Richie Not Daunted By Budget Snub
Kathy Cornwell has spent over 40 years in local media, starting her career with an internship at WCBC in the late 1980s. After graduating from Frostburg State University, she worked extensively in cable television advertising and programming with Comcast. From 2002 to 2005, she was married to WCBC's Jim Robey. Kathy returned to the News Department at WCBC in 2023. She lives in Cumberland with her husband, retired radio station manager Rich Cornwell.
The Canal Place River Park project received a slight blow last week when it was revealed that no money was set aside for it in Maryland’s fiscal 2027 budget. The project is still a go to develop walking trails and water features in the Potomac River. Canal Place Executive Director DeDe Richie tells WCBC that work continues on the project with projects going out to bid for construction of parking and trail work…
“I would think that we would go out to bid by late October, early November. And then I would say that construction would start as soon as the weather would break the next year.”