A Wrap-Up of the News Week in Bethesda: April 11-17

Monday, we learned that in connection with an arson at the school. Late on the evening of April 8^th, someone threw an incendiary device through a classroom window that caused a small fire and damage at the school. The three students are also being charged in a series of fires at White Flint Neighborhood Park.

Also on Monday, at the Bethesda station. Officials said the woman had been on the tracks intentionally. The woman survived but suffered serious injuries.

The Lululemon company announced late Monday on its Facebook page that it would be where employee Jayna Murray, 30, was killed March 11. Her co-worker Brittany Norwood, 28, The company said the store would re-open “in coming months” but didn’t give an exact timeframe. In Montgomery County District Court, a preliminary hearing that would have taken place Friday was

Early in the week, the Western Montgomery County Citizens Advisory Board on County Executive Isiah Leggett’s proposed operating budget. The group advocated against raising parking fees in downtown Bethesda and suggested increasing fees at community recreation centers to help support programming there.

In Annapolis, the legislative session came to a close this week, and bills were passed including one that would allow and another that would set forth including Pepco.

There was another pedestrian collision in Bethesda on Thursday. An elderly female from West Virginia was The collision follows another incident on Sangamore Road and Sentinel Drive April 11 in which another elderly woman was struck and suffered serious injuries.

Also this week, the Maryland Transit Administration during the first of several neighborhood work sessions at Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School. Many who attended the meeting raised concerns about the proposed rail-trail plan. And in other transportation news, we learned that the much-anticipated funds for BRAC-related transportation improvements Language that would set aside $300 million for transportation improvements in communities with BRAC-impacted military hospitals – Bethesda, For Belvoir, and San Antonio – was included in the federal spending bill that passed the U.S. Congress this week. Stay tuned to Patch for updates on the funds.

Despite the troublesome weather, the weekend ended on a positive note with the community gathering to celebrate literature during the annual

Spring break is next week – and your editor is taking a break too! Guest editor Donna Walker will be on hand next week to bring you the news.

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