Six new displays are featured in this year’s Mountain Reflections holiday light display at Rocky Gap State Park.
A new study released by The Pew Research Center provides fresh evidence of the risks inherent to text messaging while driving and documents the degree of that dangerous practice among motorists today.
Relatively rural Allegany County may not be one of the wealthiest parts of the state, but has earned the reputation as a leader in teaching public school students to stay out of the poorhouse.
After months of bad economic news, Maryland state government will embrace any positive signs it can find. So when the Department of Legislative Services reported last week that state revenues may be on the rise, it was viewed with optimism in Annapolis.
Consumers should be helped by new Federal Reserve rules that will prohibit banks from charging overdraft fees on ATM and debit card transactions unless a customer allows it.
The idea of opening up the eastern end of the downtown mall to parking is being considered by the Downtown Development Commission.
Tri-state area residents will have a unique viewing opportunity today through Sunday when the Cumberland Goes To War B-25 Mitchell fly-in takes place at the Greater Cumberland Regional Airport.
Given the number of motorists who have died descending the steep Route 135 stretch at Backbone Mountain, there is little doubt that a state-constructed truck escape ramp saved the life of a Virginia trucker Monday afternoon.
As far as we are concerned, every day in America should be Veterans Day.
A cleanup effort organized by the Potomac River Project Steering Committee of the Allegany County Chamber of Commerce resulted in a an impressive amount of trash and debris being removed from the river last month.
The Western Maryland Food Bank is reaching out to area residents with its 22nd annual Bags of Plenty Food Drive that will help to stock its shelves in preparation for the holiday season.
Does Allegany County need five county commissioners instead of three?
Cumberland Goes to War, which begins today, is not just a celebration of those who fought more than six decades ago in the most terrible war this world has seen.
If Allegany & Mineral Counties Crime Solvers succeeds in its mission to help local law enforcement, then the community at large benefits. For the success to occur, the public’s help is needed.
Deborah Zamanali, a Karns Avenue resident, spent more than a year trying to win city zoning approval for a porch enclosure. Last Friday, Allegany County Circuit Court Judge Timothy Finan ruled that the enclosed porch is a permitted modification.
Although autumn leaves offer us a spectacular color scheme, they also can be a danger to pedestrians and motorists — particularly when it rains. That is why Cumberland’s annual leaf collection is important from more than just an aesthetic viewpoint.
If the national and regional attention being received by the Great Allegheny Passage in Allegany County is an indicator, expect to see even more trail enthusiasts visit Cumberland in 2010 and beyond.
If an escape occurs at one of Maryland’s prisons, citizens now have the option of being notified of the breakout via an e-mail, text message, telephone or cell phone.
Hunting continues to be one of the oldest and most revered of our traditions and, with all due respects to its detractors, it should be.
If an escape occurs at one of Maryland’s prisons, citizens now have the option of being notified of the breakout via an e-mail, text message, telephone or cell phone.
Even in the best of times, it is often difficult for the American Red Cross to keep adequate blood supplies on hand. The challenge is even harder today because of seasonal flu and the H1N1 virus outbreak.
After four straight years of seeing the price of a first-class stamp rise, the Postal Service will skip an increase in the coming year.
If there was one main idea public information officers in the area took away from last week’s discussion of the Maryland Public Information Act, we hope it is the fact that the state law is meant to help, not hinder, the public’s access to documents.
When Gov. Martin O’Malley visited Cumberland a year ago to help honor students from Cresaptown Elementary and Fort Hill High schools, the students planted trees as part of the city’s urban tree canopy program.
