Deep Creek Lake MD News and Local Resources: Daily Notes

The weather today will be scattered showers and thunderstorms. Patchy fog before 11am. Otherwise, cloudy, with a high near 75 and a low around 58. Calm wind becoming north 5 to 7 mph in the morning. Chance of precipitation is 50%. Saturday will be a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 2pm. Patchy dense fog before 8am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming sunny, with a high near 78 and a low around 59. Light and variable wind. Chance of precipitation is 30%. Sunday will be a chance of showers, with thunderstorms also possible after 2pm. Mostly sunny, with a high near 79 and a low around 62. Calm wind becoming west around 6 mph in the morning. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

The Maryland State Department of Education’s Division of Early Childhood is hosting three virtual town hall meetings to discuss the needs of the child care community and seek input on the $193 million historic investment provided by the American Rescue Plan Act’s (ARPA) Child Care Development Fund (CCDF) Discretionary funds.

The MD DNR Fishing Report is released for this week. There are tips and tricks and advice for freshwater and saltwater fishing.

​The first five readers to share a screenshot of their Alpine Lake Music Fest ticket purchase will get $10 in food tickets from Deep Creek Times! The festival is tomorrow and will be a fun day of music, food, and vendors! Leashed dogs are also welcome! ????????

West Virginia’s premiere 90’s cover band Motorcycle Drive-By will be taking you on a nostalgic roller-coaster as they celebrate all things 90s including all your favorite rock, pop, hip hop, r&b and alt-rock hits. Bring your flannel and rock out at Backbone Tavern from 9pm-midnight tomorrow August 21.

The End-of-the-Line Bookstore is open today from 11am-3pm in the boxcar at the Oakland Train Station. No book is more than $1 and proceeds benefit Girl Scout Troop 55004, AAUW-Garrett Branch Scholarship Fund and GEMS Girls Empowerment Middle School Project.

The Garrett County Health Department reports 2,136 Confirmed Positive Test Results (Garrett County Residents) as of 8/18.

There are COVID-19 vaccines available in Grantsville today. Here are answers to the frequently asked questions on the 3rd dose.

The weekend is full of events! Check out the full calendar but note, at 2pm today, its Aquatic Adventures at the state park! Also at 6pm today, it’s Campground Critters. At 7pm tonight, live music weekend continues with the Little Yough Summer Music Festival: Crandall Creek.

Tomorrow, the Mountain Fresh Farmers Summer Market is from 10am-1pm.

And, something new to GC is happening this weekend: a Lacrosse Introduction Clinic is in Grantsville on Sunday.

The weather today will be a slight chance of showers between 11am and 2pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 2pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 75 and a low around 63. West wind around 7 mph. Patchy fog overnight.

The scheduled herbicide treatment at Deep Creek Lake will be performed today, August 19. For full details regarding these efforts, please visit the Maryland Department of Natural Resources website. During the treatment process, boaters and other waterway users are asked to stay clear of the treatment boat so that the proper dosage of herbicide can be administered. Once applied, there are no recreational restrictions associated with the herbicide. Additionally, dive teams will be on the lake periodically throughout the summer, with divers in the water monitoring the hydrilla emergence and response to the herbicide. If you see red and white dive flags, please stay at least 100 feet away as divers are in the water.

A map showing the treatment locations as red polygons can be seen below.

Deep Creek Lake, MD is named the #8 location (of 25) to buy a vacation home.

Thank you to Dot Sisler for sharing a photo of the Sang Run bridge / road work (the bridge is removed).

As a reminder, the Garrett County roads crew is replacing the bridge and the road and bridge closure will continue for approximately six weeks until bridge project completion. The planned closure is located approximately 1 mile from Bishoff Road intersection. Any questions can be directed to the Accident County Roads Garage at 301-746-8156.

Garrett College will be reinstituting a universal indoor face mask requirement at all Garrett College locations effective Monday, August 23rd.

Only 1 more day to get your Alpine Lake Music Fest tickets in advance! Ronnie Burroughs, Paul Burger, The Hillbilly Gypsies, Travis Minnick, Train Wreck, and Cody Clayton Eagle and vendors and food! It will be a great day!

The General Deep Creek Lake Property Owners Membership Meeting scheduled for August 28, 2021 has been canceled due to technical difficulties. It has been Re-scheduled for September 18, 2021 at 8:30 AM and will be held at Garrett Cinemas. There also will be a virtual option.

There is Fishing with the Naturalists at 10am today.

Plan to attend the Summer Speaker Series: James D. Porterfield at the Oakland B&O Train Station at 7pm tonight.

