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All southbound lanes of Wisconsin Avenue (MD 355) between Bethesda and Elm Street will be closed Saturday, Jan. 16 from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. so that a 75-ton crane may be set up for future construction. One northbound lane of Wisconsin Avenue will temporarily be used for southbound traffic during the closure. A flagman […]

The Montgomery County Department of Parks will oversee the removal of several trees along the Capital Crescent Trail near Bethesda Avenue beginning June 15. The project will remove approximately 22 dead, diseased, damaged and defective trees along the trail from Bethesda Avenue until the D.C. line, said urban forester Ryan Jones. Some removals include trees […]

El Departamento de Policía del Condado de Montgomery tuiteó el jueves que está investigando un video que circula en Twitter, que muestra una confrontación entre un hombre y una mujer que ocurrió en el centro de Bethesda. En el video, el hombre utiliza una retórica racista hacia la mujer. La policía tuiteó: “MCPD está al […]

Montgomery County Police Department tweeted Thursday that it’s investigating a video circulating on Twitter, showing a confrontation between a man and woman that occurred Wednesday in downtown Bethesda. In the video, the man uses racist rhetoric toward the woman. Police tweeted, “The MCPD is aware of the video circulating on social media of a ‘road […]

Bethesda Bagels opened a new location at Wildwood Shopping Center in Bethesda on Friday. The popular first location on Bethesda Avenue is known for people lining up outside the door on Saturday and Sunday mornings. The new 1,800 square-foot store is located near CVS and solidcore and, like the others locations, features handmade New York-style […]

A new traffic signal in downtown Bethesda stops car traffic on all sides so pedestrians can cross in all directions at once. The all-pedestrian traffic signal was installed this month at the intersection of Arlington Rd. and Bethesda Ave.  It is part of a larger plan to make the entire Arlington Rd. corridor more pedestrian-friendly, said MCDOT spokeswoman Esther Bowring.   After three reported pedestrian-car […]

The Montgomery County Department of Transportation (MCDOT) Division of Parking will begin charging for parking in the 960-space Capital Crescent Garage beginning at 7 a.m. on Monday, March 2. The garage is at the intersection of Woodmont and Bethesda avenues. Parking has been free since the garage opened on January 20 to give parkers time […]

Woodmont Avenue, between Bethesda Avenue and Leland Street, and a new county parking garage in Bethesda, called the Capital Crescent Garage opened on Jan. 20. The garage, located at the intersection of Woodmont and Bethesda avenues on two former surface parking lots, is part of a public-private, mixed use development that added 250 residential units, […]

An 88-year-old driver who was injured in a one-car collision on Dec. 28 in Bethesda has died from her injuries, according to Montgomery County Police. Police have identified the driver as Gail Silverstone of Washington, D.C. She passed away on Dec. 30, two days after the crash, police said. According to police, the collision took […]

On October 18 and 19, the streets of Bethesda Row (Woodmont Avenue, Bethesda Avenue and Elm Street) were transformed into an outdoor art gallery featuring fine arts and fine crafts from approximately 190 artists. This is an annual event for artists who come from around the United States to Bethesda to showcase their work.