Cumberland Mayor Ray Morriss and the City Council spent part of a work session Tuesday afternoon pouring over a draft of the Fiscal 2023 budget. City comptroller Mark Gandolfi told the group that city government's work force will shrink slightly, and that the overall fiscal picture has been helped by American Rescue Plan Act funding…
Six Maryland Gubernatorial Candidates were on hand Saturday evening for a forum at Frostburg State University. The event was rebroadcast on WCBC Monday, and we’ll be highlighting the remarks of each of the candidates. Robin Ficker is a former delegate and a Republican candidate. Ficker says that the State of Maryland missed a great opportunity when it failed to land a major employer for this area…
Maryland US Senator Chris Van Hollen chaired a congressional committee looking into the Internal Revenue Service yesterday. Van Hollen quizzed the IRS Commissioner about processing delays and fears that enforcement would target small businesses…
West Virginia Governor Jim Justice announced yesterday that the Mountain State set a new one month record for a surplus during the month of April, finishing with more than $250 million to the good. Justice told a media session, which included WCBC, that such a windfall would have been impossible to consider when he took office six years ago…
In a letter to subscribers, the Cumberand Times News has announced an increase in the price of subscriptions. Starting June 1, the the Total Access tier will increase to $26.15 per month. That features five days of delivery and seven days of digital access. Other levels of subscription have also been raised in price. The letter attributed the need for the increas to the rising cost of transportation, newsprint and ink.
The 2022 City of Cumberland Parks & Recreation Department Constitution Park Day Camp is opening on Monday June 20 and will continue six weeks through August 12. This program is offered through the services of the Cumberland Parks and Recreation Department, U.S. Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service, Maryland State Department of Education and Allegany County Department of Social Services. Day camp will operate from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday each week. Extended hours (starting at 8 a.m. and ending at 5 p.m.) are offered for an additional $10 per week, per child. Parents are responsible…
Commissioner Mindy L. Herman, who has been a member of the Maryland Public Service Commission for nearly five years, has announced that she will retire as of May 4, 2022. First appointed to the regulatory agency by Governor Larry Hogan in 2017 to fill out the unexpired, five-year term of Commissioner Jeannette Mills, Commissioner Herman was reappointed in 2019. Governor Hogan has appointed Patrice M. ‘Patty’ Bubar to the Commission to round out the five-member panel. Her first day at the Commission will be May 18, 2022. Since 2015, Ms. Bubar has served as Deputy Director of the Montgomery County Department of Environmental…
Gov. Jim Justice announced today that West Virginia’s General Revenue collections for April 2022 came in at $253 million over estimate, the all-time state record surplus for any single month in West Virginia history. “This is one of the most momentous economic announcements in the history of our state,” Gov. Justice said. “West Virginia is approaching its 159th birthday – that’s over 1,900 months in state history – and we’ve never, ever had a single-month surplus this high. “It’s beyond amazing. It’s breathtaking just how good this is,” Gov. Justice continued. “The rocket ship ride is reaching speeds even the most…
Gov. Jim Justice has signed a total of 15 bills that were passed during the recent special legislative session, called by Gov. Justice. Among the bills signed was HB 217, a supplemental appropriation for $250 million to the Economic Enhancement Grant Fund which is managed by the West Virginia Water Development Authority. Working together with the West Virginia Infrastructure and Jobs Development Council and the West Virginia Department of Economic Development, the fund will provide matching grants to municipalities for use in upgrading infrastructure such as water and sewer systems. “This bill is going to allow us to take a huge step…
Maryland Attorney General Brian E. Frosh today issued the following statement: “The draft opinion of the Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade is a dangerous departure from 50 years of precedent. If adopted by a majority of the Court, the decision will undermine the rights of women to control their own bodies and their health care. It will subject survivors of abuse, rape and incest to additional trauma by preventing them from accessing abortions. And, as usual, a decision overturning Roe will have the most harmful and lasting impact on women of color and on poor women, many of whom already…
