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September, 2016 News
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- 9-30-16 Bethesda Magazine: Senior Housing Project in Somerset Wins Planning Board Approval -- SHA rejects request for traffic signal at River Road and Landy Lane
- 9-30-16 Washington CityPaper: D.C. Aims to Open School on Walter Reed Campus in 2017 -- The U.S. Army is expected to transfer property to the District around the end of October
- 9-30-16 Bethesda Magazine: Purple Line Work Continues as Officials Wait To See Whether Judge Will Reconsider Controversial Decision -- State official: ’If something like this had to happen, and it did, right now is not a bad time’
- 9-29-16 Rockville View: Alternatives Revealed for BRT on Veirs Mill Road
- 9-29-16 Washington Post: Real Estate -- A taste of Manhattan in Bethesda
- 9-29 16 U.S. Department of Defense: World’s First Ebola Vaccine Closer to Being Licensed
- 9-29-16 Fort Belvoir Eagle: Pence Gate closes Sunday
- 9-28-16 Washington Post: Beyond Beach Drive: Many road projects mark the fall construction season
- 9-28-16 BayNet.com: St. Mary's County receives $2M for 'economic diversification'
- 9-28-16 Bethesda Magazine: Forecasted Rain Could Bring Flooding, Road Closures -- Weather also causes delay in activation of traffic signal for extra turn lane at Jones Bridge Road and Rockville Pike
- 9-28-16 Bethesda Magazine: Where Exactly Is North Bethesda? -- Despite some debate, the area’s boundaries have long been defined
- 9-28-16 Bethesda Magazine: Lyttonsville Residents Fault Sector Plan’s Housing Density, Potential Traffic -- Some, however, look forward to proposed amenities
- 9-28-16 Frederick News-Post: New bike tunnel to connect parts of Frederick
- 9-27-16 MilitarySpot.com: Carderock Wants Researchers to Patent and Technology Transfer Their Inventions
- 9-27-16 Elizabeth Dole Foundation: Tom Brokaw, Elizabeth Dole, Tom Hanks, Robert A. McDonald, Matt Lauer & 50 Military Caregivers Launch Hidden Heroes
- 9-27-16 Washington Post: Can pedestrian tunnels help make streets safer?
- 9-26-16 Washington Post: Capital Business -- This portable brain scanner aims to tell you whether you have a concussion
- 9-26-16 Institute for Integrative Health: New Healing Green Space for Injured Warriors Will Help Fill Research Gap -- Scientists to Quantify Nature’s Impact on Traumatic Injuries
- 9-26-15 Bethesda Magazine: Public Hearings Scheduled This Week for Lyttonsville Sector Plan -- Can historic Silver Spring community and future Purple Line stop handle influx of new residents?
- 9-26-16 Washington Post: New carpooling app matches riders and drivers — for free
- 9-26-16 Association of Defense Communities: GAO Highlights Primary Challenges to Reducing Unneeded Federal Facilities
- 9-25-16 Washington Post: Metro chairman Evans: Board is so unwieldy that we ought to scrap it altogether
- 9-24-16 Washington Post: A Montgomery bridge that linked black and white neighborhoods during segregation soon will be lost to history
- 9-24-16 Frederick News-Post: Federal report says Fort Detrick failed to properly screen tenants
- 9-23-16 Military.com: In Uganda, Fort Detrick Researchers Seek Key to Ebola Virus
- 9-23-16 WTTG/FOX5 TV: Joint Base Andrews: Air Medical Staging Facility treats wounded warriors from all military branches
- 9-22-16 Bethesda Magazine: County Planning Board Defers Decision on Pooks Hill Development -- A battle over tennis courts: Marriott wants them left alone; county planners want them for stream buffer
- 9-22-16 Bethesda Magazine: Pike & Rose Project Gets Smaller -- County planning board approves reduction in number of residential units
- 9-22-16 Baltimore Sun: Transportation alliance critical of MTA's plan to overhaul bus routes
- 9-22-16 United States Army: Meet the civilians who connect the Army to the public
- 9-22-16 Montgomery County Government: Public Invited to Public Meeting on MD 586 Veirs Mill Road Bus Rapid Transit Study on September 28
