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Join us for our first face-to-face, in-person evening event on July 29 @ 7 pm! 

Landscape architect Bernie Mihm will tell us all about Summer Garden Maintenance and demonstrate tips to help you beautify your landscape of annuals, perennials, vegetables, lawns, trees or shrubs. Light refreshments will be provided, so please register by July 26. The location address will be provided in your registration confirmation, and is on Budd Rd. in Poolesville. 

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Join Suzanne Tallia on July 8 at 7 pm as she recounts the story of tracing her family ancestry to the founding of our country with family ties to famous Americans including Abraham Lincoln. Find out how the action of this ancestor reverberated through history.

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We are beholden to ‘Team Hoewing’, Ray, Reva, Link and Fran, for the entertaining and informative evening of reflections on their long history in Poolesville. Just imagine Poolesville as a town of 350 when Bassett

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

Sunday Farmers Market on the Commons 9:00am – 2:00pm – Hosted by Cozzi Family Farm 

July 6th – Poolesville Town Hall Reopens 

July 7th – Gathering in the Garden– Poolesville Presbyterian Church  

   6:30pm – 7:00pm – Stepping stone craft project 

   7:00pm-8:30pm – Open mic concert – Share […]

On July 9, 1984, President Ronald Reagan signed a proclamation making July ‘National Ice Cream Month’ and the third Sunday in July ‘National Ice Cream Day’. He must have known what we like because in the U.S. we consume enough ice cream to equal 48 pints per person each year! At any given time, 87% of Americans have ice cream in their freezer.  Nine percent of U.S. milk production goes toward making ice cream. 

The origins of this frosty confection can […]

Join Christine Rai, local professor, and cheese enthusiast on August 12 at 7pm as she demystifies the elegant and versatile pairing of wine and cheese.In this fun session, Christine will guide us through basic wine pairing guidelines for each of the main styles of cheese. We will explore the steps for sensory analysis and learn how taste and flavor affect our enjoyment of foods and drinks. This session will also include tips for serving cheese, suggestions for complementary foods, and non-alcoholic drink pairing. Come away empowered with an understanding of how to combine cheese, […]

Written by Jon Wolz

It is that time of year again. What I am I talking about? Paw paws are ripening along the Potomac River. This year, I thought when I gather my paw paws, I would attempt to make paw paw salsa using a recipe my friend Bernie Doerner gave me.

Paw paws are the largest edible fruit native to North America. They can measure from a few inches up to six inches long with large, […]

Our anticipation was well rewarded by the wealth of information which Jon Wolz brought to his presentation on the Chesapeake & Ohio Canal. Beginning with George Washington’s 1785 vision of a navigable 

Let’s Celebrate Our July Birthdays!! 

• 7/4  Tim Ames
• 7/4  Kathryn Flitter
• 7/6  Leland E Bristol
• 7/19 Darlene  Glotfelty
• 7/31  Marcia Blisard
• 7/31 Terry Clark 

July 4th is Independence Day, a time to show your patriotic pride. 

The federal holiday marks the day in 1776 when the Second Continental Congress unanimously adopted the Declaration of Independence, signaling the official separation of the colonies from Great Britain amid the Revolutionary War. 

Since that day, July 4, 1776 has been considered America’s “birthday,” making her 244 years old on Sunday. 

According to the Library of Congress, Philadelphians marked the first […]