Cumberland Times-News

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October 5, 2012

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  • Walk Smart Walk Smart

    Many local residents will be visiting Ocean City this summer, so it is worth noting that the resort has launched a campaign that it hopes will keep pedestrians out of harm’s way.

    May 23, 2013 1 Photo

  • Frostburg’s Bridge Program was important

    After hearing rumors of possible changes being made, I just wanted to take a few minutes to put into words what the Frostburg Bridge Program meant to me as a child. Growing up in Frostburg, my parents were small business owners, my mother a teacher, and my father worked for the postal service.

    May 23, 2013

  • Trailer case bound to increase scrutiny on town of Piedmont

    This letter is in response to the recent story concerning the guilty plea entered in federal court by Piedmont’s town foreman (“Piedmont town foreman Shingler enters guilty plea,” May 21 Times-News, Page 1A).

    May 23, 2013

  • Fixing community’s problems starts with your young people

    I am writing this letter to the editor because I think our community really needs to work on plenty of issues. Some of them are:

    May 23, 2013

  • High priority High priority

    Maryland school officials on Tuesday put an exclamation point on the need to take student-athlete concussions more seriously.

    May 22, 2013 1 Photo

  • Cashing in Cashing in

    As anyone who lives in the area knows, economic gains have been hard to come by in recent years. The opening of the Rocky Gap Casino Resort is one of the biggest boosts the region has seen in some time.

    May 21, 2013 1 Photo

  • Why have the media been silent all this time?

    When I read the Cumberland Times-News Editorial this morning, Friday, May 17, entitled, “Outrageous,” I laughed like a kid at a birthday party!

    May 21, 2013

  • What are chances this much money will be spent on road?

    I was intrigued by cost data summarized in reporter Kathy Mellott’s recent article, “Completing southern link of U.S. Route 219 said to be best use of highway funds,” which appeared in the Cumberland Times-News on Tuesday May 14 (Page 1A).

    May 21, 2013

  • School board should be doing better job with less money

    The Allegany County Teachers Association (ACTA) board of directors recently submitted a letter to the editor asking the Allegany County commissioners to fully fund the Board of Education’s budget request for the upcoming fiscal year (“Commissioners should fund school board request,” April 29 Times-News).

    May 21, 2013

  • Better ‘Click It’ Better ‘Click It’

    If you notice more police on the highway this week, it’s for a couple of reasons.

    May 20, 2013 1 Photo