Garrett County News

Garrett Lakes Arts Festival is sponsoring six nights of Chautauqua entertainment under the big tent on the lawn of Garrett College, Bumblebee Road, today through Wednesday.

A Garrett County homebuilder and its backers must refund $154,599 in new-house deposits collected from consumers as well as pay penalties of $23,000, according to the consumer protection division of the state attorney general's office.

Volunteers responded to two fires in the Grantsville area Sunday, according to the Garrett County Office of Public Safety and Emergency Management.

Two separate fires that occurred Sunday to residences on Chestnut Ridge Road and Foster's Inn Road were both accidental, according to the Maryland State Fire Marshal's Office.

OAKLAND, Md. - On four hours of sleep after a late-night emergency C-section, after resuscitating the newborn who wasn't breathing, after a long day of house calls at the nursing home, Dr.

Sisters compete in state pageants HAGERSTOWN - Two local sisters are competing in the Miss Maryland Pageant this week in Hagerstown.

Nearly 100 stakeholders, including property owners, business professionals, elected officials and others gathered on Tuesday to learn how best to take advantage of the natural gas deposit known as the Marcellus Shale.

With only four requests for Program Open Space funding in Garrett County this year, the totals are still more than triple the amount of funding available.

A 17-year-old girl was injured and taken to Memorial Hospital on Monday after she allegedly failed to yield right of way to a delivery truck on Warrior Drive.

Entering the next fiscal year with a considerably smaller budget, the Garrett County commissioners are expected to approve and adopt new property tax rates and a new budget at today's public meeting.

With a budget $20-some million less than last year's, the Garrett County commissioners are prepared to begin the next fiscal year.

A Garrett County man will spend more than two years in prison for taking a bribe from an inmate while working at a federal prison in West Virginia.

City police were searching for a man involved with an armed robbery at Hank's Pharmacy on Monday afternoon.

Pinpointing the local conditions that contribute to youth use of marijuana in Garrett County was one of the keys to finding solutions and ways to treat the problem for the Drug and Alcohol Abuse Council.

Many local citizens spoke up at a Maryland Public Service Commission meeting about feeling unprotected by state and local government when it comes to a proposed wind turbine project on Backbone Mountain.

The Garrett County Board of Education has approved a new policy on bullying prevention, but there are public concerns with who would be dealing with the conflicts.

The body of a Swanton man was recovered from Deep Creek Lake in Garrett County 12 hours after his pontoon boat washed ashore, according to Maryland Natural Resources Police.

The proposed Community Athletic Recreation Center in Garrett County could have additional funding from the state, despite the fact that the project was placed on hold.

The Garrett Bureau of Investigation is asking the public for information on two burglaries.

As if near-record rains in May were not enough, Maryland received a fresh June soaking overnight that threatened to continue today.