On Saturday, March 1, 2025, the Cumberland Police Department served a criminal summons on Harrison Little III.  The summons was issued as the result of an incident that occurred on February 4, 2025 at approximately 12:12 PM when police responded to a business on Park Street for a theft.  The staff reported that just prior to officers arriving, a shoplifting suspect stole merchandise from the store.  The suspect was later identified as Harrison Little III.  After further investigation, police filed for charges against Little at the District Court of Allegany County.  Little signed for his copy of the summons and…

Congresswoman April McClain-Delaney announced on Saturday her plans to bring a constituent who is a recently laid off federal employee to President’s Trump’s Address to a Joint Session of Congress on Tuesday, March 4.  Matthew Fessler was employed as a Health Insurance Specialist at the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and focused on measuring improper payments within the Medicare Part D Program. He also worked to review new regulations and expand transparency and accountability practices within CMS. In short, his chief job was finding waste, fraud, and abuse within a federal agency—but was fired by DOGE in pursuit of…

Allegany County Public Schools has announced that Bonnie Rowley will be "Acting" Assistant Principal at West Side Elementary School. Rowley has been an employee of Allegany County Public Schools for the past 36 years. She started the first pre-kindergarten program in Allegany County at John Humbird Elementary School and worked as Assistant Principal at Cash Valley Elementary School for seven year. Rolwey will hold the acting position through the end of the 2024-25 academic school year.

The City of Cumberland is making City-owned real estate available for purchase through an auction on GovDeals.com. Two City-owned properties have been posted for live online auction. The properties up for auction include 310 Columbia Street and 26 Industrial Boulevard. The auction is view-only starting on March 1, 2025, and ends on March 7, 2025, at 10:59 AM. The auction begins on March 7, 2025, at 11:00 AM and will end on March 13, 2025 at 4:00 PM.  Information and bidding are available on the City of Cumberland website at: https://www.ci.cumberland.md.us/1809/GovDeals-Properties-for-Sale Inspections are by appointment only. Contact Kevin Thacker at…

On Friday, February 28, 2025, the Cumberland Police Department served four bench warrants on Michael Wallace.  The warrants were issued as the result of Wallace failing to comply with orders of the court.  He was originally charged with numerous charges to include Malicious Destruction of Property less than $1000, Disorderly Conduct, Intoxicated Public Disturbance, Fail to Obey Reasonable & Lawful Order, Disturb the Peace, Litter/Dump: Under 100 lbs.  Wallace was arrested and transported to Central Booking.  He was later seen by a District Court Commissioner and remanded to the Allegany County Detention Center without bond. ARRESTED:  Michael Allen Wallace   …

n his final regular season indoor competition of the year, senior Tom McCoy increased his hold on the Frostburg State Men's Pole Vault record at the Fastrack Last Chance Meet on Friday.  As the lone FSU athlete to make the trip to New York, McCoy hit on heights of 4.60, 4.75, and finally, after just one fault, clearing 4.97m to both win the event and set his new program mark. His previous career high was set earlier in the season, hitting 4.90m in the Bobcats' first event of the year. He now will await to see if he earns a…

The Mayor and City Council of Cumberland will meet in public session beginning at 4:30 p.m. in the 2nd floor Conference Room of City Hall on Tuesday, March 4, 2025, for the purpose of immediately closing the meeting to receive the advice of the City Solicitor and outside counsel regarding the entry into a new Tolling Agreement with CSX and to discuss threatened litigation pertaining to CSX with staff.   Authority to close the session is provided by Sections 3-305(b)(7) and (b)(8) of the General Provisions Article of the Annotated Code of Maryland. The Open Work Session will then begin at…

On Friday, February 28, 2025, the Cumberland Police Department served a bench warrant on Victoria Taylor.  The warrant was issued as the result of Taylor failing to appear in court on original charges of Disorderly Conduct, Affray, and two counts of Assault-2nd Degree.  At approximately 11:32 AM, officers of the Cumberland Police Department located Victoria Taylor at a residence in the 200 block of Valley Street.  When officers attempted to arrest Taylor, she resisted.  After a brief struggle, Taylor was taken into custody and transported to Central Booking.  She was later seen by a District Court Commissioner and posted two…

Businesses along North Centre Street in downtown Cumberland have declared March 1st as Lee Schwartz Day. A Cigar Toast at 4p.m. today on the sidewalks of North Centre to honor Lee's legacy and also to say farewell to The Book Center as they close permanently on Sunday at 3p.m. Dave Love the unofficial Mayor and spokesman for the street said "You're encouraged to grab your favorite cigar and join us as we light one up for Lee."  Dave also noted that it is still legal to smoke on North Centre and ashtrays will be available.

Now in its 21st year, the Hooley Plunge has become the largest single-day fundraising event in Allegany County. Scheduled for March 1, hundreds of brave souls will run into the cold waters of Lake Habeeb at Rocky Gap State Park to raise money for local programs supporting the developmentally disabled, including the Special Olympics of Allegany County, Friends Aware, public and private school programs. The Hooley Plunge is coordinated by Alhambra Wamba Caravan 89. Since its inception, nearly $1.9 million has been raised. The inspiration of the Hooley Plunge started with Dr. Sean McCagh as a fundraiser for the YMCA ice rink….