ACM Celebrates 50th Anniversary With Run From Carver Center
Sat, February 4, 2012
Allegany College of Maryland continues the celebration of its 50th anniversary on Saturday, March 10, when it stages a five-kilometer run that will allow participants to retrace the college’s history and support student scholarships as they do. Named for ACM’s founding president, the Dr. Robert Zimmer Memorial Run starts at the Carver Community Center on Frederick Street, where the former Allegany Community College began, and ends on the present-day campus along Willowbrook Road. To make the celebration more inclusive, this Queen City Striders-assisted event also features a one-mile outi...

Sweethearts Dance with Music by The Left Overs at The Embassy Theatre
Sat, February 4, 2012
Sidle up to your sweetheart at New Embassy Theatre's Sweethearts Dance with live music by The Left Overs. Doors will open at 7:00 p.m. on Saturday, February 11. Regular ticket price for adults is $8, $14 for couples. Snacks and refreshments including non-alcoholic punch, cup cakes, and a cash bar are available from the lobby's Passport Cafe. The Embassy is located between Liberty and Mechanic Streets at 49 Baltimore Street in Cumberland Town Centre. Reservations and group discounts are available by calling 301-722-4692. A portion of the proceeds of the dance will go to support the work of All...

City of Frostburg February meetings
Thu, February 2, 2012
Meetings City Council Work Session, 7 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 7 at City HallPlanning Commission, 7 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 8 at the Community CenterHistoric District Commission, 4:15 p.m., Monday, Feb. 13 at the LibraryCity Council Monthly Meeting, 7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 16 at the Community CenterBoard of Elections meeting, 4:30 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 22 at City Hall Holidays Monday, Feb. 20, President's Day – City Hall closed

Frostburg Musician Raising Funds For Album
Mon, January 30, 2012
Times of personal crisis lead to music, says Frostburg-based pop musician Jonathan Shadel. In the summer of 2010, Shadel fell into a period of depression and questioning which prompted his move to Limerick, Ireland to study Literature. In his travels across three continents, he found inspiration in different cultures that has led to the recording of his double-album Strange Currents. After depleting his recording budget, he is now reaching out to listeners through an innovative fundraising platform called Kickstarter.com.  While this is his first album released under the band name Brave ...

Frostburg outlines four month budget-preparation schedule
Sun, January 29, 2012
FROSTBURG – The city of Frostburg has begun the laborious, time-consuming process of crafting a budget for the fiscal year that begins July 1, releasing a budget-preparation schedule that provides for four months of formulation and deliberation of the new spending plan.The process began with a Jan. 10 work session in which the schedule was discussed, followed by the release of the budget process outline on Jan. 19.The next significant date is Feb. 10, when the various department heads in city government must submit funding requests to the Finance Commissioner.On Feb. 14, the Mayor and City C...