Accusations arose at the most recent Allegany County Commissioners meeting concerning the bidding process for development at the former Allegany High School site.  West Side Neighborhood Association spokesperson Max Green addressed the commissioners in relation to a number of emails between the county, contractor Carl Belt, and D.R. Horton, the winning bidder… County Administrator Jason Bennett says that Belt was upfront about what involvement he wanted… Commission President Dave Caporale was asked by WCBC about the questions raised about Carl Belt’s involvement in the process…

Maryland’s former Governor, Martin O’Malley has a new job – he was confirmed Monday as the new commissioner of the Social Security Administration.  The Senate vote was 50-11 for confirmation with several senators already gone on their winter break. O’Malley replaces Andrew Saul who was removed from the role in 2021 by the Biden Administration.  A pioneer of using performance-management and customer service technologies in government, O’Malley was highly recommended for the position by Senator Ben Cardin…    

Congressman David Trone (D-MD) released his 2023 constituent service numbers, outlining his continued work serving Maryland, fighting our nation’s worsening mental health and addiction crises, and supporting historic legislation to improve the lives of Marylanders. Throughout the past year, Trone and his team answered 49,021 constituent letters, emails, and calls – all while sticking to their 72-hour response time. Rep. Trone understands that it can be difficult for many Marylanders to make ends meet, so he took action by recovering $19,102,176 in savings for constituents over the next 10 years. Additionally, he delivered over $723,730,663 in federal grant funding to…

The City of Cumberland Engineering Department, on behalf of First Energy, would like to notify the public that Allegany Street will be closed to thru traffic between Washington Street and Fayette Street between 7:00 AM and 3:00 PM on Wednesday, December 20th, and Thursday, December 21st, to allow First Energy to perform work in the area. Signage will be in place to detour passenger vehicles around the road closure. Residents of the affected areas will be provided access to their homes via the Fayette St side of Allegany St. Traffic is expected to be restored at 3:00 PM on each…

Allegany College of Maryland received two grants to assist current Students through the college’s Pantry that provides food, personal care and hygiene items and school supplies.  ACM is now a Swipe Out Hunger campus partner. Swipe Out Hunger is a nonprofit that addresses hunger among college students.  23% of students on college campuses are food insecure, lacking access to quality food.  Kristin Kehrwald of ACM says the grant will help more students….    

Maryland House and Senate Republicans released a statement regarding the state’s FY 2025 Budget Outlook and the recommendations of the Spending Affordability Committee. House Minority Leader Jason Buckel said, “the budget outlook is sobering. A knee-jerk reaction from some Democrats in the General Assembly has been to call for higher taxes. This is something that Marylanders simply cannot afford.”  Buckel went on to say in the statement that it is time to make difficult decisions to put Maryland on a stronger fiscal path that does not overburden tax payers.

Allegany County is reporting N Lee St, closed between Washington St & Fayette St in Cumberland per Shaffer construction. 

Update Tuesday, 19th @ 6:50AM ACPS, Mountain Ridge school district is on a 3 hour delay today December 19, 2023. There will be no morning PreK and no breakfast will be served. Allegany Transit, No Purple Line today Garrett County Public Schools will conduct a synchronous Virtual Learning Day (live instruction) today, Tuesday, December 19, 2023. Schools will be closed for in-person learning. Liberal leave is in effect. All schools in Mineral County will be on a 2-hour delay on Tue. Dec. 19, 2023. Snow Emergency Plan went into effect for Garrett County at 5 PM on 12/18/2023. State has declared…

On December 18th Officers from the Cumberland Police Department (CPD) were dispatched to Martins Food Market on Park Street for a theft. Upon arrival and through further investigation it was learned that Angela Francine Growden did order items on-line for pick up. Upon arrival she gathered more items then ordered without paying for them. She was placed under arrested and issued one Maryland Uniform Criminal Citation for theft less than $1,0000. She was released from the scene. Arrest: Angela Francine Growden, age 61, Cumberland MD Charges: theft less than $1,0000

Allegany County Commission President Dave Caporale spoke to WCBC recently about allegations of unfair treatment among the bidders on the Sedgwick Street housing development.  Max Green of the West Side Neighborhood Association directed questions to the commissioners at their latest meeting regarding representatives from D.R. Horton receiving tickets to a major league baseball game but none of the other bidders.  Caporale said he knew of the event, but there was nothing improper…