Maryland Governor Larry Hogan's announcement that sports and other school activities could resume in the coming weeks has both supporters and critics. The state superintendent's association says it wants to see systems follow the submitted plans for school reopening, while the MPSSAA is says counties could elect to play now or in the spring. The seasons would begin the week of October 20, and would end in early December.  Practice would start October 7, which would also be the date that golf competition could commence.

The Allegany County Board of Education will meet Monday afternoon, with the headline topic expected to be the resumption of school athletics and extracurricular activities.  An executive session is scheduled for 1:00 PM, while a public session, via internet, will take place at 2:00 PM. Governor Larry Hogan this week said local board could opt to begin practice on October 7, with games able to be scheduled beginning October 20.  

The West Virginia Department of Education (WVDE) has posted the September 26, 2020, School Alert System: Saturday Education Map update. This map, guided by information from the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources (DHHR) and vetted by the COVID-19 Data Review Panel, determines which counties will hold in-person and blended instruction, and it will direct the level of extracurricular activities permitted. The weekly updates are posted at https://wvde.us/reentrymetrics. County plans should be reviewed for additional requirements. Red (Substantial Community Transmission): Counties must move to remote learning. No extracurricular competitions or practices are permitted. Staff may report to their schools,…

The Joint Communications Center of Allegany County dispatched police, fire and EMS units, along with Trooper 5, to Naves Crossroad for a motor vehicle collision. Those units were dispatched late in the 10:00 AM hour.

The Cumberland Police Department is asking for the public’s assistance in locating Maxwell Ray Redman, age; 58 of Cumberland, Maryland.  He is described as being approximately 6’ feet tall and weighing approximately 180 lbs. with hazel eyes and long graying hair.  Redman is wanted for questioning in an assault that took place early on Friday, September 25th in the Knox Street area that sent a victim to the hospital with life threatening injuries.  A warrant has been issued for Redman’s arrest by District Court.  Anyone with information as to Redman’s whereabouts is urged to contact the Cumberland Police Department at…

A state law that goes into effect Oct. 1 prohibits restaurants, schools and other food service outlets from using polystyrene containers, more commonly and erroneously known as Styrofoam. In April 2019, the legislature passed a bill that banned foam products, making Maryland the first state in the country to go foam-free. Del. Brooke E. Lierman (D-Baltimore City) and Sen. Cheryl C. Kagan (D-Montgomery) sponsored the foam ban bill together. It took Lierman and Kagan three attempts to pass the bill — and one of the concessions made to skeptics was to put off implementation of the legislation until this year.

Maryland will begin jury trials on Oct. 5, ending a long wait for defendants who have been in jail or on home detention since March, when courts closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. All courts across Maryland will resume full operations on that Monday for both civil and criminal cases. But, the process will be slow in all Maryland courts.

The president of Maryland’s Bowie State University says it will investigate an incident during which a campus police officer apparently pulled a student down a set of stairs. The Capital Gazette reported Thursday that a video posted on Twitter shows a campus police officer walking while holding onto a man’s arm. A woman is seen following behind and yelling that the man is cooperating and that there is no need for the officer to grab his arm. The officer grabs the collar of the woman’s sweater and pulls her down the rest of the stairs.   University President Aminta Breaux said…

The Nationals have agreed to a contract extension with manager Dave Martinez, reports MLB Network’s Jon Heyman (via Twitter). It’s a three-year, $7.5MM contract that will take effect in 2021, Bob Nightengale of USA Today was among those to tweet. His two-year contract was set to expire at season’s end, and the Nats had yet to formally make a call on Martinez’s 2021 club option or on a lengthier deal