Allegany County Commissioner Creade Brodie Jr during a recent budget session expressing frustration with the state’s decision to cut funding for the local library system- an action that could have led to reduced hours of operation. Ultimately the county agreed to fund the $95,000 shortfall in the Library System budget- filling the gap created by the state reduction. Commissioners President Jake Shade said that it is inexplicable the state would cut Allegany County library funds at a time when Maryland is enjoying a record budget surplus and skyrocketing revenues… As a result of the local budget allocation, there will be…

Frostburg State University, Allegany College of Maryland and Garrett College will host a Gubernatorial Candidate Forum for the primary elections scheduled in July. The forum will be held beginning at 6:00 PM in the Alice R. Manicur Assembly Hall in FSU’s Lane University Center. The forum is free and open to the public. Audience members in attendance will be able to submit questions for the candidates to be read by a group of student moderators. All candidates that have filed by the deadline and face a primary have been invited to the event. Tim McGrath is the Director of the…

President Joe Biden is scheduled to speak at the U.S. Naval Academy’s graduation and commissioning ceremony next month, the academy announced Thursday. The ceremony for the Class of 2022 is scheduled for May 27 at the Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium in Annapolis, Maryland. More than 1,000 students will graduate. Most will be commissioned as officers to serve at least five years, either as Navy ensigns or 2nd lieutenants in the Marine Corps.

The City of Cumberland Engineering Department, on behalf of Columbia Gas of Maryland, would like to notify the public that on Friday, April 29, beginning at approximately 7:00 am, Greene Street will be under a flagging operation between Johnson Street and Smallwood Avenue. The operation will occur between 7:00 am and 5:00 pm.  The closure is necessary to allow Columbia Gas to make repairs to their gas main.   The traffic light at the intersection of Greene Street and Johnson Street will be turned off and flaggers will direct traffic around the construction site.   Delays should be expected. Residents are…

Governor Larry Hogan today participated in a ceremonial flag raising to signal the reactivation of the site of the former Bainbridge Naval Training Center and to celebrate the beginning of development activities for 3.7 million square feet of logistics and distribution space across 440 acres in Cecil County.  "The entire mission of our state government continues to be keeping Maryland open for business, and today represents the culmination of literally decades of effort to do just that as we officially kick off the redevelopment of more than 400 acres of land in this key location along the I-95 corridor," said…

Students and staff at Mount Savage School were evacuated today, Thursday,  as a precaution after a report of an odor of smoke in the building. Authorities immediately responded and were able to determine that it was the result of a faulty light ballast. Students were cleared to return to the building, and school operations have resumed as normal

Eugene  Frazier, a member of the Cumberland City Council, has been named to the board of trustees of Allegany College of Maryland. He was appointed by Gov. Larry Hogan to fill the board position left vacant by Joyce Lapp, who served for more than two decades. Lauded for being one of the “most accessible elected officials” by Allegany Magazine, Frazier was first elected to serve on the city’s five-person City Council in November 2016 and was reelected in November 2020. He serves on the council’s Human Relations Commission. “As a student, I got so much from this college — a…

The Cumberland Police responded to a residence on the 400 block of Columbia Ave for a report a disturbance.  Upon arrival the officers spoke to the parties on scene.  Through the investigation it was learned that an argument took place between a male and female that lived at the residence.  During the argument the male struck the female.  The officers observed injuries to the female that were consistent with her account of the incident.  Based on the injuries, James Joseph Hartman-Nolan, age 23, was placed under arrest for Second Degree Assault.  He was taken to Central Booking for his initial…

In the early hours of Tuesday morning a tractor trailer truck attempting to turn on East Union Street from Gulf Memorial Drive struck and damaged the Gulf War Memorial. The driver left the scene but the incident was captured on video. Jeff Davis co-chair and President of nonprofit Gulf War Memorial organization talked with WCBC News about the incident and the damage incurred…

Reports surfaced in January that Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell and other top Republicans had stepped up a personal campaign to persuade Maryland Governor  Larry Hogan to run for the Senate and help the party’s chances of regaining control of the chamber. It turns out Hogan was not the only one being recruited by the RNC.  In the weeks leading up to the filing deadline, Delegate Jason Buckel, who represents Allegany County, was lobbied by state and national Republicans to pursue Maryland’s Sixth District Congressional seat.  The seat is currently held by Democrat David Trone and polls indicate his likely…