11-18 Forbes: Amazon HQ2: How Much Home Prices Would Jump In All 20 Finalist Cities
- 10-11-18 Health Data Management: DoD, VA pledge to better align plans to create single EHR
- 10-9-18 WTOP 103.5 FM: Major safety improvements for bicyclists planned in Bethesda
- 10-9-18 National Public Radio: From Inside The NSA, A Call For More Whistleblowers
- 10-9-18 Nextgov: Critical Update: How Marines Started 3D Printing Everything From Buckles to Barracks
- 10-8-18 U.S. Department of Defense: Military families are a key to the overall readiness of the force
- 10-9-18 MCDOT: MD 355 CROSSING PROJECT REMINDER: 24/7 LANE CLOSURE ON JONES BRIDGE RD FOR APPROX. 5 WEEKS; OCT 11, PLANNED DAYTIME OFF-PEAK LANE CLOSURE ON NORTHBOUND ROCKVILLE PIKE
- 10-9-18 Association of Defense Communities: Administration, Lawmakers Need to Confront Budget Challenges Facing Installations, Conger Says
- 10--9-18 WFED 1500 AM Federal News Netwok: Army may incorporate more civilians into its cyber teams
- 10-8-18 Montgomery Community Media: Worker Killed at Tunnel Project in Bethesda
- 10-7-18 Business Insider: There's more evidence that the race for Amazon's HQ2 is still wide open
- 10-5-18 Marriott International, Downtown Bethesda: Development Update: Week of October 8, 2018
- 10-5-18 Bethesda Magazine: Developers Believe Farm Women’s Market Project Would ‘Rejuvenate’ Downtown Bethesda -- Plans draw criticism again at Thursday’s public meeting
- 10-4-18 Bethesda Magazine: Friends of White Flint Hang Wayfinding Signs Along Pike -- Markers intended to draw attention to area’s best features
- 10-4-18 Bethesda Magazine: MoCo Planning Board Approves Preliminary Plan for Cabin John Village Development -- Designs call for construction of 59 townhomes, retail space at shopping center site
- 10-4-18 WTOP 103.5 FM: Nightmare highways: Prince George’s leads Md. traffic deaths; Fairfax in Va.
- 10-3-18 Washington Post: Metro says it doesn’t know what to do about falling ridership. An internal rept lays out exactly what to do
- 10-2-18 Bethesda Magazine: Chevy Chase Mayor Pens Letter in Opposition to Redesigned Farm Women’s Market Development Plans -- Town calls for smaller commercial building, larger park area
- 10-2-18 WJLA/ABC7 TV: Blasting begins for Purple Line in Montgomery County
- 10-2-18 MNCPPC: Update: Community Meeting #2 is scheduled for October 9, 2018, from 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM at the Bethesda Chevy Chase High School Cafeteria (4301 East West Highway, Bethesda, MD). This will be a joint meeting with Montgomery County Department of Transportation covering the Bethesda Bikeway loop projects (DOT) and the Capital Crescent Trail Crossing at Little Falls Parkway project.
- 10-2-18 MCDOT: MD 355 CROSSING PROJECT: OCT 1-5, PLANNED DAYTIME OFF-PEAK LANE CLOSURES ON SOUTHBOUND ROCKVILLE PIKE; 24/7 LANE CLOSURE ON JONES BRIDGE RD BEGINS OCT. 8 (RATHER THAN OCT. 15) FOR APPRX 5-6 WEEKS
- 10-2-18 Association of Defense Communities: OEA Report Shows What States, Counties Are Attracting Defense Dollars
- 10-1-18 WRC/NBC4 TV: Bethesda Blackout Left Thousands Without Power -- More than 6,000 Pepco customers were without power in Bethesda at the peak of Monday's blackout
- 10-1-18 Bethesda Magazine: Park Place? -- The county’s new blueprint for downtown Bethesda calls for more parks, but questions remain about the timing and who will pay for them
- 10-1-18 Marriott International, Downtown Bethesda: Development Update: Week of October 1, 2018 -- NOTICE OF CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITY: Marriott International Headquarters
- 10-1-18 Association of Defense Communities: First Set of Medical Facilities to Transfer to New Agency
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