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September, 2015 News
- 9-30-15 Greater Greater Washington blog: These Metro stations have backup elevators
- 9-30-15 Washingtonian Magazine: Highway-Loving Maryland Governor Puts Some Money Behind Bikes
- 9-30-15 Bethesda Magazine: New Rockville Apartment Building Continues Twinbrook’s Transformation -- Area of parking lots near Twinbrook Metro station gradually becoming mixed-use neighborhood with its own identity
- 9-30-15 Maryland Capital Gazette: Town hall focuses on regional transportation plan
- 9-30-15 Association of Defense Communities: Compromise Authorization Bill Calls for Excess Capacity Study
- 9-29-15 Friends of White Flint: White Flint Transportation Open House Oct 19 at Walter Johnson High School -- Join Montgomery County for a presentation on the White Flint Transportation Management Study
- 9-29-15 Robert Dyer Bethesda Row blog: 7300 Pearl St. for sale; future Pearl District redevelopment opportunity in Bethesda
- 9-28-15 Washington Post: Proposal to build apartments atop new fire station sparks debate in Bethesda
- 9-28-15 Montgomery County Planning Department: Update to Subdivision Staging Policy To Be Discussed at Open House -- Community invited to discuss growth and infrastructure issues at meeting on October 19, 2015 in Silver Spring
- 9-27-15 Association of Defense Communities: Defense Bill Talks Drag On
- 9-26-15 Washington Post: How many people will ride the Purple Line? -- Ridership forecasts for the light-rail line rose over the years as the state sought federal construction funding
- 9-25-15 Washington Post: Mikulski: Federal spending caps threaten Purple Line -- The senator is seeking help from Gov. Hogan to persuade GOP lawmakers to end the limits
- 9-25-15 MD Magazine: (VIDEO REPORT) Addressing Pain Management In Military Medicine -- On the battlefield soldiers can suffer any number of injuries that can lead to a lifetime of painful injuries. How doctors approach that care can affect the quality of life their patients enjoy long after their time in the service is done
- 9-25-15 Baltimore Business Journal: Boehner's resignation makes government shutdown less likely next week; December's another story
- 9-25-15 Bethesda Magazine: Montgomery County Planners Propose Extensive Network of Protected Bicycle Lanes in White Flint -- Network would be first of its kind in Montgomery County
- 9-25-15 Bethesda Magazine: At Westbard Public Hearing, Most Say They Want to Retain Their Slice of Suburbia -- Many speak out against newly-planned development in area around River Road and Westbard Avenue
- 9-24-15 Bethesda Magazine: Bethesda Businesses Join Nonprofit to Send Wounded Warriors Home for the Holidays -- Local businesses to take part in the Heroes Walk to Fly event, which raises money for airfare for combat veterans and their families
- 9-23-15 Bethesda Magazine: New Renderings Show High-Rise Planned for White Flint -- Developer to submit plans for 300-foot-tall building at site of existing McDonald’s restaurant
- 9-22-15 WTOP 103.5 FM: NIH warns federal shutdown would hurt sickest Americans
- 9-22-15 Baltimore Business Journal: Maglev CEO: Planned high-speed train turns D.C. to New York corridor into one city
- 9-22-15 Association of Defense Communities: Maryland County Offers JB Andrews Discount to Dump Garbage
- 9-22-15 Bethesda Magazine: Developer Meeting with Community Early and Often in Attempt to Pitch 330-Home Bethesda Project -- Toll Brothers and its public affairs firm met with neighbors over traffic, school overcrowding concerns
- 9-21-15 Washington Post: No more whizzing through stop signs for bicyclists in Alexandria. Police step up enforcement of traffic laws for bikers.
