Westernport 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.

With the bulk of last weekend's heavy snow still blanketing the hillsides and front yards of area neighborhoods being dotted with blinking colored lights, it's beginning to look a lot like Christmas.

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

The police station on Washington Street in Westernport could become an "outpost" or "substation" of the Allegany County Bureau of Police if the town's request for the county to absorb its department is granted.

Margie Stafford paints a night light shade during a tole-painting class at the Westernport Senior Center Tuesday afternoon.

Kyah Broadwater, 6, reads to Hannah Metz, 8, and Sydney Metz, 6, during a Read Out Loud program activity Monday evening at the Westernport Library.

State budget cuts, future and looming, are spearheading local officials to request the Allegany County Bureau of Police to police the Georges Creek Valley town of Westernport and its estimated 2,100 residents.

Maryland State Police said a white male suspect entered the American Legion in Westernport late Monday and made a verbal threat that he had a gun.

November 20 - Country House at 2;00 p.m. November 24 - Deadline for Musically Speaking .

Western Maryland Food Bank's 22nd Annual Bags of Plenty Food Drive will begin Wednesday.

November 8 - Open House at the new WMHS ; 2-6 p.m. November 10 - Beginning of Christmas Workshop in Tuesday Class.

For Walter Moore, Westernport resident Mary Jane GA1 4lck's late brother, the chance to attend Frostburg State University was a dream come true for a child who had fought a number of serious physical difficulties since birth and whose family was told he was unlikely to even finish high school.

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 health officials plan to be at Cresaptown Elementary School today to resume giving students the H1N1 flu mist vaccine, after running out of supplies early last week.

Health officials started giving H1N1 flu mist vaccinations to Allegany County schoolchildren on Monday, but it will probably be weeks before enough supplies are available to protect the entire student body.

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.

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.

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.

Persistent gusting winds of up to 50 mph downed tree limbs and power lines Wednesday, disrupting electrical service for hundreds of Allegheny Power customers throughout the tri-state area.

Spectrum Design Service and Westernport Library are now known throughout the state as winners of an annual design competition sponsored by ChesapeakeHome and the American Society of Interior Designers Maryland that recognized the recent library renovation.