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Friendship Heights council honors five departing members
Summary
Council members and residents praised five council members who announced they will not run in the upcoming election, highlighting long service, staff support and community work.
Bids of thanks and reminders to preserve civility were the dominant theme at the Friendship Heights Village Council’s public meeting as five sitting council members announced they will not run for re-election and colleagues and residents paid tribute.
The departing members named in council remarks included Mayor Melanie Rose White and four council members who the mayor and others described as not running again this year. Mayor Melanie Rose White reflected on her 32 years of service, calling the experience “the experience of a lifetime” and saying the relationships built were the most important…
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