Events for Dec 4, 2025 - Sep 4, 2025

If you have ever had questions about Life, Health, Disability, Auto, Home or Property Insurance, this is a great opportunity for you learn from an expert. Ms. Patricia Dorn, PIR, of our Maryland Insurance Administration (MIA) will educate us with a slide show and Q and A about the various types of insurance available in Maryland with an emphasis on Senior needs.   Patricia Dorn is designated as an Insurance Regulator Professional by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners and holds a Bachelor of Science degree from New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology. She [...]

Jon Wolz will lead a group of no more than 15 participants from Pennyfield Lock to Violette’s Lock and back along the C&O Canal towpath. The round trip is approximately 5 miles. Once back at Pennyfield Lock participants will have the opportunity to continue up the hillside to the remains of the Muddy Branch blockhouse. The climb up the hill is steep, but not slippery. There is no path and there are no signs describing its location. All that is left of [...]

Join Poolesville Seniors and Glenn Wallace to participate in a discussion of the Montgomery County Cemetery Inventory.  This ambitious project documented the existence of and the historic, cultural, and artistic value of every cemetery in the county.  Glenn will describe the process of coordinating the volunteers who visited and assessed 324 known cemeteries throughout the county. The resulting inventory is vital to the county planners’ ability to track and protect these burial grounds from development for future generations. Glenn Wallace, a cemetery archivist from Montgomery Village, merged his love of genealogy and history in his 33-year commitment to researching [...]

Join us on March 11, as Barnesville resident and author Steve Vogel speaks about his latest thriller Betrayal in Berlin. Learn the true story of the Berlin Tunnel, an audacious American -British Cold War operation involving the construction of a tunnel into East Berlin to tap into Soviet telecommunication lines and the operation’s betrayal by dangerous British spy, George Blake. Journalist, author, and Barnesville resident, Steve Vogel, reported for the Washington Post for more than two decades, writing frequently about the military. [...]

Wear your green and gather the whole clan for the big Virtual St. Patrick’s Day Party on March 13 at 7 – 8:30 pm. Invite your whole family and all your friends. Everyone will be Irish for the evening! Join us for traditional Irish songs, Irish trivia, Irish bingo, demos of Irish soda bread baking and Irish mixology, Irish party favors (while they last) and maybe an Irish surprise!  Mixology Ingredients List  Soda Bread Ingredients List Sing-A-Long Song Sheet