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September 2012 News
- 9-30-12 CNN: Hundreds of thousands of war vets still waiting for health benefits
- 9-29-12 Wall Street Journal: The Commute of the Future -- To Get Riders, Buses Try to Be More Like Trains; Skip Red Lights
- 9-27-12 Gazette.Net: $499M contract will renovate Intelligence Community Campus in Bethesda -- Contract awarded to Whiting-Turner Contracting Co., Baltimore
- 9-27-12 Montgomery County Government News Release: Montgomery County Retains AAA Bond Ratings; Leggett: Investments in Economic Development, Hard Budget Choices, Fiscal Plan Continue to Pay Off
- 9-27-12 Walter Reed NMMC Journal: Walter Reed Bethesda readies for Oct. 5 mass casualty exercise, HEKLA
- 9-27-12 Walter Reed NMMC Journal: Commander's Column -- Being a good neighbor on campus and to our friends outside the fence line
- 9-27-12 Bethesda Now: Bethesda Metro Escalator Difficulties Continue
- 9-26-12 U.S. Government Accountability Office: GAO Report 12-911 -- Defense Health Care: Additional Analysis of Costs and Benefits of Potential Governance Structures Is Needed
- 9-26-12 Mount Vernon (VA) Patch: Fairfax Board OKs Authorization of Rt. 1 Widening Agreement -- Bulova calls project "much needed."
- 9-25-12 Bethesda Now: Council Approves Battery Lane Apartment Plans
- 9-24-12 Gazette.Net: Navy: Proposed Walter Reed expansion would have no significant effect on traffic -- Kass: Commute times would increase by as long as 17 seconds
- 9-24-12 U.S. Senator Ben Cardin News Release: Cardin, Mikulski, Van Hollen Present $40m Check To Montgomery County For New Pedestrian Tunnel Between NIH And Walter Reed
- 9-24-12 TIME: Battlefield blog -- Military Mental Health: The Military’s Anti-Suicide Push: Old Wine, New Bottles
- 9-23-12 Washington Examiner: Region gains in status as most educated in nation
- 9-23-12 Washington Examiner: White Oak development plans count on rapid bus line
- 9-21-12 Bethesda Now: Cardin, Mikulski, Van Hollen to Tout Medical Center Tunnel
- 9-21-12 Bethesda Now: First Look: Old Georgetown Pedestrian Bridge
- 9-21-12 Bethesda Now: Study Rates Bethesda, North Bethesda as Walkable Communities
- 9-21-12 Gazette.Net: Ambitious plans unveiled for White Oak Science Gateway -- Recommendations would allow doubling commercial space, housing
- 9-21-12 Federal News Radio 1500 AM: Pentagon would avoid direct layoffs of civilians under sequestration
- 9-21-12 Joint Base Andrews Gazette: Review the Draft Environmental Assessment and Findings for U.S. Army Priority Air Transport
- 9-21-12 Baltimore Sun: Aberdeen Proving Ground opens the gates to its neighbors -- After BRAC, post reaches out with free, four-day Oktoberfest
- 9-20-12 Bethesda Now: County Makes Adjustments at Woodmont Ave Closure
- 9-20-12 Hffington Post: Traumatic Brain Injury Treatment, Diagnosis Continues To Elude Military Doctors
- 9-20-12 Odenton-Severn (MD) Patch: Fort Meade Environmental Board to Discuss Pesticide Factory -- On Thursday night, the Fort Meade Restoration Advisory Board will get updates on several environmental problems at the installation
- 9-20-12 Bethesda Now: Bethesda Navy Campus Commander: ‘Ultimately, it’s on our people’
- 9-20-12 Walter Reed NMMC Journal: Coordination Key to Patient Transport -- Bearing the Walter Reed Bethesda purple cross, navigating the Capital Beltway, the 40-foot-long Patient Evacuation Vehicles (PEVs) are a vital part of the process that guarantees America's heroes and their families arrive at the Nation's Medical Center safely and as comfortable as possible to receive world-class care.
- 9-20-12 Walter Reed NMMC Journal: Learning to care for those in harm's way: USU celebrates 40th anniversary
- 9-20-12 Walter Reed NMMC Journal: Commander's Column -- September is Suicide Awareness Month, a concern we can never overstate as we strive to promote a healthy, supportive environment year round.
