Luke News

Water line testing Tuesday WESTERNPORT - The Westernport Water Department will be testing the transmission line to the town of Luke on Tuesday between 9 a.m. and 2 p.m. There will be the possibility of periods of low water pressure and/or no water during this period.

County residents file for 2010 election CUMBERLAND - Don Raley, a Republican, has filed with the Allegany County Board of Elections, seeking to become the sheriff in 2010.

Walking cross-country is one thing, but selling your truck, putting all your belongings into storage and beginning the long trek from Austin to Boston may be on the verge of insanity to some.

Luke Bryan gestures to the crowd at the Allegany County Fair and Ag Expo Tuesday at the Allegany County Fairgrounds in Cumberland.

One of the best things about summer in Allegany County occurs this week: it's fair week.

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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