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Showing posts with label Westwood Tower. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Westwood Tower. Show all posts
Tuesday, June 11, 2024

Bethesda Black cemetery advocates raise Juneteenth flag at Jamie Raskin's office

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Leaders and members of the Bethesda African Cemetery Coalition traveled to Congressman Jamie Raskin's office last week, to protest Raski...
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Tuesday, January 09, 2024

Montgomery County allowed 15-story Westwood Tower in Bethesda to operate without fire alarms for 2 months

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The Montgomery County government and owner Housing Opportunities Commission of Montgomery County allowed residents to occupy the 15-story We...
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Monday, January 08, 2024

Westwood Tower apartments in Bethesda condemned after electrical fire; residents evacuated

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A fire Saturday night at the Westwood Tower apartments at 5401 Westbard Avenue in Bethesda caused or revealed major problems with the buildi...
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Tuesday, December 05, 2023

Maryland Supreme Court to hear case on sale of Moses African Cemetery on January 8, 2024

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Maryland's Supreme Court is now scheduled to hear the case regarding the attempted sale of a Bethesda property containing Moses African ...
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Tuesday, October 31, 2023

Hate crime report filed with USDOJ regarding desecrated Bethesda cemetery

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A protest of a Democratic Party fundraiser in Potomac this past weekend by advocates for the desecrated Moses African Cemetery in Bethesda h...
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Saturday, September 23, 2023

Maryland Supreme Court to hear appeal in Bethesda African Cemetery Coalition case

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Maryland's Supreme Court yesterday agreed to hear the appeal of the Bethesda African Cemetery Coalition to overturn a state appellate co...
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Monday, October 03, 2022

Bethesda African Cemetery Coalition to rally at Maryland Court of Appeals October 6

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Bethesda African Cemetery Coalition will hold a rally outside the Maryland Court of Appeals at 361 Rowe Boulevard in Annapolis this Thursday...
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Tuesday, May 31, 2022

Ride On 23 will not service 9 Bethesda stops during long-term Ridgefield Road/Westbard Avenue construction detour

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UPDATE : MCDOT has confirmed that the actual closure of Ridgefield Road is set for 12:00 AM on June 5, 2022. The decision was made because t...
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Friday, February 18, 2022

Fire at Westwood Tower apartments in Bethesda (Video+Photos)

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UPDATE - 11:00 PM:   Firefighters at the scene are telling residents it is now safe to reenter the building. UPDATE - 10:52 PM:   MCFRS spok...
Wednesday, November 24, 2021

Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II to Montgomery County officials: "Quit trying to sell this property" containing black cemetery

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The Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II, co-chair of the Poor People's Campaign and a civil rights activist with national influence, excoriat...
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Monday, November 22, 2021

Investment firm withdraws offer to buy Westwood Tower after judge issues cemetery injunction

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Advocates for the desecrated Moses African Cemetery in Bethesda have scored two victories in the long-running fight to restore and memoriali...
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Monday, September 27, 2021

Tavis Smiley weighs in on Bethesda cemetery controversy

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Broadcaster Tavis Smiley is the latest prominent figure to weigh in on the controversy over the desecrated Moses African Cemetery in Bethesd...
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Friday, September 24, 2021

Court hearing scheduled in Moses African Cemetery sale dispute

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A court hearing has been scheduled in the dispute over the proposed sale of Westwood Tower and the Moses African Cemetery in Bethesda. The B...
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Monday, July 12, 2021

Bethesda African Cemetery Coalition to protest sale of Westwood Tower today at 5:00 PM

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The Bethesda African Cemetery Coalition will protest the Montgomery County Housing Opportunity Commission's sale of Westwood Tower to C...
Thursday, July 08, 2021

Bethesda African Cemetery Coalition condemns sale of Westwood Tower that conveys cemetery to investment firm

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The Bethesda African Cemetery Coalition has condemned the Montgomery County Housing Opportunities Commission's approval of the sale of W...
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Thursday, March 28, 2019

Montgomery County to add 8 antennas, diesel generator to Bethesda TV tower

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Montgomery County has proposed adding eight new antennas to the existing telecommunications tower located at 5202 River Road in Bethesda. ...
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Sunday, February 25, 2018

Church asks HOC to allow cadaver dogs onto Bethesda black cemetery site

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Officials from Macedonia Baptist Church have asked the Montgomery County Housing Opportunities Commission to allow an archaeologist who ut...
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Friday, December 04, 2015

Was an African-American graveyard desecrated during earlier Westbard development?

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While there are differences of opinion on building heights, density and amenities in the Westbard Sector Plan process, I think one point m...
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Tuesday, October 09, 2012

WESTWOOD SHOPPING CENTER, OTHER WESTBARD PROPERTIES SOLD TO EQUITY ONE IN MASSIVE BETHESDA REAL ESTATE DEAL

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NEIGHBORHOOD COULD LOSE GIANT FOOD STORE IN 2019 Another Robert Dyer @ Bethesda Row Exclusive The future of the Westbard Sector in Be...
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