The weather this weekend will be partly sunny, with a high near 76 and a low around 60. Isolated showers and potential for scattered thunderstorms after noon On Saturday, showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly after 1pm. A high near 76 and a low around 59. The weather will be similar on Sunday: showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly after 1pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 69 and a low around 56.
Settle in for a long one today 😎
The Chamber put on a great membership dinner last evening. Congratulations to Patty Manown Mash, the newly elected chairperson and to 2018 Heise award winners Tom and Sara Kuhn. Here’s a photo from my table that shows the great turnout.
There’s a free Celtic Harp Concert with Lynne Dale and Avalon Folmsbee at the Oakland branch of the Ruth Enlow Library this afternoon from 3:30pm – 4:30pm.
MoonShadow has some good shows this weekend including Future Funk w/ DJ Nuce Friday evening, Kid Pro Quo Saturday evening and Jim Neville on Sunday.
This sounds interesting: The Discovery Center is conducting an “Edible Plants Stroll” led by Jerry Knutson right on their grounds Saturday morning starting at 10:00am.
The Habitat Home Store Community Fair will be held on Saturday, from 11:00am – 3:00pm. The Mountaintop Cruisers Car Club along with antique tractors will be set up in the parking lot. Music will be provided and there will be food for purchase. Proceeds go to local non-profits.
Unlike people, some animals are actually born with a bad reputation! The free “First Impressions” workshop at the Discovery Center on Saturday starting at 11:00am will show that even “creepy crawlies” have an important role is nature.
Lots of events in town this weekend, from farmers markets to music to fishing to… Check out our Events Page for the latest.
Railey Realty has announced that Railey Mountain Lake Vacations and Deep Creek Lodging have all partnered to create Railey Vacations. Thirty-six years ago, a novel idea was born: supplementing the income of second homeowners by opening up personal vacation homes to renting guests. The Railey family was the first to introduce this cutting-edge concept to Deep Creek Lake and it soon grew to be a stunningly successful concept that has exploded across the country and even the world.
OK, it’s the weekend so I know you are hanging around wondering which are the safest states in America and where Maryland ranks? Well, here you go!
So, now that you have “digested” the study on safest states, here’s an interesting piece on spicy candy and its popularity to “digest.”
Check out the special from Double Oak Farms! A new advertiser with Deep Creek Times, Double Oak Farms is located in Swanton, Maryland offering Angus cattle that are raised naturally on grass and finished with grain without added hormones, growth promotents & antibiotic residues. Open Monday-Friday 5:30-8PM, Saturday 9AM-7PM, and Sunday 1-7PM the current special is 10% OFF GROUND BEEF and 10% OFF PATTIES! Tell em Deep Creek Times sent ya!
A community yard sale will be held at the Swanton Community Center tomorrow starting at 9am! Anyone can set up and sell what you have for no charge. The Center will be open for bathroom facilities and there will be a community chicken BBQ at 12 noon
Garrett College (I am the Director of Enrollment Management) is now holding New Student Advising Days for Fall enrollment. There’s still room and scholarship money available for this great value in education. As the photo below shows, even the local duck population is trying to get in! Call 301.387.3044 for our Admissions team.
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