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WUMCO Community Scarecrow Contest – Checkout this year’s submissions displayed on Whalen Commons until 11/2, Online Voting 10/16-10/30

Markoff’s Haunted Forest  – October 27, 28, 29, 31 – Midway is Free! Tickets start at $20

October 26th -Landmade Brewery – Game Social 4-6:00 p.m.

October 25th – Wellness Wednesday: Heart Disease & Stroke Prevention –hosted by WUMCO Help and the Town of Poolesville at Poolesville Town Hall – 6:30 – 8:00 […]

Beginning on Tuesday 10/17 Poolesville Seniors is debuting a new series of longer 4 – 6-mile trail hikes lasting approximately 2 – 3 hours in nearby parks. Led by hiking enthusiasts Gwen Haney and Karen Dansby, these monthly trail hikes will offer a bit more challenge than our C&O Pop-up Walks. They will be limited to 15 participants. Hiking boots are recommended, and water and a snack are advised. 

The first trail hike on […]

On October 22nd, the Montgomery County Lynching Memorial Project* (MoCoLMP) will unveil the first historical marker in Montgomery County, in Poolesville, to acknowledge a racial terror lynching. Mr. George Peck was robbed of due process and murdered by a mob in Poolesville in 1880, one of three lynchings that took place in Montgomery County and thirty-eight in Maryland. 

The project is the culmination of several years’ work by MoCoLMP, with the aid of […]

Monocacy Cemetery has several well-known residents, but John Andrew Rice was someone who had an incalculable influence on twentieth century culture. He and his second wife Dikka  are both buried at Monocacy Cemetery, having retired to the area to be near his son Peter’s family in Germantown and daughter Mary’s family in Arlington. 

John Andrew Rice grew up in a family of South Carolina individualists and became one himself, a rebel among rebels. […]

Stay Active – Community Activities

WUMCO Community Scarecrow Contest – Checkout this year’s submissions displayed on Whalen Commons until 11/2, Online Voting 10/16-10/30

Markoff’s Haunted Forest  – October 20,21,22, 27, 28, 29, 31 – Midway is Free! Tickets start at $20

October 19th – 21st – Baltimore Rock Opera Society – presents The Gold Night, an experimental rock musical horror survival story with a heart of gold, set in the 1890’s Klondike Gold Rush. This […]

If you missed Poolesville Day in the rain last week…come out to the UMCVFD open house on Sunday October 8th from Noon to 4:00 p.m. at the firehouse in Beallsville. They have kindly offered space to the Poolesville Day Vendors. You may have a second chance to find your favorite vendor! Come see Poolesville Seniors.

Do you play a wind instrument? Riverworks Art Center is excited to announce the formation of a free adult community band in the Ag Reserve. The Reserve Wind Ensemble will be for wind instrument players, amateurs and hobbyists, who can play at a basic high school level. 

If you haven’t cracked open the case of your piccolo, flute, clarinet, oboe, saxophone, bassoon, trumpet, trombone, baritone, euphonium, or tuba, in several […]

October, Global Diversity Awareness Month, presents the perfect opportunity to learn more about new cultures, and explore the diversity that makes the world such a wonderful place. 

As the world becomes more and more connected and globalized, it’s important to remember that a ‘global monoculture’, or a homogenization of cultures, can overshadow traditional cultures and unique traits of people. Embracing cultural diversity – in all aspects of life – can help to avoid […]

On Monday October 16th, Ayanna Hawkins, from the Montgomery County Aging and Disability Resource Unit will be at the Maggie Nightingale Library from 12:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. to answer questions from older adults, people with disabilities and caregivers related to housing, transportation, staying healthy and more. 

Please find the time to come out and let the county know which resources are needed yet unavailable or too distant […]

On Saturday, Oct. 14th an annular solar eclipse will come to North America. A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between Earth and the Sun, obscuring the view of the Sun from a small part of the Earth, either totally or partially 

This one will be visible from a region crossing eight U.S. states from Oregon to Texas, according to NASA. An annular solar eclipse happens when the moon […]