REMEMBER TO VOTE! The 2024 United States federal elections will be held on Tuesday, November 5, 2024. Polls will be open from 7:00 am to 8:00 pm. During this presidential election year, all 435 seats in the House of Representatives and 34 of the 100 seats in the Senate will be contested. Eleven state gubernatorial and numerous other state and local […]
Beginning on Wednesday, October 30th, more than a billion people will celebrate one of the largest and most significant religious observances in the world, Diwali.
Diwali is a five-day festival that originated on the Indian subcontinent and celebrates the “victory of light over darkness, good over evil, and knowledge over ignorance.” It is said that the term “Diwali” is an abridgement of the Sanskrit term “dīpāvalī” which means “lamps” (dīpa) “in […]
Backpack Bites is back in operation and greatly in need of shelf stable food items that are provided to local school children.
Backpack Bites, a collaboration between Poolesville Presbyterian, local churches, and WUMCO Help, with significant contributions by KPC Buddhist Relief provides supplemental food for the weekend to families on the Free and Reduced Meals (FaRM) program. The FaRM program at Montgomery County schools provides free or reduced cost breakfast and […]
A creative tableau of scarecrows is on view at Whalen Commons for the 2024 Poolesville Community Scarecrow Contest. Despite a slow start, this may be the most entries you have ever had to choose from. Poolesville Seniors’ volunteers put together a Scarecrow display inspired by the PS entry in the MoCo Senior Cardboard Boat Regatta in March.
The “Poolesville Seniors Yacht Club” exhibit BC106 shows two scarecrows […]
Stay Active – Community Activities
VOLUNTEER DRIVERS NEEDED: Gaithersburg Meals on Wheels has an urgent need for 2 drivers: a Monday, Route 3 driver, and a Tuesday, Route 7. Training is provided. Please leave a message at 301-216-4200 if interested in serving. Read our previous article for more information.
November 1st – – UMCVFD BINGO – 5:30 Refreshments / 7:00 Games Begin. […]
You are probably used to checking your blood pressure. Did you know that in 2017 the American College of Cardiology (ACC) and the American Heart Association (AHA) issued new hypertension guidelines based on the latest science? They are the most significant change yet in these guidelines.
Nearly half of American adults, 46 percent, will be determined to have hypertension under these new clinical guidelines, up from 32 percent under the old benchmark. Previously, […]
Along with Jewish holidays of Passover and Shavuot, Sukkot is one of the three annual pilgrimages, when every Jewish male was to be in Jerusalem. Sukkot occurs five days after Yom Kippur and is typically celebrated for eight or nine days. The time in the desert is commemorated with the building of tent-like structures called sukkah. In 2024, Sukkot for Hebrew Year 5785 began at sundown on Wednesday, October 16. 2024 and will end […]
REMEMBER TO VOTE! The 2024 United States federal elections will be held on Tuesday, November 5, 2024. Polls will be open from 7:00 am to 8:00 pm. During this presidential election year, all 435 seats in the House of Representatives and 34 of the 100 seats in the Senate will be contested. Eleven state gubernatorial and numerous other […]
A creative tableau of scarecrows is on view at Whalen Commons for the 2024 Poolesville Community Scarecrow Contest. Despite a slow start, this may be the most entries you have ever had to choose from. Poolesville Seniors’ volunteers put together a Scarecrow display inspired by the PS entry in the MoCo Senior Cardboard Boat Regatta in March.
The “Poolesville Seniors Yacht Club” exhibit BC106 shows two scarecrows […]
Stay Active – Community Activities
VOLUNTEER DRIVERS NEEDED: Gaithersburg Meals on Wheels has an urgent need for 2 drivers: a Monday, Route 3 driver, and a Tuesday, Route 7. Training is provided. Please leave a message at 301-216-4200 if interested in serving. Read our previous article for more information.
October 25th & 26th – Historic Medley District Ghost Tour – Paranormal investigator […]