The Second Annual Poolesville Pride Fest will take place Saturday, June 14 from 4–9 p.m. at Locals Farm Market (19929 Fisher Ave), featuring queer music, art, poetry, local vendors, family-friendly activities, and a free Riverworks workshop, with all ages and identities welcome.
The Comus Inn is a historic restaurant and event venue located in Dickerson, Maryland, at the base of Sugarloaf Mountain. Established in 1862, the inn has a rich history, originally serving as a stop for travelers and a general store for the local community. Now, it’s launching an ice cream counter on June 12th.
The Montgomery County Police Department has released additional information regarding a fatal collision that occurred on Wednesday, June 4, 2025, in the area of Darnestown Road and Cattail Road in Poolesville. (more…)
The Montgomery County Police Department (MCPD) has provided the following brief summary of events regarding a fatal collision that occurred this morning in Poolesville.
At 11:32am today, Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Services (MCFRS) was dispatched to a collision on Darnestown Road near Cattail Road in Poolesville. Responding crews encountered a tractor trailer and a passenger car involved in the incident with one person pronounced dead on the scene.
Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Services (MCFRS) responded to a house/log cabin fire in the 18500 block of Beallsville Road in Poolesville on Friday afternoon. (more…)
On the evening of Sunday, March 22, 1992, a customer at Sugarloaf Mountain Market, located at 23800 Old Hundred Road in Comus, found the owner, 57-year-old James Essel, deceased inside the store– having been stabbed multiple times. Twenty-eight years later, in February 2020, the man whose DNA linked him to the murder was killed by Virginia Beach Police.
According to the Montgomery County State’s Attorney’s Office, “A Montgomery County Grand Jury has indicted 23-year-old Byron Bautista Turcios, 23, of Beltsville, MD, on charges stemming from a fatal collision that killed 19-year-old Amelia Nicole Hobart of Poolesville. The collision occurred on November 29, 2024, on southbound I-270 north of Rockledge Drive. (more…)
Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Services (MCFRS) responded to a house fire in the 17600 block of Kohlhoss Road in Poolesville on Friday evening. (more…)
White’s Ferry owners Chuck and Stacy Kuhn have offered to donate the ferry business and assets, valued at $4.5 million, to Loudoun County, VA after Montgomery County recently declined a similar offer, as part of their ongoing effort to reopen the historic Potomac River crossing. On April 11, officials from Maryland, Montgomery County, and the Town of Poolesville offered a $3 million financial incentive to the ferry and Virginia landing site owners to help resolve the long standing dispute and reopen the ferry, which has been closed since 2020. (more…)
The Commissioners of the Town of Poolesville have proposed an increase in the real property tax rate for the taxable year beginning July 1, 2025. If approved, the tax rate […]