Annie

I wanted to let you know about an exciting award received by a youth in Garrett County! Because of her volunteerism with The Reading Station, an Oakland non-profit focusing on literacy, she has won $10,000 for the organization. The catch? Engagement with technology on the mygarrettcounty.com platform, where The Reading Station has an action…[Read more]

Thanks to everyone who has utilized AlleganySpeaks.com planing tool!! We now have 20 action groups (17 are public facing, and 3 are hidden). 14/17 action groups have measures being followed on a monthly basis. In total, AlleganySpeaks.com is capturing hyper-local data on 84 different measures, and transparently sharing with our community! More…[Read more]

The National Cancer Institute estimates that more than half a million women worldwide are diagnosed with cervical cancer each year and that each year over half of these women die from the disease. The HPV (humanpapilloma virus) vaccine could prevent many of these cases and save lives. Follow the link below to learn more about HPV and its…[Read more]

Check out this new website for parents on vaccines!
https://vaxopedia.org/

Flu is greatly increasing! It is not too late to get your flu shot.
https://www.cdc.gov/flu/weekly/

Dollar Tree is now open in Frostburg. New Little Caesars in LaVale is open!

I understand the EColi from the romaine lettuce contamination was traced to a farm in Santa Barbara county California. It’s very curious how their contaminated irrigation water source (used for all the crops) only resulted in contamination of the romaine, but not other types of lettuce.

If someone were to ask you “what is the greatest gift you could receive this holiday season?” what would you say? Would it be your health, time with your family?
Then get caught up on all of your preventative cancer screenings and start the New Year out right. Regular cancer screenings is the best way to either prevent cancer, or detect it in…[Read more]