- 9-21-15 Washington Business Journal: Virginia, Maryland rank among top 10 states with fairest tax systems
- 9-21-15 WTOP 103.5 FM: Opening of Silver Spring center brings changes, new options for commuters
- 9-21-15 Montgomery Community Media: Council President George Leventhal’s Remarks on Bus Rapid Transit
- 9-18-15 Joint Base Andrews Gazette: New Malcolm Grow Medical Clinics, Surgery Center update
- 9-18-15 Military Times: Bono named head of Defense Health Agency
- 9-18-15 Fort Detrick Standard: Army Opens New Chemical Defense Research Institute
- 9-18-15 Bethesda Magazine: State Officials Seek to Reassure Residents on Purple Line Cost Saving Measures -- Resistance to project continues to ebb, as District 18 Del. Waldstreicher announces support
- 9-17-15 Bethesda Magazine: Sidwell Friends’ Bethesda Campus Likely to Draw Big Offers, Big Worries -- School plans to sell 5.5-acre campus in neighborhood within walking distance of Bethesda Metro station
- 9-17-15 NSAB/Walter Reed NMMC Journal: Changes Coming to TRICARE Pharmacy Benefit
- 9-17-15 Maryland Transit Administration: MTA Receives Federal Award for Excellence for Purple Line Project -- Federal Transit Administration Recognizes Project’s Final Environmental Impact Statement
- 9-17-15 WTOP 103.5 FM: How bad will area commutes be in 2040? Transportation planners look into the crystal ball
- 9-16-15 United States Air Force: AF Wounded Warrior Program helps ease the troubles
- 9-16-15 WTOP 103.5 FM: Silver Spring Transit Center opening will bring changes for commuters
- 9-15-15 Bethesda Magazine: Road Closures Planned for Wednesday as President Obama Visits Walter Reed in Bethesda -- Rockville Pike will close twice for the president’s Wednesday afternoon visit
- 9-15-15 Bethesda Magazine: Sidwell Friends School Announces It Will Sell, Move from Bethesda Property -- School plans to consolidate Lower School in Bethesda with other schools already on Washington, D.C., campus
- 9-15-15 University iof Delaware: Beyond the classroom -- Engineering students gain experience at government laboratory
- 9-14-15 Bethesda Magazine: Montgomery County Says It Will Comply With Urban Road Code in White Flint -- Planning Department had criticized MCDOT for road designs that didn’t meet new standards
- 9-14-15 Bethesda Magazine: Rockville Ranked in Top 20 on Best 100 Places to Live List -- Bethesda barely makes the cut after being left off last year’s list
- 9-14-15 Montgomery County Government: County Executive’s Transit Task Force to Host Public Forum
- 9-14-15 ExecutiveGov: Maj. Gen. Jeffrey Clark Named DHA Healthcare Operations Director -- Army Maj. Gen. Jeffrey Clark, director at Maryland-based Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, has been appointed director of healthcare operations at the Defense Health Agency, the Defense Department said Monday
- 9-13-15 Washington Post: Editorial: Crunch time for the Purple Line -- With bids from builders expected in the coming weeks, Gov. Hogan must find a way to close the deal
- 9-13-15 Maryland Capital Gazette: Regional Transportation Agency of Central Maryland had rough first year
- 9-12-15 Washington Post: Plan for a train station in Maryland puts two counties at odds -- The state is weighing history against growth in deciding the future of commuter rail in the Laurel area
- 9-11-15 Bethesda Magazine: Town of Chevy Chase Sounds Gentler Tone on Purple Line, Downtown Bethesda Development -- Town known for opposing light-rail project will now put its focus on mitigation
- 9-11-15 Washington Post: Their war ended 70 years ago. Their trauma didn’t -- The secret pain of WWII veterans
- 9-10-15 Bethesda Magazine: Montgomery County Planners Want Input on Tough Bicycling Spots -- ‘Digital Feedback Map’ is part of Planning Department’s Bicycle Master Plan
- 9-10-15 Frederick News-Post: Officials discuss I-270 improvements
- 9-10-15 Military Times: More work needed long term as wounded troops transition
- 9-9-15 Bethesda Magazine: Planners At Odds With County Over White Flint Street Network Design -- Planning Department staff says county didn’t meet requirements of new Urban Road Code
- 9-9-15 Bethesda Magazine: ‘Central’ Seen as Latest Piece in Reinvigoration of Downtown Silver Spring -- Local officials celebrated the groundbreaking of the mixed-use building Wednesday
- 9-9-15 Maryland Capital Gazette: New lane proposed for Severn River Bridge -- Most of the focus for transportation improvements over the past few years was on the Fort Meade region due to Base Realignment and Closure process, which was predicted to bring more than 20,000 jobs to the army installation
- 9-9-15 Baltimore Sun: Obama to visit Fort Meade on Friday -- President Barack Obama plans to travel to Fort Meade on Friday to commemorate the 14th anniversary of the attacks of Sept. 11, the White House said Wednesday
- 9-9-15 Bethesda Magazine: School System Approves Addition Project for Fast-Growing Bethesda Middle School -- North Bethesda Middle School set to get 14 new classrooms, second gym in time for 2018-2019 school year
- 9-8-15 United States Army: Warriors receive therapy through service dog training program -- The Walter Reed Wounded Warrior Service Dog Training Program, or WWSDTP, internship provides therapy while allowing military service members on Naval Support Activity Bethesda, or NSAB, and Fort Belvoir, Virginia, to train dogs, which will later be given to other disabled warriors.
