New listing! 54 Pergin Farm Rd, Oakland - GA8359692 - $199,900 - 1.49 acres - VIEWS
| Property Type: Single Family-Detached | ||
| 3 | 2 Full/1 Half | |
| 64,904 Sq. Ft. | 1,572 (approx) | 1992 |
| Yes- 2 spaces | 2 | |
| BROADFORD | SOUTHERN MIDDLE | SOUTHERN GARRETT HIGH |
| Bathrooms | |||
| 2 | 1 | ||
New Listing - 71 Lower Camp Rd McHenry-GA8357685-$599,900-ski-in-ski-out-chalet-asci
| Property Type: Vacation Rental | ||
| 5 | 4 Full | |
| 17,486 Sq. Ft. | 2,856 (approx) | 2007 |
| 3 | ||
| Bathrooms | |||
| 4 | |||
New Listing - 312 Oak Way, Swanton Maryland- GA8355225-$424,900-dock-slip-furnished
| Property Type: Single Family-Detached | ||
| 3 | 2 Full/1 Half | |
| 15,246 Sq. Ft. | 2,028 (approx) | 2004 |
| 2 | ||
| Bathrooms | |||
| 2 | 1 | ||
Time For Some Mud Wallerin'!
The Oakland-Mtn. Lake Park Lions Club will host the annual Redneck Dayz on Saturday, June 14, at Broadford Recreational Park. The gates will open at 8 a.m. and the Redneck Regatta, featuring boats made of anything that floats, will start at noon. A cornhole tournament will start at 1 p.m., and the popular Mud Pit Belly Flop, a scene from last year shown above, will happen at approximately 3 p.m. There will be live music throughout the day, starting at 11 a.m. and running until midnight, according to organizer Bubba Marucci. The Lions Club will have a variety of adult beverages for sale, as well as soft drinks and water. (The club asks that guests not bring their own coolers.) There will be a “bounce house” for children, airbrush tattoos, crafts, jewelry, and other vendors. For a complete schedule and details, persons may go to redneckdayz.webs.com. Photo courtesy of the website.
Race Up the Face - Worlds Hardest 400 meter race
Participants will race up the black diamond slope, Face, at Wisp Resort. The race is 400 meters with a 124 meter (407ft) ascent. Awards are given to the fastest male and female, fastest male and female over 50, and the oldest & youngest participants. All participants finishing the race, forever have bragging rights for completing the World’s Hardest 400 meter race and receive a 2014 Race up the Face bumper sticker.
Save time! Visit http://garretttrails.org/race-up-the-face.html for your registration form that you will need to sign in order to register or you can sign upon arrival on the day of the race.
If you raise additional monies over your registration fee amount, please bring that amount to the Race up the Face Event.
Deep Creek's Got Talent tomorrow at Honi Honi
The Honi-Honi Bar is proud to present our 7th Annual Deep Creek’s Got Talent! fundraiser event on Saturday, June 14th, 2014 at the Honi-Honi Bar. Last year, through the generosity and support of contestants, sponsors, and local businesses, we were able to raise over $22,000, for HART for Animals. Over the past six years, through the generosity and support of contestants, sponsors, businesses and the community, Deep Creek’s Got Talent! has raised more than $90,000 for local charities and organizations.
This year, we are very excited to announce our support to Cindy’s Fund. Cindy’s Fund is a local charity, established in memory of Cindy Kutchman, that raises money for cancer education and screening programs. Cancer will attack one in three women and one in two men in Garrett County. Cindy’s Fund has already been successful in helping to save lives in our community through its support of cancer screening programs in Garrett County. These programs have brought screening directly to more than 1000 uninsured persons and discovered more than 47 persons with cancer of the breast, cervix, colon, skin and ovary in the last 4 and a half years. Screening leads to early detection of cancer and early detection is the key to survival.
Cindy’s Fund is dedicated to helping end and alleviate the pain and heartache of cancer and extending survivorship by pursuing early screening and evaluation for Garrett County cancer victims through the Garrett County Health Department.
Cindy’s Fund also covers miscellaneous expenses not covered by insurance for those in need, such as gas cards, food vouchers, hotel stays, and medical/nutritional supplies.
