The County was erected in 1789 from
Washington County (Chapter 29, Acts of 1789).
AUegany comes from the Indian word, oolikhanna,
meaning "beautiful stream."

Form of Government: Code Home Rule (1974)

GOVERNMENT OFFICES

Board of County Commissioners
County Office Bidg.
701 Kelly Rd.
Cumberland, MD 21502-3401 777-5911

Circuit Court
30 Washington St.
Cumberland, MD 21502 777-5922

District Court
County Office Bidg.
701 Kelly Rd.
Cumberland, MD 21502-3401 777-2105

ELECTED BY VOTERS

BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS

John W Stoder, President, 1994
Bernard L. Loar ...................... 1994
Adrienne L. Ottaviani .................. 1994

BOARD OF EDUCATION

Charles E. Lattimer, President, 1994
Michael F. Case, Vice-President ........... 1992
Enordo R. Arnone .................... 1994
E James Glass ........................ 1994
Dale R. Lewis ........................ 1994

CIRCUIT COURT CLERK

Raymond W Walker, 1994

ORPHANS' COURT JUDGES

Thomas Stakem, Chief Judge, 1994
Susan M. Jones ...................... 1994
Donna F. May ....................... 1994

REGISTER OF WILLS

William F. Lashbaugh, Jr., 1994

SHERIFF

Gary W Simpson, 1994

STATE'S ATTORNEY
Lawrence V Kelly, 1994

APPOINTED BY GOVERNOR

ALLEGANY COMMUNITY COLLEGE BOARD OF
TRUSTEES

Ivan A. Hall, Chairperson, 1994
Appointed with Senate advice & consent: Stanley
Zorick, 1991; David L. Young, 1992; Margaret W.
Long, 1993; James A. Ortiz, 1994; Thomas B.
Finan, Jr., 1995; Bernice F. Friedland, 1996.

BOARD OF LICENSE COMMISSIONERS

Howard D. Taylor, Chairperson, 1993
Melvin S. Sloan ...................... 1995
Thomas C. Stakem ................... 1997

BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF ELECTIONS

Philip T. Carolan, President, 1991
AmelMuir .......................... 1991
Audrey Thompson ................... 1991
Substitutes: C. James McDonald; Eugene E.
Turano.

EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT & CIVIL DEFENSE
AGENCY

Owen N. Morris, Director

FOSTER CARE REVIEW BOARD FOR ALLEGANY &
GARRETT COUNTIES

Allegany County Members:
Carmen Bryant Jackson, Chairperson, 1994
Melvin T. Joye ....................... 1990
Nancy Reinhard ..................... 1994
Alternate: John D. Kelly, 1992

PHYSICAL FITNESS COMMISSION

Ora Mac Lewis, Chairperson
Lenore Auker; Kenneth Babcock; Jean Bibby;
Karen Bundy; Michael C. Burkc; Bernard D.
Cordial; Dr. Harold J. Cordts; Albert D. Darby,
Jr.; Graydon S. Dunlap; M. Ray Kiddy; Charles E.
Lattimer; John J. Long; Wally Mahle; C. Eugene
Mason; Robert E. Pence; C. Donald Rhoads; Rita
Schoenadel; Judy Snyder; Joseph (Jay) Steger; J.
Steve Vandenburg.