June 21, 2016 Comments Off on 2 sewage spills send 8,500 gallons into Deep Creek Lake
OAKLAND — Garrett County officials say two separate spills sent about 8,500 gallons of raw sewage into Deep Creek Lake in far western Maryland. County Administrator Kevin Null said in a statement Monday that a spill occurred Sunday morning about ...
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Read More »June 17, 2016 Comments Off on Md. developer gets prison for $2.7M bank fraud conspiracy
BALTIMORE — A western Maryland real-estate developer has been sentenced to two years in federal prison for his role in a bank-fraud scheme that cost financial institutions more than $2.7 million. Fifty-two-year-old Samuel VanSickle of Accident was sentenced Thursday in ...
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Read More »March 7, 2016 Comments Off on Md. county officials voting on Deep Creek Lake watershed plan
OAKLAND — The Garrett County Commissioners are considering a Deep Creek Lake watershed management plan that would restrict natural-gas drilling around Maryland’s largest freshwater lake. The vote is on the agenda for a meeting Monday afternoon. The watershed covers 41,000 ...
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Read More »November 24, 2015 Comments Off on Md. developer found competent for trial on bank fraud charges
A western Maryland developer has been found competent to stand trial on federal charges he bilked banks out of $3.7 million in fraudulent real-estate schemes. The order pertaining to Samuel VanSickle was unsealed Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Baltimore ...
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Read More »October 26, 2015 Comments Off on Board considers lifting limits on Deep Creek small craft
An advisory panel is considering a request to lift restrictions on personal watercraft at Deep Creek Lake, the biggest vacation destination in western Maryland. The issue is on the agenda for Monday’s meeting in Oakland of the state-appointed Deep Creek ...
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Read More »October 7, 2015 Comments Off on 6,000 gallons raw sewage leak into Deep Creek Lake
MCHENRY — Garrett County officials say a faulty valve caused 6,000 gallons of raw sewage to leak from a condominium complex into Deep Creek Lake in the unincorporated community of McHenry. The county’s public works agency said Wednesday the leak ...
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Read More »July 17, 2015 Comments Off on Federal grant to help Garrett County study fracking impact
WASHINGTON — The federal government is awarding funds to help a western Maryland county study the potential economic impact of hydraulic fracturing for natural gas. Sens. Ben Cardin and Barbara Mikulski announced the $37,500 grant from the Appalachian Regional Commission ...
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Read More »November 21, 2014 Comments Off on Raw sewage spills into Deep Creek Lake
(AP) Garrett County officials said they were monitoring the water quality of Deep Creek Lake after up to 1,700 gallons of raw sewage leaked from a faulty pumping system at a lakeside home in McHenry. The Department of Public Works ...
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Read More »July 28, 2014 Comments Off on More active oversight planned for Deep Creek Lake
A draft management plan for the Deep Creek Lake watershed seeks better coordination among government agencies and private parties whose interests converge at the western Maryland vacation destination.
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Read More »August 13, 2013 Comments Off on Deep Creek Lake planning moves forward
Representatives of the Maryland Department of Natural Resources and Garrett County officials signed an agreement outlining the development of a comprehensive watershed management plan for Deep Creek Lake.
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