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Wednesday, January 2, 2013

Letter to the Editor: The 60-Year Story Of Bruce Variety Ends

Jennifer Kelly shares her thoughts on the closure of Arlington Road's Bruce Variety store.

  • LOCAL CONNECTIONS
  • Wednesday, January 2

By Jennifer Kelly There is rumor that has made its way from Bethesda, Maryland to Denver – and probably beyond – in less than a week. The news affects people from three or four generations. It has traveled by Facebook and email and texts. It has been on the local news. And it is triggering emotions from panic to nostalgia. Bruce Variety is closing. According to a DC local news report, the sign went up the day after Christmas. Everything half off. The rent is just too high. Remember when Bethesda was just a small town? There was Baskin-Robbins next to the A&P, the Chinese food place, the Bethesda Crab House, and Montgomery Donuts. Not much more within walking distance… except for that small strip of stores on Arlington Road that housed “…

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Bruce Variety to Close and Bruce Variety

Chris

3:26 pm on Friday, January 4, 2013

Did the Baskin Robbins operate at the same time as the A&P? I thought Baskin Robbins opened in that location after the A&P closed and the Giant Pharmacy (RIP) opened in its place.   more ›

Tuesday, May 1, 2012

Op-ed: Pepco’s Tree Slaughtering in Bethesda Easement

Community members speak out against what they feel is excessive tree-trimming and tree-cutting by Pepco.

  • OPINION
  • Tuesday, May 1, 2012

Editor’s note: This is an opinion piece submitted to Patch by members of the community. As an opinion piece, it does not represent the views of Patch. Trees have been shown to absorb a huge amount of carbon dioxide greenhouse gas. They live all around us, usually benignly, not only absorbing our pollution but also offering us shade, beauty, protection for animals and serenity. Pepco is about to kill 77 of 83 trees in its few-blocks-long easement area for its wires near us in Bethesda. The trees will join hundreds of other trees that Pepco has already felled in easement and right-of-way areas in Montgomery County. The ostensible reason for the tree cutting is to protect the wires from potentially falling trees. A certain amount of cutting …

B Allen

10:44 am on Friday, May 4, 2012

Well, what I have to say to you people is you need to stop complaining about PEPCO and you point your finger at those who are the problem for PEPCO (and other businesses) to do business. The County Concil people like that scumbag Berhliner (who imposed a Cap and Trade Tax taken out of the idiot Waxmans' playbook raised the cost to consumers, when they told me it would not happen) are the problem…   more ›

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