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Contributed by Suzanne Tobin

WUMCO Help is offering four low-cost health and dental clinics to Poolesville and upper Montgomery residents, 18 and older, in the coming weeks. 

Health clinics will be provided through Care for Your Health, (/care4yourhealth.org/), a nonprofit whose mission is to “deliver inclusive, multicultural healthcare where it is needed.” The nonprofit believes health care is a human right. It was created to serve adults and elders in our […]

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Historic Medley District (HMD) Ag Reserve Photo Contest to be displayed in the new exhibit hall at the Old Town Hall Bank Museum. Deliver any size matted, framed photos of the Ag beauty & diversity to Maureen O’Connell by November 14th. For more information, please email Maureen at mafoconnell@msn.com.

 November 3rd – Riverworks Art Center – First Fridays “Made -in-Studio“- Painting What You See with […]

October is Cybersecurity Awareness Month and brings awareness to precautions needed as we head into the busiest online shopping season of the year.  Since 2004, the President of the United States and Congress have declared the month of October to be Cybersecurity Awareness Month, a dedicated month for the public and private sectors to work together to raise awareness about the importance of cybersecurity.  

This year marks the […]

On Monday November 13th, Ayanna Hawkins, from the Montgomery County Aging and Disability Resource Unit ADRU 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 […]

November 1st will be the 159th anniversary of the day in 1864 when enslaved people were emancipated in Maryland by a state constitutional referendum. Many people don’t realize that emancipation and freedom came at different times for different people. Though President Abraham Lincoln issued his Emancipation Proclamation on Jan. 1, 1863. The proclamation applied only to states in rebellion and left slavery legal in border states of Maryland, Kentucky, Missouri […]

When people have symptoms for weeks, months, or even years after a COVID infection, it is called Long COVID. Researchers are working to learn more about the long-term effects of COVID to help prevent and treat them. If you think you have Long Covid, discuss it with your physician and mention the NIH Clinical Trials. 

The research effort at NIH is known as the Researching COVID to Enhance Recovery (RECOVER) Initiative. […]

Poolesville Seniors depends on our great volunteers so much. The group that put together this years’ WUMCO Scarecrow Contest Entry knocked it right out of the Pickleball Court!!! Many thanks to Susan Proper, Ann Connor, Mary Bernardo, Kay Douglass and Allen Proper. They outdid themselves with Poolesville Seniors’ Pickled Ballers #BC109 entry in the Community Organization category. 

Bring the whole family to get a picture while posing with Mr. Pickle and […]

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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 […]