New trustee is local business owner and 9th-generation county resident  Karen Myers, a ninth-generation Garrett Countian who serves as president of Mountaineer Log & Siding Company, is the newest member of the Garrett College Board of Trustees. “I have endeavored...

ROAD CLOSURE NOTICE FROM CSX TRANSPORTATION -SWANTON ROAD 8/9-8/13/21 Garrett County Government Public Works Department – Roads Division PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT ROADSAFE TRAFFIC SYSTEMS CSX TRANSPORTATION SWANTON ROAD CSX Transportation will be performing...

Statewide promotion challenges Marylanders to support local farms and producers by enjoying Maryland grown products during Buy Local Week Are you up for the ‘Challenge’ to buy local during Buy Local Week? The statewide Buy Local Challenge (BLC) encourages Marylanders...

By Diane Lee, Public Information Officer, Garrett County Health Department The Garrett County Health Department was notified today that the highly contagious COVID-19 Delta variant has been confirmed in Garrett County.  The Maryland Public Health Laboratory conducts...

Volunteers are needed for the annual Deep Creek Lake Art & Wine Festival scheduled for Friday and Saturday, September 10th and 11th, at the Garrett County Fairgrounds in McHenry. This year the committee added Friday night premium wine tasting to the weekend. This...

The Mountain Maryland Gateway to the West Heritage Area’s Mini Grant Program is now accepting applications. The mini-grant program is a one-to-one cash or in-kind matching grant for up to $3,000.00 designed to provide funding for non-capital projects including...

The “Skyhoundz” Classic World Canine Disc Championship Series, which is the largest disc-dog series in the world, is set for Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, July 23rd through 25th at the Lions Club Ball Park, adjacent to the HART Animal Center, on Bumble Bee Road, in...

The Town of Oakland, MD water department will be conducting routine flow testing and fire hydrant flushing at various locations throughout the system on July 22nd and 23rd.  Residents may have colored water during the testing and are advised to let the water run until...

Have questions about using your phone, laptop or tablet? Want to learn how to download books and more? The Ruth Enlow Library will be offering free one-on-one tech help (on the subject of your choice) for patrons the last Thursday of every month starting on July 29,...

By Diane Lee, Public Information Officer, Garrett County Health Department State and local public health continue to do contract tracing when they are notified of positive COVID-19 cases. Garrett County experienced a slight increase in COVID-19 cases over the last...

The Maryland Transportation Authority (MDTA) has resumed processing and posting E-ZPass® tolls and Video Tolls (Notices of Toll Due) that were delayed due to COVID-19 and Maryland's transition this spring/summer to its new tolling system. Between March and October...

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While donors across the country have rolled up a sleeve to give this summer, the need for blood remains crucial for patients relying on lifesaving transfusions. The American Red Cross continues to experience a severe blood shortage and donors of all blood types –...

PUBLIC MEETING AGENDA Tuesday, July 20, 2021 Meeting will also be Live Streamed at https://www.facebook.com/garrettcountygovernment/ Agenda Session Times are Approximate The Board of County Commissioners may close a portion of this public meeting and move into...

Maryland Heritage Areas Authority (MHAA), a state heritage organization, awarded 116 matching grants totaling $5.03 million to Maryland nonprofit organizations, local jurisdictions and tourism groups. The grants fund historic preservation, natural resource protection...

At a meeting of the Maryland Heritage Areas Authority (MHAA) on June 8th, 2021 the authority voted by unanimous vote to expand the Mountain Maryland Gateway to the West (MMGTW) Heritage Areas boundary to include the property of 1249 Bumble Bee Road.  This parcel,...

First Peoples Community FCU is bringing financial literacy education to over 4,013 students and residents in Maryland, Pennsylvania and West Virginia. Students at 39 schools and the surrounding community will now have free access to Banzai, an award-winning online...

The Garrett County Board of Education will hold its regular monthly meeting on Tuesday, July 13, 2021. The Board will meet in the Board Room at Central Office. The meeting is open to the public but will also be live-streamed for public review. Public comment for the...

Ever been out at night and wondered, "What's that sound?" Come join us at the Boxcar Stage, B&O Railroad Museum in Oakland on Monday, July 12, 2021 from 6:00pm – 7:00pm to learn about the night sounds of Garrett County. Kevin Dodge, Director of Natural Resources...

Summer Reading Club 2021 – “Tails and Tales” – began this year with a kick-off event hosted by the Ruth Enlow Library and presented by Reptile Wonders! With 500 people combined in attendance at the two shows in Oakland and Grantsville on Wednesday, June 30th, Reptile...

The Garrett County Sheriff Department will accept applications and conduct interviews for Correctional Officers, Sheriff Deputies and Public Safety Communication Officers with 911 at the Garrett County Courthouse at 313 E. Alder Street, Oakland, MD. Entry will be made...

Originally published frrom the Michelson Found Animals Foundation website via HART for Animals The 4th of July can mean fun, food, friends and fireworks for people but, for our pets, it can feel more like a scary alien invasion! In fact, July 5th is the busiest day of...

Tuesday, July 6, 2021 Meeting will also be Live Streamed at https://www.facebook.com/garrettcountygovernment/ Agenda Session Times are Approximate The Board of County Commissioners may close a portion of this public meeting and move into Executive Session to comply...

The next meeting of the Garrett County Republican Women's Club will be its annual picnic on Wednesday, July 14th, at the Accident Town Park West Pavilion on Wood Street.  Social time will begin at 5:30 p.m., followed by dinner and the program at 6:00 p.m.  Elected...

During the 2020-2021 school year, each public school in Garrett County again participated in the Garrett County Health Department’s Play Hard, Live Clean (PHLC) campaign, a healthy lifestyle campaign designed to encourages youth to make good choices by recognizing and...

Summer 2021 POA Dispatch is here.

The Maryland State Department of Education (MSDE) has announced updated Income Eligibility Guidelines (IEGs) for free and reduced-price school meals. The guidelines are set by the federal government and adopted by MSDE. The IEGs are used to determine eligibility for...

By Diane Lee, Public Information Officer, Garrett County Health Department The Garrett County Health Department has issued its second overdose alert for the month of June after learning about a cluster of opiate related overdoses that happened over the weekend....

By Diane Lee, Public Information Officer, Garrett County Health Department Garrett County’s 7-day case rate per 100,000 has held steady at 0 for the last six days, making the county’s positivity rate less than one-half of one percent, at 0.46%. “People are tempted to...

Planning continues for Garrett County’s sesquicentennial celebrations. Led by Garrett County Government, this sesquicentennial, or 150th anniversary, will commemorate the formation of Garrett County from Allegany County on December 4, 1872. The sesquicentennial...