Put on your dancing shoes and join the Motown Dance Party on Saturday October 19th at 7 pm. Enjoy tunes from the 60’s and 70’s from DJ EZ while wearing your favorite Motown styles. (Optional) Free event for 21 +, light snacks and refreshments
Stay Active – Community Activities VOLUNTEER NEEDED: Docents, and gardeners/grounds keepers for Historic Medley District historic sites at the Seneca Schoolhouse, Old Town Hall and John Poole House on selected weekends. Contact Maureen O'Connell (301) 407-0777 or info@historicmedley.org Before October 27th- Stop in Deere Valley Farm for the [...]
If you are a bit too squeamish for the full Markoff’s Haunted Forest Experience, you may want to try the Lights On Nights on the Markoff Trails on October 24th and 30th from 5:00 pm to 9:00 pm. You can book Fright Free Night Passes for these two special nights [...]
October is Cybersecurity Awareness Month and brings awareness to precautions needed as we head into the busiest online shopping season of the year. Since 2004, the President of the United States and Congress have declared the month of October to be Cybersecurity Awareness Month, a dedicated month for the public [...]
If you have never heard of D&D--Dungeons and Dragons-- then you haven’t been paying attention for the past 50 years. 2024 is the Golden Anniversary of this iconic TTRG. A TTRPG is a tabletop role-playing game: a game played around a table or online in which a group of people [...]
By Claire Gunster-Kirby The carved pumpkin, or jack o’ lantern, is a staple of Halloween in the United States. How did this custom originate? To find the origins of the jack o’ lantern, one must go back centuries to around 500 BC when the Celts arrived in Iireland. Because the [...]
REMEMBER TO VOTE! The 2024 United States federal elections will be held on Tuesday, November 5, 2024. Polls will be open from 7:00 am to 8:00 pm. During this presidential election year, all 435 seats in the House of Representatives and 34 of the 100 seats in the Senate will [...]
October, Global Diversity Awareness Month, presents the perfect opportunity to learn more about new cultures, and explore the diversity that makes the world such a wonderful place. As the world becomes more and more connected and globalized, it’s important to remember that a ‘global monoculture’, or a homogenization of cultures, [...]
They’re Coming! They are almost here. The highly anticipated Poolesville Community Scarecrow Contest is being assembled this week. The volunteer group that put together the Poolesville Seniors’ Community Scarecrow display was inspired by Poolesville Seniors’ entry in the MoCo Senior Cardboard Boat Regatta in March. The “Poolesville Seniors Yacht [...]