VALLEY GRAPEVINE Donora library to host Czech University dean Robert Marusak

A meet and greet with Robert Marusak, dean of Forestry and Wood Science, Czech University of Life Sciences, Prague, will be held 7 p.m. Tuesday at the Donora Public Library, 510 Meldon Ave. He will discuss life in Slovakia and Czech Republic, the Communist takeover of the former Czechoslovakia and current events in Eastern Europe. He is a long distance runner and is on a return trip after competing in the Chicago marathon.

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Countdown is on for McKeesport’s International Village

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