Redneck Dayz tomorrow at Broadford Park
Saturday – June 14, 2014 – Broadford Lake Park, Oakland, MD 21550 8:00 am to midnight. Admission – $10.00 12 and under – $1.00
Much more here: http://redneckdayz.com/
Garrett County reimbursed $20K for tanker truck incident
From Staff ReportsCumberland Times-News
— OAKLAND — The Garrett County Commissioners received a $20,343 insurance settlement from the National Interstate Insurance company for costs incurred to the county as a result of the tanker truck accident on April 16.
A tanker full of 10,000 gallons of liquid propane overturned in the heart of the Oakland business district and traffic had to be detoured for Routes 219 and 135 to Sand Flat Road. The Garrett County Roads Department will receive $13,672.
The incident prompted transfer of 45 inmates of the Garrett County Detention Center to the Allegany County Detention Center where they remained incarcerated overnight prior to being returned to Garrett County. The inmates were evacuated to the Southern Garrett Rescue Squad building prior to being taken to the Allegany County jail in Cresaptown.
The Garrett County Sheriff’s Office will receive $6,671, of which $2,214 will go toward detention center overtime, $1,062 for 911 center overtime, $1,935 for Allegany County, $744for transporting the inmates, $423 for food for the inmates and for the command post and $290 for sheriff’s office overtime costs.
“There was also a lot of overtime involved for the various agencies involved and hundreds of people involved in the emergency response,” said Monty Pagenhardt, county administrator, in a previous interview.
Garrett County’s 911 calls were handled by Allegany County during the incident.
Garrett school transportation on board agenda
From Staff Reports
— OAKLAND — The Garrett County School Enrollment Committee will make a recommendation on the transportation study contracted by the board of education with School Bus Consultants at the June 10 school board meeting at 6:05 p.m. at the Central Office.
The 2013-14 Facility Study made a recommendation to consider moving students from the southern end of the county north.
The transportation study was completed following the facility study and Superintendent Janet Wilson appointed a committee to analyze the data and make recommendations to assist the school system in operating more efficiently.
After the board meeting, the committee’s presentation, along with the School Bus Consultants’ report, will be posted at www.garrettcountyschools.org. The board will accept public on the School Enrollment Committee report until noon on June 16. can be submitted to areaenrollmentproposal@garrettcountyschools.org or by mail to Area Enrollment Proposal Committee, Garrett County Public Schools, Attention: Jane Wildesen, 40 S. Second St., Oakland, MD 21550.
The board will meet again June 16 at 5 p.m.
Garrett commission candidates talk job creation, budget
Elaine Blaisdell
— OAKLAND — Garrett County Commission candidates Eric Robison, Larry Tichnell, incumbent Gregan Crawford and Andrew Harvey address the biggest issues facing the county.
Both Tichnell and Robison said that the budget is one of the biggest issues facing the county. Tichnell suggested looking at each department to try to trim the fat from the budget. Robison has concerns about capital reserves being used to balance the fiscal 2015 budget.
“This will leave a structural deficit of $1.2 million for the incoming elected commissioners and kick the can down the road,” said Robison, who participated in the administrative session in which the commissioners reviewed the budget. “We should be looking at reducing the budget and working within the revenues generated, just like most households and businesses. If you make X, you can only spend X or go into debt.
“We should run government like a business and in economic hard times make difficult decisions to assure the success of the business,” said Robison. “I am willing to run government like a business; we need to budget within our means and market our assets.”
Tichnell also noted property rights and whether there should be zoning or not.
“I’m against zoning in the county,” said Tichnell.
Robison said that many issues facing the county stem from a lack of economic development.
“We need to broaden the tax base and market Garrett County to businesses that will enhance the current business base,” said Robison. “Those new businesses need to attract millennials with growing families and the ability to grow and encourage development for local employment.”
The county faces many challenges with growth and development similar to that of other rural counties across the state and the country, according to Crawford.
“Local government has had to be very reactive to changes in policies implemented by the state and the new fiscal realities of a slow recovery in rural areas,” said Crawford. “Problem solving, whether in business or government, requires innovative thinking and collaboration on all levels.”
