Frostburg City Police Department handled the initial response of an elderly missing woman. Janet Asbury, an 82 year old female with dementia, visiting family in Frostburg was reported missing just after 7AM Sunday fron High Street. WCBC news asked Frostburg City Police Chief, Nicholas Costello about the initial investigation and a search of the community began with the assistance of Mountain Rescue K-9. A request for public assistance was made at 9:20AM on social media. Allegany County Emergency Services initiated a massive search operation. Numerous Law Enforcement agencies, Fire crews and Emergency Medical Service personnel along with K-9 search teams and a…

The Mountain Ridge at Northern freshman boys basketball scheduled for today has been postponed and rescheduled for Feb. 14 at 6:00 pm.

On Sunday, December 17th, 2023, The Cumberland City Police served a Criminal Summons on Nellie Ann Miller, 59, of Cumberland MD. The summons was in reference to multiple calls for service at an apartment building in the 500 block of Shriver Ave dating back to March, 2023. During each of these incidents the Cumberland Police responded to the residence for reported noise disturbances coming from Miller’s apartment.  During each incident, Miller was advised to stop disturbing the peace of her neighbors. Due to Miller failing to comply, an application for charges was filed with the District Court Commissioner and a…

Allegany County Administrator Jason Bennett says that staff for the county is preparing for meetings with department heads and legislators in Annapolis come January.  The county holds the meetings as the General Assembly session is beginning to get the area’s needs in front of lawmakers… Bennett says that the coming year’s budget will already have some strains due to the Transportation funding cuts across Maryland…

Concerned citizens have spoken at monthly public meetings of the Allegany County Commissioners ever since the decision was made to go with developer D.R. Horton from Texas for the project.  Public information requests have been submitted for seemingly every detail of the proposal process.  Max Green of the West Side Neighborhood Association says more people would come to speak at the meetings, but have stayed away on purpose… Commission President Dave Caporale responded, saying the public comment period is for the citizens…

Fiscal Year 2024 State Revitalization Program awards will be coming to help the City of Cumberland.  Three of four programs that the city applied for have received funding through the Department of Housing and Community Development.  DHCD Secretary Jake Day said that each project plays a key role in revitalization efforts across the state.  Ruth Davis-Rogers, the city’s Historic Planner, went over the programs that received funding…    

Construction on the downtown Cumberland project has been disruptive to traffic, office workers and shoppers.  For those with businesses on Liberty Street right now, it has been a particular problem.  The street has been closed weekdays for over a month.  Matt Idleman from City of Cumberland engineering gave a progress report on the Liberty Street work during a recent construction update call… Downtown Development Director Melinda Kelleher said that the merchants on Liberty Street have been incredible while access to their businesses has been hindered…

An executive order signed Friday by Governor Wes Moore has created a new office to coordinate and promote efforts across state agencies to address the overdose crisis in Maryland.  Governor Moore said the new Maryland Office of Overdose Response expands pathways to care and will have a multi-faceted approach to reducing overdoses – prevention, harm reduction, treatment, recovery and public safety….    

AAA’s Foundation for Traffic Safety says dangerous behaviors behind the wheel can make for a less than jolly holiday season.  Although drunk driving is a problem every day, it is more prevalent during the holidays. During Christmas and New Year periods in 2020, there were 209 drunk-driving related deaths.  Last December, there were 51 traffic fatalities on Maryland roadways – seventeen of those involved aggressive driving or speeding. According to new reports, fewer drivers perceive speeding as dangerous and 15% of drivers admitted to engaging in distracted driving behaviors such as texting.

The City of Cumberland Engineering Department, on behalf of Breezeline, would like to notify the public that Mechanic Street will be closed to one lane between Harrison Street and Pershing Street between 7:00 AM and 5:00 PM on Monday, December 18th, to allow Breezeline to perform work on their cables. Flagging will occur to direct people through the intersection. Additional information will be released in the event the closure duration needs to be extended.