Friendsville News

A sampling of a few of the over 150 signed first editions that Maryland banker Bill Grant has collected.

Critics have blamed hydraulic fracturing, or "fracking," for environmental disturbances including landscape degradation, air pollution and groundwater contamination - conditions that may affect the health of surrounding areas.

City Council voted to improve the Friendsville Road/state Route 83 intersection, and on another matter, questioned a resolution seeking to increase the amount of the contract for sludge hauling at its sewer plant.

Four people were taken tot he hospital, one in serious condition, after a crash in Garrett County Saturday morning.

Note that Aqua Mountain Indoor Water Park Resort is in the planning stages. Originally projected to open in late 2009 or early 2010, the project is on hold and may not open at all.