- 9-22-16 Fort Belvoir Eagle: Fort Belvoir commuters see travel options at fair
- 9-22-16 Fort Belvoir Eagle: Officials break ground on national Army museum at Fort Belvoir
- 9-21-16 United States Army: Army developing advanced translator devices for US Soldiers in Africa
- 9-21-16 Hagerstown Herald-Mail: Washington County, MD to take over Fort Ritchie next week
- 9-21-16 Bethesda Magazine: Groups Taking Steps for Pedestrian Safety in White Flint
- 9-21-16 Bethesda Magazine: New Traffic Signal To Allow Rush Hour Double Left Turns at Congested Rockville Pike Intersection -- Move will help ease traffic flow at Jones Bridge Road in Bethesda, county official says
- 9-21-16 WTOP 103.5 FM: Medical Center Metro station to get pedestrian underpass
- 9-21-15 Frederick News-Post: In Uganda, Fort Detrick researchers seek key to Ebola virus
- 9-21-16 Washington Post: Commuter survey shows riders souring on Metro
- 9-20-16 Maryland State Highway Administration: Final Resurfacing for Rockville Pike/Cedar Lane Intersection Project in Bethesda -- Overnight Work Will Close Lanes on MD 355 and Cedar Lane Through Late Fall
- 9-20-16 Bethesda Magazine: Westbard Residents File Suit Against County Council -- Long-time opposition to neighborhood’s reconstruction also asks council to reject map amendment
- 9-20-16 WTOP 103.5 FM: 1-year-old transit center shaking off construction turmoil
- 9-20-16 Association of Defense Communities: Experts Battle over True State of Military Readiness
- 9-19-16 Washington Business Journal: Vornado pitches multiplex, retail overhaul and 'Main Street' atmosphere for Crystal City
- 9-19-16 WBAL TV11: Columbia No. 1 'Best Places to Live' in America -- Money magazine bestows honor on Howard County city
- 9-19-16 Baltimore Sun/Harford Aegis: As Harford marks Business Appreciation Week, economic development score card is mixed
- 9-19-16 Washington Post: Hampton Roads relied on military spending for decades. Now it must shift its economy
- 9-19-16 Bethesda Magazine: Major Apartment Building Construction To Begin in Bethesda
- 9-19-16 Bethesda Magazine: Politicians, Businesses Seek To Make I-270 a Priority -- Fix 270 Now calls for traffic improvements
- 9-19-16 ExecutiveGov: Raquel Bono: DHA Aims for ‘Streamlined’ Military Health System
- 9-18-16 Maryland Capital Gazette: Cyber Command, NSA split could affect west Anne Arundel county
- 9-16-16 Washington Business Journal: Montgomery County retains NIH under agency consolidation effort
- 9-16-16 EIN News: DoD’s Technological Superiority Depends on Out-Innovating Adversaries
- 9-16-16 Montgomery County Government: Montgomery County Strengthens Commitment to Veterans with First Clinic
- 9-16-16 WUSA/CBS TV9: Teams compete to find clean energy using ocean waves -- In Carderock, Maryland, teams of engineers are coming from all over the country to test newer and more advanced wave energy conversion (WEC) devices. They’re testing it inside a place few people are allowed to see: the hydrodynamic facilities at the Naval Surface Warfare Center. It’s called the Maneuvering and Sea Keeping Basin, but the people work with it simply know it as “the MASK.”
- 9-16-16 Fort Detrick Standard: Army Medical Materiel Agency Synchronizes Budget Planning, Builds Readiness
- 9-16-16 Association of Defense Communities: Large Share of Population Unfamiliar with Military, Research Shows
- 9-16-16 Washington Post: Years of growth have paid off in Silver Spring
- 9-15-16 Bethesda Magazine: Assisted-Living Facility Clears Planning Board -- Hearing examiner to schedule public hearing
- 9-15-16 U.S. Department of Defense: Service Chiefs: Budget Uncertainty, Funding Levels are Biggest Challenges
- 9-15-16 NSA Bethesda/Walter Reed NMMC Journal: USUHS President's Column -- The Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences was former Louisiana Congressman F. Edward Hebert’s vision following a mass exodus of physicians from the military after World War II. He spoke of a “West Point” for doctors....
