The store is a locally owned and operated discount store offering a wide variety of grocery items, including meats and dairy.

The store carries all kinds of supplies for sports cards, such as hobby boxes, as well as autographed memorabilia and Pokemon and Garbage Pail Kids.

David Levesque, Employment Specialist & Workshop Facilitator with the MD Dept. of Labor, will be at the Oakland Armory on February 14, 2020, for in-person job assistance.

Garrett County Department of Economic Development welcomes Joshua Hook as the new Business Development Specialist.

Garrett College's annual Business Plan Writing Series and Competition begins February 18, 2020. The grant prize winner will receive $1,000.

Advanced Heating and Cooling, celebrating 20 years in business in Morgantown, WV, has expanded to the Deep Creek Lake area.

Goehringer’s Catering has been named a “2020 Best of Weddings” winner in the catering category by The Knot, a national wedding brand.

“Our biggest hope is that Garrett County residents see this taproom the way the residents in our hometown see our brewery,” Rote said. “It’s a place that belongs to everyone."

ARC is supporting 21 projects in Maryland (Garrett, Allegany, and Washington counties) totaling nearly $2.6 million in fiscal year 2019.

Recipients can use REAP funding to install renewable energy systems such as biomass, geothermal, hydropower and solar.

Garrett County’s current broadband coverage is estimated at 75%, Commissioner Paul Edwards noted during a county government update report last week.

Tickets for the 44th-annual Mountain Maryland PACE Reception & Breakfast, presented by the Cumberland/Allegany County Industrial Foundation & the Garrett County Development Corp., are still available.

The platform allows students to learn about hundreds of careers by viewing videos of people in those jobs, finding out what education/training is needed, future career trends, etc.

The commissioners’ entire county update PowerPoint presentation is available for viewing online at garrettcounty.org/resources/commissioners/pdf/state-of-the-county/2020-01-06-County-Update.pdf.

Oakland resident Mary Sincell McEwen started the new part-time job Monday. “I’m excited about shining more of a spotlight on our arts communities,” she said.