Purple Line fence fight heads to Maryland’s highest court today
The Maryland Court of Appeals will hear oral arguments Thursday in the case of Chevy Chase resident Ajay Bhatt’s backyard fence, which he built 14 feet beyond his property line and in part of the public right-of-way where the Purple Line is planned. [Washington Post]
Gallery B features work of 22 local high school seniors
The downtown Bethesda gallery’s December exhibit is titled VAC Revealed, featuring work from students in the MCPS Visual Arts Center Program at Albert Einstein High School in Kensington. [Bethesda Urban Partnership]
Ike Leggett to host ‘Summit on Aging’ today in Silver Spring
The event, set for 8:15 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Silver Spring Civic Building, will include the designation of Montgomery County as an AARP-World Health Organization Age Friendly Community and make official the county’s participation in a dementia initiative. [Montgomery County]
Urban planners say better placemaking, more public spaces needed for corporate office parks
The Urban Land Institute finished its two-day study of the Rock Spring office park and office park along Executive Boulevard in North Bethesda. [Casey Anderson/Facebook]
Today’s Westbard worksession to focus on parks, Willett Branch
Planning Department staff is expected to provide potential ways to implement the daylighting of the Willett Branch stream, which for now runs through a concrete stream bed. [Planning Department]
Some in Takoma Park not excited about potential new Starbucks
Word from the Old Takoma Business Association that the coffee chain is pursuing a location on the Maryland or Washington, D.C., side of the area’s commercial district has many worried about existing independent coffee shops. [Prince of Petworth] [HootBoard]
Sunny, but chilly Thursday expected
Sunny skies will return and the high temperature is expected to reach 49 degrees. [National Weather Service]
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