Much as they did when endorsing Martin O’Malley for the job as head of the Social Security Administration this past year, the U.S. Senators from Maryland, along with their newest congressional representative, have endorsed the former Maryland governor for the job as head of the Democratic National Committee.  Senators Chris Van Hollen, Ben Cardin and Congressperson Elect Angela Alsobrooks, all Democrats, issued a statement saying that O’Malley will listen to Americans’ concerns and deliver real solutions for their families and country.

On Thursday, November 28, 2024, Officers of the Cumberland Police Department responded to the 900 Block of Gay Street for the report of an active disturbance. Upon arrival, they learned that the suspect, Thomas Wiggington, had been involved in several other incidents the previous night. Officers observed Wiggington operating a vehicle with its four-way flashers activated and traveling approximately five miles per hour. Officers activated their emergency equipment to affect a traffic stop on the vehicle. Wiggington was observed throwing his hands out the window, gesturing at Officers. Wiggington continued driving, failing to curb his vehicle at Officers' request. While…

The 1A Maryland football championship game will be played in Annapolis on Saturday, December 7 at noon.  If Fort Hill and Northern win their semifinal games this weekend, it will mark the 4th straight year the 1A title game will be played by two teams from Western Maryland.

Nancy Dalton, the Director for Amazon Access, spoke with WCBC recently about the Amazon Access program. The program is designed to meet the needs of lower-income Americans who are using different types of government assistance. Customers have options for buying food and essentials using SNAP EBT, special discounts, and special pricing for Amazon Prime… “If the customer is receiving one of the qualifying government assisted programs, they can access all of the benefits of Prime and get that at 50% off. And in addition we have our Access Discount program which is a program that offer up to 15-20% off…

Those in the area not into holiday shopping the day after Thanksgiving may want to join in a hike to work off some of that turkey dinner.  In celebration of Native American Heritage Day on Friday, Ranger Julia at Dans Mountain State Park will be leading a moderately challenging mile and a half hike along part of the Lonacona Loop Trail. The hike starts at 3pm and hikers can experience Dans Mountain during the “golden hour” and understand why the trail’s namesake, Lonacona, felt such a connection to the area.

On November 27th, 2024 at approximately 21:04 p.m., officers from the Cumberland Police Department responded to an apartment building on Paca Street for an unruly tenant. Upon arrival officers spoke to the complainant and were advised that Michael Wayne Bergman was creating unwanted noise and running through the hallways. Officers could hear Bergman yelling in the building before contacting him. Once contacted, Bergman was ordered to stop creating disturbances, and the officers cleared the scene. Approximately thirty minutes later the officers returned for Bergman as he continued to create disturbances. He was placed under arrest and transported to Central Booking….

Singer Suzy Nash has a new song out that many will think is about the town of Cumberland.  “Heartbeat of A Small Town” will be available tonight at midnight online on streaming services, along with a video that was shot entirely in the Cumberland area by her husband, Al Moskowitz. Moskowitz said they had access to a hit maker’s catalog to choose songs from for the new album… “All of the songs that we recorded in this last session in the summer of ’23 were from Reba McIntyre’s catalog. You know, when you’re a person like Reba McIntyre, you got…

Not much will be changing with the lighting of downtown Cumberland’s Christmas tree, but a large crowd is expected for the event.  The event will kick off with music by a local disc jockey at 4:30pm Friday afternoon before live music begins at 5:15. Baltimore Street will be closed to traffic and parking for the tree lighting at the corner of Baltimore and Liberty Streets.. DDC Director Melinda Kelleher said the Mathews family of Bedford Street will be on hand to turn on the lights of the tree they donated to the city… “The ideas is that Emmanuel Episcopal will…

The following students from Bel Air Elementary School made the Honor Roll for the first marking period of the 2024-2025 school year: Kindergarten: Madilynn Baker, Teagan Ballou, Nora Barber, Sage Bruce, Alayna Buentello, Temry Dicken, Alessia Dudiak, Aubree Frost, Emma Garlitz, Railynn George, Lane Hook, Lilly Jackson, Easton Jones, Bexley Kerr, Abriella Lafferty, Collen May, Graham McGregor, Rowan Miller, Remi Montgomery, Hannah Morgan, Idalynn Moyer, Luke Munson, Yullyne Parsons, Noah Pheasant, Amelia Riggleman, Sebastian Rother, Gracelynn Sinclair, Brantley VanMeter, Aleah Vanskiver, Regan Waltz, Taitum Welsh, Bowen Wilson, Myla Wilson, and Cason Wiseman Grade One: Ellie Barber, Brian Bray, Deklan Briner,…

Frostburg State University will celebrate the student achievements of its fall 2024 graduating class at the 165th Commencement Ceremony on Wednesday, Dec. 18, in the Cordts Physical Education Center Main Arena at 2 p.m. This year’s commencement speakers are Hana Nazelrod from the College of Arts, Humanities, and Social and Behavioral Sciences; Courage Tikum from the College of Business, Engineering, and Computational and Mathematical Sciences; and Carolyn DeSena from the College of Education and Health and Natural Sciences. Nazelrod, of Oakland, Md., will graduate with a bachelor’s degree in illustration and ceramics with a minor in art history. Her hard…