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🌱 Where Oakland residents can snag cheaper advance tickets for fair week

Oakland, Maryland Patch AM: a 4 min read

Morning Oakland! We've got the scoop on the latest happenings in town. Read on to get looped in. ☀️

In today's newsletter:

  • Where Oakland residents can snag cheaper advance tickets for fair week

Also on today's calendar: August Business After Hours 2026 - Oakland Nursing & Rehab.

Today's riddle: What kind of shoes do frogs wear? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Saturday: A couple of afternoon showers, with a high of 75 and low of 59 degrees.
  • Sunday: A shower and thunderstorm, temps: high: 78, low: 60.
  • Monday: Humid; an afternoon t-storm, with a high of 79 and low of 65 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Where to Buy Tickets for the 2026 Garrett County Agriculture Fair (deepcreektimes.com) — If you’re in Oakland and planning for the Garrett County Agriculture Fair, you can grab discounted non-ride tickets at several local bank branches and Freedom Ag. The article breaks down gate prices, free-admission days, ride options, and special deals for seniors and veterans so you can budget and plan your fair week in advance.
   

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  • ICYMI: The Howard Street Tunnel Project is complete!
    This historic milestone will increase freight capacity at the Port of Baltimore, support job growth, and help reduce congestion by moving more goods… (Nextdoor )
  • Lowe's posted a job opening for Cashier Part Time in Oakland. Apply here.
  • Towne Family of Companies posted a job opening for Railey Vacations Housekeeper in Oakland. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Oakland here.

🗞 Nearby News

Frostburg

  • 'Sweet Appalachia: The Story of DelFest' to premiere on Maryland Public Television (wvnews.com)
  • Special screening of The Grateful Dead Movie set in Frostburg (wvnews.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Open-toad (Thank you Harold W. for sending it in!)
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Stay in the loop with what's happening in Oakland

Never miss out on local news and events that matter to you.

Stay in the loop with what's happening in Oakland

Never miss out on local news and events that matter to you.