🌱 Mountain Lake Park gets another round of Opportunity Zone status

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• Mountain Lake Park gets another round of Opportunity Zone status

Today's riddle: What are the two sides of a circle? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Wednesday: Pleasant with variable clouds, with a high of 61 and low of 42 degrees.
• Thursday: Cooler with a bit of rain, temps: high: 47, low: 31.
• Friday: Colder with snow and rain, with a high of 36 and low of 25 degrees.

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📰 News we're reading

• Three Garrett Census Tracts are New Federal Opportunity Zones (deepcreektimes.com) — The Mountain Lake Park–Loch Lynn census tract will remain part of the federal Opportunity Zone program, offering tax benefits for qualifying investments. Its new designation runs from Jan. 1, 2027, through 2037, alongside two newly designated Garrett County tracts covering Friendsville–Hoyes and Kitzmiller–Bloomington.
   

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🗓 Events Nearby

Thursday November 12

• Needlework →
  6 North Second Street, Oakland
  1:00 pm
• Library Board of Trustees Meeting →
  6 North Second Street, Oakland
  4:00 pm

Saturday November 14

• Mountain Fresh Farmers Market - Oakland →
  5 Town Park Lane at South 1st Street, Oakland
• Crafternoon →
  6 North Second Street, Oakland
  1:00 pm

Monday November 16

• Page Turners Book Club →
  6 North Second Street, Oakland
  6:00 pm

Tuesday November 17

• Children's Story Time
  Kitzmiller Branch Library, 288 W. Main Street, Kitzmiller
  10:30 am

Wednesday November 18

• Brexit: A Political Earthquake in Modern Britain →
  6 North Second Street, Oakland
  4:00 pm

Thursday November 19

• Garrett County Department of Social Services Assistance Program
  Kitzmiller Branch Library, 288 W. Main Street, Kitzmiller
  11:00 am

Monday December 14

• Cover2Cover Adult Book Club →
  Kitzmiller Library, 288 W Main St, Kitzmiller
  6:00 pm

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🗞 Nearby News

Oakland

• Winter Crisis Heating Grants of up to $600 Available (deepcreektimes.com)
• Your Voice Matters: Take the 2026 Small Business Credit Survey (deepcreektimes.com)
• Deep Creek Daily Notes Blog November 9 (deepcreektimes.com)

Frostburg

• LaMont to perform in Faculty Artist Series concert (times-news.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What are the two sides of a circle?" — The inside and the outside ! (Thank you James M. for sending it in!)
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