The Allegany County Library System and the Allegany County Health Department have joined forces to host free community health and wellness classes. Ashley Swinford, the library’s marketing director, says local dietician-nutritionist Teresa Stahl is leading the classes. A full class schedule with locations is on the ACLS website at alleganycountylibrary.info…     “Theresa is a great partner. She comes in and does a number of health and wellness classes, some about nutrition, stress management, how to manage those holiday sweet tooth’s so that way we can stay healthy year-round.”

Governor Patrick Morrisey signed orders this week for land acquisitions, making it easier for Milton, West Virginia to build a long-awaited floodwall.  The levee will be over a mile long and when completed by the US Army Corp of Engineers will redirect part of the Mud River, protecting 600 homes.  Milton experienced a 100-year flood in 2023. Morrisey said the wall would provide a 250-year level of protection…     “This project is now going to pave the way for so much good work – for the real estate activities that will occur in the region and ultimately for construction…

For the third year in a row, Allegany County has been selected as a USA Today 10Best “Best Place to Visit for Fall.”  Through Monday, September 8th, voters can submit their choise once daily at 10best.usatoday.com. Winners will be announced September 13th.  Ashli Workman, Director of Tourism, says the county is ranked among destinations such as Ashville, North Carolina, Bar Harbor Maine, and Gatlinburg, Tennessee…    “These are really huge destinations that have a very large recognition and they have a recognition for fall, and to see our county as a destination amongst 20—20 in the whole country—USA Today travel…

On Monday, August 11, 2025, Officers of the Cumberland Police Department responded to the George Street parking garage for a nuisance complaint. Upon searching the area, Officers located two individuals trespassing at the top of the garage who appeared to be using a controlled dangerous substance. The Officers made contact with Samantha Nelson and Jason Stottlemyer and were able to observe paraphernalia in plain view. The Officer then advised Nelson that she was under arrest. She began to resist but was ultimately arrested and transported to the Allegany County Detention Center, where she was held without bond. Stottlemyer was transported…

The City of Cumberland Engineering Department, on behalf of First Energy, would like to notify the public that a portion of Franklin Street between N Centre Street and Columbia Ave will be closed on Thursday, 8/14/25 from 7:00 AM to 2:00 PM in order to replace a broken pole. Please follow all detour signage during this time frame and traffic will be fully restored after work completes at 2:00 PM. Individuals may lose service for periods of time while the work is being performed. Additional information will be released in the event the operation needs to be extended. Thank you for your…

Dwight Myers "Casey" Lambert, 86 of Ridgeley passed away on August 9, 2025.  Mr. Lambert was a 1957 graduate of Ridgeley High School and worked at the Kelly Springfield TIre Company from 1958 to 1999. Re retired as Vice President of Purchasing.  After retirment, he served on the Carpendale Town Council and was Mayor of Carpendale for three terms. Arrangements are being handled by the Adams Family Funeral Home.

A detour will be in place on Greene Street between the Baltimore Street Bridge and Lee Street on Wednesday, August 13. Traffic traveling from downtown toward I68 will be detoured via Washington Street to Lee Street. Traffic coming into downtown will remain unaffected. Traffic coming from Bridge Street in Ridgeley will be detoured via Washington Street to reach I68. The detour will be in effect from 7am to 3 pm. 

On Monday, August 11, 2025, Officers of the Cumberland Police Department served a criminal summons on Darius Harris for Destruction of property. Harris was served with the summons and released pending his trial at District Court. ARRESTED:  Darrius Devon'te Harris    AGE: 27        Cumberland, Maryland CHARGE: Malicious Destruction of Property 

A Fells Point rally on Saturday kicked off a nationwide movement to bring attention to changes in Social Security. Protests centered against plans to completely stop paper checks for social security recipients in an attempt to modernize the system.  Senator Chris Van Hollen say one million Marylanders receive some kind of social security and changes in January hurt recipients…     “Very hard for anyone to get through on the phone lines. The wait times were over five hours in some cases if you could get through at all. The website became inaccessible.” Former SSA Administrator Martin O’Malley says the…

As President Donald Trump was issuing orders to take over the Metropolitan DC Police Force on Monday and deploy the National Guard to the US capital, he also took the opportunity to point out continuing levels of crime in neighboring Baltimore…     “We have other cities that are very bad – New York has a problem. And then you have of course Baltimore and Oakland – we don’t even mention that anymore, they’re so far gone.” State leaders including State Senate President Bill Ferguson took issue with the statement, saying Baltimore’s crime rate has actually decreased and are at…