Mark N November 27th, 2007
Montgomery Councilmember Roger Berliner is sponsoring a public forum on Woodmont East II, a proposed mixed-use development on the corner of Bethesda and Woodmont Avenues. The developers will present their revised plans. Members of the public will be invited to ask questions and express their views. The meeting will be held on Tuesday January 8th, 2008 between 7 and 9 PM at the BCC Regional Services Center, 4805 Edgemoor Lane.
Woodmont East is a proposed 539,825 square foot mixed-use development project (hotel, retail, and housing) located at the corner of Woodmont and Bethesda Avenues, extending to Elm Street. After concerns were expressed by community members, the Montgomery County Planning Board, and Councilmember Berliner, the project developers asked the Planning Board to defer action on the proposal until they had an opportunity to revise the plan. The presentation will reflect the project sponsor’s response to the concerns raised by the community.
Tags: development, downtown
Mark N November 7th, 2007
The blood bank at the NIH Clinical Center (that really big building up on the hill) is urgently seeking blood donors, reports the Bethesda Gazette. In particular, local supplies of blood type O are “dangerously low” according to the NIH.
The NIH uses 500 units of red blood cells each month to treat patients with cancer, leukemia, aplastic anemia, thalassemia and sickle cell disease. Blood is sometimes transferred to other medical treatment centers, and other area hospitals are affected by the shortage, the NIH said.
Donors, especially those with O type blood, are encouraged to visit the NIH blood bank 7:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday through Friday. The blood bank is located on the first floor of the NIH Clinical Center at NIH, 9000 Rockville Pike. Walk-ins are accepted, and free parking is offered to blood donors. To make an appointment, find out your eligibility status, or get more information about donating blood, call 301-496-1048.
You can also email the blood bank to ask somebody to call you to schedule an appointment.
Tags: NIH
Mark N October 26th, 2007
A little late this year perhaps, but leaf season is almost upon us. What to do with all of them? Montgomery County will give you a free large-capacity compost bin just for the asking. Or if you just want to rake your leaves to the curb, the county starts their Leaf Collection Program on November 5th. Watch for signs in your neighborhood for specific dates.
Update: The county now says that “limited service” will begin November 5th with full service beginning November 13th:
Starting Monday, November 5, limited collection will beginning in areas that are currently posted. County collection crews will target the few piles in those areas, and return on Tuesday, November 13 to begin full scale collection operations. The dates on currently posted signs will be changed to reflect the new full-scale start date of November 13.
Janet M October 10th, 2007
Montgomery County has created a resource-filled website on BRAC (Base Realignment and Closure) which is helpful in understanding the federally mandated move of Walter Reed to the Bethesda Naval Medical Center by 2011.
Please send your comments on the website, which the County created at the recommendation of the neighborhood representatives on the County BRAC Implementation Committee, to:
janetm@maplewoodcitizens.org
Tags: BRAC, MoCo
Mark N September 5th, 2007
Maplewood Football has provided the MCA with its Fall ’07 schedule, which is as follows.
PRACTICE SCHEDULE
Younger teams (7 through 10 year olds) will practice Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m.
Older teams (11 through 13 year olds) will practice Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. This schedule was created with the goal of easing the overcrowding and parking issue. Practices will run through mid-November depending upon how the teams do.
GAME SCHEDULE As with last year, there will be some weeks that MF have home games and others where our “National Division” teams play five games but there are no concessions. During the home games, there are usually seven games beginning at 9 a.m. and ending at 6 p.m. with full concessions. During the “National Division” weeks, there will be usually four or five games beginning at 9a.m. and ending by 3:15 p.m. with no concessions. The schedule is as follows:
September 8 National Division
September 15 Home game
September 22 National Division
September 29 Home game
October 6 Home game
October 13 Home game
October 20 National Division
October 27 National Division
November 3 Home game
Janet M August 31st, 2007
The Maplewood Neighborhood Helpers List is currently being updated for the Sept 07 Mapleleaf Newsletter. Any young reisdent of Maplewood 12 years old and up is welcome to have their name added to the list of jobs that include babysitting, pet sitting, house sitting, lawn mowing, raking leaves/shoveling snow, and gardening.
If anyone is not currently on the Neighborhood Helpers List (I have contacted all that are) and would like to be listed, please contact me by Sunday, 2 Sept. Thanks.
