OAKLAND — The snowiest town in Maryland is postponing its annual Winter Fest because it’s too warm. Michelle Ross of the Greater Oakland Business Association said Wednesday that the event planned for Saturday and Sunday has been pushed back a ...

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LINTHICUM — Southwest Airlines is adding two new nonstop flights to Portland, Ore., and Oakland, Calif., from Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport. The seasonal service announced Monday will begin on June 8. The new destinations from BWI Airport were part ...

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OAKLAND — The Garrett County Sheriff’s Office says homicide charges have been added to driving under the influence charges filed against an Oakland man following a fatal crash in December. The sheriff’s office says 24-year-old Bryson Matthew Dixon has been ...

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The former police chief of Long Beach and Oakland in California has been selected as the new police commissioner in Baltimore, the mayor’s office said Monday. Anthony W. Batts was expected to be introduced as the city’s new police commissioner ...

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OAKLAND — The Garrett County Commissioners are considering a proposal that would increase the availability of boat rentals on Deep Creek Lake. The board is set to consider on Tuesday a zoning amendment requested by the owner of the Lakeside ...

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OAKLAND — The interim superintendent of schools in Garrett County is recommending two elementary schools be closed due to a lack of state funding. The Cumberland Times-News reports Sue Waggoner recommended Tuesday that Dennett Road and Kitzmiller elementary schools be ...

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OAKLAND — A Garrett County company hatched in a local business incubator is spreading its wings. County officials said Tuesday that GCC Technologies LLC is buying a 30,000-square-foot building near Oakland for its new headquarters. They say the 5-year-old federal ...

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OAKLAND, Md. — A registered sex offender who apparently disliked his young buddy’s girlfriend was convicted in a plea deal Wednesday of fatally stabbing them both in a hobo camp in the western Maryland town of Oakland. Jeffrey C. Minnick, ...

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OAKLAND — A registered sex offender has been convicted of two counts of first-degree murder in the slaying of a young couple in a hobo camp in Oakland. Forty-six-year-old Jeffrey Minnick entered an Alford plea to the charges Wednesday. An ...

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