- 9-8-15 Washington Business Journal: Prime Bethesda site marketed for redevelopment
- 9-8-15 Baltimore Business Journal: Baltimore is trying to start a bike-share program again
- 9-8-15 Federal News Radio 1500 AM: Defense to cut out bigger slice of workforce -- The Department of Defense is directing 25 percent across the board cuts to its headquarters functions, including within the military services, the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Joint Staff, Defense agencies and the combatant commands. An Aug. 24 memo from Deputy Secretary of Defense Robert Work orders the reductions for fiscal years 2017 to 2020.
- 9-8-15 Federal News Radio 1500 AM: (AUDIO REPORT) Michael O’Hanlon, Brookings Institution: Prospects for new round of BRAC unchanged
- 9-8-15 WBAL TV11: Study: Maryland has the worst traffic in the country
- 9-7-15 Montgomery Community Media: Bicycle Master Plan Presentation -- Like to bike? The Montgomery County Planning Board is launching its Bicycle Master Plan this fall. Board members are scheduled to discuss the Plan’s Scope of Work at the Board’s Sept. 10th meeting.
- 9-7-15 Association of Defense Communities: Closed Base for Sale in Maryland -- PenMar official says Fort Ritchie for sale at $10M
- 9-4-15 The Frederick News-Post: Fort Detrick labs reviewing safety months after anthrax discovery -- Two Fort Detrick labs that handle anthrax are reviewing their safety procedures by order of the Department of Defense.
- 9-3-15 Frederick News-Post: Fort Detrick's Rosemont gate to close -- Fort Detrick will permanently close its Rosemont Avenue gate, effective Oct. 1
- 9-2-15 Bethesda Magazine: WSSC Preparing Major Pipe Replacement Project in Woodmont Triangle -- Work set to start next year will require digging up roads throughout busy commercial area in Bethesda
- 9-2-15 BISNOW News: The Next Mini-City Coming to MoCo -- A new Chinese-backed developer and a relatively new Bethesda real estate firm have partnered to buy a massive plot of land, and they have ambitious plans for a "mini-city" at the end of the Red Line
- 9-2-15 Federal News Radio 1500 AM: Sequestration, 2016 spending deals remain far off, creating deeper budgetary holes for DoD
- 9-2-15 WTOP 103.5 FM: Questions remain on bus-rapid transit in Montgomery Co.
- 9-2-15 Washington Post: More apartments coming to Twinbrook Metro station in Rockville
- 9-1-15 WNEW/CBS 99.1 FM: Residents, Officials Fear Takoma Park Apartment Building’s Triple-Digit Rent Increases Are Only The Beginning of Purple Line’s Effects
- 9-1-15 Washington Post: Study says Montgomery speed camera program is model for the nation
- 9-1-15 Montgomery County Government: Mikulski, Cardin, Van Hollen, and Leggett Announce Department of Veterans Affairs has Begun Location Search for Outpatient Clinic in Montgomery County; New Community-Based Outpatient Clinic Will Improve Access to Care for Thousands of MD’s Veterans
- 9-1-15 Montgomery County Government: Montgomery County to Host Purple Line Presentation and Informational Open House, Thursday, Sept. 17
- 9-1-15 Washington Post: Metrobus riders can comment on proposed service changes to dozens of routes
- 9-1-15 Bethesda Magazine: East Bethesda Celebrates Last Night of Cherished Corner Store -- World Market closes after 35 years as husband-and-wife ownership team retires
- 9-1-15 Bethesda Magazine: Silver Spring Apartment Project Could Get Key Approvals Next Week -- Falkland North could bring up to 1,250 units and 120,000 square feet of commercial space to 16th Street and East West Highway
- 9-1-15 The National Interest: Bringing BRAC Back: Why Congress Needs to Get on Board with the Pentagon
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