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George Washington Headquarters Arrests 3 Individuals From Cumberland

Cumberland: Due to several complaints from the public and allegations of nuisances, Cumberland City Police Department officers enhanced patrols in the vicinity of George Washington Headquarters and the Western Maryland Train Station on Thursday, October 10, 2024. 3 Individuals Of Cumberland Got Arrested Three people were taken into custody as a consequence of many infractions

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Drivers And A 2-year-old Were Hurt In A Crash At George’s Creek

PEKIN: The Allegany County Department of Emergency Services reports that following a two-vehicle crash late on Wednesday afternoon on Lower Georges Creek Road in the Pekin area, the driver of an all-terrain automobile & a 2-year-old passenger were wounded & flown by helicopter of Maryland State Police for treatment. A passenger car’s driver also received

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Normal Reservoir Levels Prompt Frostburg Officials To Shift Their Attention To Lonaconing Water Supply

Frostburg: Although Piney Reservoir’s water levels returned to normal last week, concerns have been raised about the city’s emergency water supply to the villages in the George’s Creek Valley, according to Frostburg officials on Tuesday. Officials talked about whether it would be feasible to keep providing Lonaconing, Midland, and Barton with water from city reserves

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Norman F. Knight Jr. Receives 6th ACM’s Distinguished Alumni Award

Cumberland: The sixth Distinguished Alumni Award from Allegany College of Maryland was given to Norman F. Knight Jr. Astronauts have been able to safely navigate galaxies thanks to Knight’s profession in aerospace engineering and academia. In late August, he and his spouse, Patrice, came to the college to see the Cumberland campus and accept the

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Marshes Commemorates 50 Years Of Running Chat & Chew Restaurant

McCoole: Since its opening in 1957, the Chat & Chew restaurant has proudly offered chip beef gravy for decades. The Super Burger and chipped beef are house specialties at this eatery located near McCoole on U.S. Route 220. The popular sandwich is described on a sign outside the business that says Seems Like Millions Sold.

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Appeal Filed Over Proposed Construction In Wild Yough Corridor

California: The East Coast’s version of California’s redwoods are the ancient trees in a unique hemlock forest in Garrett County, according to J. Dirk Schwenk. If he could have one wish fulfilled, he would like the Maryland Department of Natural Resources to halt a project that would have destroyed many of the area’s centuries-old trees.

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Burkey’s Furniture is closing its doors after 77 years in operation

LAVALE: Burkey’s Furniture, a family-run business that has been operating in Allegany County for almost 80 years, may shortly close its doors forever. Oct. 10 is the start of a going-out-of-business sale. Since 1947, Burkey’s Furniture has offered home furnishings to its clients.  Since her husband John passed away in 2019, Kathy Burkey, the owner

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