Grantsville News

Annie Rice picked the raspberries herself. At 90, she's probably the oldest vendor at the Downtown Cumberland Farmers Market, which brought a bustle of activity to the pedestrian mall Thursday morning.

Two separate fires that occurred Sunday to residences on Chestnut Ridge Road and Foster's Inn Road were both accidental, according to the Maryland State Fire Marshal's Office.

Volunteers responded to two fires in the Grantsville area Sunday, according to the Garrett County Office of Public Safety and Emergency Management.

Police and emergency services personnel were kept busy with all-terrain vehicle and off-road motorcycle accidents Sunday afternoon, leading to five injuries.

ATV embankment wreck hurts two GRANTSVILLE - An ATV driver and his passenger were taken to separate hospitals Saturday morning after their vehicle ran over an embankment about 5 a.m. on private property at Scenic Drive, Hemlock Acres.

A buffet style dinner and ice cream social will be held from 1 to 5 p.m. on Sunday, May 31, at the Avilton Community Center.

Gray skies and drizzly rain Sunday afternoon did not seem to dampen the cheerful spirits of those gathered for the dedication and first mass at the new St.

Garrett Trails is launching the Friends of Trails program at the Taste of Garrett County event, being held on Monday, May 11, from 6 to 9 p.m. at Wisp Resort.

A public hearing concerning the Casselman Mine along Durst Road in Grantsville will be held at Grantsville Elementary School on Monday, May 11, beginning at 7 p.m. The hearing was set by the Maryland Department of the Environment, and will concern the air quality Permit to Construct application filed by Maryland Energy Resources LLC for the mine.

A former Oakland resident was sentenced in Garrett County Circuit Court on Monday to one year in the county jail for a second degree burglary charge.

No injuries occurred when fire broke out in an auto-transport tractor-trailer early Thursday at Third and Center streets, according to the Garrett County Sheriff's Office.

Garrett College will hold its 2009 commencement ceremony on Saturday, May 16, in the college gymnasium.

Music at Penn Alps has finalized the slate of artists for the 17th season of its popular chamber music series.

A two-vehicle accident sent two people to Garrett County Memorial Hospital midday Monday.

Sen. Barbara A. Mikulski visits the Luke Paper Co. with Bill Payton, president of IBEW Local 1653; manager Gary Curtis; and superintendent Jim Harris.

U.S. Senator Barbara A. Mikulski visited Grantsville Elementary School yesterday, where she announced that $7.2 million has been included in the federal checkbook to support Allegany and Garrett counties in educating students with special needs.

Items discussed included sweeper trucks, paving projects, budgetary issues, and a proposed utility ordinance.

A Friendsville driver was pronounced dead at the scene of an early Friday morning accident.

Times-News retirees will meet for lunch Tuesday CUMBERLAND - The Times-News retirees will meet for lunch on Tuesday at noon at Geatz's Restaurant, 206 Paca St.

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