Tuesday, October 23, 2007

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It should be quite a ride when the Maryland General Assembly convenes in a special session a week from today to take up Gov. Martin O'Malley's plan to offset the state's $1.7 billion deficit. Cumberland Times News 14 Times-News) The Confederate flag is not hurting anyone and groups have made a bad name for that flag. I belong to a Civil war re-enactment group and it doesn't bother me and I don't pay any attention to it. It's history and not hate. A pair of former Cumberland men have applied to rezone nearly nine acres on Christie Road from G1 General Residential to B2 Major Commercial. Cumberland Times News Paper The Keyser City Council meeting slated for today at 2:30 pm has been postponed to Thursday at 4 pm. Potomac State College of West Virginia University has 1608 students enrolled this semester — the highest enrollment in the history of the college. This correlates to an 8 percent increase over enrollment numbers last year, . Cumberland Times News Obituaries A 23-year-old city woman remained hospitalized today with injuries she suffered when she “fell or was pushed“ from a moving vehicle on the West Side of the city early Sunday. The Ag and Forestry Club at Potomac State College of West Virginia University will again sponsor a Haunted Barn for students, faculty, staff and the community Oct. 26, 27, 30 and 31 starting at 7 pm. Cumberland Times News Cumberland Md Recently your paper ran an article announcing a Rally for the troops to be held in Frostburg, on Oct. 27, 2007 beginning at 5 pm, beginning at Armstrong Avenue. I feel this is a wonderful idea, and I along with my family am going to . This is not the first time I have cited the dangers confronting pedestrians - especially the elderly - at the intersection of Mechanic Street and the downtown mall, due to the failure of far too many drivers to honor the no turn on . Cumberland Times News Classifieds I have included a letter which I received 9-21-2007. No one had seen the letter who were mentioned there within. After grief overcame me I tried to find someone who would care enough for those of us who were in World War II to help us. Ginny Martin reads to her parents, Diana and Danny Martin, as part of the Wiley Ford Title I Parent Advisory Council meeting held recently at the school. Cumberland Times News Frank Mitchell's paintings have a wide cultural and geographic range, but they also contain the core message that we are all in this together, so let's recognize our differences and celebrate the common ground upon which we stand. Advised by the US Department of Agriculture that the New Creek ducks need to move or be removed, Keyser City Councilman Marq Rice has been trying to get the feathered residents to move downstream. Cumberland Times News Paper Former Hampshire High School standout Julieanne Buckley and Keyser's Megan Webb helped Potomac State College close out its season with a 3-0 victory over the Community College of Baltimore County-Essex Sunday afternoon in the Dana G With his experience as a tenant and landlord, Jeff Hutter knows the ins and outs of just about every law in place when it comes to rental properties. Cumberland Times News Obituaries Re-enactors Sam McClintock and David Stemach of Addison will present a program today at 7:30 pm at the Folk Meeting House in Springs. The fifth annual Mineral County Veterans Day Parade will remember the late Russell S. Beatty, a Mineral County man who was severely wounded while serving as a paratrooper in Germany in World War II. Cumberland Times News Cumberland Md Entries are being accepted for the Mineral County Veterans Day 5K Run/2K Walk, scheduled for 9:30 am Nov. 10. The following news briefs appeared in the Cumberland Times-News on October 21, 2007.

