Frostburg News Archives

Wantz Distributors expanded its business operations earlier this month with the purchase of Price Beers in Frostburg, Md.

Frostburg, Md. - THREE hours by bike from Cumberland, Md., on the Great Allegheny Passage, I rode into the mouth of the abandoned Borden Tunnel near here, where freight trains once rumbled, hauling coke, steel and coal.

Charges are pending against a Mount Savage man in connection with a high-speed chase early Saturday that occurred before the driver lost control of his vehicle a short time later on Parkersburg Road.

No souls were bet, or fiddles of gold won, but people of all ages came out for the 16th Annual Fiddle Championship to compete in fiddle, banjo and mandolin.

A young Midand man operating an all-terrain vehicle was arrested early Friday after he allegedly failed to stop for police, rammed a police cruiser during the pursuit and then was arrested after he struck a parked vehicle on McCulloh Street.

Maryland State Police continued the investigation into Wednesday night's head-on collison on U.S. Route 40 in LaVale that claimed the lives of three Mount Savage residents, including a mother and her 11-year-old son, and severely injured a Frostburg man.

Three people were killed in a head-on collision in the Allegany County community of LaVale.

I used to donate to St. Jude's Children's Research. They sent back some items with pictures that children drew.

A Virginia man was arrested early Saturday after being involved in an altercation on East Mechanic Street.

A Frostburg man kept police at bay Sunday Morning for more than an hour, while they tried to get him to leave his apartment for questioning.

It's so easy that, well, a caveman could do it. A federal grant will aid Allegany County Emergency Medical Services in providing at least 33 automated external defibrillators to public schools, the local health department and Country Club Mall, among other places.

The Frostburg mayor and council will vote today on an amended ordinance that regulates wind mills and wind energy systems.

Frostburg is expected to issue a building permit sometime this month that would allow construction of the Braddock's Greene housing project to begin on the city's south side, according to Rich Harris, Frostburg's director of development.

Allegany Magazine Managing Editor Shane Riggs will be the guest speaker with the Friends of the Frostburg Library on Oct.

They won't be difficult to spot, the members of Alpha Sigma Tau and Delta Zeta, as they wear yellow vests and blue gloves and tote orange bags while cleaning the city streets that have been adopted by their Frostburg State University sororities.

A "Freedom Towel" campaign has been launched in Allegany County as a way of paying honor to veterans.

Driver charged DUIafter head-on Route 36 crash BARTON - An 18-year-old Frostburg man was charged with driving under the influence following a head-on collison early Wednesday on state Route 36 near Barton.

An accidental fire early Tuesday has displaced a resident at 10910 Green Row Road until utilities can be restored, according to the Maryland State Fire Marshal's Office.

Investigation of the Sept. 26 fire that destroyed the John Humbird Elementary School playground is continuing, although "no legitimate suspect" has been developed in the case, according to the Maryland State Fire Marshal's Office.

Two Frostburg men were injured when their automobile was struck by a tractor-trailer Sunday evening at the westbound Interstate 68 ramp to state Route 495, according to Maryland State Police.

Statewide budget cuts haven't dampened the spirit of leaders at Frostburg State University, where President Jonathan Gibralter concluded the fall convocation Tuesday with a surprise finale that included puppets, a 50-piece band and one really big poof of stage smoke.

There's nothing typical about Sara Evans, and that can be said for her legions of fans, too.

When the state of Maryland pulled back more than $300,000 in highway user revenue that was to go to the city of Frostburg, it is unlikely that the Annapolis decision-makers were thinking about a Christmas celebration or a block party or a 1950s cruise-in on the Mountain City's steep Main Street.