Thursday, May 16, 2013
The skydivers are part of the medical center's staff appreciation day, and may cause traffic delays on Rockville Pike.
Be on the lookout for extra traffic—and two skydivers—at around 11:30 a.m. Friday outside the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center. The two skydivers are part of the medical center's staff appreciation day barbecue and concert, slated to start at 11:30 a.m. and go until 3 p.m. Friday, according to a statement from County Executive Isiah Leggett's office. The event takes place on the front lawn of the installation next to the Navy Exchange, and the skydivers will be visible from Rockville Pike. This could mean slower traffic in front of the medical center due to rubbernecking motorists, the statement reported. Also, Walter Reed National Military Medical Center's Gate 2 (directly across from the Medical Center Metro station) will be …
Monday, April 1, 2013
Police allege Diana Lalchan, 27, shot her husband in the head in their Southwest Washington, DC, home.
A pharmacist at Bethesda's Walter Reed National Military Medical Center has been charged with second degree murder in the shooting death of her husband in the couple's Southwest Washington, DC home, The Washington Post reports. Police allege Diana Lalchan, 27, shot her husband Chris Lalchan in the back of the head in the early morning hours of Thursday, March 28, with a .40 caliber pistol, according to the report. Lalchan's sister, Sophie Chang, told The Washington Post that the couple planned to split up, but Diana Lalchan wasn't ready for her husband to list his status as "separated" on Facebook. Police said Lalchan admitted to shooting her husband after the couple argued and claimed she was afraid she would be attacked, The Post …
Thursday, March 28, 2013
The parking crunch at Walter Reed Bethesda has made it more difficult for wounded warriors to find parking on base, WTOP reports.
Bethesda's Walter Reed National Military Medical Center is cracking down on employees who take parking spots reserved for wounded warriors, WTOP reports. Military officers have been making rounds to stop employees from parking in the 1,100-space patient lot, according to the report. "We were finding that people were parking in the patient garage that weren't patients, but were staff and visitors," Walter Reed National Military Medical Center spokeswoman Sandy Dean told WTOP. Read the full report here. The parking crunch at the military hospital was exacerbated by the 2011 BRAC merger, which drew 3,600 extra employees to the base. One parking spot is available for about every 3.22 employees. Many workers there are turning to public …
Monday, February 18, 2013
Underpass and elevators would improve connectivity between Walter Reed Bethesda and the Medical Center Metro station.
Friday, February 15, 2013
Underpass and elevators would improve connectivity between Walter Reed Bethesda and the Medical Center Metro station.
Metro has advanced a project that would construct a pedestrian underpass beneath Rockville Pike and three high-speed elevators to improve connectivity between the Medical Center Metro station and the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, according to a Thursday news release. The project is expected to be complete in early 2015. The $68 million Rockville Pike crossing project is part of a host of transportation improvements planned near the military hospital to ease the traffic impacts of the federally-mandated Base Realignment and Closure program. BRAC drew 3,600 new employees to the military hospital in 2011 as the Walter Reed Army Medical Center relocated to Bethesda, and yearly visitors there are expected to nearly double to 1 …
Tuesday, February 12, 2013
Residents complain of overhead flight noise.
If there’s one thing Bethesda-Chevy Chase residents can bond over, it's hating helicopter noise. Several times a month editors at Patch receive questions or complaints from residents asking about the helicopters heard over their neighborhoods at night. What's going on? Who can we call about the helicopter noises? What’s the number for the county’s helicopter department? Well, the answers are: It depends, a couple of people and there isn’t one. The helicopters you hear flying over Montgomery County are likely one of three types – news choppers, police choppers or medical choppers. “Aside from the occasional news helicopter up covering a crime scene at night, helicopters are typically up at night for rescue or crime fighting reasons,” …
Friday, February 1, 2013
The screening of the Oscar-nominated film was organized by Bethesda group "Give an Hour," which provides free mental health services to military personnel.
Actor Bradley Cooper attended a screening of his new movie "Silver Linings Playbook" for U.S. military personnel at Bethesda's Walter Reed National Military Center Thursday evening, according to news reports. In the movie, Cooper plays a man suffering from bipolar disorder. He's nominated for an Oscar for the role. The movie has racked up a total of eight Oscar nominations, including best picture. The screening was organized by Bethesda-based non-profit "Give an Hour," which provides free mental health services to military personnel, Variety reported. “We’re going to show it to about 50 guys, and do a Q and A afterwards," Cooper told Chris Matthews on Hardball. "That's the best part about this thing is that it's able to reach out and make …
Tuesday, January 8, 2013
Rockville Pike traffic could be affected from 3:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.
Increased security measures at the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center could have a "significant" impact on traffic Tuesday afternoon, county BRAC coordinator Phil Alperson wrote in an email Monday. The security measures were expected to impact roads around the military hospital, particularly Rockville Pike, from 3:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. Tuesday. Drivers should expect delays and intermittent road closures, Alperson said.
Tuesday, November 13, 2012
More than 200 janitors say they haven't been paid for two weeks, The Gazette reports.
More than 200 janitors who work at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center say they have not been paid for two weeks by their employer, a Gaithersburg-based company that contracts with the federal government, The Gazette reports. The Services Employees International Union Local 32BJ has filed a complaint with the federal labor department, petitioning the government to stop disbursements to the company, Escab Enterprises, and pay the workers directly, according to the report. The company has asked the janitors to continue working, according the report. Naval Facilities Engineering Command, which oversees Walter Reed Bethesda housekeeping contracts, was looking into the complaint Monday, according to Walter Reed Bethesda spokeswoman …
Thursday, October 25, 2012
The incident involving a gun being fired by a Navy official at Walter Reed snarled traffic for hours and created chaos on Rockville Pike.
A woman charged in a two-state car chase and traffic melee involving gunfire outside Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda was released from a psychiatric ward days before the incident, the Gazette reports. The woman, identified by police as Angela A. Cobbold, 27, of Manassas, VA, was released from a mental facility Oct. 19 and apparently had not taken prescribed medicine, The Gazette reported, citing statements made at Cobbold’s Wednesday bond review hearing by Montgomery County Assistant State’s Attorney Peter Feeney. Cobbold has been charged with first degree assault, according to Montgomery County police. Feeney said Cobbold had a “significant psychiatric history,” The Gazette reported. A judge ordered a mental …
Rachele Sills
12:57 pm on Friday, April 26, 2013
It seems the military flights patrol around residential area day and night after 911. Those flights make loud noise frequently and follow innocent citizens everywhere. It's very annoying and disturbing! more ›