David Hill is the founder of Free indeed Ministries, a non-profit located at 201 N. Centre Street in Cumberland, MD. David started out life in Baltimore MD and his path in life lead him here. David started the Hope Against Heroin in Allegany County raising awareness about the opioid epidemic in our area. He has been an outstation "life coach" for those around him for the past 28 years. David's story is one that should inspire you to put kindness and love into your community. 

How do you start the conversation about racism? This episode deals with that topic and hopefully helps you start your own dialogue with yourself and others. If you feel uncomfortable that is good, challenging yourself is good, it will hopefully help fuel you to be a part of changing society  for the betterment of others.  Check out our website for more information and remember,    LISTEN, PARTICIPATE, DONATE, AND VOTE 

Ray Morriss, mayor of Cumberland MD makes his debut in this weeks episode. Ray discusses the importance of wearing a mask, keeping appropriate social distancing, and the strength of the small business in Allegany County. We find out how the city has adapted to ensure safety of essential employees and how the city plans on rolling out the various phases of re-opening in the future.    Enjoy! 

This episode is a catch up from the past year, and the launch of a new project that will allow you to be heard on this very show! The Voice Memo Project kicks off with the broad topic of Feelings, there is a lot to explore with this topic so have fun and send us your voice. Links Mentioned in the show: BackBone Food Farm. Leaning Pine Farm Part 1 Leaning Pine Farm Part 2 Thank you for Listening and subscribe so you never miss a new episode, who knows you might be featured!  

This is the second annual day of civility as party of the Choose Civility of Allegany County Allegany County Library System April 11, 2019 will be the second annual county-wide Day of Civility, marked by special events and programs across the county by Choose Civility partners. All Libraries - All Day Food for Fines All branches of the Allegany County Library System will hold Food-for-Fines Day on April 11. This is our annual day of the year when patrons can reduce their fines by turning in cans or boxes of non-perishable food. Each can or box given will reduce your fine by $1.00. A maximum of $10.00 can be reduced off each library patron’s card. The food is given to the Western Maryland Food Bank. George's Creek Library - 2:00 - 4:00 p.m. Kindness Rocks! Paint messages of kindness at the George's Creek Library. List of Events 9:30 AM - 10:45 AMFSU Lane 111 - Interfaith Leadership: Leading Across and Beyond Faiths 10:00 AM - 5:00 PMWEPCO Federal Credit Union LaVale Branch - Kindness Treat!  10:00 AM - 8:00 PMACLS Libraries - Food for Fines10:00 AM - 8:00 PMFSU Ort Library - Civility Displays 12:30 PM - 1:30 PMFSU Ort Library 237 - A House Divided: Deliberating the Future of Our Democracy 2:00 PM - 4:00 PMGeorge's Creek Library - Kindness Rocks!  4:00 PM - 6:00 PMACM College Center Lounge - Showcase of Civility and Reception  4:00 PM - 6:00 PMACM College Center Lounge - Voter Registration  5:00 PM - 6:30 PMWest Side Elementary - Community Dinner 6:00 PM - 7:00 PMACM Continuing Ed Building Room 12 - Daniel Buccino, Keynote Speaker  

Melanie Chapman and Sam Vega join us to discuss the importance of education no matter your age.  Melanie heads up the adult education program at Allegany College of Maryland. The staff of this program is the ultimate support system helping adults reach their education goals by completing high school equivalency exams and some continuing on to earn college degrees.  Sam Vega is a success story from this great program, she is engaging politicians at the state and federal level to ensure that the funding continues for this fantastic program.    

He is back, better than ever, and kicking off our 5th season!  Dr. John O'Rorke a politcal science professor at Frostburg State University is discussing the political system in a broad perspective. What is democracy and how education impacts how a democracy works in society.  Looking for more episodes featuring Johnny O Search our archive and subscribe to the show!     

After four years of recording podcasts, I was lucky enough to have Mayor Brian Grimm  on the show.  Brian is here to shed some light on the positive work that he and the city council have done over the past eight years. Brian demistifies what his job tittle means and how much power  the office of Mayor possesses, and the reality of how much time and effort goes into this job. The city of Cumberland has issues like any other municipality and our conversation touches on public safety, opiate addiction, infrastructure improvements, green energy solutions, and economic development/job creation. In order to allow for everyone to participate we opened up our social media accounts for questions for the mayor that Brian graciously answered. For more information on  Brain visit his website.   Do not forget to VOTE! Nov. 6, 2018 

The Queen City Film Festival is Western Maryland's premier film festival, this year October 4-7 2018 in Cumberland Md. The QCFF is currently in its eighth year and is being held at Mezzo's  114 S. Centre Street on the third floor. The QCFF offers a four-day program of screenings and educational panels, and welcomes filmmakers from around the world.  This year they are featuring 89 Films over eight categories and featuring six Maryland filmmakers. To purchase your tickets to the film festival   HERE and support this great local event that brings the world of film to the Mountains of Maryland.   Download this years festival program HERE  The Allegany Allied Arts will be showing The Rocky Horror Picture Show on October 27, 2018 at Windsor Castle 210 S. Centre Street. The doors open at 7pm, a costume contest starts at 9:30 with the film beginning at 10pm. All of the premium seats have sold out, but there are plenty of GA tickets available do not hesitate purchase your Rocky Horror Tickets HERE    

Jen Browne is back to fill up your calendar with great Fall literary events in Frostburg, Maryland! We have a complete list of events listed below. For more information about the events listed below be sure to visit frostburg.edu/cla or contact [email protected] for more information.  l 5-6 October: 12th Annual Western Maryland Independent Literature Festival Join us for two days of readings, roundtables, and panel discussions celebrating the writers, publishers, and readers of small press and independent literature at various locations on Main St. in Frostburg.  Saturday’s events include a book fair with regional publishers in the Lyric Theatre 11 October: Gerald Duff 7:30 PM, Lyric Theatre Gerald Duff has published over 18 books, including novels, collections of short stories and poems, and books of nonfiction. His newest book, Nashville Burning, was published in September 2017. http://www.geraldduff.com/ 25 October: Julia Kasdorf (poet) and Steven Rubin (photographer) 7:30 PM, Lewis J. Ort Library  Julia Spicher Kasdorf has published three collections of poetry with the University of Pittsburgh Press, most recently Poetry in America.  With photographer Steven Rubin, she has created a poetry collection to document the impacts of natural gas development in Pennsylvania, titled Shale Play, which will be published by Penn State University Press in fall 2018. http://english.la.psu.edu/faculty-staff/jmk28 1 November: Peter Stark 7 PM, Lyric Theatre  Peter Stark is an adventure and exploration writer and historian. A long-time correspondent for Outside magazine, Stark’s articles and essays have also appeared in Smithsonian, The New Yorker, The New York Times Magazine, Men’s Journal, and many others. His Astoria was a New York Times bestseller.Young Washington: How Wilderness and War Forged America’s Founding Father was published in May 2018. Stark’s visit is funded by the Martha T. and Ralph M. Race Western History Lecture Fund and co-sponsored by the History Department.  https://www.peterstarkauthor.com 10 November: One Act Play Festival 7:00 PM in the Historic Palace Theatre The One-Act Play Festival features a production of the winning play and staged readings of the second and third place winning plays of our international one-act playwriting competition; a talkback with writers, actors, and directors; and a reception. 6 December: Andy Duncan  7:30 PM, Main Street Books  FSU’s very own Andy Duncan will celebrate the release of An Agent of Utopia: New and Selected Stories (out in November from Small Beer Press) with a reading at Main Street Books.   Other events, such as our first Saturday Coffee with a Writer program, will be continuing as well.