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Town of Poolesville Holiday Lighting Contest – Start planning your holiday decorations now for the  contest judging which happens the third week of December. One prize for businesses, and  homes will be judged in a ‘traditional’ and a ‘contemporary’ category with winners in each  chosen from both sides of Fisher Ave.  Lighting-Rules-PDF (poolesvillemd.gov) 

Virtual Town of Poolesville Public Meetings can be viewed on YouTube at  Town of Poolesville Public Meetings – YouTube 

Don’t forget Community Farmshare a Poolesville non-profit bridging […]

Join Poolesville Seniors on December 16 @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 – standing as visual reminders of those who came before […]

The Wife Between Us, by Greer Hendricks and Sarah Pekkanen, is a psychological thriller with many twists and turns.  It follows recently divorced Vanessa Thompson as she tries to prevent her ex-husband’s marriage to the “other woman”.  You may assume this is a story about a love triangle and a jealous ex-wife.  Assume nothing.    

The authors expose the secret complexities of an enviable marriage and the truths we ignore in the name of love. The novel […]

Join Glenn Wallace on December 2nd at 7 pm on Zoom for a mini master class in cemetery preservation. Many who attended Glenn’s previous event about the Montgomery County Cemetery Inventory Project had questions about simple preservation techniques for graves and markers. Glenn will bring us his “do no harm” methods to safely clean, preserve, and maintain grave markers in the gentlest, least intrusive way. Register below and receive an instant confirmation email with the […]

Let’s Celebrate Our November Birthdays!! 

• 11/3 Jane Clark 
• 11/4 Barbara Bennett 
• 11/4 Ellen Cubley 
• 11/9 Janet Cosner 
• 11/9 Judy Ohr 
• 11/13 Laura Davis 
• 11/15 Maryanne Lartz 
• 11/17 Matt Bent 
• 11/20 Patricia Salpino 
• 11/26 Ron Dietz 
• 11/29 Joan Selby 
• 11/29 Chris Shanholtzer

Thank you to Julien Singh the post commander at the Poolesville Daniel-Jeffers American Legion Post 247 for his virtual Veteran’s Day presentation.  

Veterans Day is observed on November 11 in commemoration of the anniversary of the signing of the Armistice between the Allies and Germany, declaring a cessation of WWI hostilities on the western front effective at the 11th hour (am) of the 11th day of the 11th month in 1918. 

The American Legion is the […]

Whether you have been a regular at our PS! Book Club or would like to join us, we are assembling a reading list for the 2022 PS! Book Club. We have read a mixture of genres this year, non-fiction, novels, historical fiction, and fantasy

The Monocacy Aqueduct is one of 10 surviving engineering marvels built as part of the C&O Canal system begun in 1828. Located at mile 42.19 near Dickerson, MD, it is the longest and largest of the 11 original aqueducts built to carry the canal waters across the major river tributaries that drain into the Potomac River along the canal’s route. 

This canal system is the most intact of 36 canal systems built in that pre-railroad transportation era. The C&O system was designated as a national park in 1971. […]

By I.J. Hudson 

What makes you happy? Happy is sharing a photo shoot with someone taller who can catch the spider webs before you do.  Happy is also having some alone time to think, see Nature and listen to its creatures. 

We all have habits.  So do the creatures we like to shoot.  They get up early, eat in the early morning and late in the day, and often frequent the same places. I see Great […]

Join Poolesville Seniors on December 16 @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 – standing as visual reminders of those who came before […]