Text Box: AROUND TOWN Text Box: NEWS FROM GLEN ECHO PARK The maintenance pen at Glen Echo Park which was damaged by fire is scheduled to be demolished by mid-December. There is some confusion over whether there will be a public meeting regarding the look of the new structure that will take its place. Site Manager Kym Elder said she’s been told by park officials such a meeting isn’t needed by law because the building will be in the same location and will have the same footprint and the same function as the previous building. She previously had told the town council there would be such a meeting. She said she would get back to the council as to why it isn’t considered necessary. The longstanding question of whether the town or the park owns Oxford Road may be coming to an end. Ms. Elder told the council last month that ‘’preliminarily’’ it looks like the town owns the road, as the town has always maintained. She says she hopes the final report will be available by the end of the year. There are fewer park service officers than ever patrolling the parkways on both sides of the Potomac River. Ms. Elder said the park service is down to fewer than 12 officers to cover both parkways 24 hours a day, seven days a week, which means a longer response time to accidents. The National Park Service acquisition of the section of the former streetcar right-of-way which abuts Glen Echo Park is ‘’almost a done deal,’’ according to Ms. Elder. She says it ended up being a property transfer because WMATA needed a piece of property owned by the federal government. The deal would cover the area from Oxford Road to the Irish Inn at Glen Echo, including the trestle. --Jerry Bodlander Text Box: POSTAL INQUIRIES? It is no longer possible to get postal information by calling one’s local post office. For information by phone call toll-free number 1-800-ASK-USPS (1-800-275-8777) for all postal inquiries. Text Box: LEAF RAKING TIME! Time to rake your leaves to the curb. Leaves will be picked up before Dec. 11, weather permitting. Text Box: TREASURER’S REPORT October 2006 Washington Gas Energy Services $1,316.17 Dennis Alexander (audit) $2,600.00 Connecting Links (website) $187.50