The weather today will be showers and possibly a thunderstorm before 2pm, then showers and thunderstorms after 2pm. Some of the storms could produce heavy rain. Patchy fog before 11am. High near 74 and a low around 64. Southeast wind around 11 mph becoming southwest in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 22 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New rainfall amounts between a half and three quarters of an inch possible during the day and amounts from a tenth and quarter of an inch overnight, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Taylor Made Deep Creek Vacations & Sales team shares they are the area’s “most innovative real estate and property management company”. Check out their selection of Featured Real Estate listings for August.

Unfortunately, SavageMan 2021 has been cancelled. Race organizers said that with 3 of the last 4 years being canceled (due to a hurricane, Covid, and, now, construction) it makes a sustainable event extremely difficult and they will be focusing their production resources on other events in 2022. This is a photo from the Westernport wall (a 25% grade and 31% pitch up an uneven, poorly-paved road):

Cody Clayton Eagle has just been added as a special guest for the Alpine Lake music fest this weekend! Cody was the recipient of a golden ticket by the judges of ABC’s American Idol.

Save the date and buy your tickets now for the annual Habitat for Humanity fundraiser. It will be a fun night of fun starting with a buffet dinner, delicious desserts, and an auction for services, entertainment, home furnishings, and hand-made items by local artisans.

It is with a very heavy heart, the volunteers of Deep Creek Lake and Sang Run State Parks are sharing that long-time volunteer, Fred Schaich, has passed away.

Today is the Mountain Fresh Farmers Market: 2021 Summer Markets

In need of a job? It’s the Back to Business Virtual Job Fair.

Tonight is August’s Cars and Ice Cream.

At 6:30pm, live music continues with Stage Wisp’s presentation of The Plate Scrapers.

The weather today will be a chance of showers, with thunderstorms also possible after 2pm. Patchy fog before 11am. Otherwise, cloudy, with a high near 75 and a low around 63. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Hazardous Weather Outlook for the Allegheny Front counties in western Maryland, eastern West Virginia, and Highland County Virginia. Today and Tonight Scattered instances of flooding are possible today as tropical moisture from the remnants of Fred approaches the region.

“Stop visiting, start staying!’ as the Railey Realty team says: here’s a listing of their Lakefront homes, Lake Access Homes, Wisp Resort Area Properties, Ski-In/Ski-Out Properties, and Southern & Northern Garrett County, Maryland properties.

There’s nothing quite like a Deep Creek Lake sunrise — this one is from Bev Myers:

Alpine Lake Resort has 20% Off Rentals from the Lake House: fishing poles, canoes, kayaks, pedal boats, and mountain bikes are available.

COVID-19 vaccines are available in Oakland today.

Plan to attend the 5:30pm Group Bike Ride leaving from the town parking lot in Oakland.

The pool at Dans Mountain State Park will be closed Aug. 23-27 and Aug. 30 – Sept. 3 due to a shortage of lifeguards as staff return to school. All scheduled pool parties will be honored. The pool will open Labor Day weekend Sept. 4-6 from 11 a.m. – 6 p.m. each day, then close for the season.

The weather today will be showers and possibly a thunderstorm. Some of the storms could produce heavy rainfall. High near 73 and a low around 62. Southeast wind 3 to 6 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New rainfall amounts between three quarters and one inch possible during the day and new rainfall amounts between three quarters and one inch possible overnight.

Today’s scheduled herbicide treatment at Deep Creek Lake has been POSTPONED due to weather. The updated treatment date is pending and we will share as we know more. A map showing the treatment locations as red polygons can be seen below.

Congratulations to Ali Mohadjer for winning 2 tickets to the 9th Annual Alpine Lake Music Fest this Saturday! Music Fest tickets are $20 in advance and $25 at the door! (note: tickets purchased in advance will be entered to win a free night’s stay and 2 rounds of golf at Alpine Lake Resort!)

Ali won the two tickets in our most recent DCT newsletter contest! Do you subscribe to our weekly email newsletter?

Hospice of Garrett County is offering the Grief Share classes at its office at 203 South 2nd Street, Oakland MD. The first gathering will be August 31, 2021 at 5:30 and there will be food, fellowship and support. Please pre-register so they can save you a seat.

Save the Date for Broadway in the Barn hosted by the Deep Creek Watershed Foundation on September 21, 2021.

Today at @ 2:00 pm and @ 6:00 pm, is the Tom Crowl! Comedy Ventriloquist Show!

The weather today will be a chance of showers, with thunderstorms also possible after 11am. Some storms could be severe, with damaging winds. Partly sunny, with a high near 85 and a low around 65. West wind 6 to 8 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%. On Saturday, showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm before 2pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 2pm. Patchy fog before 11am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with a high near 75 and a low around 58. Sunday will be a chance of showers, with thunderstorms also possible after 5pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 75 and a low around 59. East wind around 6 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%.

