Editing Allegany County, Maryland (section)

==Government and infrastructure==

===Current government===
The Allegany County Government is governed by a 3-member board of County Commissioners.
{| class=wikitable
|+Board of County Commissioners
|-
! colspan="2" style="text-align:center; vertical-align:bottom;"| Position
! style="text-align:center;" | Name
! valign=bottom | Affiliation
! style="vertical-align:bottom; text-align:center;"| District
|-
| style="background-color:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}}" |&nbsp;
| President
| David J. Caporale
| style="text-align:center;" | [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
| style="text-align:center;" | At-large
|-
| style="background-color:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}}" |&nbsp;
| Commissioner
| Creade V Brode Jr
| style="text-align:center;" | [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
| style="text-align:center;" | At-large
|-
| style="background-color:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}}" |&nbsp;
| Commissioner
| William R. Atkinson
| style="text-align:center;" | [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
| style="text-align:center;" | At-large
|}

{| class=wikitable
|+Orphans Court
|-
! colspan="2" style="text-align:center; vertical-align:bottom;"| Position
! style="text-align:center;" | Name
! valign=bottom | Affiliation
! style="vertical-align:bottom; text-align:center;"| District
|-
| style="background-color:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}}" |&nbsp;
| Chief Judge
| Donna May
| style="text-align:center;" | [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
| style="text-align:center;" | At-large
|-
| style="background-color:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}}" |&nbsp;
| Judge
| Edward Crossland
| style="text-align:center;" | [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
| style="text-align:center;" | At-large
|-
| style="background-color:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}}" |&nbsp;
| Judge
| Albert Feldstein
| style="text-align:center;" | [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
| style="text-align:center;" | At-large
|}

{| class=wikitable
|+Sheriff
|-
! colspan="2" style="text-align:center; vertical-align:bottom;"| Position
! style="text-align:center;" | Name
! valign=bottom | Affiliation
! style="vertical-align:bottom; text-align:center;"| District
|-
| style="background-color:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}}" |&nbsp;
| Sheriff
| Craig Robertson
| style="text-align:center;" | [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
| style="text-align:center;" | At-large
|}

{| class=wikitable
|+Clerk of the Court
|-
! colspan="2" style="text-align:center; vertical-align:bottom;"| Position
! style="text-align:center;" | Name
! valign=bottom | Affiliation
! style="vertical-align:bottom; text-align:center;"| District
|-
| style="background-color:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}}" |&nbsp;
| Clerk of the Court
| Dawne D Lindsey
| style="text-align:center;" | [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
| style="text-align:center;" | At-large
|}

{| class=wikitable
|+Register of Wills
|-
! colspan="2" style="text-align:center; vertical-align:bottom;"| Position
! style="text-align:center;" | Name
! valign=bottom | Affiliation
! style="vertical-align:bottom; text-align:center;"| District
|-
| style="background-color:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}}" |&nbsp;
| Register of Wills
| Mary Beth Pirolozzi
| style="text-align:center;" | [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
| style="text-align:center;" | At-large
|}

{| class=wikitable
|+States Attorney
|-
! colspan="2" style="text-align:center; vertical-align:bottom;"| Position
! style="text-align:center;" | Name
! valign=bottom | Affiliation
! style="vertical-align:bottom; text-align:center;"| District
|-
| style="background-color:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}}" |&nbsp;
| States Attorney
| James Elliott
| style="text-align:center;" | [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
| style="text-align:center;" | At-large
|}

{| class=wikitable
|+General Assembly
|-
! colspan="2" style="text-align:center; vertical-align:bottom;"| Position
! style="text-align:center;" | Name
! valign=bottom | Affiliation
! style="vertical-align:bottom; text-align:center;"| District
|-
| style="background-color:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}}" |&nbsp;
| Senate
| [[Mike McKay (politician)|Mike McKay]]
| style="text-align:center;" | [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
| style="text-align:center;" | District 1
|-
| style="background-color:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}}" |&nbsp;
| House of Delegates
| [[Jim Hinebaugh]] 
| style="text-align:center;" | [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
| style="text-align:center;" | [[Maryland House of Delegates District 1A|District 1A]]
|-
| style="background-color:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}}" |&nbsp;
| House of Delegates
| [[Jason C. Buckel]] 
| style="text-align:center;" | [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
| style="text-align:center;" | [[Maryland House of Delegates District 1B|District 1B]]
|-
| style="background-color:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}}" |&nbsp;
| House of Delegates
| [[Terry Baker (politician)|Terry Baker]]
| style="text-align:center;" | [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
| style="text-align:center;" | [[Maryland House of Delegates District 1C|District 1C]]
|}

{| class=wikitable
|+U.S Congress
|-
! colspan="2" style="text-align:center; vertical-align:bottom;"| Position
! style="text-align:center;" | Name
! valign=bottom | Affiliation
! style="vertical-align:bottom; text-align:center;"| District
|-
| style="background-color:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}" |&nbsp;
| House of Representatives
| [[April McClain Delaney]]
| style="text-align:center;" | [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
| style="text-align:center;" | [[Maryland's 6th congressional district|District 6]]
|}

===Libraries===
The library system was created in 1960, when libraries in Cumberland, Frostburg, LaVale, Pennsylvania Avenue School, and Westernport were merged to form a unified library system. The first of the libraries which would make up the library system was the Washington Street library, founded in 1924. The most recent addition to the library system was the Georges Creek library, which opened in March 2001. The Allegany County Library System currently has six branches: Frostburg Library, Georges Creek Library, LaVale Library, South Cumberland Library, Washington Street Library, and Westernport Library.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Allegany County Library System A Brief History {{!}} Allegany County Library System|url=https://www.alleganycountylibrary.info/allegany-county-library-system-a-brief-history/|access-date=October 19, 2020|website=www.alleganycountylibrary.info}}</ref>

===Infrastructure===
The [[North Branch Correctional Institution]], (opened 2003), and the earlier adjacent [[Western Correctional Institution]] are operated by the Division of Corrections of the [[Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services]], (with its headquarters in [[Baltimore]]) is located in an [[unincorporated area|unincorporated]] area of Allegany County, just southwest of [[Cumberland, Maryland|Cumberland]].<ref>"[http://www.dpscs.state.md.us/locations/nbci.shtml North Branch Correctional Institution]." North Branch Correctional Institution. Retrieved on September 22, 2010.</ref> The prison housed male death row inmates, who were moved from the [[Maryland Correctional Adjustment Center]], from June 2010 until death row was closed in 2014.<ref>Calvert, Scott and Kate Smith. "[https://archive.today/20121205173707/http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/bs-md-death-row-relocated-20100625,0,722126.story Death row inmates transferred to W. Maryland]." ''[[The Baltimore Sun]]''. June 25, 2010. Retrieved on September 22, 2010.</ref>