Monongahela event will look back at history and promote shopping in the city

By Mon Valley Independent

By MICHAEL RICHTER

mrichter@yourmvi.com

Monongahela will honor its past and support its small businesses this weekend with an annual shopping spectacle. Whiskey: A Taste of History, which is sponsored by the Monongahela Main Street Program, will run from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday at the intersection of West Main Street and Third Street in Monongahela.

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