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Reprinted from the 8/16 Poolesville Town Hall blog: 

People share the responsibility to avoid conflicts with bears. The best way to avoid bear problems is to take precautions to not attract them in the first place.  Trash and bird feeders are the most common attractants responsible for luring bears to human dwellings. Pet food, charcoal grills, fruit trees, and gardens may also attract bears. Once a bear finds food around your home, it […]

On Your Mark. Get Set. Go! 

Poolesville Area Chamber of Commerce (PACC) with the Monocacy Lions Club has announced their 32nd annual Poolesville Day 5K Run/Walk, Saturday, September 21, 8 a.m. Proceeds from the 5K (3.1 miles) are used to support our community. 

Runners and walkers of all levels of ability are welcome and encouraged to participate. The gently rolling racecourse travels through the quiet neighborhoods of historic Poolesville, Maryland. 

Race […]

Registration is open for the September 15th 2024 Ride the Reserve event with the theme “Ride like the Reserve depends on it”. Please join Montgomery Countryside Alliance on Sunday, September 17th anniversary of the Ride the Reserve, the Montgomery County Farm Tour Bike Ride which benefits the Ag Reserve and the quest to protect this special place. Riders can choose from routes from 6 to 62 miles through […]

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.

August 23rd – Barrels of Fun – 6-10:00p.m.

August 25th – Honey Acres […]

Poolesville Seniors is making a big difference for seniors in and around Poolesville. Our program is chock full of many and varied opportunities for your participation. Our daily, weekly, and monthly activities and events keep area 50+ residents mentally, physically, and socially active. In fact, in the last year we offered over 650 activities and events that had over 5000 unique attendees.  

For us to offer our quality program, we need both your […]

In 2020, there were 300,000 US WWII service persons still living. In 2021 that number was 200,000. In 2022  167,284, and in 2023 the Department of Veterans Affairs reported that 119,550 of the 16 million Americans who served in World War II were alive. Even the very youngest of those enlisted would be in their nineties now. It will not be too many years until we do not have any living witnesses to the […]

On the morning of Saturday, August 3rd, 2024, several dozen Poolesville Seniors joined with American Legion Post 247 and British allies to successfully complete the annual Operation River Crossing. Approximately 58 hardy folks of all ages assembled at Calleva Farm for insightful historical background on White’s Ford, the site of Civil War troop river crossings, provided by historians Jon Wolz and Jim Poole.  

The large group trekked downhill through fields […]

Poolesville Seniors is taking part in the WUMCO SUMMER FOOD FOR KIDS program for local children who are not receiving free and reduced breakfast and lunch while school is out this Summer. The MCPS summer meal sites are an unreasonable distance for many families in our part of the county. Meals are available for just 30 minutes and our closest location does not offer breakfast. They require the children to […]

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.

June through August 18th – Adventure Theatre Glen Echo Park –Knuffle Bunny: […]

Astronomers and stargazers should look to the sky in July and August for the Perseid Meteor Showers. Though you might see ‘shooting stars’ on any moonless night from July 17th to August 24th, the Perseids, a trail of space debris from the comet Swift-Tuttle, will reach their peak on the night of August 11th– 12th.  

Named after the constellation Perseus, from which the meteors appear to […]