If you are looking for an outing near to home, try the Black Rock Mill located right in the middle of Seneca State Park and Greenway Trail. It is a good place for exploration adjacent to Black Rock Road between Route 28 and Germantown Road.
In 1760, a tract of land on Seneca Creek, known as “Black Rock,” was deeded to John Brisco. In 1815, Thomas Hilleary built the Black Rock Grist & […]
Poolesville Seniors is planning our day at Poolesville Day on September 23rd. Starting early that day we will be setting up our booth for the Day and readying for the big march in the parade. There are multiple opportunities to help out.
If you want to help plan the day, respond to the Volunteer page on our website and let us know if you want to be on the Poolesville […]
All year, nature enthusiasts across the state eagerly await the arrival of the Sunflowers! Have you seen them yet? It’s about that time again and the sunflowers are approaching full bloom. The 2,000 acre McKee-Beshers Wildlife Management Area off River Rd. south of Poolesville, has over 34 acres of sunflowers in four fields which rotate yearly. Their purpose is to attract and feed over 245 species of birds, especially mourning doves, native bees and […]
Did you know that Montgomery County has its own Sports Hall of Fame? In 2019, the group inducted the first Hall of Fame class which included Walter “The Big Train” Johnson of the Washington Senators, (as a player from 1907 to 1927 and a manager from 1929 to 1932).
The Montgomery County Sports Hall of Fame MCSHF is a 501(c)3 non-profit created to honor the men and women that, through […]
This year’s Montgomery County Farm Tour and Harvest Sale on July 22nd and 23rd, promises to be a terrific event with not only 21 farms on the tour but cideries, breweries, wineries, and orchards.
Tour participants have a choice of three self-guided tours this year:
The Grapes and Grains Tours (two to choose from) The Grape & […]
This Summer may be a trial weather-wise. It is especially important for those of us 50 and better to monitor ourselves in the extreme heat. Be particularly careful if you are exercising outdoors or indoors without sufficient air conditioning. Adults over the age of 65 and young children also have a higher risk for heat exhaustion and other heat-related illnesses. This is because their bodies cannot cool down as easily as those of older […]
In the melting pot of the United States we are fortunate that immigrants from many countries bring and adapt their native foods for us to enjoy. During these Summer months we should be grateful to a German immigrant, Charles Feltman, who was 15 years old when he arrived in New York in 1856. Eleven years later he began his own business, pushing a cart through the Coney Island sand dunes selling pies. His […]
It may seem that Poolesville Day is far off in the future, but September 23rd will be here sooner than you think. Right now, you can take part in the preparations by helping the Poolesville Day Committee choose the Grand Marshal for the parade.
Every year since 1992 – except the pandemic years – Poolesville has observed its annual festival, celebrating Poolesville, its residents and the communities in the Western County […]
The Montgomery County Department of Transportation (MCDOT) is asking residents to donate extra or unused bicycles in good condition to the County’s BikeMatchMoCo program.
The free Bike Match program, which launched in June 2020, matches donated bicycles with requests from individuals in need who live or work in Montgomery County. BikeMatchMoCo has distributed more than 500 bicycles so far, but demand is still high. The program currently has a list of […]
If you ever flew over Maryland, you’ve seen how green it is. In fact, it is the fourth greenest state in the Union (U.S. News & World Reports). When driving through the Maryland countryside you might also have noted the absence of annoying billboards. These are two reasons we should be grateful to Fred Wilson Besley, Maryland’s first State Forester.
Besley was born in 1872 in Northern VA, and graduated from Maryland Agricultural […]