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Join Poolesville Seniors on March 17th  @7pm for next Historic Ag Reserve Properties presentation with local historian Kenny Sholes. The lands around us have played an important part in American history over the last few centuries. The fields we pass through each day have spurred economic development, been the scene of battles, provided escape from the pace of daily life, and brought families together at the dinner table. Dotting this landscape is an array of impressive historic homes – […]

Join the PS! Book Club on February 21st at 7 p.m. when we discuss

Thank you to everyone who helped make our first Poolesville Seniors’ online 2022 Heart ‘n Soul auction fundraiser such a success. 

Mahjong is back on Thursdays at Speer Hall (behind Poolesville Presbyterian) 10 am – 12:30 pm 

The Town of Poolesville is currently updating the comprehensive plan that will guide its growth and development for the next 10-20 years. If you care about the future of Poolesville, please complete […]

Come and meet the Monocacy Lions Club on February 24th at 7 pm. The Monocacy Lions’ President Tom Conlon, 1st Vice-President Heidi Rosvold-Brenholtz, and Secretary Roger Brenholtz will talk about this generous local volunteer group whose principal ideal is service to those in need. Learn about the much-needed work that the Monocacy Lions have been doing since 1940, both globally and in our own communities, in […]

Montgomery College Professor of Anthropology and Archaeology Tara Tetrault was given quite the assignment. Go reconstruct the home of a Sugarland family from the late 1870’s. There are no pictures of the home that once belonged to Basil and Nancy Dorsey.  

Thanks to the support of multiple agencies, and the efforts of Tara her team in the Dorsey Archaeology Project are producing amazing results. From the four cornerstones that lay the bedrock of […]

Poolesville Seniors has a lovely color print of an original Poolesville streetscape painting, an acrylic with palette knife, by Robert Brown. The longtime owner of the Potomac Frame and Art Gallery in the Frederick Poole House, appears to have been inspired by a vintage photo of Fisher Avenue, complete with horses and buggies with the Old Town Hall Museum prominently featured.  

Mr. Brown’s description of this work was, “This Poolesville streetscape […]

If you forgot Valentine’s Day, you still have time to shop right from your home in the Fine Art and Collectibles category in the Poolesville Seniors online Heart ‘n Soul Auction!  

For the collectors, we have a wide array of items … antique brass hurricane lamps, autographed first edition books, baseball memorabilia, and even a 10th Anniversary Holiday Barbie.  

If you are looking for wall art, we have several original […]

Let’s Celebrate Our February Birthdays!! 

• 2/4     Pat Hardwick   
• 2/7     Carrie Trauth 
• 2/11    Martha Mason 
• 2/13    Susan Hemp 
• 2/19    Jean Findlay 
• 2/24    Justine Peck 
• 2/24    Cathy Raugh 

Before the late 1930s, most US pilots got their training in the military, which was segregated. The only Black pilots were civilians who were either self-taught, learned to fly in Black flying clubs, or overseas.  

In 1938, in anticipation of WW II, the Civilian Pilot Training Program (CPTP) was initiated with federal funds to train increasing numbers of civilian pilots. The purpose of the CPTP was to provide introductory aviation training to […]

Happy Valentine’s Day! Today is a special day when we express our affection, usually with cards, candy, flowers, and gifts. This year more than half of the adult population of the U.S. is planning a Valentine celebration. Each year Americans send over 145 million valentine cards.  

Those mass-produced valentine cards were the brainchild of Ester Howland, ‘The Mother of the American Valentine.”  After receiving a fancy English valentine at the age of 19, […]