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Sunday, March 17, 2013

Top Headlines: Pedestrian Collisions, a Fatal Fall, New Restaurant Dubbed 'Roof'

Get caught up on the top headlines this week in Montgomery County.

  With 13 websites across Montgomery County, Patch brings you news from every corner of our community. Catch up on headlines you might have missed this week, including a spate of pedestrian and cyclist collisions, a construction worker's fatal fall in Wheaton, and a name for Bethesda's first full-service rooftop restaurant and bar. Restaurant at Norfolk, Cordell Dubbed ‘Roof’ BETHESDA-- The restaurant planned to occupy the second floor and roof deck of a new commercial building in Bethesda has been dubbed ‘Roof.’ The owner of Tommy Joe’s is behind the new eatery. Read more on Bethesda Patch. Bicyclist Dead After Car Collision SILVER SPRING—A 23-year-old man died Monday after he was hit by a car while riding his bike in downtown Silver …

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Restaurant At Norfolk, Cordell Dubbed ‘Roof’ (in Bethesda-Chevy Chase Patch), Bicyclist Dead After Car Collision (in Silver Spring Patch), UPDATE: Police Identify Worker Who Fell to Death at Wheaton Construction Site (in Wheaton Patch), and 8 more ›

Wednesday, January 2, 2013

Forum Addresses Fatal Pedestrian Crashes in Germantown, Gaithersburg

Advocacy group plans to host forum at Germantown Library on Jan. 26

Deadly crashes involving pedestrians in Germantown and Gaithersburg will be addressed at a public forum at Germantown Library later this month. The Action Committee for Transit (ACT) is hosting the event on Jan. 26, the transit advocacy group announced Wednesday. Barbara McCann, founder of the National Complete Streets Coalition, is the guest speaker. The forum was spurred by deadly collisions involving pedestrians upcounty. Germantown high school student Christina Morris-Ward was struck and killed by a car while crossing Germantown Road on her way to Seneca Valley High School on Oct. 31, 2012. In November, Yessenia Martinez Rivas was killed crossing Muddy Branch Road in Gaithersburg. The event also will address a Clarksburg neighborhood’s…

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Germantown Public Library (in Germantown Patch), UPDATE: Northwest Grad Dead After Crash in Germantown (in Germantown Patch), Teen Walking to School Hit By Car, Dies From Injuries (in Germantown Patch), and 1 more ›

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