Friday October 22, Saturday October 23, Sunday October 24

The weather today will be a chance of showers, mainly after 3pm. Patchy fog before noon. Otherwise, cloudy, with a high near 50 and a low around 42. West wind around 7 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%. Saturday will be a chance of showers, mainly before 9am. Patchy fog before 11am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with a high near 51 and a low around 40. Light west wind increasing to 6 to 11 mph in the morning. Sunday is a slight chance of showers after 9am. Partly sunny, with a high near 60 and a low around 48. Southwest wind 3 to 7 mph.

I know that don’t have the right words for this but I wanted to regretfully share that a community icon and friend, Mr. Skip Carr, passed away this week. The “playful antics” of his Skip Around Town column endeared him to many and his kind and genuine soul will be missed.

The federal ARC launched its new strategic plan with five tenets listed below. Read more here.
GOAL #1 – Building Appalachian Businesses
GOAL #2 – Building Appalachia’s Workforce Ecosystem
GOAL #3 – Building Appalachia’s Infrastructure
GOAL #4 – Building Regional Culture and Tourism
GOAL #5 – Building Community Leaders and Capacity

Legislators from Allegany, Garrett and Washington counties submitted a letter to West Virginia legislative leaders to explore the possibility of jumping the border to West Virginia. Local reporter Amanda Mangan delves deeper as part of her segment of Tri-State Today.

Schedule your fall golf outing at Wisp Resort! The weather is good and the links are in great shape!

The Garrett County Chamber of Commerce announced its new logo! Deep Creek Times, as well as my other company Curb Appeal Marketing, are chamber members and I’m glad to see a renewed focus on all of the Garrett County businesses!

The annual Garrett Regional Medical Center gala has been cancelled for 2021.

Neighboring West Virginia was featured on Good Morning America this morning.

Halloween events are starting as soon as this weekend!

A Used Gear Sale is today from 9:00 am – 3:00 pm at Garrett College.

Erin Incoherent is tonight at 7:00 pm and Kenny Zara is tomorrow at 6:00pm at MoonShadow

Northern High Football is a Pink Game at Home vs. Allegany at 7:00pm.

Note: the final Sunday flea market in Oakland has been cancelled. See you next summer!

There’s an aviary tour tomorrow at 10:00 am and Shellfies tomorrow at 2:00 pm and a Bird Walk on Sunday at 9:00 am and a Reptile Encounter Sunday at 2:00 pm.

Ronnie Burroughs is in the ALR Lakers Lounge tomorrow from 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm.

Tomorrow is Music at Penn Alps: Jonathan Carney, Violin and Ryo Yanagitani, Piano at 7:00 pm.

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