Caribou Coffee To Switch To Peet’s This Month — The announced switchover of D.C. area Caribou Coffee locations to Peet’s Coffee and Tea is starting. Both the downtown Bethesda location (7926 Old Georgetown Rd.) and Westfield Montgomery Mall location (7101 Democracy Blvd.) will close March 23 and are scheduled to reopen as Peet’s locations on April 28. [Bethesda Magazine]
SAT In For A Redesign — The college admission test taken by roughly 1.5 million high school students a year will get another redesign. This time, the College Board says the new test will be without the timed-essay portion, will involve fewer advanced vocabulary questions and will go back to the 1600-point scoring scale. The College Board says the changes are meant to make college more accessible to students who are now traditionally shut out. Some point out the SAT has fallen behind the rival ACT in total student customers. The new SAT will take effect in 2016. [Washington Post]
League of Conservation Voters Make More Endorsements — The Maryland League of Conservation Voters, one of the state’s most politically active environmental groups, released another round of endorsements on Wednesday for this June’s gubernatorial primary. In our area, the LCV endorsed Susan Lee for District 16 State Senate. Strangely enough, it also endorsed four candidates for three District 18 seats in the House of Delegates. Included are the three incumbents — Ana Sol Gutierrez, Al Carr and Jeff Waldstreicher — and challenger Rick Kessler. The group previously endorsed incumbent District 16 Del. Ariana Kelly and incumbent District 18 Sen. Rich Madaleno. [League of Conservation Voters]
Pre-Submission Meeting For Downtown Apartment Project — Developer Bainbridge is hosting a public meeting on its proposed 14-floor, 225-unit apartment project at the site of the long shuttered Exxon Station at 7340 Wisconsin Ave. The project was supposed to go before the Planning Board in December for its Project Plan and Preliminary Plan approvals. The developer is hosting another pre-submittal meeting at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, March 18 at the Bethesda-Chevy Chase Regional Services Center (4805 Edgemoor Lane).
Bloomingdale’s Hosting Fundraiser For National Down Syndrome Society — Bloomingdale’s (5300 Western Ave., Chevy Chase) is hosting a charity shopping event from 6:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. on Thursday, March 13. Participants will get blowouts, brow treatments, makeovers a fashion trend show, old-fashioned shoe shines, music and drinks. The event is to benefit the National Down Syndrome Society through the Mamie’s Mile organization. Tickets are $25. [Mamie’s Mile]
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