Allegany County News

Six volunteers and the president/treasurer of the Allegany County Teachers Federal Credit Union recently attended the fourth annual meeting and convention of the Maryland & District of Columbia Credit Union Association in Baltimore.

A developer who wants to build 4,300 homes in a rural part of Allegany County and the county's elected commissioners have filed suit against Maryland's environmental and planning agencies, accusing them of illegally blocking the project.

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.

Allegany County reports accidents CUMBERLAND - Accidents with injuries were reported at Brant and Old Orchard roads in Cresaptown and on National Highway where a vehicle reportedly struck a carport near the Maryland State Police barrack Wednesday afternoon.

On June 24, 2008, I found myself among and part of a thunderous applause that resonated from the hands of thousands of sheriffs, their staffs and families, who were giving a standing ovation for Sheriff David Goad for his accomplishments and for the integrity that he brings to the office of sheriff.

About two-thirds of students in the Class of 2009 are headed to college in the fall - some as far away as Texas and Utah, according to figures released this week by the Allegany County Board of Education.

It takes more than a 50-ton crane and a flatbed truck to move an 11,000-pound magnet from one end of Cumberland to another.

Allegany County authorities say a man is charged with sexually abusing a 12-year-old boy six years ago when the man was 16.

Allegany County authorities have arrested a Cumberland man charged with sexually abusing a 15-year-old boy in May.

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One thing Allegany County officials don't want is a repeat of the past, which includes at least a handful of instances of cash payments to sheriff's deputies as compensation for working off-duty overtime assignments.

I'm a voter in Allegany County and my name is John Fatkin. I would like to say the best way to defeat the current county commissioners is in the 2010 primary election because those three commissioners on Kelly Road have raised taxes to taking away the Sheriff's Road Patrol.

Four-year-old Jake Block was coloring on his back porch Thursday when he saw a tall man in a black shirt run across the yard.

Police in Cumberland say an Allegany County correctional officer has been suspended and accused of tipping off a suspect in a sex-offense investigation.

Jun. 18--CUMBERLAND -- Six years after it became law to publish an annual report of hotel/motel tax revenue collections, Allegany County government is looking to make policy to comply with that law.

A Washington state man was hospitalized with multiple stab wounds and his female companion was charged with attempted murder as a result of the incident.

Allegany County is seeking nominees to serve on the Property Tax Assessment Appeals Board.

Gary Moore, director of Allegany County's Department of Homeland Security and Public Safety and chief of the county Bureau of Police, is expected to sign on for a second tour with local government.

One day when my 7-year-old son has grown into a man and all I will have are the memories of my little boy standing on third base on warm summers evening, I will make sure to personally thank the Allegany County commissioners for being more concerned about their positions of arrogance than providing the citizens of this county with much needed jobs ...

The state fire marshal is investigating the cause of a fire that destroyed a barn in Allegany County overnight.