- 9-20-12 Washington Post: Seven of nation’s 10 most affluent counties are in Washington region
- 9-19-12 Chevy Chase Patch: Walter Reed Bethesda Campus Upgrades Could Tack 15 Seconds Onto Commute Times -- The Navy has released a traffic study on the impact of proposed construction at Naval Support Activity Bethesda, which houses Walter Reed and the Uniformed Services University
- 9-19-12 Bethesda Now: Area Road Construction Updates
- 9-19-12 Bethesda Now: Transportation Officials Discuss Metro Crossing Project
- 9-19-12 U.S. Department of Defense News Release: New Defense Health Headquarters Opens in Virginia
- 9-18-12 Gazette.Net: New report out on impact of proposed Walter Reed construction -- Navy asks for public opinion on environmental study
- 9-14-12 Walter Reed National Military Medical Center: (LINKS TO RELATED DOCUMENT LIBRARY) DRAFT Environmental Impact Statement for Medical Facilities Development & University Expansion at NSA Bethesda
- 9-18-12 Bethesda Now: New Growth Policy Shows Continuing Traffic Issues For Bethesda
- 9-17-12 Bethesda Now: State Awarded $7.3 Million For BRAC-Related Intersection Improvement
- 9-17-12 Bethesda Now: As Master Plan Ages, Bethesda Keeps Building Up
- 9-17-12 Bethesda Patch: Planners Envision Chevy Chase Lake Sector Development -- County planning staff presented the planning board with drawings of what the Chevy Chase Lake sector could look like if built up according to staff-recommended densities and heights, or according to property owners' requested densities and heights
- 9-17-12 Washington Post: Medical museum talk describes the life of a doctor from the Civil War era
- 9-17-12 Severn-Odenton (MD) Patch: New Program to Speed Access to Fort Meade -- The new Trusted Traveler program will allow anyone with a Department of Defense identification to vouch for anyone in their car
- 9-16-12 Arlington Patch: Arlington County: New Development Paves Way for Post-BRAC Crystal City -- Board approved a new 24-story office building on Saturday
- 9-14-12 Washington Examiner: Walter Reed workers anger residents by parking in neighborhoods
- 9-14-12 Bethesda Now: NIH Environmental Study Won’t Be Ready For County Review
- 9-14-12 Gazette.Net: Eastham Exxon will no longer “fill ‘er up” -- Site could become 9-story apartment building
- 9-14-12 Fort Detrick Standard: Providing Waystations for Monarch Butterfly Sustainability -- Fort Detrick is the home of two certified Monarch Butterfly Waystations (the Armed Forces Pest Management Board, Forest Glen Annex, Montgomery Co., Md. and the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Fort Detrick, Md.)
- 9-14-12 PBS Newshour: Award-Winning Physical Therapist at Walter Reed on Why He Loves His Job
- 9-14-12 KSAT-TV12 (San Antonio): SAMHS celebrates one year anniversary -- Army, Air Force complete integration
- 9-13-12 Washington Examiner: Cyclists, drivers wary of each other as bikes and crashes multiply
- 9-13-12 Walter Reed NMMC Journal: New Chief of Staff: Here to Serve
- 9-13-12 Walter Reed NMMC Journal: Town Hall Meetings Keep WRNMMC Staff Informed
- 9-13-12 Walter Reed NMMC Journal: New Playground Provides Healing Environment, Family Fun
- 9-12-12 Montgomery County Dept. of Transportation: Traffic calming measures completed this summer -- The Division of Traffic Engineering and Operations has completed traffic calming projects along sections of Jones Bridge Road, Wisteria Road, Spartan Road, and along Cedar Lane
- 9-12-12 Bethesda Now: Delayed Wisconsin Ave Sidewalk Project Causing Headaches
- 9-12-12 Bethesda Patch: Navy Examines Impact Of Proposed Construction At Walter Reed Bethesda Campus -- A draft of an environmental impact study has been completed, and the Navy is asking the public to weigh in
- 9-12-12 Gazette.Net: Medical waste area fenced off at Forest Glen Annex -- Survey to determine what to do with dump site
- 9-12-12 Annapolis Capital Gazette: Fort Meade working to address suicides -- 6 service members killed themselves in last year
- 9-11-12 Frederick News-Post: Grant to help Fort Detrick’s workforce development -- Part of $25K will be used for networking events
- 9-11-12 Bethesda Patch: Service Driveway Would Have Little Impact on Traffic, Club Says -- Representatives of the Chevy Chase Club say that a proposed service driveway off of Wisconsin Avenue would have little affect on the road's traffic
