Luke News

A Westernport man is asking a government agency to cut the stench from a wastewater treatment plant that serves the western Maryland town and a nearby paper mill.

We moved to a house here in Maryland last year and have a next door neighbor that has a dying tree in his yard near our property line and several of the dead branches extend into our yard.

Water line testing Tuesday WESTERNPORT - The Westernport Water Department will be testing the transmission line to the town of Luke on Tuesday between 9 a.m. and 2 p.m. There will be the possibility of periods of low water pressure and/or no water during this period.

County residents file for 2010 election CUMBERLAND - Don Raley, a Republican, has filed with the Allegany County Board of Elections, seeking to become the sheriff in 2010.

Walking cross-country is one thing, but selling your truck, putting all your belongings into storage and beginning the long trek from Austin to Boston may be on the verge of insanity to some.

Luke Bryan gestures to the crowd at the Allegany County Fair and Ag Expo Tuesday at the Allegany County Fairgrounds in Cumberland.

One of the best things about summer in Allegany County occurs this week: it's fair week.

Georgia native Luke Bryan will perform at the Allegany County Fair and Ag Expo on July 21 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets may be purchased online at alleganycofair.org. Bryan's new single "Do I" is off his second Capitol Records Nashville album "Doin' My Thing," which is set to be released in early October.

Ramona Somoza, 93, attributes her love of reading to her mother, Josefa Cuervo Suarez.

You can bring your dad and treat him to a special downtown Cumberland concert featuring Brother Short today beginning at 6 p.m. on the Liberty Street stage.

NewPage Corp. says it will shut down a Western Maryland paper mill during the week of July 6 to help the company weather the recession.

The NewPage Corp. paper mill in Luke will be shutting down the week of July 6 due to the continuing economic downturn.

Less than one-half of the amount requested by Allegany County cities and towns for Program Open Space development projects is available.