If you have established either a Traditional IRA or a Roth IRA as a part of your retirement plan, you should understand the tax advantages and consequences of distributions.
Roth IRA contributions were made with money that was already taxed. If you are 59 ½ years old and have had your Roth IRA for five years, any money that you withdraw is tax free and penalty free to the owner of the Roth […]
Each year millions of people get sick from food illnesses and feel like you have the flu. Food illnesses can also cause serious health problems, even death.
Food safety at home involves storing, handling, and preparing food carefully to reduce the spread of bacteria and minimize the risk of food poisoning.
Signs and symptoms of food poisoning can begin a few hours after consuming contaminated food or even after a few weeks. […]
If you are looking for an additional way to improve your memory and slow any brain degeneration join us on Thursdays from 10:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. for Mahjong. Mahjong or mah-jongg is a four-player tile-based game that was originated centuries ago in China and has spread throughout the world.
The game and its regional variants are widely played throughout Asia and have also become popular in Western countries. Like the Western card […]
Stay Active – Community Activities
February 2nd – Made in Studio – Riverworks Art Center, Beallsville – Learn how to use alcohol ink to make bold abstract patterns with Dani and Jerry Beaulieu. Noon -4:00 p.m. $20.
February 3rd -11 am-9 pm & 4th noon- 4 pm- Frederick Fire in Ice – First Friday event – Downtown Frederick is transformed with hundreds of ice sculptures and lots of winter-themed family fun.
February 3rd – Cousins […]
Bananas are an edible fruit, botanically a berry that was native to Asia and the Middle East. They were taken by explorers to the New World and bananas were cultivated in South America and the Caribbean. They were first brought to the US in the 1800s when sailors returned home from the Caribbean with banana shoots.
The advent of the steamship cut travel time for highly perishable bananas from the Caribbean. The first […]
With a watch on our wrist and a cell phone with us 24/7, time is a concept we take for granted and seem to question only when changing to and from Daylight Saving Time. Until relatively recently, this idea of time as we know it was foreign to most humans. Through most of history humans were too busy staying alive to think about regimented time.
If you lived in the Middle Ages your […]
Social Security is a vital program supporting tens of millions of retired Americans. To qualify, you need to work for 40 quarters and earn at least a certain modest sum in each quarter. Most people qualify after 10 years of work.
The size of your monthly Social Security benefit check is directly tied to how much you’ve earned during the 35 years in which you earned the most money (adjusted for inflation). So […]
Join Poolesville Seniors and Barnesville School students on January 31st from 1:45 p.m.-3:00 in a multigenerational service project assembling Art and Learning Kits provided by the non-profit Story Tapestries. The kits will be distributed throughout Upper Montgomery County including Poolesville, to youth, families and older adults who are facing serious economic problems and have experienced trauma.
To volunteer or submit questions email info@poolesvilleseniors.org with a subject line
Stay Active – Community Activities
January – Help Poolesville Seniors and Barnesville School students in a multigenerational service project assembling Art and Learning Kits provided by the non-profit Story Tapestries. The kits will be distributed throughout Upper Montgomery County including Poolesville, to youth, families and older adults who are facing serious economic problems and have experienced trauma
If you are a pizza fan, you will be happy to know that the second Sunday this month begins National Pizza Week, from January 14th to 20th 2024. It was originally created in October 1984 by Gerry Durnell, publisher of Pizza Today magazine.
Almost all of us love pizza. Fresh from the oven or cold the next day. There are an estimated 63,000 pizzerias and 94% of Americans eat […]