CUMBERLAND — A state panel studying prospects for hydraulic fracturing for natural gas in western Maryland is trying to pinpoint the best practices used elsewhere. That’s the main focus of a meeting Friday in Cumberland of the Marcellus Shale Advisory ...

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CUMBERLAND — The new owner of the Rocky Gap Lodge & Golf Resort near Cumberland says the resort plans to start operating slot machines late next summer or early next fall. The Cumberland Times-News reported Tuesday on a Securities and ...

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WASHINGTON — Rep. Roscoe Bartlett is apologizing for invoking the Holocaust during a discussion about federally subsidized student loans. The Washington Post reports that the western Maryland Republican apologized Thursday for using what he called “an extreme example” to make ...

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CUMBERLAND — Big screen actor William H. Macy has agreed to appear on the Maryland Public Television “Our Town” production featuring Cumberland and Frostburg, which is being filmed and will air in March. Macy’s many movie roles include the character ...

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The movie “Sideways,” an indie smash in Summer 2005, marked the ascendance of Pinot Noir among American wine consumers and coincided with ...

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HAGERSTOWN — Maryland’s Board of Public Works is poised to approve a $9.8 million deal enabling a casino operator to buy the Rocky Gap Lodge and Golf Resort near Cumberland. The panel consisting of the governor, treasurer and state comptroller ...

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CUMBERLAND — A Cumberland man is fighting local land-use regulations in hopes of opening a bed-and-breakfast in the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park. The Cumberland Times-News reports that Donelly Bohrer will get a hearing before the local zoning ...

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LUKE — NewPage Corp. says it’s planning $15.8 million worth of improvements to its paper mill in Luke despite the company’s financial problems. The Cumberland Times-News reports that Plant Manager Rick Watro announced the capital improvements during a meeting Thursday ...

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GRANTSVILLE — A nearly 200-year-old bridge spanning the Casselman River in western Maryland has been closed indefinitely for repairs. The Cumberland Times News reports that parts of a stone wall have crumbled and fallen from the Casselman River Bridge near ...

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CUMBERLAND — Two families will split $100,000 in a settlement of a wrongful death suit brought after two coal miners were killed in a high-wall collapse. The Times-News of Cumberland reports that the families of 51-year-old Dale Jones of Lonaconing ...

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