Calling all Book Lover and avid readers. There are still some interesting reads on the PS! Book Club list for 2022. We have an excellent group of regular and occasional participants. Our reading choices include some books we might not ordinarily have chosen for ourselves.
There is no need to travel, and you can join us from wherever you are located. This friendly, non-academic, non-judgmental group meets on Zoom. We are happy to […]
Montgomery County History in the Parks will commemorate Maryland Emancipation Day beginning on October 28th, the date that the Josiah Henson family arrived in Canada in 1830 to begin their lives in freedom. Henson’s autobiography of his enslavement on the Riley plantation (Rockville, Maryland) inspired the 1852 Harriet Beecher Stowe novel, “Uncle Tom’s Cabin”.
Park celebrations continue through November 6th. Hear master storytellers recount traditional […]
Montgomery County’s Montgonery Connects program to distribute 40,000 computers to Montgomery County residents ages 7 and older without access to a computer. There is a limit of 1 computer per person and every person receiving a computer must have a library card number to make an individual appointment to pick up a computer and must show photo ID at pick-up. If a parent wants a computer for themselves and also wants one for their […]
Checklist for Winterizing Your Home
Fall is here and we cannot just sit and watch the beautiful skies and foliage…it is time to batten down the hatches in preparation for cold weather. Hopefully, this checklist will help you to have a warm, snuggly, and safe winter.
A TRILOGY OF EVENTS: HALLOWEEN, ALL SAINTS DAY & ALL SOULS DAY (DIA DEL MUERTOS)
Contributed by Cheryl Watts
Many may think Halloween, celebrated on October 31st, is all about candy, carving pumpkins, costumes, ghosts, and ghouls. But there is, in fact, religious relevance. Halloween is part of a trilogy of celebrations.
Halloween has its origins in an ancient 3-day pagan festival, Samhain (SAH win) – meaning “summer’s […]
In celebration of October as Global Diversity Month, we would like to introduce you to the owners of the K2 Café in Poolesville. The pair originate from different cultures with different world views.
Ashar (pronounced like assure) Abbasi is from Pakistan, a country bordered by China, India, Iran, and Afghanistan. Near its border with China lays the forbidding K2 Mountain where not all those who have tried to climb have succeeded and survived.
Poolesville Commissioners, Hosanna Community Church, Historic Medley District (HMD), Poolesville High School, PHS Black Student Union and Montgomery County Remembrance and Reconciliation Commission invite you to a Community Conversation Circle hosted by Montgomery County Lynching Memorial Project (MoCoLMP) at 6:30 p.m. on October 25th at Poolesville High School to discuss the installation of a historical marker to recognize the lynching of Mr. George Peck.
In 2019, Poolesville community members […]
Halley’s Comet takes around 76 years to make a complete revolution around the Sun. It will next be visible from Earth in 2061. The comet last passed through our Solar System in 1986, when the Sun softened some of the ice, allowing rock particles to break away from the comet. These particles continued along the comet’s trajectory and appear as meteors (“falling stars”) when the Earth passes through the debris field. One […]
Invite some friends or relatives to join you in one of the Poolesville Seniors movement classes this month to celebrate the Fall National Senior Health & Fitness Day on October 26. The goal is to promote the importance of regular physical activity, especially for seniors. Poolesville Seniors is here to provide opportunities for you to move and stay active.
On Wednesdays work on your balance with Tai Chi @ 11:00 am and get […]
The 2022 United States elections will be held on Tuesday, November 8, 2022. During this midterm (non-presidential) election year, all 435 seats in the House of Representatives and 35 of the 100 seats in the Senate will be contested. Thirty-nine state and territorial gubernatorial (including Maryland) and numerous other state and local elections will also be contested. This will be the first […]