The 2025 holiday season arrives with a mix of excitement and caution. Approximately 1 in 3 shoppers who used credit cards for holiday shopping in 2024 still haven’t paid off those balances, and 10% ar...

As shoppers flood stores across the country during the year’s biggest shopping season, retail workers are bracing for what many describe as the most demanding — and often demoralizing — stretch of the...

Metro Creative December is filled with opportunities to make magical memories, particularly for families with young children. Christmas commands a lot of thought and attention, and parents know such e...

The Greater Monessen Historical Society, 505-507 Donner Ave., Monessen, will be open from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday. All nationality cookbooks will be 25% off. All postcards and CDs will be buy one, ...

Here’s a look at lunch menus for local centers for next week: (All menus may be subject to change.)

• Holiday cookie walk, Epiphany of Our Lord Church Hall, 44 Pennsylvania Blvd., Monessen, noon to 3 p.m. Participants can choose from a $5 bag (half-pound) or $10 bag (one pound) and select their favo...

The event is set for Dec. 17 at the Carroll Township hospital. Penn Highlands Mon Valley invites the community to bring their children to enjoy cookies and hot chocolate with Santa at the Carroll Town...

Be resourceful, choose your path and build momentum. Struggle, determination and fortitude will lead to positive change this year. Be true to yourself, but observant of others. Incorporate what you se...

DEAR ABBY: I had a friend, “Mylene,” for many years. We swapped dog-sitting to offset the cost for each other. I helped her when she was sick and broke her foot. I walked her dog whenever she needed m...

DEAR HARRIETTE: I’m a 75-year-old woman who has lived in the same charming walk-up apartment in New York City for more than 40 years. This place has seen me through marriage, motherhood, widowhood and...

BUSINESS WIRE Historic Hotels of America, the official program of the National Trust for Historic Preservation for recognizing and celebrating the finest historic hotels from across the United States ...

• Experience a Live Nativity, Harmony Acres Dairy, 355 Perryopolis Road, Belle Vernon, 6 to 8 p.m., presented by the HOPE Church and Harmony Acres Dairy. • All coats, hats, boots and scarves 50% off, ...

The First Christian Church of Charleroi, 61 Walnut Ridge Road, is hosting the annual Community Cantata at 3 p.m. Sunday. This year’s program is entitled “A Simple Christmas.” A tasting party will be h...

Metro Creative Services Get inspired Traditions are hallmarks of most holidays, but they’re particularly prominent during celebrations that fall at the end of the year. The customs people hold dear ar...

The Edward V. Monaghan Charitable Youth Foundation nonprofit organization recently made a donation to “Tickets for Kids,” a Pittsburgh/national organization that provides free access to underprivilege...

Commencement ceremonies will take place at 10 a.m. Saturday at California, Clarion and Edinboro campuses. For the MVI Pennsylvania Western University will honor its fall 2025 graduates during simultan...

Jacob Callaway of Rostraver Township has been named to the 2025 summer trimester dean’s list at Palmer College of Chiropractic’s main campus in Davenport, Iowa.

Focus on filling in the gaps and acquiring knowledge, experience and skills. Refuse to let negativity take over when a positive attitude will attract upbeat connections. Position yourself for success ...

DEAR ABBY: I’ve been married to a narcissist for 28 years. He has gaslighted me for our entire 30 years together. He has had a “work wife” and a flirtation with the next-door neighbor hottie, and he p...

DEAR HARRIETTE: My boyfriend really upset me recently. We made plans to go out to a restaurant that I’ve been looking forward to for weeks; it was special to me, and he knew how excited I was. The day...