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Engage Mountain Maryland
Jan 7, 20183 min read
Tackling Economic Development
Evaluating the sticking points that have thwarted the hiring efforts would seem the next logical step. Is Garrett County able to hand over a
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Engage Mountain Maryland
Dec 21, 20174 min read
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, 20173 min read
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, 20175 min read
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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Garrett County Government
Nov 28, 20172 min read
StormReady® Recognition for Garrett County
Disaster preparedness is everyone's responsibility. Educating yourself and your family on environmental hazards, maintaining a disaster
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Debby Ward
Nov 10, 20174 min read
Oakland Bypass Raises Questions
At last count, the estimated $100,000,000.00 investment is a highly questionable and contested appropriation of state tax dollars. The Maryl
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Mary Helen Spear
Nov 7, 20173 min read
Healthcare Enrollment Deadline Dec. 15
The uncertainty and confusion have made it more complicated to find the best health care plan, and this year there will be less time to make
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Engage Mountain Maryland
Aug 27, 20174 min read
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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Engage Mountain Maryland
Jul 28, 20174 min read
Who Pays? The Economics of Healthcare Coverage
Hunt dove into the numbers and revealed that 20.5% of Garrett County’s population relies on Medicare and 29.2% on Medicaid — a 1,910 benefic
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AMP Creeks Council
Mar 16, 20173 min read
Permits Under False Pretenses
Dominion has a documented pattern of lying to or misleading various agencies in their application processes. Many members of the public mist
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Jim Long
Mar 7, 20171 min read
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, 20174 min read
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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Letter To The Editor
Feb 27, 20172 min read
Presence in the Public Square
It’s time that the people be given a voice and presence in the public square instead of feeling that they have little control over continued
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Keith Schrum | Cynthia S. Murphy
Feb 25, 20173 min read
Wanting a Frack-Free Home
We are quite sure that there are many others who share our values, public health concerns, and concern for the environment who would also be
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Barbara Hurd
Feb 19, 20172 min read
How Un-Neighborly!
If that bill passes and we face a referendum, maybe we’ll decide to go ahead and approve fracking here. But if so, we need to do it with ful
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Engage Mountain Maryland
Nov 10, 20163 min read
EMM Scrutinizes Fracking Regulations
"The hardest hit will likely be the tourism sector that relies on visitors to the area. Industrializing the landscape that is known for it’s
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Engage Mountain Maryland
Nov 3, 20163 min read
Funding Helps Educate on Fracking
Engage Mountain Maryland (EMM) recently accepted an $11,000 gift from the Center for Sustainable Education (CSE) to use for outreach efforts
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Katie Aiken Ritter
Aug 3, 20162 min read
Frack-Talk at Garrett County Fair
From left to right: Commissioner Paul Edwards, Katie Aiken Ritter, Senator George Edwards JAIL & BAIL??? WHO ARE THESE DESPERADOS...AND...
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Engage Mountain Maryland
Jul 9, 20162 min read
We'll say "no" this time around!
Published in The Republican Newspaper 11/12/15 To the Editor: My husband and I own an organic farm (uncertified) in West Virginia, now...
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Jerome Paulson | Op Ed columns | Pittsburgh
Aug 25, 20153 min read
Fracking Near Schools!
DEP fails to keep drillers a healthy distance from children Pennsylvania just released its final revisions to the rules on oil and gas...
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