Bittinger News

The Garrett County Jail may be undergoing approximately $431,500 worth of repairs and improvements if a proposal presented during the Tuesday meeting of the Garrett County Commission is approved.

Students probably won't be affected by the latest budget cut hitting Allegany County Public Schools - a $250,000 reduction in funding from county government announced Tuesday night.

Fifth graders Mallarie Thomas, left, and Jocelyn Wilkins from South Penn Elementary School watch as a mouse climbs Thomas' sleeve Wednesday afternoon while they study at outdoor school at the 4-H camp in Bittinger in Garrett County.

ANew Jersey man was injured Thursday when he lost control of his motorcycle and struck a tree along Glendale Road, Maryland State Police said.

Children who ride the bus might as well smile when they step aboard Tuesday, the first day of school.

Artists across Garrett County are opening up their studios to the public for the second Artist Studio Tour through the Garrett County Arts Council.

One of the first classroom discussions Allegany County students have this fall might not have anything to do with reading, writing or arithmetic.

Volunteers responded to two fires in the Grantsville area Sunday, according to the Garrett County Office of Public Safety and Emergency Management.

Two separate fires that occurred Sunday to residences on Chestnut Ridge Road and Foster's Inn Road were both accidental, according to the Maryland State Fire Marshal's Office.

The turnout might not have been as big as previous years, with fear of rain and a slightly overcast day, but the spirit of community remained at Sunday in the Park.

The sale of Allegany County's debt-laden nursing home would fatten public education coffers by about $285,000, but school officials aren't counting their chickens yet.

The fire was staged Tuesday morning at Burn Building 841, a gutted concrete-block structure where firefighters train.

The Bittinger kids of Wiley Ford seemed to have a corner on the fishing rodeo conducted Sunday at the Evitts Creek Community Ponds.

An accidental fire caused by a wall-mounted electric heater caused an estimated loss of $185,000 to a two-story wood-frame house near Oakland last Thursday.

Environmental Health Services division of the Garrett County Health Department has reported the first case of laboratory confirmed rabies in the county for 2009.

Environmental Health Services of the Garrett County Health Department reported Monday the first case of laboratory confirmed rabies in the county in 2009.

There was no apathy in downtown Cumberland on Wednesday. Rather, several hundred people turned out for a TEA party.