western Maryland News

A fire siren in western Maryland is broken and could soon be removed. The Herald-Mail of Hagerstown reports that the Funkstown Town Council voted to have the siren removed from Town Hall’s bell tower. It is one of two sirens …

The mountain dwellers of far western Maryland know a lot about snow, but a crippling blizzard spawned last year by Superstorm Sandy taught them a painful lesson in emergency preparedness. Scattershot planning and outdated communications gear caused confusion and delays …