Frostburg News

Heavy snowfall this past weekend pretty well clogged the wheels of justice statewide Monday, but many public legal offices and courts, if skeletally staffed, were open for business.

It was a summer for Lonaconing in 1881. Even with the changing of the months from August to September and a cooling of the temperatures, there had been no rain for four weeks.

The Western Maryland Regional Library and its historical division often referred to as WHILBR, in collaboration with Albert Feldstein, have just launched a new Web site titled "Allegany County Campaign Buttons." The Web site consists of more than 200 campaign buttons and other small campaign items such as matchbook covers, fingernail files, ...

A Westernport man was arrested on heroin distribution charges and two Baltimore men were charged with drug violations following traffic stops late Wednesday afternoon in Westernport and early that morning in Frostburg.

A four-vehicle accident at the intersection of Baltimore and King streets around noon Wednesday did not result in any injuries, Hagerstown patrol officer Clif Briggs said.

Local officials are worried that critical funding that supports programming for Allegany County senior residents could be in jeopardy.

State, county and municipal officials from around Maryland converged Thursday evening for the 34th annual Mountain Maryland PACE reception at the Loews Annapolis Hotel.

The possibility of eliminating through traffic in an alley between Main and First streets was opposed by one Frostburg resident who told the mayor and council that to do so would turn public property into a private holding and further congest the flow of vehicles.

The Allegany County Board of Commissioners today announced the appointment of acting County Administrator David Eberly to the position on a permanent basis.

Frostburg citizens and business owners filled the Frostburg Community Center Saturday afternoon to offer suggestions for the town's budget woes at a special public meeting with municipal officials.

Slick roads didn't cause any major accidents overnight Thursday, when about 2 1/2 inches of snow fell in Cumberland, followed by a sleet/rain mixture that continued into Friday.

The Frostburg mayor and council will be asked at the public meeting tonight to approve a bid of $4,160 from Stevens Electric, Piney Mountain Road, to maintain the city's street lights for 12 months.

Members of a local nonprofit group that promotes the Great Allegheny Passage recreation trail say they'll be able to justify their request for hotel/motel tax revenue from Allegany County government.

The first time Mara Winters got the call to be ready, she thought she might not have to wait three years for a kidney after all.

With Frostburg's bicentennial celebration just a little more than 700 days distant, the first fundraiser to help with that gala has been introduced, a historical calendar with the theme "Educated Miners." "With our first fundraiser actually getting started, we feel that this puts us on the road to the bicentennial," said Barbara Armstrong, who ...

A dual exhibit featuring the work of Clinton Jones and Kristin Winebrenner continues at Washington County Arts Council's downtown Hagerstown gallery.

A former state senator believes the current District 1 legislative delegation is abdicating its constitutional responsibility by failing to "understand the notion of separation of powers and the role of a legislative body as an independent branch of government." At issue is the delegation's decision last week to put on hold a request by John ...

While other Frostburg State University students are using winter break to catch up on sleep, Dave Knotts, Joe Bohrer and Brittney Stakem have been working 14-hour days at the university's Performing Arts Center.

The occupant of a Shaft area home that caught fire Sunday evening was able to rescue several family pets before he was taken to the hospital for smoke inhalation and chest pains.

The city of Frostburg will receive a $777,655 state grant, in addition to $320,000 from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, to improve the existing combined storm water and sewer infrastructure.