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 [...]

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 [...]