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City marbles tournament set Monday, Tuesday at Constitution Park rings
The Cumberland Parks and Recreation Department will hold the annual City Marbles Tournament at the Constitution Park marble rings Monday and Tuesday.

May 18, 2013
Mid-Atlantic beaches ready for post-Sandy summer
Officials in Maryland and Delaware beach towns are hoping renovations, good publicity and activities pegged to historical events will help usher in a strong summer beach season, and they say the states are on track to receive more visitors this year.

May 18, 2013
Organizers hope canoe championships put Garrett County on map
Deep Creek 2014: International Canoe Federation Canoe Slalom World Championships is the largest inbound sporting event scheduled in the United States in 2014, according to Todd Copley, executive director of Deep Creek 2014.

May 17, 2013 2 Photos
PSC approves Keyser sewer rate hike, customers due refund
The West Virginia Public Service Commission has approved a sewer rate increase for Keyser for all service after June 24 and a refund of 1.01 percent of the money collected from each customer under the interim rates.

May 17, 2013
Record Powerball jackpot inspires office lottery pools
In workplaces across the nation, Americans are inviting their colleagues to chip in $2 for a Powerball ticket and a shared daydream.

May 17, 2013 1 Photo
County to request project funding through Appalachian Regional Commission
The beginning stages of a pilot training program through Frostburg State University, a water line replacement at the fairgrounds and work on an access road to the Frostburg Business Park are among the projects Allegany County plans to submit to the Appalachian Regional Commission for funding.

May 17, 2013
Nearly 400 volunteers complete tasks during Day of Caring and Sharing
The 16th anniversary of the Cumberland Day of Caring and Sharing kicked off at 8 a.m. Friday with an opening ceremony for all volunteers on the Downtown Cumberland Mall.

May 17, 2013 1 Photo
Decatur Street resident suffers smoke inhalation in kitchen fire
A member of the Larry Bowling family was taken to the hospital for treatment of smoke inhalation after an early-morning kitchen fire at 6 Decatur St. that was caused by unattended cooking, according to Cumberland Fire Marshal Lt. Shannon Adams.

May 17, 2013
Fourth-graders name new canal launch boat The Katie Dreamer
Superintendent of the C&O Canal National Historical Park, Kevin Brandt, and C&O Canal Trust President, Mike Nardolilli, hosted a naming ceremony Friday morning at the Canal Place Festival Grounds for one of the park’s new launch boats.

May 17, 2013 1 Photo
Former Piedmont police chief says actions not illegal or deceitful
Ralph Rice, former chief of Piedmont Police, doesn’t understand why the council made an issue out of his delay in returning the 911 center radio and the three packages of police equipment.

May 17, 2013
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