The Maryland Higher Education Commission (MHEC) awarded $13,636 to Allegany College of Maryland and designated it a hunger-free campus in September. The state-funded matching grant was made during the inaugural round of Hunger-Free Campus program awards. The awards were made to support efforts to address food insecurity among students on Maryland public colleges and universities and regional higher education centers. ACM’s grant is earmarked for The Pantry, the college’s permanent provider of food and personal care products for students in need.   The college’s Student Emergency Support Committee oversees The Pantry’s operations under the leadership of co-chairs Dione Clark-Trub, an…

The Cumberland Police Department, in conjunction with the administrations of both Allegany and Fort Hill High Schools, would like to announce the following traffic pattern changes for the annual Homecoming Game which will be played this Saturday, October 29th, at Greenway Avenue Stadium.  Vehicular traffic will be prohibited in front of the stadium from 8:00 a.m. until one hour after the conclusion of the event.  Traffic on Greenway Avenue will be detoured into the circle in front of Fort Hill High School where individuals may be dropped off and picked up, as well as to access the parking spaces available…

The Maryland State Police, in partnership with the Drug Enforcement Administration, are asking citizens to dispose of unwanted prescription drugs during National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day, set for Saturday, Octoberl 30, 2022, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at state police barracks. State police barracks throughout Maryland will be participating in National Drug Take-Back Day.  Each barrack will act as a collection station giving citizens an opportunity to dispose of all unwanted and unused prescription drugs.  The National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day aims to provide a safe, convenient, and responsible means of disposing of prescription drugs, while also educating the general public about the potential for abuse of medications. Second, only…

Allegany County Emergency Services reports a tractor trailor roll over on Laurel Hill Drive in Frostburg. Fire and EMS units are on the scene. 

On October 23rd, 2022 officers of the Cumberland Police Department served an Arrest Warrant on Tyreak Wingate The Arrest Warrant was issued by the District Court for violating the conditions of his probation. Wingate was taken before a District Court Commissioner where he was held on $10,000. Arrest: Tyreak Markel Wingate, age 24, Cumberland Maryland. Charges: Violation of Probation.

A Centers for Disease Control and Prevention advisory panel is recommending the agency add the COVID-19 vaccine to the routine vaccination schedule for children. It isn't a done deal yet as the director of the CDC still has to sign off on it and there are still details that need to be worked out. A spokesman said that it's not going to be a mandate or requirement but it  will be similar to what the recommendation is for influenza  The possibility of a COVID vaccine mandate for public school children was asked of the candidates running for a seat on…

Calling Maryland the state with the most voter fraud in the nation, a local woman is urging the Allegany County Commissioners to take action to “stop the steal” prior to the upcoming November election. The woman spoke of former President Trump having the 2020 election taken from him by fraud and pointed to statewide primary elections that have been altered. Possessing many pages of documents that she said contained voter fraud evidence, she credited Mike Lindell, an American business man, political activist and conspiracy theorist for providing the information. In the end, County Attorney Lee Beeman said that the county…

With a price tag now much higher than originally projected- the Cumberland Mayor and City Council may be ready to nix the idea of adding a splash pad adjacent to the Constitution Park swimming pool. A splash pad or spray pool is a recreation area for water play that has little or no standing water. The city began discussions on the concept earlier this year receiving an overview and design options from the engineering department. At one point the hope had been that construction could begin as early as this fall, with a projected opening next summer. The city received new costs estimates during…

Less than a year after the announcement that a FedEx Transport Distribution Center would be constructed at Mexico Farms- the project is nearly complete. It was November of last year that the County Commissioners voted to approve construction plans for the distribution center on 40 acres at the corner of Maryland Route 51 and Mexico Farms Road. Jeff Barclay, director of economic development, said the  facility will result in many new jobs for the area- and it is the first high-volume employer to build in the area since American Woodmark opened along U.S. Route 220 in 2005. Barclay took the…

On October 22nd, 2022 officers of the Cumberland Police Department served an Arrest Warrant on Nicholas Moreland. The Arrest Warrant was issued by the District Court for failing to appear for his trial on October 20th, 2022. During a subsequent search, officers located quantities of controlled dangerous substances. Moreland was taken before a District Court Commissioner where he was released on an unsecured $2,500 bond. Arrest: Nicholas Craig Moreland, age 31, Cumberland Maryland. Charges: Failure to Appear, Possession not Cannabis, Possession of Paraphernalia. Arrest Warrant Served On October 22nd, 2022 officers of the Cumberland Police Department served an Arrest Warrant…