Oldtown News

Maryland State Police say an Oldtown man missing for more than a week has been found dead from an apparent all-terrain vehicle accident.

A pole barn in the 17000 block of Williams Road was destroyed by fire Thursday that was the result of two youths playing with a lighter, according to the Maryland State Fire Marshal's Office.

It turns out Oldtown might be a pretty good Plan B. Local dignitaries and elected officials on Saturday in Oldtown will dedicate a descendant of the original Liberty Tree, originally located at St.

Allegany County authorities say a man is charged with sexually abusing a 12-year-old boy six years ago when the man was 16.

The Trail Town program, a bistate effort to link users of the Great Allegheny Passage and C&Oa SCanal Towpath to the businesses and services in the towns where trail users hike, bike and run, has officially expanded into Maryland and now includes Frostburg, Cumberland and Oldtown.

A reward is being offered for information leading to an arrest in connection with theft of a safe from a Lower Town Creek Road residence in Oldtown.

Oldtown bridge closed to traffic OLDTOWN - Opessa Street at Bridge No. A-79 over Seven Springs Run is closed to all traffic.

Fire of an undetermined origin destroyed a barn at a Bear Hill Road residence late Sunday - the latest in a series of unrelated fires that remain under investigation by the Maryland State Fire Marshal's Office.

Morgan Davis, 10, of Clearville, Pa., left, places a meal worm on a hook Saturday morning during the annual Battie Mixon Fishing Rodeo at the C&O Canal National Historical Park in Oldtown, while Cameren Layton, 3, of Short Gap, W.Va., selects a prize after catching a fish.

The call came in from a distressed Cumberland woman who had found a group of boys making a game out of harassing a baby squirrel.

A 47-year-old East Side woman and her 4-year-old son were left homeless when fire of an unknown origin destroyed their residence early Thursday.

Dr. Giovanni Mastrangelo, 72, Oldtown, died Friday, apparently from injuries he sustained when jumping from the burning vehicle he was driving on Flintstone Creek Road, according to Maryland State Police.

A waiver was granted in Allegany County Circuit Court on Tuesday for Ryan Brooks, 17, to be tried for alleged sexual offenses in the juvenile system rather than being tried as an adult.

Three people were taken to the hospital Saturday evening after their boat capsized in the Potomac River, sweeping one passenger about a mile downstream.

LAST MEETING: Thursday ACTION: * Awarded a two-year contract beginning July 1 to manage county tourism to River's Edge Business Associates, led by Barb Buehl.

Longtime school bus driver Homer Blubaugh, left, of Oldtown, received recognition Monday for 50 years of service in safely transporting children to and from school.

Fire that consumed a Flintstone residence Monday evening was caused by hot embers that ignited combustibles outside the single-story dwelling, according to the Maryland State Fire Marshal's Office.

Fire consumes a home on Uhl Highway near Marydale Monday evening, one of two house fires that occupied Allegany County units for hours, according to a dispatcher with the county 911 Joint Communications Division.

The ninth annual Band Blitz will be held Sunday beginning at 1 p.m. at the Cumberland Outdoor Club, 31 Thomas St.

A Finzel man won't go to jail for shooting a stray dog in the face last summer, then leaving him for dead.