6 acre building lot Sand Flat, Deep Creek Lake $100,000 GA7160562
Spacious 6 acre building lot with great valley views near Deep Creek Lake. Overlooks the valley where the namesake stream ‘Deep Creek’ begins. Great price! Subdivison: Mountain View Estates. More details here.
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Slopefront & Lakefront Lot - Deep Creek Lake - GA6261447 - $849,900
Location, location, location…. You can’t find a better spot than this!
Are location & easy slope access crucial? If so, you’ll find this lot irresistible! Located beneath Wisp’s “Main Street” ski slopes, this lot offers exceptional views of the lake & has 100′ of lakefront.Lot #8, 1059 Marsh Hill Road. Listed by Debra Savage & Railey Realty.
Deep Creek Real Estate for Sale - 47 Ski Harbor - GA7267782 - $239,900
Ideal 2 bedroom condo on a peninsula at Ski Harbor. Spectacular lake/slope location in the heart of Deep Creek Lake. Level lake access area with views of the ski slopes and wide lake views, beach volleyball, indoor swimming pool & sauna, tennis courts & more! Less than a mile to skiing!
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Up on the rooftop - Southern High School snow removal
From Staff Reports
Cumberland Times-News
Oakland — Crews work atop Southern High School’s roof, clearing the accumluated snow with a snow blower Tuesday at the Oakland facility. All schools in Garrett county will be open today, except for Southern, Northern High School, Northern Middle School and Grantsville, Crellin and Dennett Road elementary schools.
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Census officials getting early start on count
Workers may soon come knocking at area homes
Kevin Spradlin
Cumberland Times-News
Cumberland — CUMBERLAND — Local officials were taken aback when the U.S. Census Bureau announced Monday that census workers could begin knocking on some homeowners’ doors as early as Tuesday.
Through several months of public meetings with stakeholders representing the public school system, state prisons and the faith-based community, among others, there had never been a mention of census workers approaching residents until May.
Already, however, some 56,000 census workers are set to deliver forms to nearly 12 million addresses that don’t get their mail at their homes. This is despite nearly two dozen members of the Allegany County Local Complete County Committee spreading the word that first come notices in early March and surveys would arrive by mail between March 15 and 31.
Only if residents failed to submit forms, local representatives have repeated during public meetings and presentations at various interest groups, would a census enumerator knock on their door.
Monday’s announcement “caught me off guard,” said Elizabeth Stahlman, chairwoman of the local committee working to ensure 100 percent accountability.
A census worker who frequently attends the monthly meetings also said he was unaware of the issue. But Mike Gregorio, Census Bureau spokesman, said that’s been the plan all along.
“This office has known about it for a while,” Gregorio said. “About 90 percent of forms will be sent out. If you don’t receive mail at your own house, then you might expect someone to come knocking on your door to give you a form or leaving something on your doorsteps.”
Less than 10 percent are hand-delivered by census workers. Those efforts are concentrated in mostly rural areas, including parts of Western Maryland.
Most residents should receive their survey form, by mail or in person, before April 1. Beginning in May, census workers make their way to homes that have not mailed back a completed form. That process, Gregorio said, can extend into July.
Meanwhile, local committee members spent about 35 minutes Tuesday discussing various outreach efforts. A display will be available at the Hooley Plunge at Rocky Gap State Park on Saturday, Stahlman said. Promotional products have been distributed during high school sporting events and window displays have been offered to Allegany County Chamber of Commerce members.
Census Bureau Partnership Specialist Franklin Jackson Jr. said the wintry weather has put some plans behind schedule but emphasized the importance of a complete count.
“This is our last chance to get this right,” Jackson said. “Remember, resources are at stake. This is the last big push.”
The census determines yearly appropriations of more than $400 billion in federal aid to tribal, state and local governments.
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Garrett commissioners plan to seek re-election
From Staff Reports
Cumberland Times-News
Oakland — OAKLAND — With the filing deadline still months away, several Garrett County incumbents have declared their intention to seek re-election in 2010.
Garrett County offices open in 2010 include: all three county commission seats, state’s attorney, sheriff, clerk of courts, register of wills, judge of Orphans Court, three school board seats for Districts 1, 2, and 3, and the chairs of the Republican and Democratic central committees.
Incumbent County Commissioners Dennis Glotfelty of McHenry and Fred Holliday of Grantsville have both filed candidate papers to retain their seats. Glotfelty represents District 3, and Holliday, District 2.
