The First Annual Poolesville Music & Arts Festival will be held Saturday, August 9 from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. in Whalen Commons, 19701 Fisher Ave. The free outdoor concert includes eight bands, crafts, face painting, family face painting and food. wine tasting and more. Rocklands Farm Winery will feature wine tasting. Proceeds will benefit Poolesville’s […]
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August 8, 2014 |
July 17, 2014 |
Pitching Poolesville: Town Adds Its Own Tagline (Video & Photos)
What’s great about Poolesville? The community can tell you because they just voted on a slogan to sum it up. Poolesville’s new tagline- “Small Town Character, Down Home Charm.” “It is a community that builds its own character. A lot of our character is growing families from the young to the elderly. We bring families in, […]
July 8, 2014 |
Top High Schools (PHOTO)
The 2014 U.S. News & World Report Best High Schools rankings included 11 Montgomery County schools that were ranked among the best in Maryland. Those schools were recognized for their achievements by the County Council on July 8. At the ceremonies in Rockville were, left to right: Councilmember Phil Andrews; Board of Education members Christopher […]
June 2, 2014 |
Poolesville Cuts Ribbon for Town’s New Solar Array
Town of Poolesville officials will celebrate the recent completion of a new solar array system at the Poolesville Public Works Depot on Monday, June 2 at 5 p.m. This initiative makes the Town the only municipality in Montgomery County and one of the first three municipalities in Maryland with its own fully-operational source of renewable […]
May 31, 2014 |
County’s 24-Hour ‘Food Data Jam’ to Focus on Local Challenges
A 24-hour “Food Data Jam,” hackathon to generate solutions to local food and farm challenges will takeover Poolesville High School starting May 31. The event is part of the National Day of Civic Hacking but is the only one of 120 official national events to take on the topic of food and farm challenges, according […]
March 29, 2014 |
Destination Poolesville Business Fair Set for March 29
The Town of Poolesville’s 5th annual community business fair is scheduled for Saturday, March 29 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Poolesville Baptist Church, 17550 West Willard Rd. “Destination Poolesville” features local businesses and entertainment. More than 30 businesses have registered to participate. Visitors to the event will have the opportunity to visit […]
February 5, 2014 |
Ice Brings Down Trees and Powerlines in the Upcounty
UPDATED Montgomery County crews from the Department of Highway Services are working to clear trees from roads in the Upcounty. Keith Compton, division chief of highway services, reports that at one time today (Feb. 5) there were 17 roads blocked by downed trees and power lines that came down because of ice. Compton explained that […]
June 21, 2013 |
Best STEM Schools List
Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) placed six high schools on a U.S. News & World Report ranking of the best science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) schools in the country.U.S. News looked at the top 500 public schools from its latest Best High Schools rankings, and evaluated student participation and success on Advanced Placement science and math tests. The rankings are based […]
White’s Ferry Prepares for Flooding (Photos)
The operators of the historic White’s Ferry were preparing for flooding on Oct. 29 as the store manager and employees were packing up and moving out as they expect the Potomac River to rise over its banks this week. You can see from these photos that three historic floods have made their watermark on the […]
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