Isolated severe storms along with isolated instances of flash flooding are possible during the afternoon and evening hours today.

Garrett County Public Schools shared its summer programming recap. A few of the goals of the programming were to 1. To remediate identified priority standards from grade-level content 2. To accelerate and scaffold upcoming content by ensuring mastery of pre-requisite skills focused on priority standards 3. Provide social-emotional support to students.

Garrett County Public Schools has also shared the DRAFT plan for a safe return to in-person instruction.

The Garrett County Health Department would like your opinion on its customer service and work. The short survey is here.

Are you keeping up with the Maryland Trek? The journey starts each year at Deep Creek and benefits Just in Power Kids!

This Sunday, August 15, is the Deep Creek Lions Poker Cruise. Feeling lucky? Register at Dutch’s between noon and 1:00 PM, and stopping at lake area establishments, you’ll collect cards at each spot. Returning to Silver Tree, you’ll get a final card. In the end, we’ll play the cards, and the best poker hands win prizes! $50 per boat gets you your entry fee and a goody bag. Passengers can contribute an additional $20 to play their own hand.

The Garrett County Department of Business Development is hiring an Agriculture Business Specialist.

Thanks to Clark Day for taking and sharing this photo:

Friendsville Days is this weekend! The festival will kick off tonight with a community dinner followed by live music from 6pm- 9pm by a local favorite, Buffalo Run. On Saturday, August 14th at noon, the parade through the town of Friendsville, led by our grand Marshall Friendsville’s very own Ina Hicks. After the parade on Saturday, the activities at the park will commence at 1pm.

Celebrate the Garrett County Historical Society’s 80th Anniversary with a good old-fashioned Ice Cream Social outside the museum at Dailey Park on 2nd St. There will be homemade cupcakes, Devler’s ice cream, and more.

The weekend is full of state park events, too!

Get ready for Monday: Tom Crowl! Comedy Ventriloquist Show.

Save the Date! Maryland DNR Secretary Jeannie Haddaway-Riccio will present a State of the Lake Address regarding Deep Creek Lake in person on August 24.

The weather today will be mostly sunny, with a high near 87 and a low around 66. A slight chance of showers, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 11am. West wind 6 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 18 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

The Mountain Maryland Gateway to the West Heritage Area is looking for your historical photos! Enter your Grandma’s pictures in their contest and you can win!

Eric Hallenbeck and Elizabeth Show – who both came to Garrett College 17 years ago – were recently appointed co-interim athletic directors for the 2021-22 academic year at Garrett College.

The Oakland Volunteer Fire Department shared word that their annual Autumn Glory Fireman’s Parade and Oktoberfest (also known as OOMPAH) are scheduled for this October 14.

D&H Paving shared a recent stamped driveway job. Wow!

According to the Garrett County Livestock Association, there was a record-setting livestock sale on Saturday night. There were 319 animals sold for a total of $587,837!

The stream of the Garrett County Board of Education meeting held on August 10, 2021 is found here: https://youtu.be/Mc0P4QiJChk

At 9am today there is Gentle Stretch Yoga in the Lavender Fields.

Glade Mennonite Church is holding its Clothing Giveaway today.

At 7:00pm is the Old-Time Jam and at 8:30pm, it’s the Little Yough Family Flicks movie — The Croods A New Age in Oakland.

At 9:00pm tonight, it’s Perseid Meteor Shower Viewing Party at Sang Run State Park.

It’s Friendsville Days this weekend!

The weather today will be scattered showers and thunderstorms. Increasing clouds, with a high near 81 and a low of 68. Southwest wind 8 to 11 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%. Note; there is a hazardous weather warning for isolated severe thunderstorms capable of producing damaging winds, large hail, and isolated instances of flash flooding are possible this afternoon and evening.

The Perseid meteor shower will peak from midnight on August 11 to dawn on August 13 but actually runs from July 23 to August 22, according to The Old Farmer’s Almanac. This is one of the biggest showers of the year.

Learn more about Garrett County skies for the remainder of August.

The world’s only mountaintop recirculating whitewater course at Wisp Resort is open! Call 800.462.9477 to make your guided rafting trip.

It’s National Farmers Market Week!

Delegate Wendell Beitzel will not seek reelection in 2022; here is the Delegate’s statement.

There is a Clothing Giveaway tomorrow, Thursday, August 12 from 10:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. Free clothing for the whole family, as well as shoes, accessories, and miscellaneous household items. Everyone welcome! Located at 5011 Accident Bittinger Road, Accident, MD 21520. Call 301-245-4285 for more information.

