Cumberland News

Kim Leonard, president of Potomac Council 757 Boy Scouts of America, has been named a Silver Beaver Award winner.

CUMBERLAND - An autopsy has concluded that a state prison inmate found dead in his cell at Western Correctional Institution near Cumberland four months ago was strangled.

Descendants of officers who served in the Continental Army and Navy were the first to see the George Washington memorial statue commissioned for Cumberland last week in Boston.

Crystal Collins, Rachel Collins, Michael Collins and D.J. Engle, all of Cumberland, ride the Yo-Yo Swing ride Monday evening at the Allegany County Fair.

The Cumberland Theater's production of Jekyll and Hyde is one of the most memorable shows I've seen here - or anywhere else, for that matter.

If you do it the correct way, the floor tiles usually pop up "pretty cleanly" without much of a problem.

Allegany County Sheriff David Goad on Monday responded to the county commissioners' new take-home vehicle policy, saying the policy doesn't apply to his deputies and the take-home policy he implemented last ...

Raul Pantoja Martinez spent the bulk of the business day Monday getting the Orient Express kiddie roller coaster ready for its 5 p.m. debut at the Allegany County Fair and Ag Expo.

Experimenting with solar and wind energy at the Maryland Summer Center for Physics was fun for a group of academically advanced middle school students from across the state.

Believe it or not, they don't fight over who gets to drive the brand new trucks first.

Gene Zumpano has joined Queen City Motors as customer retention and training consultant.

An otherwise uneventful two-hour ride-along on a late-afternoon Cumberland Police shift turned exciting toward 5 p.m. with a double hit-and-run done by a silver pickup truck on South Allegany Street.

Five-year-old Anastasia Klein of LaVale rides her tricycle Saturday morning at Canal Place in Cumberland as she leads youngsters in the children's first Dandy Bicycle Parade around the Crescent Lawn festival ...

Colin DeVore remembers his grandmother bringing him downtown for sweet rolls nearly a decade ago.

From the war in Iraq to the economy to immigration, local people reviewed the national issues that would likely affect the upcoming presidential election at a roundtable discussion Thursday evening.

Downtown Cumberland's Arts & Entertainment District will host the second Saturday Arts Walk of the season tomorrow from 5 to 8 p.m. The Arts Walks are community events that create a special occasion to wander ...

Allegany County Finance Director Jerry Frantz told the county commissioners Thursday the county might not be able to reduce the Homestead Tax Credit as much, or as quickly, as they originally wanted.

Morris says he doesn't think town is getting weekly visits it's due from inspector; program not a year old Joe Dorsey Cumberland Times-News Nostalgia! Sounds bad ... like a sickness, like neuralgia or neuritis.

The first Dandy Bicycle Parade will roll into downtown Cumberland on Saturday. The procession of "decorated, antique and wacky, but functional" bicycles will travel from Canal Place to the Downtown Cumberland ...

Miss Kitty, a 2-year-old black and white long hair spayed female is microchipped, current on vaccination, affectionate and loves to be the center of attention, according to officials at the Allegany County ...