🌱 Why a Swanton resident was arrested after a Deer Park traffic stop

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• Why a Swanton resident was arrested after a Deer Park traffic stop

Today's riddle: What has a cap but no head? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Saturday: Cooler with periods of sun, with a high of 62 and low of 52 degrees.
• Sunday: Rain most of the time, temps: high: 65, low: 51.
• Monday: Breezy with decreasing clouds, with a high of 62 and low of 39 degrees.

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📰 News we're reading

• Two arrested in Deer Park for fentanyl and methamphetamine possession (mdstatewire.com) — A Swanton resident was arrested after a Deer Park traffic stop where officers say they found fentanyl and methamphetamine in a vehicle on September 30. Garrett County’s narcotics task force and sheriff’s office coordinated the investigation, with both arrested individuals taken to the county detention center for bond hearings as part of ongoing countywide drug enforcement efforts.
   

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Thursday October 8

• Needlework →
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  1:00 pm
• STEAM Kids →
  6 North Second Street, Oakland
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Friday October 9

• Book Reading & Q&A with Laura Treacy Bentley →
  6 North Second Street, Oakland
  4:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Halloween is around the corner, and a band of energy vampires could be lurking around your home.
  Unfortunately, these energy-slurping electronics are not interested in candy, but rather sucking your electrical outlets bone dry while raising your… (Nextdoor )
• Halloween está a la vuelta de la esquina, y una pandilla de «vampiros energéticos» podría estar acechando en tu hogar.
  Por desgracia, a estos aparatos electrónicos que devoran energía no les interesan los dulces; lo que buscan es agotar por completo la electricidad de… (Nextdoor )

• O'Reilly Auto Parts posted a job opening for Retail Service Specialist in Oakland. Apply here.
• WVU Medicine University Health Associates posted a job opening for Physician - Family Medicine Outpatient Only - Cumberland, MD in Oakland. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Swanton here.

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🗞 Nearby News

Oakland

• Maryland State Banjo, Fiddle and Mandolin Championships (wvnews.com)
• Clear Out the Medicine Cabinet: Medication Take Back Events Coming to Garrett County (deepcreektimes.com)
• Garrett County Chamber of Commerce announces 2026 Autumn Glory Fall Foliage Tours (wvnews.com)

Grantsville

• Library to host local author Laura Treacy Bentley (wvnews.com)
• Events for November 2026 (deepcreektimes.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What has a cap but no head?" — A bottle (Thank you Glo M. for sending it in!)
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