ANOTHER LONGTIME BETHESDA PLUMBER LEAVES DOWNTOWN (PHOTOS)

Bethesda is leaking plumbers. M.H. Barnes Plumbing and Heating, a Bethesda business since 1955, has moved out of its 4901 Rugby Avenue headquarters. Their new home is at 9347 Fraser Avenue in Silver Spring. Barnes is the second longtime Bethesda plumbing firm to exit town in as many weeks. Leahy Plumbing & Heating moved out September 24, citing downtown traffic congestion and parking difficulties.

LEAHY PLUMBING & HEATING LEAVING BETHESDA, CITES DOWNTOWN TRAFFIC/PARKING AS REASONS

Leahy Plumbing & Heating, whose Cordell Avenue headquarters went on the market for lease days ago, has found a new home in White Flint. In a message posted out front yesterday, owner John Leahy explains that, after more than 50 years on Cordell Avenue, the company has found downtown Bethesda traffic and parking difficult for its fleet of vehicles to navigate. "It's been fun to watch Bethesda change over my lifetime and it's hard to say goodbye to the neighborhood I've grown up in," Leahy wrote. The specific street address of the new building was not given, but since employees are dispatched when you call the company's number, that should not make a big difference for customers.

2 NEW WOODMONT TRIANGLE RETAIL SPACES UP FOR LEASE IN BETHESDA (PHOTOS)

 Two retail spaces are on the market in the Woodmont Triangle section of downtown Bethesda. A former salon/barbershop space at 7813 Old Georgetown Road, and the space currently occupied by Leahy Plumbing & Heating, Inc. at 4916 Cordell Avenue, had For Lease signs posted this weekend. Conley Management of Bethesda is the real estate firm for both properties.