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Cumberland Times News Classifieds The Grant County Airport - Robert C. Byrd Field offers some unique amenities to pilots who attend about four fly-ins held at the airport each year. On Oct. 2, the federal government established two National Interest Electric Transmission corridors, one in the Southwest and one in the mid-Atlantic. Cumberland Times News Authorities say area college students who have taken out loans to pay for school are being targeted by a scam that asks for personal information, such as a Social Security number, the Cumberland Times-News reports South Penn Elementary School kindergartner Travon Morris eats lunch with his mother Batricia Wednesday morning at the school in Cumberland. Cumberland Times News Paper The editorial cartoon in the Oct. 16 edition of the Times-News depicts that a British judge has ruled that there were nine factual errors in Al Gore's documentary, An Inconvenient Truth. Even a petrificus totalus spell couldn’t keep away the true Harry Potter fan from getting their copy of the seventh and final Harry Potter book. Witches, wizards and muggles all gathered together at the Country Club Mall to celebrate . Cumberland Times News Obituaries I would like to address a news article from the Friday, Oct. 12 Cumberland Times-News with the title Carriage Museum's ghost tour of city features tales of unexplained. Members of the South Cumberland Business and Civic Association and volunteers will meet Monday at 6:30 pm at Trinity United Methodist Church on Grand Avenue to plan Wednesday’s Halloween Parade. Cumberland Times News Cumberland Md An Aero Commander airplane that crashed Sunday after takeoff at the Greater Cumberland Regional Airport killing two local couples had its engines overhauled in 1995 and had flown approximately 400 hours since that time. Ben Cardin finds Cumberland symbolic of the challenges that face Western Maryland.As an area that does not lack for issues, whether it be concerns about the environment, economic development, or tourism, he has opted to maintain a . Cumberland Times News Classifieds With construction finally under way, the Pilot Travel Center is shaping up at its location at Exit 22 of Interstate 68. We're excited to be coming in, Steve Vanderink, Pilot's division director of operation, said An auto show will be held on Cumberland’s Town Centre which will benefit the Toys for Happiness campaign on Saturday from 11 am to 4 pm. Cumberland Times News The Cumberland mayor and City Council will meet today at 6:15 pm in the Council Chambers of City Hall. Mr. Miller, now who is ignorant and intolerant of others beliefs in God? In your first letter you asked a gentleman to provide a scripture from the King James Bible on the way Christians believe in God differently from others. Cumberland Times News Paper CUMBERLAND — Burning incense in peat moss likely started a fire that quickly worked its way inside a North Lee Street apartment complex Sunday afternoon, according to Cumberland Deputy Fire Chief Bobby Long. Authorities say area college students who have taken out loans to pay for school are being targeted by a scam that asks for personal information, su. Cumberland Times News Obituaries Even in times like these, Leo Mazzone and his spirit still bring a smile to your face. Even when you don’t get a chance to talk to him. “We just can’t do it any more!” say Ben Singleton and Dan Ward of Fort Cumberland American Legion Post 13. Cumberland Times News Cumberland Md Before Hampshire County residents build new residential or commercial structures they must get a building permit and pay for their inspections according to the county building code. Roscoe Bartlett’s defense of his support for President Bush’s veto of the SCHIP program quotes a Congressional Budget Office report (“Rep. Bartlett explains why he supports veto,” Times-News, Oct. 10).

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Cumberland Times News Classifieds There’s bad news here, and, of course, like everyone with bad news, I need to share it with you. Two articles appeared in the Cumberland-Times opinion section, which took my interest. Grounded (lead editorial, Oct. 7) and Dreams (West Virginia Extra, Oct. 7), pipe dreams belong to the people who create them. I will tell you why. Cumberland Times News Fred E. Skip and Dotty Squires, longtime members of the South Cumberland Business and Civic Association, will serve as parade marshals for the 58th annual Halloween parade Oct. 24. I appreciate the opportunity to respond to the Times-News Oct. 5, 2007 editorial and Oct. 4, 2007, news article about the SCHIP program. Cumberland Times News Paper Sonny is a 3-year-old, long haired, orange and white tabby male, who is neutered and has his front paws declawed. He is described as a very quiet gentleman who patiently awaits a loving home by officials at the Allegany County Animal . In Saturday's Times-News we carried a page one story about the growing problem of contaminated beef and how the recall of the product has forced Topps Meat Co. to close its business. Cumberland Times News Obituaries A team of federal mining investigators has concluded that a flawed ground control plan, coupled with negligence from company officials and subsidence from underground mining, led to the April 17 collapse of a 275-feet highwall that . A simple drive through areas in Garrett County around Lonaconing, Bittinger, Avilton and Swanton make the presence of the gypsy moth caterpillars known, as forested property is defoliated from the caterpillars’ constant feeding. Cumberland Times News Cumberland Md Tyler Moore, left, and Jacob Ritenour, both 12, hold an American flag as Scout Master Chris Terry, left, and Assistant Scout Master Michael Ritenour from Georges Creek Troop 26 cut the field of blue away from the stripes Thursday . The Frostburg mayor and council approved Thursday a zoning change from residential to commercial for property in the area of the Western Maryland Health System’s Frostburg Rehabilitation and Nursing Center, much of which was already . Cumberland Times News Classifieds There was a collective sigh of relief heard at Cumberland City Hall last week when it was revealed that the long-awaited Willowbrook Market Place is back on track. The mayor and