Ellerslie News

At least one person was injured in a mobile home fire at 17804 Sierra Lane in Oldtown that was reported at 1:54 p.m. Monday, according to the Allegany County 911 center.

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

Festival of Fright open tonight ELLERSLIE - The Carr Farm Festival of Fright, which was canceled Friday evening because of heavy rain, will be held today from 7 to 10 p.m. The activity benefits the Ellerslie Volunteer Fire Department and the Western Maryland Food Bank.

The small town of Mount Savage has gone dry. And it has nothing to do with a prohibition on alcohol.

Top photo, from left, Harry Carr, Ben Rodeheaver, Jimmy Robinette and Emma Carr prepare the Carr Farm Festival of Fright, which benefits the Ellerslie Volunteer Fire Department and the Western Maryland Food Bank.

A bright and blatant photo radar van wasn't enough to keep a speeder from tripling the speed limit.

No one was hurt but a family pet dog was killed in a house fire late Sunday afternoon in southeastern Allegany County.

Derrick Bender knows what a bedbug looks like. And he said he'd feel guilty if he didn't share his knowledge, and his experience, with the community.

Derrick Bender knows what a bedbug looks like. And he said he'd feel guilty if he didn't share his knowledge, and his experience, with the community.

Izaiah Kahl could be a volunteer firefighter scout's dream recruit. He's enthusiastic.

Fire of an unknown origin destroyed a barn on Cash Valley Road late Thursday and injured the owner as he tried to free his cattle from the burning structure.

A firefighter prepares to descend a ladder after working on the roof of a Timber Trail Road home in Ellerslie that caught fire Tuesday evening.

An accidental fire caused an estimated $50,000 in damages to a Corriganville residence early Monday, according to the Maryland State Fire Marshal's Office.

The acting director of the Allegany County Joint Communications Division says that emergency dispatchers are not being threatened or warned to toe the company line.

An early morning fire destroyed this two-story barn Sunday at Leaning Pine Farm on Mile Lane in Mount Savage.

Highway bear mortality in Maryland has risen to nine for 2009. On May 30, a 13-pound cub was struck and killed on U.S. Route 219 near Point View Inn at McHenry.

Dwight Perrin found out it's tough to be the new guy. The Cumberland resident, appointed in April by the Allegany County commissioners as the eighth member of the county Planning and Zoning Commission, was the sole attendee two weeks ago at the Lower Wills Creek comprehensive plan kickoff meeting.

Parking for the new Century Park LRT station could be at a premium next year. A temporary 1,400-stall gravel park-and-ride site at Ellerslie Road and 127th Street was scheduled to be available when the LRT reaches Century Park next April, with passengers taken to the station by shuttle buses.

The Allegany County Health Department found 22 licensed food service establishments with zero violations during the latest inspection period.

Nearly 100 people attended the 47th annual Memorial Day ceremony at Corriganville Volunteer Fire Department.