- 9-15-16 Bethesda Magazine: Chevy Chase To Provide Activists with Purple Line Files -- Still to be determined: How much town owes in attorney fees
- 9-15-16 Bethesda Magazine: WeddingWire to Hire 200 New Employees as Part of Chevy Chase Expansion -- The company will also expand its local headquarters
- 9-14-16 Bethesda Magazine: Proposal to Reduce Residential Home Setbacks Draws Backlash from Bethesda Residents -- Measure would allow developers to request approval to build homes 10 feet from public roads instead of 25 feet
- 9-14-16 Washington Post: Issue of outside counsel for White Oak development deal sparks debate
- 9-14-16 Bethesda Magazine: 11 Montgomery County Communities Make Best Places To Live List -- North Bethesda ranked ahead of Chevy Chase, Bethesda on top 100 list produced by the website Niche.com
- 9-14-16 Washington Business Journal: Construction kicks off on U.S. Army museum at Fort Belvoir
- 9-13-16 Bethesda Magazine: County’s New Economic Development Chief Touts Talented Work Force -- David Petr wants MCEDC to be ‘business concierge’
- 9-13-16 WTOP 103.5 FM: Beach Drive closure to create delays across upper DC -- EDITOR’S NOTE: The National Park Service announced Tuesday that the closures of Beach Drive, originally scheduled to begin Sept. 19, would instead begin Sept. 22. This story has been updated to reflect the latest announcement
- 9-13-16 Bethesda Magazine: Westbard Residents Take County to Court over Redevelopment -- Suit claims County Council engaged in ‘contract zoning,’ and failed to follow process
- 9-13-16 U.S. News & World Report: Love living downtown? 4 DC suburbs to consider
- 9-13-16 United States Army: Healing retreats may reduce PTSD symptoms, improve relationships
- 9-9-16 Bethesda Magazine: High-Rise Condo on Wisconsin Clears Planning Board -- Toll Brothers City Living planning 106 units at site of former surplus store
- 9-9-16 Joint Base Andrews Gazette: Air Force District Washington (AFDW) Airmen and Walter Reed Soldiers and Sailors train together
- 9-8-16 Bethesda Magazine: The Collection at Chevy Chase Clears Planning Board Hurdle -- Construction could begin after start of year
- 9-8-16 Bethesda Magazine: Since You Asked: Why Isn’t the Traffic Light Work on Wisconsin Avenue Complete?
- 9-8-16 Washington Business Journal: If Md. builds a high-speed maglev train, expect much of the route to be underground
- 9-8-16 Sputnik International: What's Cooking? The Alarming Rise of US Bio-Defense Labs on Russia's Borders
- 9-7-16 The Georgetown Dish: Park Service Spells Out Ideas for Trail Network
- 9-6-16 Washington Post: Metro plans fall opening of long-delayed transit center in Langley Park
- 9-6-16 ExecutiveBiz: Whiting-Turner Contracting to Build Modular Clinics for Navy
- 9-5-16 BayNet: Hoyer joins Van Hollen for 'summer tour' of Charles and St. Mary's Counties
- 9-2-16 Bethesda Magazine: Action Commitee for Transit Wins Case for Chevy Chase Records Regarding Purple Line Opposition
- 9-2-16 Fort Detrick Standard: Clinical, Virtual Pathways Likely the New Future of TBI Care
- 9-2-16 WTOP 103.5 FM: Capital Bikeshare hits 400 stations, set to expand to Fairfax Co.
- 9-1-16 Washington Business Journal: New president takes helm of Howard Hughes Medical Institute
- 9-1-16 Bethesda Magazine: Donohoe Secures Financing, Plans to Start Construction Soon on Second Gallery Bethesda Building -- Building will be constructed next to the original Gallery Bethesda in Woodmont Triangle
- 9-1-16 Federal News Radio 1500 AM: Technical problems delay rollout of DoD’s electronic health record
- 9-1-16 NSA Bethesda/Walter Reed NMMC Journal: Construction Update #5 -- Construction upgrades at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center (WRNMMC) and NSAB began in late 2015 and are expected to continue for the next 7 to 10 years
- 9-1-16 Fort Belvoir Eagle: Learn to maximize free time, improve your commute at Commuter Fair
- 9-1-16 Association of Defense Communities: ‘BRAC Could Happen Anywhere,’ Principi Tells Columbus, GA Leaders
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