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GARRETT — Mayor Todd Fiandt took a few minutes at the outset of Tuesday’s meeting of the Board of Works to address issues facing the City of Garrett.

GARRETT — Nearly $1 million in street repairs will be made in Garrett next year through a Community Crossings matching grant, City Planner Milton Otero told the Board of Works

GARRETT — With plans for a new aerial ladder truck in park for now, Garrett Fire Chief Chad Werkheiser was given permission by the Board of Works to move forward

GARRETT — The Garrett Fire Department celebrated Christmas in June at a party held last month, Chief Chad Werkheiser told the Board of Works Tuesday. Service milestone awards effective in 2020 totaling 115 years of service were presented to: Dave VanDerbosch, 35 years; Jason Wells, 25 years; Matt West and Josh Newman, 15 years; and Brandon McConeghy, Tyler Meehan, Truman Owsley, Zak Kashmer and Brian Vanderbosch, five years each. Police Chief Roland McPherson reported 239 calls for service from June 14 through July 1. His report showed there were 158 city ordinance calls, 24 traffic warn...

GARRETT — At Tuesday’s meeting of the Garrett Board of Works, Executive Director Anton King of the DeKalb County Economic Development Partnership shared highlights from 2020 amid the pandemic, “which oddly was a record-breaking year from a dollar-investment standpoint,” he said. “What we saw was it was a time to hit the pause button, with companies realizing where to make their dollar investments strategically. DeKalb County was the benefactor of several consolidations,” he said, reporting some $145 million in investments in the county as a whole, a total 43 deal...