Luke News

Georgia native Luke Bryan will perform at the Allegany County Fair and Ag Expo on July 21 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets may be purchased online at alleganycofair.org. Bryan's new single "Do I" is off his second Capitol Records Nashville album "Doin' My Thing," which is set to be released in early October.

Ramona Somoza, 93, attributes her love of reading to her mother, Josefa Cuervo Suarez.

You can bring your dad and treat him to a special downtown Cumberland concert featuring Brother Short today beginning at 6 p.m. on the Liberty Street stage.

NewPage Corp. says it will shut down a Western Maryland paper mill during the week of July 6 to help the company weather the recession.

The NewPage Corp. paper mill in Luke will be shutting down the week of July 6 due to the continuing economic downturn.

Less than one-half of the amount requested by Allegany County cities and towns for Program Open Space development projects is available.

Before the BMX races conclude today, almost 500 riders will have pedaled, steered and sweated on the undulating, ribbon-candy-shaped dirt course since Friday at the C. Eugene Mason Recreation Complex.

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

During a two-day visit this week to Allegany and Garrett counties, U.S. Sen. Barbara Mikulski visited the Times-News to address both local and global issues.

The U.S. Postal Service says it is closing an Allegany County post office to cut costs.

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Cumberland may have fought, and won, to keep its post office doors open, but the one on 119 Pratt St.

The dogwood flowers aren't even out yet and the tomatoes haven't been planted, but if you try, you can feel the mid-summer humidity and hear the songs of Luke Bryan and Neal McCoy, both of whom will take the stage at the Allegany County Fair, slated for July 19-26. "We believe we have a great lineup this summer and that we've added new attractions ...

Cleanup of 4,000 gallons of fly ash sludge that spilled into the Potomac River from a coal-burning power plant pipeline at the NewPage paper mill Sunday was completed within hours of the discovery of the leak, ...

Historic group to meet Wednesday CUMBERLAND - The Cumberland Historic Preservation Commission will meet Wednesday at 4 p.m. at City Hall.

Nowadays, you can drive from Baltimore to Cumberland in 2 1/2 hours - less if you have a lead foot.

Luke, a 3-month-old male beagle/Jack Russell terrier mix, and his sister, Maddy, are friendly and would do well in any home environment, according to officials at the Allegany County Animal Shelter.

The Westernport Heritage Society will hear about the life and times of the 16th president of the United States, Abraham Lincoln, as the first in a series of three speakers set for 2009.

Occasionally the letters that are published in the Times-News are written by people who are of the atheist or humanist persuasion.

The Baltimore Examiner , a free tabloid newspaper, announced that it will be closing its Baltimore edition.