- 9-11-12 Mount Vernon (VA) Patch: Fairfax County Architectural Board to Review Route 1 Widening Project -- Consulting parties will deliver presentation at Thursday night's meeting
- 9-10-12 Gazette.Net: Two weeks, a bus and an entrepreneurial mission across Maryland -- Startup Maryland kicks off statewide tour Tuesday
- 9-10-12 Washington Business Journal: Montgomery County eyes transportation impact taxes for bike sharing
- 9-10-12 Washington Post: Capital Business -- Companies team to make warriors cyberwarriors
- 9-9-12 Baltimore Sun: On-base living without military orders -- Federal workers, military retirees make up a big piece of Aberdeen Proving Ground's population
- 9-9-12 Annapolis Capital Gazette: Fort Meade hosts job fair
- 9-8-12 Federal News Radio 1500 AM: White House draft cyber order promotes voluntary critical infrastructure protections
- 9-8-12 Frederick News-Post: Fort Detrick to receive $100 million grant to study PTSD -- Follows executive order calling for further mental health services
- 9-8-12 Washington Post: National Cryptologic Museum in Fort Meade focuses on the coding of secrets
- 9-7-12 Gazette.Net: Chevy Chase Lake Sector Plan could include buildings up to 150 feet tall -- Public hearing scheduled for Oct. 18
- 9-7-12 Gazette.Net: Medical waste area fenced off at Forest Glen Annex -- Survey to determine what to do with dump site
- 9-7-12 Bethesda Now: Old Georgetown Bridge Project On Schedule
- 9-7-12 Washington Business Journal: Maryland’s BRAC legacy: More jobs and office leases -- The tally fails to fulfill expectations, though
- 9-6-12 Joint Base San Antonio/Fort Sam Houston News Leader: Military Health System Joint Active Directory improves communication, response times
- 9-6-12 Bethesda Now: ‘Downtown White Flint’ Breaks Ground
- 9-5-12 Gazette.Net: Construction at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center -- Intermittent lane closures, sidewalk closure at Jones Bridge Road in Bethesda
- 9-5-12 Bethesda Patch: Decaying 'Green Mile' Elms Slated for Removal -- Removal of five elms along Wisconsin Avenue between Friendship Heights and Bethesda is scheduled to start Wednesday, Sept. 5
- 9-5-12 Gazette.Net: Smart growth a driving factor in proposed zoning code rewrite -- Traffic, obesity also prompted changes
- 9-5-12 Bethesda Now: Chevy Chase Developer, Residents Improving Once Rocky Relationship
- 9-5-12 Bethesda Patch: East-West McDonald's Closes; Nine-Story Commercial Building Planned -- Ground-floor retail in new building will include a new McDonald's, according to a Bethesda development map
- 9-5-12 Washington Business Journal: GSA's selection of Robyn a sign of the times
- 9-5-12 Washington Post: Maryland hospital hits snag in plan to relocate -- Washington Adventist Hospital in Takoma Park has plans to move to the White Oak section of Silver Spring
- 9-5-12 WJZ/CBS13-TV13 (Baltimore): (Associated Press): New Commander At Aberdeen Proving Ground
- 9-4-12 Montgomery County Dept. of Transportation: Portion of Woodmont Avenue in Bethesda to close during construction of new project ***(UPDATED - start date)
- 9-4-12 WRC/NBC4-TV: Road in Bethesda Closing for 20 Months Due to Development
- 9-4-12 Marine Corps Times: DoD IG report finds good care, long delays -- Wounded Warrior Battalion-West focus of report
- 9-4-12 Federal News Radio 1500 AM: Order calls for interagency cooperation on veterans' mental health
- 9-4-12 Washington Examiner: Chevy Chase building plan draws residents' ire
- 9-2-12 Washington Post: A guide to suburban transit options
- 9-1-12 Washington Post: Regardless of road project, Fairfax County stables will shut down -- Supporters of Woodlawn Stables have resigned themselves to the idea that when Route 1 is widened next year, the new stretch of road will likely cut through the stables' land. They say that could shut the business down altogether.
- 9-1-12 Kingstowne-Rose Hill (VA) Patch: VDOT Completes Short-Term Improvements at Mark Center -- New lanes open near BRAC facility on Sept. 1
- 9-1-12 Annapolis Capital Gazette: New Navy Exchange, Joint Commissary planned at NSA Annapolis
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