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Garrett Bass Slayers compete at Junior National Championship
DAYTON, Tenn. — The Garrett Bass Slayers’ Junior Teams just returned from the 2024 Bassmaster Junior National Championship, which was held on Chickamauga Lake in Dayton, Tenn., on July 26-27 They competed against 131 teams from across the country in extreme heat. All of Garrett’s teams caught fish and got to walk across the Bassmaster National Championship Stage.
First United sponsors 36th annual Charity Golf Tournament
OAKLAND — First United Bank & Trust sponsored the 36th Annual Charity Golf Tournament held at the Oakland Golf Club on Friday, July 12, while celebrating the 26th year of organizing this event. This tournament has become a tradition and has raised over $700,000 for local charities. Participants enjoyed...
Secondhand Citizen open in Friendsville
FRINEDSVILLE — Located at the Market on 42, Secondhand Citizen Vintage & Curated Goods is open and ready to style Garrett County. Owner Shelly Deckman has spent years training her eyes to catch unique vintage jewelry, clothing, accessories and more to curate an inventory full of any era or style of fashion one could hope to stumble upon once in a blue moon.
Rustic Mechanicals bring 'The Tempest' to OTT
OAKLAND — “Swim ashore with us!” The Rustic Mechanicals announced that they will be bringing William Shakespeare’s “The Tempest” to Our Town Theatre in Oakland at 8 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 9. This will be the Mechanicals’ second time in Garrett County — the...
GRMC Foundation Summer Soiree raises $40,000 for Behavioral Health
OAKLAND — The Garrett Regional Medical Center (GRMC) Foundation Summer Soiree held at Chanteclaire Farm raised a total of $40,000 to benefit the Foundation’s behavioral health campaign. In 2023, the GRMC Foundation launched a campaign dedicated to improving behavioral health services in the Garrett County community and surrounding...
Penn Alps awards five scholarships
GRANTSVILLE — The Music at Penn Alps Scholarship program has awarded five new scholarships for the Spring 2024 semester: Lyric Arnold, Ariel Lowery, Katianna Price and Isabeal Torres from Allegany County and Elliot Baker from Garrett County. The program provides private instrumental or vocal music lessons for local, school-age...
Pro basketball player McBee organizes local 3-on-3 tournament
MOUNTAIN LAKE PARK — The third-annual 3-on-3 Basketball Tournament was recently held at Woodell Park in Mountain Lake Park and was its largest edition so far, featuring nearly 40 players and around 100 spectators. Headlining and organizing this year’s tournament was local resident and Southern Garrett alum Wyatt McBee,...
Western Maryland community colleges receive Edwards Fund Grant for cyber ranges.
Allegany College of Maryland, Garrett College and Hagerstown Community College have received a $617,400 grant from the Senator George C. Edwards Fund toward a $686,000 project to implement two cyber ranges through the Cyber Workforce Accelerator program to assist cybersecurity students to prepare for careers, using real-world, cutting-edge simulation. Created...
Farmers can apply now for drought assistance. Here's how to find the help
This summer has been extremely dry and hot, with little to no end in sight for the counties of Alleghany, Garrett, Washington and Frederick. Farmers are extremely worried about the D3 (extreme) drought conditions as indicated on the U.S. Drought Monitor (USDM). A drought intensity level of D3 on the USDM means conditions are drier than 98% of past conditions resulting in devastating crop losses, pasture losses and water restrictions. ...
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