Commission chairman Ernest Gregg of Mountain Lake Park said he, too, will seek re-election, but has not yet filed his candidate papers. Gregg represents District 1.
On the Board of Education, vice president Thomas Carr, Accident, filed for re-election to the District 2 seat. President Donald Forrester, Mountain Lake Park, has filed to retain the seat representing District 1.
Two men have filed as Republican candidates for the office of sheriff, Robert E. Corley of Oakland and Larry Gnegy of Oakland. The office is currently held by Gary Berkebile.
Incumbent Rita Watson, Republican, Oakland, will face Republican challenger Traci Royce, Oakland, for register of wills.
The deadline for filing candidate papers is July 6. The primary election is set for Sept. 14.
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Garrett County smashes snowfall record
262.5 inches have fallen this winter at Keysers Ridge
From Staff Reports
Associated Press
times news — OAKLAND (AP) — The snowiest part of Maryland has set a winter weather record.
More than 2 1/2 feet of snow fell in Garrett County last week, pushing the seasonal total into record territory.
The State Highway Administration said Monday that 262.5 inches have fallen this winter at its garage near Keyser’s Ridge. That tops the old record of 233.5 inches recorded in the winter of 2002-03.
In Oakland, National Weather Service observer Sherry Helbig reports a seasonal total of 210 inches, more than double the winter average of 95 inches.
SHA spokesman David Buck said the snowbanks along state Route 495 are about as high as road crews can pile the stuff using giant snowblowers. He said it’s a challenge the agency has never faced before.
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All down hill from here - Special Olympics 2010 Winter Games Wisp
From Staff Reports
Cumberland Times-News
times news — Chad Stallman, Garrett County resident, competes in the Advanced Giant Slalom race at the Special Olympics Maryland 2010 Winter Games at Wisp Monday. The games will end today.
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Fire badly damages interior of Avilton Inn
From Staff Reports
Cumberland Times-News
times news — AVILTON — A fire badly damaged the Avilton Inn early Friday, gutting an apartment and burning the kitchen and bar area of the restaurant at 8467 Avilton Lonaconing Road.
“The dining room got water damage,” said Sid Turner, a caretaker of the property for owner Jim Robeson.
“I just met with him this morning and he’s planning to fix it and reopen,” Turner said Monday.
“The fire started about 1 a.m. right after they closed. It started in either an electric or coal furnace.”
An attempt Monday afternoon to contact Grantsville Fire Chief Duane Stein was not successful.
Other companies responding were Eastern Garrett, Bittinger, Shaft, Clarysville, Deep Creek and Salisbury, Pa.
In addition, the Northern Garrett Rescue Squad was on the scene as was the Garrett County Roads Department.
Ryan Chapman, Maryland deputy state fire marshal, said he spoke the day of the fire with Grantsville Deputy Chief Herman Yoder and was told that the fire appeared to be accidental, beginning in the basement and spreading from there.
“We felt no need to get involved at that point,” Chapman said.
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A Price Worth Paying - Realtor.org
Buyers will be pinched by FHA’s new rules.
By Robert Freedman | March 2010
No one likes it when changes to mortgage underwriting make it harder for working households to secure safe and affordable home financing.
But in the case of the FHA’s tightened lending requirements announced in late January, the end may justify the means. The policy changes are designed to shore up the FHA’s capital reserves and help the agency do a better job of managing risk.
“These changes, while serious, are reasonable,” says John Anderson, CRS®, GRI, a 30-year real estate veteran who chairs the NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS®’ Federal Housing Policy Committee. “I think the FHA is doing the right thing.”
Nonetheless, Anderson, broker-owner of Twin Oaks Realty Inc. in Crystal, Minn., acknowledges that many households will be adversely affected. Buyers will have to either spend more to secure financing or scale down what they buy.
Among other things, the FHA is raising its upfront mortgage insurance premium to 2.25 percent from 1.75 percent, boosting the minimum down payment to 10 percent for borrowers with a credit score of 580 and below (it stays at 3.5 percent for everyone else), and reducing permissible seller concessions from 6 percent to 3 percent.
The FHA also will seek legislation to raise the annual mortgage insurance premium to a level above the current cap of 0.55 percent. The agency already has authority to institute the other changes.
“Striking the right balance between managing the FHA’s risk, continuing to provide access to underserved communities, and supporting the nation’s economic recovery is critically important,” FHA Commissioner David Stevens said in a statement.
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