Party with Police, Purple Line Cheered and Jeered: The Daily Digest

News | Washington Post sold to Amazon.com founder
The Washington Post announced Monday it will be sold to Jeff Bezos, founder of Amazon.com, for $250 million. >>> See: Read All About It: Washington Post Sold to Jeff Bezos, Founder of Amazon.com 

ICYMI | Purple Line Cheered, Jeered as O'Malley Visits Bethesda
Gov. Martin O’Malley stopped by the Bethesda Metro station Monday to announce the state's recent allocation of about $400 million to construct the Purple Line light rail from Bethesda to New Carrollton, Bethesda-Chevy Chase Patch reports. 

On the agenda | Public hearing: Midcounty Corridor Study
State transit officials will host a public hearing on the Midcounty Corridor Study on Wednesday at Seneca Valley High School, from 6:30–10:30 p.m. (poster session is  4:30–6:30 p.m.)

Transit officials have said the Midcounty Corridor Study was borne out of a need to accommodate more traffic between Gaithersburg and Clarksburg.  One of the proposed routes—Alternative 4, which would turn Snouffer School, Wightman and Brink roads into a four-lane divided highway—has drawn the ire of many Upcounty residents . >>>Background: “Anger Unleashed Against 'Alternative 4'” at Montgomery Village Patch.

Community | Party with police, send us the ‘evidence’
National Night Out, Montgomery County police’s annual crime prevention effort, is Tuesday, Aug. 6. and events are happening all over the county, Post photos from your NNO party at North Potomac-Darnestown Patch’s community boards. 

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