Text Box: PROPERTIES SOLD 6105 Yale Ave. $764,000 Text Box: GOOD TIME TO PICK UP FREE MULCH FROM COUNTY This is a good time to get free mulch from a local Neighborhood Mulch Preserve. It is now largely composed of recycled Christmas trees, meaning it is both high-quality and fragrant. The woody material has been shredded into two-four-inch long pieces. This is excellent material to use on woody plants, as a cover material where you wish to control vegetation, or as a carbon-rich addition to home compost piles. However, this is “green” mulch and must be aged for at least 6-9 months before it can be used for flowers, vegetables, or other plants with tender or shallow root systems. It may also contain allergens, poison ivy, termites, and/or carpenter ants, although composting/curing may eliminate most of these problems. The most convenient mulch preserve location is probably Richard Montgomery High School, 250 Richard Montgomery Dr. (off Rte. 355) The pile is past the front of the school on the dead-end road on right. Text Box: NEW BABY ON PRINCETON Rhys James Ahn McIntosh was born at Sibley Hospital on Saturday, January 27, weighing eight pounds, three ounces, and measuring 20 inches in length. He and his mother, Laura Ahn McIntosh, are doing very well and are now in their home at 6010 Princeton Ave. with father Brent and sister Mia, 3. Welcome to Glen Echo, Rhys! Text Box: TWO GLEN ECHO COUNCIL SEATS TO BE VOTED ON IN MAY A town election will be held in early May for the council seats presently held by Nancy Long and Dan Macy. Anyone wanting to run for the office must file a written declaration of candidacy by a still undeclared date in April. All candidates must have resided in the town at least one year prior to the election and be registered Glen Echo voters. Town council candidates must be at least 25 years of age. U.S. citizenship is not required. The Echo will print declarations from candidates in the March and April issues if received before the deadline indicated on p.2 Text Box: DIDN’T GET YOUR ECHO? If you didn’t get your Echo please contact Jane Stevenson, 301-229-3578, who is in charge of circulation. Please do not call the town clerk/treasurer or the editor. There are always a few extra Echos available at the post office.