Thursday, March 14, 2013
The construction of a nine-story office building is prompting traffic pattern changes between East-West Highway and Montgomery Lane.
Pearl Street is now a one-way southbound street between East-West Highway and Montgomery Lane, near construction of a nine-story office building at the site of the former McDonald's. The new traffic pattern went into effect Wednesday and will last for the duration of the construction project—about a year, according to the Bethesda-Chevy Chase Regional Services Center. Signage will alert motorists to the new traffic patterns, Patch reported. The traffic changes will accommodate excavation and construction at the site, where blasting will launch in several weeks. Neighbors can sign up for Alert Montgomery to receive text message alerts about daily blasting activity. The old McDonald's restaurant on the site was torn down starting last …
Tuesday, March 5, 2013
Developers likely will use a new text message notification system set in place following excavation at the Lot 31 project site.
Blasting will begin in several weeks at the project site of a nine-story office building planned for the former McDonald's site at 4500 East-West Highway. The news was first reported by Bethesda blogger Robert Dyer. Developers Carr Properties broke ground on the structure last November. Excavation has begun at the site, but engineers have determined that a layer of rock on the south side of the site will require blasting to remove, according to an update from Carr. Recently-completed blasting at another Bethesda construction site at the corner of Bethesda and Woodmont avenues rattled neighbors late last year, taking some by surprise. Using the Lot 31 project as a test case, Montgomery County has implemented a notification system through …
Friday, February 8, 2013
One lane of Pearl Street between Montgomery Avenue and East-West Highway will be closed, and that block of Pearl Street will become a one-way street.
Drivers headed to Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School, take note: A new traffic pattern on Pearl Street is about to take effect. To accommodate the construction work at 4500 East-West Highway (where a McDonald's building once stood), the west lane of Pearl Street between East-West Highway and Montgomery Avenue will be closed in the next few weeks, and the east lane of that block of Pearl Street will become a one-way, southbound lane, according to an email from the Bethesda-Chevy Chase Regional Services Center. Signage along both Montgomery Avenue and East-West Highway will alert drivers to the new traffic pattern, the email added. The groundbreaking for the nine-story, 220,000-square-foot office building took place last November. A new …
Thursday, February 7, 2013
Josh Singer, coach of the Barons' junior varsity football team for the past three years, will take over as coach of the varsity football team starting in the 2013-2014 school year.
New this week: The Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School varsity football team has a new coach, following the resignation, last November, of Rich Noland, who coached the team for three years. Starting in the 2013-2014 school year, the new head coach for the Barons' varsity football team will be Josh Singer—B-CC teacher, junior varsity wrestling assistant coach and the junior varsity football coach for the past three years, The Gazette reported. The school's athletic director announced the news in an email to The Gazette on Monday. "In 2011, Noland led the Barons to their first postseason appearance since 1995. They also made playoffs last fall for a second straight year," The Gazette added. Noland will continue to teach psychology and history …
Thursday, January 10, 2013
Twenty-three of the county school system's students—the largest number ever for the system—will receive full-tuition, four-year college scholarships from the Posse Foundation.
More good news on Montgomery County Public Schools: Twenty-three of the county school system's students—the largest number ever for the system—will receive full-tuition, four-year college scholarships from the Posse Foundation, according to a county school system statement. The county school system had 15 Posse Foundation scholarship students last year, the statement added. "The Posse program identifies public high school students with extraordinary academic and leadership potential that may have been overlooked by traditional college selection processes," according to the statement. The full-tuition scholarships are offered by 44 colleges and universities, which create multicultural teams—called Posses—on each campus. "These student …
Wednesday, December 19, 2012
Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School students prefer open lunch over MCPS meal programs.
Crowds of students at Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School anticipate the sweet sound of a bell every school day at 10:54 a.m. Students grab their coats and wallets and head out the door with a hearty appetite. They’re off to grab lunch at one of downtown Bethesda’s food establishments—on their own dime. Open lunch is not a new policy at B-CC High School. The popular lunch option has been around for as long as one can remember, according to Vice Principal Bennie Green. “I’ve been here for five years and open lunch has always existed, so it’s probably been more than 10 or 20 years,” Green said. Green says students are always waiting for that 10:54 a.m. bell, which marks the start of a 40-minute break for lunch, socializing and a midday stroll…
Sunday, December 9, 2012
Did you ever wonder what it would be like to be a policitian, an engineer, a news anchor, a police officer or a teacher? On Thursday, 134 students from B-CC High School got to find out when they shadowed professionals at 42 area businesses.
Wednesday, December 5, 2012
Students raised enough money to resume print publication of Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School's student newspaper, "The Tattler," this month.
Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School's student newspaper, The Tattler, is back up and running, after students worked hard to pull the paper out of $3,000 of debt, The Gazette reported. "The Tattler is safe for this year at least, but advisers and student business managers of papers countywide say they are having a hard time keeping their print product alive," The Gazette added. All 25 of the county's high schools have student newspapers—printed, online or both—Montgomery County Public Schools spokesman Dana Tofig told The Gazette. To ensure journalistic integrity, The Tattler does not accept school system funds, and must be self-supporting through advertisements and fundraisers. "It costs about $700 to print 1,700 copies of the 12-page …
Three designs to be presented to the school board will be judged based on price and feedback.
Parents of former, current and future students of Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School came together on Nov. 28 to examine a feasibility study of three designs for an addition to the high school that would increase the school enrollment by about 28 percent—to 2,400 students. They had the opportunity to provide feedback that will be incorporated into the designs to be submitted to the Montgomery County School Board. Construction for the addition is expected to last up to two years and must be completed by August 2017, according to Smolen Emr Ilkovitch Architects Project Manager Gary Mosesman. Although the number of students at the high school is projected to increase to 2,200 students in five years, the plans make enough space for 2,400 …
Wednesday, November 28, 2012
Noland leaves the Barons after three seasons.
Bethesda-Chevy Chase (B-CC) High School football coach Rich Noland resigned Tuesday, following three years in the position and just three weeks after the team's second consecutive appearance in the Maryland 4A playoffs, according to The Washington Post. Noland informed B-CC athletic director Jim Tapley of his decision Tuesday morning, informing his players later that afternoon, according to The Post's story. While Noland will continue to teach psychology and history, he told The Post that he wanted to spend more time with his two children. “In a few more years…they’re going to be in high school and gone,” Noland stated. “You don’t get those years back.” Noland also shared that he believes that the football program has developed a “winning …