Note: Savage River Road is re-opened to traffic after a washout of the roadway earlier this summer.

Join the SBA on August 26th for an online panel discussion with rural-owned small businesses as they share their small business stories and how they utilized SBA and USDA economic aid to pivot during the pandemic.

An interesting — and free — event tomorrow is Hula Hoop High Intensity Interval Training at nearby Rocky Gap State Park.

There are lots of events going on today — check out the full events schedule but here are a few items to note:

Cocktails & Convos at 5:00pm, Friends of the Library Meeting (virtual only) at 5:30pm, The Gathering at 5:30pm, and Stage Wisp: 80’s Enough at 6:30pm.

The weather today will be a slight chance of showers, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 8am. Mostly sunny, with a high near 82 and a low around 67. Southwest wind 6 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 18 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%.

UScellular has deployed an initial 5G network for faster data speeds and a more responsive mobile experience for their customers in West Virginia.

It’s Shop Maryland Tax-Free Week! Clothing and footwear $100 or less will be exempt from the state’s six percent sales tax. Additionally, the first $40 of any backpack purchase will also be tax-free.

The Comptroller’s Office is offering a $1,000 scholarship and a $500 scholarship as contest prizes. To enter, students must email a creative photo or video (less than 60 seconds) promoting tax-free week, showcasing their purchases and their support of Maryland retailers to SHOPMDTAXFREE@marylandtaxes.gov. Entries also should be posted on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram or TikTok using the hashtag #shopmdtaxfree. For best consideration, submissions should display and tag the name of the retailer and explain why it’s their favorite place to shop tax free.

Double Oak Farms has sweet corn — self-serve daylight to dark.

Have you shopped gean & olive? g&o is a unique boutique by Craeve and Co. focused on celebrating products curated and created by women entrepreneurs in downtown Oakland.

No local word on mask mandates but the city of Baltimore is implementing masks in all indoor spaces regardless of vaccination status as of 9am today. Also, the CDC recommends masking indoors in areas that it has deemed to have a high or substantial community transmission of COVID-19. Most counties in Maryland currently meet that “high” or “substantial” criteria — including Garrett County.

Shooters Bar & Grill in DCL is temporarily closed due to staffing shortages.

Reminder — this week the railroad crossing on Swanton Road is closed for maintenance and repair to the crossing.

Garrett County Health Department Clinic in Oakland is offering COVID-19 vaccines. Appointments may be scheduled at the link or call 301-334-7698 for assistance. Available Vaccines: Pfizer (12 and older), Moderna (18 and older), J and J (18 and older).

From 3:30pm – 6:30pm today is GoVax at the Southern Garrett High School – Gym.

The weather today will be isolated showers and thunderstorms after 3pm. Mostly sunny, with a high near 83 and a low around 64. Light south wind. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

A big shoutout to Walt, Karen, Bob, Kevin, Don, Jill, Michele, Emily, Misty, Haley, and Barb (and plus the 3 others that I didn’t catch their name) for their work at the famous Rotary Fry Booth over the weekend! These volunteers had the process down to a science and made my Saturday shift just fly by! Through this, we were also able to obtain a donation for the County United Way! Thank you!

Walt said Rotary went through about SIX TONS of potatoes! And I thought I had an exhausting but awesome fair week!

I know this doesn’t impact us here in Garrett County but I know several readers who live near these roads: Maryland Transportation Authority (MDTA) is reminding the public that one week remains in the comment period for the proposed High Occupancy Toll (HOT) lane toll rate ranges for Phase 1 South: American Legion Bridge I-270 to I-370.

Deep Creek Lake is in the height of the summer vacation season and anglers are enjoying a wide variety of fishing opportunities. Read more about freshwater fishing from the MD DNR fishing report.

Maryland State Department of Education (MSDE) has announced the availability of $19.5 million in grant funding for after school programs as part of its American Rescue Plan (ARP) Act Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ESSER) funds. The RFPs, a walkthrough of the application, and more information about the ARP ESSER fund can be found at the ARP ESSER fund webpage.

What We’re Reading Book Group: Bring a chair and whatever you happen to be reading to this weekly outdoor book group at the Kitzmiller Library from 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM.

Have you been to the Historic Friends Store? Open daily from 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. (Memorial Day Weekend to Labor Day Weekend) you can step back in time. A homestead, formerly known as Friends Delight, dates back to the early 1800’s and is now known as Sang Run State Park. Hike, fish, picnic or sit and relax along the Wild and Scenic Youghiogheny River.