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Thank you everyone who came out to support Poolesville Seniors Saturday for Poolesville Day 2021. Whether you were one of our small but mighty marchers chanting to throngs of parade onlookers to Stay Active, manned our booth or stopped by to learn more about our organization or to sign up for our newsletter, we so appreciated getting to spend time with you. How well did you do with our “Who Remembers This?” picture identification game?! If you’re the lucky winner of a wine tasting […]

Pawpaw is a fruit tree native to North America, growing wild in 26 states, mostly east of the Mississippi. It may be best known and loved in the Mountain South, where stands of trees produce fruit that weigh between 5 and 16 ounces. They are considered the largest edible fruits indigenous to the continental United States and the largest tree fruit in North America.  

Forest monitoring by the National Park Service National Capital Region Network […]

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. 

Remember Community Farmshare a Poolesville non-profit bridging the food insecurity gap with CSA shares for the food insecure. https://www.communityfarmshare.org 

Maggie Nightingale Library will be closed for renovations for 6 – 8 months beginning 8/2/21  

Poolesville Friendly Thrift Shop – now on Elgin Rd. New hours: Wednesday 2-8 pm, Thursday 10 am –  4 pm, Friday […]

Join Matthew Papuchis virtually on October 28 at 7pm when this former Montgomery County resident discusses his book, “A Little Birdie Told Me… A Journey to Find Hope, Happiness and the Wings to Fly”. He will share excerpts and insights gleaned from his journey through the pandemic.

Matt, a father of three on the cusp of his fortieth birthday, found himself unemployed for the first time in more than 25 years. He battled self-doubt as he looked for hope and happiness—and a new job—amid a global pandemic. During […]

Join Poolesville photographer, Hilary Schwab, virtually on September 30th-at 7pm when she brings us another live-action cooking demonstration based on her wonderful blog “Edible Garden Girl”!

Hilary never fails to tempt the eye and the palate with her fresh from the garden cooking and her eggplant recipes are sure to please.

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Join Keith LaMar Wilkins, Sr. on September 23rd at 7 pm 

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. 

Maggie Nightingale Library will be closed for renovations for 6 – 8 months beginning 8/2/21  

Poolesville Friendly Thrift Shop – now on Elgin Rd. New hours: Wednesday 2-8 pm, Thursday 10 am –  4 pm, Friday 2-8pm, Saturday 10 am – 4 pm  

Sunday Poolesville Farmers Market on the Commons 9:00 am – 1:00 pm  

Friday Night Lights at Seneca Polo […]

Many Thanks to Kathy Vazquez and the Montgomery County Commercial Food Scraps Recycling Program which she manages. Kathy brought us a detailed how-to lesson on composting dos and don’ts. We learned how compost in soil helps reduce runoff from rain and melting snow; adds organic matter to the soil for cleaner land, air and water; and helps to retain water for plants. 

Watch the recording of this event on out Facebook or YouTube channel for the true story of the Compost Equation   2 Brown Material […]

Now that the weather is starting to cool, and Fall is just around the corner, a Pop-up Walk with Jon Wolz could happen at any time! What are Pop-up Walks? Jon keeps an eye on the weather and offers to lead a nature walk with several days to […]

Are you being inundated by QR Codes? Are you confused by this new technology?  

QR codes are the funny little black and white squares with squiggles in them that you are seeing everywhere – restaurant menus, posters, digital payments, healthcare check ins, vaccine sign ups, newsletter opt-ins and even Poolesville Seniors will be using them soon.  

QR Codes were intended to present information/data to any scanning device very quickly. It takes only a […]