Ellerslie News

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.

Information is being sought by the Maryland State Fire Marshal's Office concerning a Sunday night fire that heavily damaged an unoccupied residence at 13509 Ellerslie Road.

Karen D'Angelo Bromley, former Allegany County public schools reading specialist, was recently elected to the International Reading Association's Board of Trustees.

The Allegany County Bureau of Police was notified by Western Maryland Health System that Janet Eileen McKenzie, 50, of Stoney Creek Drive, died Monday following a Sunday accident where she was pinned under an all-terrain vehicle she was using to roll the lawn.

Fire investigators are trying to determine what sparked a blaze early Sunday morning that caused extensive damage to a vacant building that once housed the Rawlings Athletics Complex.

The Mary Fazenbaker family was left homeless Wednesday when fire of an unknown origin destroyed a Bluebaugh Road residence.

Fire investigators continue to investigate the cause of a Wednesday morning fire that consumed a two-story residence on Blubaugh Road not far from state Route 36 in the Water Station Run Road area.

Sue Sivic of Frostburg won the $250 prize for having a cover-all in the Times-News bingo game.

Help save history The Friends of Historic Ellerslie is seeking members to help the group preserve 48 acres in Port Tobacco that holds a historic home, Ellerslie, the oldest tobacco barn in Charles County, ...

Share an opinion The Charles County Board of Zoning and Appeals has continued a public hearing on a special exception request to build the Pope John Paul II Academy at 7730 Ann Harbor Drive in Port Tobacco ...