One Vote Changes Oakland Council
With barely time for the winners to run a victory lap, a letter from the Mayor and Town Council of Oakland City Hall was circulated to each
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Engage Mountain Maryland
- Nov 7, 2018
- 4 min
Garrett Elections See Red
Several local seats were challenged by formidable opponents who launched high-profile campaigns to unseat incumbents from Commissioner to De
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Engage Mountain Maryland
- Oct 30, 2018
- 5 min
Write-In Candidate Stirs Midterms
"Good people stay away or feel they can't make a difference,” says Gatto when talking about running for office. “Many have given up
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Engage Mountain Maryland
- Oct 26, 2018
- 4 min
Campaign High Stakes & Low Blows
Two candidates are feeling pushback over their bids for office including Democrat, Judy Carbone who has run a high-profile campaign since th
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Kevin Faley
- Oct 24, 2018
- 2 min
Campaign Funding Quick Fix
A very modest step to clean up campaign money sources... Under our constitution, members of the House represent voters in their congressional districts while senators represent the voters in their states. However, as campaigns become more expensive, it seems members of Congress grow more interested in the needs of their donors, rather than the concerns of their voters. According to the Center For Responsive Politics, in 2016 the average congressional candidate raised $495,468
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Engage Mountain Maryland
- Jul 26, 2018
- 5 min
Voting For Garrett County's Future.
Garrett County's previous Comprehensive Plan included hydraulic fracturing as part of their economic development strategy. With a ban in
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Engage Mountain Maryland
- Jun 2, 2018
- 2 min
Candidate Forum Leads to June 26 Primary
Judy Carbone is running a landmark campaign. If elected in November, she would be the first woman and first Democrat elected to the Board of
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Engage Mountain Maryland
- Jun 2, 2018
- 2 min
Republicans Face Off For Commission Seat
“I’m very proud of what we accomplished working together,” he said. “During that time... we created over 3,000 new jobs... we more than trip
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Engage Mountain Maryland
- Mar 22, 2018
- 3 min
Record-Breaking Voter Turnout
Participation exceed all expectations with over 300 Oakland residents casting their ballots.
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Engage Mountain Maryland
- Mar 21, 2018
- 6 min
Chamber of Commerce Hears Bypass Concerns
Based on traffic counts, SHA categorizes Oakland as “Level A”, meaning traffic is free-flowing, lower volume, and higher speed. For EMM, Stu
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Engage Mountain Maryland
- Feb 8, 2018
- 4 min
Oakland Bypass Raises Concern
Last November, The State Highway Administration (SHA) presented the proposed bypass to the Garrett County Commissioners, at which time it wa
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Engage Mountain Maryland
- Dec 21, 2017
- 4 min
Midterms Matter
National averages show that six out of ten voters will simply opt out of presidential elections and even more will simply ignore the midterm
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Engage Mountain Maryland
- Dec 8, 2017
- 3 min
Representatives Look To 2018
Edwards shared that he was continuing to support a tax credit bill scenario for rural Maryland that targets manufacturing jobs. He would lik
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Engage Mountain Maryland
- Dec 6, 2017
- 5 min
Legislative Requests for 2018
Senator George Edwards and Delegate Wendell Beitzell were on-hand during the designated annual meeting to hear legislative requests from the
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Engage Mountain Maryland
- Aug 27, 2017
- 4 min
Healthcare Panel Discussion Survey Results.
Some of the topics covered by the panel were what sources fund local medical services, what are the benefits of the current ACA, and what ar
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Michael Wicklein | Eric Robison
- Mar 19, 2017
- 7 min
Is "Fracking Ocean City?" the Next Documentary?
The primary and almost exclusive focus of the fracking debate has been centered on Garrett County, which is where we focused our attention i
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Engage Mountain Maryland
- Mar 17, 2017
- 2 min
VAGUE PROMISES FOR A BAN
EHEA heard nearly seven hours of testimony over the ban bill on March 28. Since then growing tensions over which bill will emerge the victor
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Jim Long
- Mar 7, 2017
- 1 min
Fracking My Maryland
In addition to the Appalachian fields, which includes the Marcellus shale in Western Maryland, other shale fields are throughout our state,
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Engage Mountain Maryland
- Mar 6, 2017
- 4 min
Fracking Sales Job
As the fracking campaigns ramps up, be careful what you read and always look for the source of information, or who is funding it. Google the
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Mike Wicklein, Baltimore
- Mar 5, 2017
- 3 min
Who Will Be Collateral Damage?
In the last comparable general election in 2014 approximately 9,000 votes were cast by just under 50% of the registered voters in Garrett Co
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