council and city residents - to say nothing of the many . With nothing but the pajamas they were wearing, Donald and Elaine Miller watched their life's belongings burn to ashes early Friday after their dog, Bear, woke them from their sleep. Cumberland Times News Major accidents in Allegany and Garrett counties injured five people and closed sections of Interstate 68 in both counties for several hours Tuesday. Meanwhile, construction is underway for the newest Pilot Travel Center, located in Grantsville, Md., off Interstate 68, the Cumberland Times-News reported. We're excited to be coming in, Steve Vanderink, Pilot's division director of . Cumberland Times News Paper Grace Lewis didn't think she had anything to worry about when it came to the topic of breast cancer. The administrator of Moran Manor said she had no family history of cancer for three previous generations so she figured she was not . From left: Potomac State College of West Virginia University students Lisa Whetzel and Chip Costello talk with Lisa's sister, Angela Whetzel, while taking a break between classes Tuesday afternoon in Keyser. Cumberland Times News Obituaries Every year at this time the helm of the Keyser Rotary Club changes faces and Thursday's meeting saw the new face come to the fore as the Rev. Sally Bartling of Trinity Lutheran Church became president of the 84-year-old club. Cumberland Police Patrolman Chris Mullaney explains some of the weapons and equipment the Cumberland Police Department Emergency Response Team uses to Center for Career and Technical Education law enforcement training students, . Cumberland Times News Cumberland Md Western Maryland Health System employees Kathy Kennell, admitting /registration, and Cindy Dickel, radiology receptionist, look at pocketbooks that In the Bag Co. of New Jersey provided for the WMHS Auxiliary fundraiser at Memorial . It's an annual autumn ritual. You return to school in the fall and your teacher gives you an assignment to write about what you did on summer vacation.

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Cumberland Times News Classifieds A request for a rights and responsibilities agreement between the city of Cumberland and the developers of Lila Estates near Bishop Walsh School was tabled Tuesday until additional information on the development's storm water management . Terry McKenzie couldn't believe it last week when he arrived at work only to learn the post office, without warning, had switched its pickup time on the blue mailbox outside his office. Instead of late afternoon, it was now 11 am. Cumberland Times News Construction will begin Monday on state Route 1007 near the intersection with Swamp Hollow Road for a bridge rehabilitation project.The project will last about a week, weather permitting. A detour will be in place while work is being . Bishop Walsh math teacher Charlie Lindelof is one of only 150 educators in the country to have the new, unreleased calculator from Texas Instruments, the TI-nspire. The capabilities of this calculator are amazing, said Lindelof. Cumberland Times News Paper When Keyser resident Carolyn Cutter is looking for a good book to occupy her summer evenings, she reaches for “different kinds of fiction, but mostly mysteries and romances.” Seventeen days and 7000 miles later, Pete and Amy Kuhn recently returned home from a cross-country trip on their Harley-Davidson motorcycle with a keen desire to do it again. Cumberland Times News Obituaries The following news briefs appeared in the Cumberland Times-News on July 21, 2007. More than 800 people have joined the new Hampshire County Wellness Center since it opened the first week of the month in Romney. Cumberland Times News Cumberland Md Four times they've applied for funding, and four times they've been denied. But the Keyser mayor and City Council members feel they're making progress toward eventually receiving a Small Cities Block Grant to help them extend water . One inmate suffered stab wounds and was taken to a Cumberland hospital and others were treated at the prison infirmary following two fights that occurred minutes apart Saturday evening at the Western Correctional Institution on US Route . Cumberland Times News Classifieds Hey, before you rush up to Greenway Avenue Stadium tonight to catch the Allegany-St. John's Catholic Prep football game, you might want to consider this: There is no game. Not tonight, anyway. Numerous pit bull owners and their supporters attended the Frostburg mayor and council meeting Thursday, opposing any ordinance that would prohibit ownership of the breed in the Mountain City. Cumberland Times News Cumberland Times-News Cumberland Times-News, MD - 18 hours ago The Hubs were 8-4 last year in reaching the Maryland Class 2A playoffs for the third time in four years. Mountain Ridge opened its season - actually, … . A health insurance plan with a $500 deductible for one child between the ages of 6 and 17 may run a family $93 a month. And that's the minimum. Bump the deductible down to $100 and the monthly cost hits $148. Cumberland Times News Paper An 18-year-old woman who allegedly helped two juveniles escape from a local youth camp Saturday is facing criminal charges for her actions, which police say include trying to run over a camp counselor who was in pursuit on a motorcycle. The demolition of Beall High School, which was delayed while suspected asbestos was being tested, now is expected to begin in about three weeks, according to Allegany County Board of Education Facilities Vince Montana. Cumberland Times News Obituaries After a two-year improvement, nursing vacancy rates in Maryland hospitals are rising once again. But local hospitals have seen more success with retaining nurses. On the night of June 21, Stacy Lee was awakened by her 16-year-old son telling her their house was on fire. Thinking it was a bad joke, she realized his seriousness when he continued to scream that their house was on fire. Cumberland Times News Cumberland Md Cumberland Times-News - Drivers’ license bar codes will be scanned Cumberland Times-News Coming to a state police barrack near you: Electronic While Maryland drivers’ licenses already have a bar code, vehicle registration cards do not The following news briefs appeared in the Cumberland Times-News on August 14, 2007.

