Dance party kicks off Donora’s 125th birthday celebration
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March 21, 2026

Dance party kicks off Donora’s 125th birthday celebration

Robin Perez, Kim Kubasiak, Joelle Kubasiak and Irene Jarvis enjoy the festivities Friday at a dance party at the Donora Borough Building to launch a yearlong celebration of Donora’s 125th birthday.

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Photos by Heather Hart / For the MVI

Donora Councilman Neil Rands, Mayor Don Pavelko, council members Michelle Kitchens and Deanne Pavelko, Sen.Camera Bartolotta, Councilman Roderick “The Bishop” Wilson and Council member Mark Bizzell Boyer are shown with a proclamation for the borough’s 125th anniversary.

Mary Anne Bandalo, Joshua Lamb and Marla Lamb of Donora are shown at the dance.

DJ Galiffa dances during a song with Yolanda and Curtis Jacobs of Donora.

 

Michelle Kitchens and Linda Burney of Donora enjoy the dance.

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