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The Gaithersburg Latitude Observatory on Desellum Avenue near Gaithersburg High School, is one of six International Latitude Observatories that were built around the turn of the twentieth century to study the exact degree of the Earth’s wobble. From 1899 until it became obsolete in 1982 (with a gap between 1915 and 1932) nightly observations were recorded at the GLO along with those at the companion observatories in Ohio, California, Japan, Italy, and the Soviet Union (all of […]

Soon all Marylanders – and for that matter, all Americans except those in Hawaii and Arizona – will be asked to ‘fall back”. 

Although the concept was suggested by others including a joking reference by Benjamin Franklin in 1784, Daylight Saving Time (DST) was first legislated by Germany in 1916, two years into World War I. It was adopted to minimize the use of artificial lighting and save fuel for the war effort. Most of Europe followed but reverted to Standard Time […]

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

Look and See  

by I.J. Hudson 

During my reporting days, I occasionally had master’s candidates at American University intern with me for a few weeks.  The big lessons were – connect with people, listen, “look and see.”  “Look and see” sounds like a childrens’ game, but it’s a matter of really seeing more of what you look at or seeing beyond the obvious.  While passing a cemetery in Southeast Washington I would ask, “What do you see?”  The answer invariable was, “a cemetery.”  “Look at […]

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

WIC/food benefit cards can be used at Lewis Orchard throughout the 2021 season – get 50% off the  price of your produce. Just a little extra time at the register. 

Don’t forget Community Farmshare a Poolesville non-profit bridging the food insecurity gap with CSA  (Community Supported Agriculture) shares for the food insecure.                                                 https://www.communityfarmshare.org 

Maggie Nightingale Library will be closed for renovation at least until 2022. Watch for […]

Join us on Veteran’s Day, November 11th at 7 pm for a virtual event by our local

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 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.

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The search for alien worlds in our galaxy…

Join Carrie Fitzgerald on November 4th at 7pm when this physicist, educator and NASA Solar Ambassador brings us her exciting presentation “Planets, and More Planets!”, on the search for alien worlds in our Galaxy.

Over 4,000 planets outside of our Solar System have been discovered since the early 1990s, and thousands more “candidate” planets await confirmation. It seems our Galaxy is teeming with exoplanets! In this presentation you’ll learn […]

Thank you to Kenny Sholes for his presentation on the History of Slavery in the Ag Reserve. With Kenny’s deep interest in the historic properties of the Ag Reserve and the people who lived and worked there, this is a subject that naturally surfaced.  

From the earliest settlement of Maryland there were farms and estates that required plenty of cheap labor for tobacco. The Medley District surrounding Poolesville had more than a few of these farms. Some may be surprised to find that population […]