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Cumberland Times News Classifieds With capacity crowds for two days and nearly $5000 in the bank to get started on next year's event, CanalFest/RailFest has been deemed a success. The nickname is more than appropriate for a man who covers a quarter-mile in under 5 seconds. With a 7000 horsepower dragster that can reach more than 300 mph, Jack Fast Jack Beckman is one of the top dragsters in the country. Cumberland Times News Broken windows, a roof in need of repair and other external deterioration of the Footer Dye Works building has drawn the attention of the Cumberland Historic Preservation Commission, who said Wednesday the building appears to be . Developer Michael Joy and his attorney, Steve Friend, told the Canal Place Preservation and Development Authority Tuesday that their request for information about development of the Footer Dye Works building had not been fully . Cumberland Times News Paper More than 500 acres of farmland will be preserved through Maryland Agricultural Land Preservation Foundation in Allegany and Garrett County. The Cumberland Astronomy Club will have its August Stars in the Park public observing session Saturday at Soccer Field 7 in the Parris Glendening Recreation Complex in Frostburg. Cumberland Times News Obituaries The following articles appeared in the Police Log in the Cumberland Times-News on July 6, 2007. The building sits a little removed from its neighbors with its colors blending in with the fog making it almost indiscernible on a cool, misty Friday morning. Cumberland Times News Cumberland Md The following articles appeared in the Police Log in the Cumberland Times-News on July 1, 2007. The following articles appeared in the Police Log in the Cumberland Times-News on July 8, 2007. Cumberland Times News Classifieds The bodies of two men reported missing while swimming in two separate incidents were discovered over the weekend. Since 1987, residents and visitors to the Lonaconing and Georges Creek areas have gathered in the early part of summer at the Iron Furnace Park for Sunday in the Park. Cumberland Times News Residents of western Allegany County are asking local officials to give their financial institutions some credit, at least when it comes to accepting tax bills. A 32-year-old city man has been sentenced to a 15-year prison term in the Division of Correction for the daytime burglary of a former police officer's residence at Teaberry Lane in Frostburg. Cumberland Times News Paper The Bobcats beat Wesleyan 30-20, 30-22 and 30-28, but lost to Bridgewater later in the evening, 30-20, 30-27 and 30-17. In the win over Wesleyan, … FSU netters take two Cumberland Times-News all 3 news articles . A woman who fled the scene of a collision in Hampshire County, W.Va., was arrested by city and state police after she drove to the Cumberland area with no tail lights and only three tires. Cumberland Times News Obituaries An arts venue, multi-tenant commerce park or maybe even a medical/care-related residential facility are the three things that have jumped out as possible reuses for the Western Maryland Health System's Memorial campus. The Cumberland Mayor and City Council will meet Tuesday at 6:15 pm in the City Hall Council Chambers. Cumberland Times News Cumberland Md Sitting on the edge of their pillows trying to read the tea leaves on the plate, Harry Potter fans wait anxiously for the release of JK Rowling's final book, Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows. Related Articles about cumberland times news. Program for inmates with mental illness has wide appeal ; Cumberland County pursues reforms that save Program for inmates with mental illness has wide appeal ; Cumberland County pursues .

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