Lonaconing News

Bradley Blubaugh, 10, left, plays his 8-year-old brother Wesley a game of chess Saturday at their Lonaconing home as Kailee Wilson watches the action.

Local residents have the chance to recycle their live-cut Christmas trees, including to enhance fish habitat in an area lake.

A Lonaconing woman and Burlington, W.Va., man were both jailed early Wednesday morning after allegedly interfering with a fire operation taking place on Old Beechwood Road in Lonaconing.

A widow of a man who was killed in the 2007 Barton mine collapse continues to seek changes to the manner in which workers' compensation payouts are determined.

Georges Creek Elementary School second-grader Gerald Cutter looks at items with his mother Shasta, who was volunteering at the school's Secret Santa Shop Thursday afternoon at the school near Lonaconing.

If Tom Marsh had his way, there would be a law against consolidating schools in Allegany County.

Former Westernport resident Kenneth Nine, of Temple, Texas, recently shared with his family members a feature story published by the Temple Daily Telegram about his memories during the attack on Pearl Harbor.

Grants to improve water systems CUMBERLAND - Water customers in three Allegany County communities will benefit from the latest round of grants approved by the Maryland Board of Public Works to reduce pollution and improve water quality.

CUMBERLAND -- All four members of the District 1 delegation to Annapolis arrived early to prepare for their annual pre-legislative meeting at Allegany College of Maryland on Willowbrook Road.

Prayer shawls, lap robes and hats being crocheted in Lonaconing are warming the legs, shoulders, heads, hearts and souls of people in need of encouragement, especially cancer patients.

Leaders of Allegany County and municipalities from one end of the county to the other hammered home on Friday to all four members of the District 1 legislative delegation the importance of highway user funds from state government.

Marty O'Toole was prepared to tell the Board of Zoning Appeals for Allegany County he was against an application that would permit timbering near Ashleigh Heights subdivision in LaVale.

The new state director of a federal agency touted more than $3.5 million received by Allegany County communities to support infrastructure improvements during his visit here as well as education and public safety projects.

Allegany College of Md. offers business courses CUMBERLAND - A QuickBooks continuing education course begins Nov.

A Philos Avenue man was jailed Monday afternoon after he allegedly fired shots in the direction of a Lonaconing couple who were in his driveway during a disturbance, according to the Westernport Police Department.

Allegany County Animal Shelter reports the following animals were found: A* A female, 10-week-old, black and white, short-haired kitten along the C&O Canal, Mexico Farms.

The League for Crippled Children celebrated 75 years of serving thousands of children by hosting an open house at its office on Willowbrook Road in recognition of the organizations, businesses and individuals who have consistently demonstrated their compassion and love for children through their donations.

It's so easy that, well, a caveman could do it. A federal grant will aid Allegany County Emergency Medical Services in providing at least 33 automated external defibrillators to public schools, the local health department and Country Club Mall, among other places.

Westmar plans emergency drill LONACONING - Westmar Middle School will conduct an evacuation drill Friday at 9 a.m. so that students and faculty are better prepared should an emergency ever arise.

The "elder statesman"of the Allegany County Board of Education hopes to return to meetings soon, after spending much of the summer at Johns Hopkins University Hospital.