The Garrett County Health Department (GCHD) will be offering flu shots again this fall to medically eligible middle and high school students.  An informational packet containing a consent form will be sent home with students the first week in September. Parents who...

The Garrett County Board of Education recently authorized adopting a pilot program, which will grant permission for students at the high school level to miss two days prior to Labor Day for work-related purposes. The pilot program will permit students to be absent two...

September is National Recovery Month. The Garrett County Health Department, the Stand Together Garrett County Against Drugs consortium, and the Garrett County Commissioners, asks the entire community to observe National Recovery Month and participate in Project...

The Garrett Institute for Lifelong Learning (GILL) group, operating under Garrett College Continuing Education and Workforce Development, recently announced the upcoming class schedule for the month of September.  GILL members seek to enrich their lives by...

The Garrett County Planning Commission is accepting public comment on the draft update to the sign chapter within the Deep Creek Watershed Zoning Ordinance. The comment period will extend to close of business on August 20, 2019. All comments are requested to be sent...

The second Sunday of August to the following Saturday is designated as Shop Maryland Tax-Free Week each year. That means qualifying apparel and footwear $100 or less, per item, are exempt from the state sales tax. The first $40 of a backpack or bookbag purchase is...

Each summer the Garrett County Health Department sees a spike in human Lyme disease infections. Most local Lyme disease cases are caused by a bacteria (Borrelia burgdorferi) which is spread to humans from the bite of an infected black-legged tick, also known as a deer...

The Garrett County Health Department reminds parents of the required vaccines for school students. A single dose of Tdap and Meningococcal vaccine is required for all students entering 7th through 12th Two doses of Varicella vaccine are required for students entering...

For most of us when we hear the words ski patrol we think of the men and women who come to the aid of injured skiers during the winter ski season. But in McHenry, Maryland, the corps of outdoor emergency care certified staff and volunteers, known as WSP, not only...

Maryland Public Television (MPT) stations WMPT 22 in Annapolis, WGPT 36 in Oakland, and WCPB 28 in Salisbury are moving broadcast frequencies on Fri., Aug. 2 at 12:01 a.m., and viewers who watch TV for free with an over-the-air antenna must rescan their TVs to...

A summer social picnic will be held on August 22nd, 5-7 p.m., at the Lewis Family Pavilion in Oakland for those interested in learning more about the Garrett Institute for Lifelong Learning (GILL). GILL is a member-driven organization whose mission is to enrich lives...

The Garrett County Chamber of Commerce, Autumn Glory Festival presenter, is proud to announce meteorologist Justin Berk as the Grand Marshal of Garrett County's 52nd annual Autumn Glory Festival Grand Feature Parade, sponsored by Garrett Regional Medical Center, a...

Two grant applications submitted by The Mountain Maryland Gateway to the West Heritage Area Maryland Heritage Area were awarded funding by the Maryland Heritage Areas Authority (MHAA), totaling $129,631. MHAA awarded 109 matching grants totaling nearly $5 million to...

On July 10th 31 Lions went on a bus trip to Lions Camp Merrick in Nanjemoy, MD. The camp hosts diabetic campers for 3-week long sessions. Also, the camp has added a deaf camper week and a blind camper week this year. From the Camp Merrick website, they state the...

DeepCreekTimes.com today announced the launch of the second annual Deep Creek Times People’s Choice Challenge, a “competition” designed to celebrate and recognize the Garrett County and Deep Creek Lake, MD area’s favorite experiences, services, products, and...

You may think they are not listening, but teens follow your lead on a lot of things. The Garrett County Health Department’s Just Like You! campaign reminds adults to make sure they show kids how to be responsible about prescription drugs by minimizing the use of...

Garrett County Government was recognized by Healthiest Maryland Businesses as a Silver-level recipient of the Wellness at Work awards. The Wellness at Work Awards are sponsored by Healthiest Maryland Businesses (HBA), the Maryland State initiative to support healthy...

The Health Education and Outreach staff of the Garrett County Health Department participated in a two-year research project on the implementation of Play Streets events in rural communities, with researchers from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and...

ABOUT THE MARYLAND TREK The Maryland Trek is a 7 day, 321 mile Hike and Bike combo starting in the Mountains of Western Maryland, crossing through the suburbs of Central Maryland and culminating on the beach of our Eastern Shore at the inlet of Ocean City This is a...

Kara Taylor didn’t expect to need the assistance of Garrett County Home Health program, but when a complication from gallbladder surgery left the 29-year-old with an abdominal drain for a week, the program was what allowed her to come home sooner. Garrett County Home...

 Wisp Resort has hired ski industry veteran Ron Hawkes as its new general manager replacing Jerry Geisler who is retiring after 45 years at the western Maryland resort.  Hawkes is intimately familiar with the Mid-Atlantic ski market having served as President and...

The first week of the Garrett College Mountain Maryland Music Institute is officially complete.  Students from the first week’s session publicly displayed their progress and skills in a culminating performance in the auditorium at the College’s McHenry campus. String...

During the past few weeks, “mad scientists” have visited community events across Garrett County, sharing their findings about the dangers of tobacco use. The skit has been performed in Accident and Oakland. The goal of the skit is to discourage youth (or anyone) from...

Oakland Girl Scout Troop #55004 had a blast gluing hundreds of bottle caps onto panels as part of the GOBA Green Team mosaic project. This colorful mosaic combined recycling, community involvement and art, by using bottle caps collected by area schools and businesses....

FIRST Robotics Competition (FRC) Team 1629, the Garrett Coalition (GaCo), will be providing parking to view the Fire on the Mountains Fireworks display on July 4 at two locations in the McHenry area. GaCo will provide parking across Rte. 219 from Smiley’s, adjacent to...

The Garrett County Chamber of Commerce is pleased to announce the 2019/2020 Board of Directors and Officers. The 2019/2020 Chamber Board of Directors includes Shirley Bailey of GCC Technologies; Merlin Beitzel of Beitzel Corporation; Tim Bender of Byco Corporation;...

Staff members from the Garrett County Health Department and underage buyers from both county high schools worked with officers from the Garrett County Sheriff’s Office to conduct tobacco compliance checks around the county from July 2018 to June 2019.  The purpose of...

The American Association of University Women (AAUW) organizes an annual conference called the National Conference for College Women Student Leaders (NCCWSL).  Every year for the past 34 years, at the University of Maryland-College Park, hundreds of college women join...

The following full-time students of Garrett College have been named to the Dean's List for the spring semester according to Dr. Qing Yuan, Dean of Academic Affairs. Academic requirements for this recognition are full-time degree- and certificate-seeking students who...

Addictions counseling, a relatively new program available at Garrett College, was developed to address the ever-growing opioid and substance abuse crisis, at both the regional and national level. Employment of substance abuse, behavioral disorder, and mental health...