Jun. 20—The Cumberland County Plateau Water Authority met on Monday, June 17 to discuss hiring a general manager. The board reached a conclusion for how to approach the hiring process but there will be no general manager yet. The board agreed to allow the subcommittee to take charge of leading the search for the new […]
Jun. 15—A Hollis woman was arrested and charged with impaired driving after she crashed into a utility pole on Powell Road in Cumberland late Friday morning, police say. Heather Gammon, 48, was charged with OUI/drugs following the accident, according to Cumberland police Chief Charles Rumsey. Police responded about 11 a.m. to find that a vehicle […]
Jun. 13—Cumberland County residents shared their reactions to Hunter Biden‘s guilty verdict earlier this week. In this case, many agree the evidence was there and he was convicted in a fair trial. Hunter Biden, President Joe Biden‘s son, was convicted Tuesday of all three felony charges related to the purchase of a revolver in 2018 […]
Cumberland County Schools will partner with a contractor to oversee the district’s substitute teacher program starting July 1, the district announced Wednesday. At its regular meeting Tuesday night, the county Board of Education approved partnering with ESS, an education staffing firm. According to its website, ESS recruits, hires, trains, places and manages qualified substitute teachers, […]
Jun. 12—CUMBERLAND — A city woman is awaiting extradition to Frederick County after she was jailed in a traffic arrest Tuesday, according to Cumberland Police. Ashley N. Decarlo, 37, was arrested on cocaine possession charges as well as hindering and obstructing police when her vehicle was stopped at an unspecified location in the city. A […]
Jun. 10—Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee, Department of Economic and Community Development Commissioner Stuart C. McWhorter and TSM Metal Works officials announced the company will expand by locating new operations in the Upper Cumberland. TSM will invest $500,000 and create 20 new jobs in Cumberland County through the project. TSM is owned by a fourth-generation California […]
The Pennsylvania Game Commission tranquilized and removed a bear from a tree near a high school. The Pennsylvania Game Commission-Southcentral Region said on Facebook that the bear was in a tree behind Trinity High School near Camp Hill in Cumberland County. Fire crews brought a ladder truck, which allowed the warden to tranquilize the bear. […]
May 24—President Biden has approved Maine’s request for a major disaster declaration to help Cumberland and York counties recover from the severe winter storm in April that caused damage estimated at more than $3.5 million. The declaration, announced Friday by Gov. Janet Mills, makes assistance available to help cover the costs of debris removal and […]
Tennessee Citizens for Wilderness Planning will lead an outing May 25 exploring the Devil’s Breakfast Table area of the Cumberland Trail in the Catoosa Wildlife Management Area near Crab Orchard, Tennessee. The group will meet for carpooling in Oak Ridge at the Gold’s Gym/Books-a-Million parking lot (at the end close to South Illinois Avenue, near […]
May 13—CUMBERLAND — A city man was jailed without bond Sunday night after he attempted to strike a person with an ax and damaged a vehicle, according to Cumberland Police. City police officers arrested Zacharian Tyler Jones without further incident during investigation of the 7:15 p.m., complaint in the 200 block of Oak Street. No […]
Apr. 23—CUMBERLAND — A city man remained jailed without bond Tuesday after he was arrested recently in Anne Arundel County on an indictment returned by a grand jury last January, according to the Allegany County Sheriff’s Office. Officers of the Anne Arundel County Policec Department and C3I detectives arrested Christoper Otis Cheek, 52, on April […]
Apr. 20—Family members of a Portland woman who died at the Cumberland County Jail this month said she had a big heart and was loved by many people as they continue to search for answers as to how and why she died. “She was extremely well-loved, for sure,” said Gemma Toulan, the mother of Bridgett […]