Cascade News

Nine people were charged Friday after members of the Washington County Narcotics Task Force, assisted by members of the Drug Enforcement Administration's Hagerstown Resident Office, executed a search-and-seizure warrant at Chocolate Park Liquors at 25313 Military Road in Cascade, according to a task force press release.

Police arrested nine people at a liquor store on Friday as part of an on going drug investigation.

During a lunch Tuesday with the Washington County Commissioners, U.S. Sen. Barbara A. Mikulski, D-Maryland, pledged to support improvements to Interstate 81 and agreed to keep an eye out for a major business or government agency that could anchor the development at the former Fort Ritchie U.S. Army base in Cascade.

A panel considering new enrollment boundaries for Washington County Public Schools gave preliminary support Tuesday to two redistricting proposals.

A proposal to bus Clear Spring-area students to Hancock already has been tabled, a member of a school redistricting committee said Tuesday, responding to angry feedback from the weekend.

Clear Spring-area residents gathered Sunday to protest a plan to shift 130 students to Hancock schools through a countywide redistricting effort.

Two firms recently have located to Fort Ritchie at Cascade. Aspen Grove Inc., an independent company that provides property management solutions for bank-owned real estate, is leasing 855 square feet in ...

PenMar Development Corp. Executive Director Rich Rook has resigned effective Jan.

If it helps to have friends in high places, Washington County's economy has one it needs in Col.

The Washington County Board of Education voted Tuesday to approve a $1 million donation from the PenMar Development Corp.