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August 24, 2026
• Mon Valley Paws meeting, ISMA Club, 112 Seventh St., Monessen, 6 p.m. • Clothes 4U, First United Methodist Church, 200 State St., Belle Vernon, 9 a.m. to noon. • Bingo, Stockdale Volunteer Fire Depa...
Dad asks a lot of low-income live-at-home son
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August 24, 2026
DEAR ABBY: My middle- aged son is on the autism spectrum and has recently come back home to live with us. He left home at 19 and has always had roommates. We didn’t realize that he had autism until ab...
TODAY IN HISTORY
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August 24, 2026
Today in history: Today is Monday, Aug. 24, the 236th day of 2026. There are 129 days left in the year. On Aug. 24, 1992, Hurricane Andrew smashed into Florida; the storm resulted in 65 deaths and cau...
Saturday, August 22, 2026
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August 22, 2026
Happy Birthday: Set your standards and your goals high. Engage in what allows you to present and promote what you do best and who you are as a person. Dedicate your time and effort to selfimprovement ...
Sunday, August 23, 2026
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August 22, 2026
Happy Birthday: Live and learn. Be cognizant of facts, and fulfill your responsibilities and promises. If you take the time to do things right this year, the rewards will be greater than anticipated. ...
Read our big scoop: Ice-cream cones, the ingenious invention of American immigrants
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By By DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Business Writer 
August 22, 2026
DETROIT (AP) — Read this quickly, before it melts. Ice cream was a rare and expensive treat for centuries because of the difficulty of storing ice. In the summer of 1790, President George Washington s...
Pull up to the window, please, for a glimpse of an American icon: The drive-thru
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By By ASHRAF KHALIL Associated Press 
August 22, 2026
WASHINGTON (AP) — Full disclosure: this should really be two tales. How better to pay tribute to the natural and perhaps inevitable combination of two distinctly American icons: fast food and cars? Th...
Today in history:
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August 22, 2026
TODAY IN HISTORY Today is Saturday, Aug. 22, the 234th day of 2026. There are 131 days left in the year. On Aug. 22, 1851, the schooner America outraced more than a dozen British vessels off the Engli...
Around The Valley, Features
August 22, 2026
• Line dance lessons, Carroll Township Volunteer Fire Department Social Center, 130 Baird St., 6 to 8 p.m., $5, no partner required. • Bingo, Washington Township Volunteer Fire Co., doors open at 5 p....
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Moldies band to finish
August 22, 2026
The McKeesport Al-Anon group will meet at noon on Tuesday at the McKeesport Area Shared Ministry Beulah Park United Methodist Church campus on Grandview Avenue. Al-Anon is a support and educational gr...
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August 22, 2026
• Belle Vernon Rotary Club’s sixth annual Regatta on the Yough, including the paddle parade, kids’ zone and duckie derby race, boat launch area of Cedar Creek Park, Rostraver Township, 11 a.m. to 5 p....
Child’s baby talk grates on woman’s nerves
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August 22, 2026
DEAR ABBY: I’ve been seeing “Brad” for nine months. We both have children of our own. He has a daughter, and I have a son. The little girl is a few months older than my 7-year-old son. I can see mysel...
Friday, August 21, 2026
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August 21, 2026
Happy Birthday: Spring into action. Your goal is to put the past behind you and forge ahead with gratitude and the intent to finish what you start. Enjoy the rewards attached to reaching your goal. Le...
Friend has heavy heart over woman’s weight issues
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August 21, 2026
DEAR ABBY: My friend of many years, whom I consider to truly be part of the family, has made food the only thing that makes her happy. Besides my husband, she’s all I have left. She went to a doctor a...
Friend insists on keeping money found in wallet
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SENSE AND SENSITIVITY
August 21, 2026
DEAR HARRIETTE: While my friend and I were walking, we found a wallet on the ground. My friend’s first instinct was to steal the cash inside instead of trying to get it back to the owner. She is a 40-...
TODAY IN HISTORY
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August 21, 2026
Today in history: Today is Friday, Aug. 21, the 233rd day of 2026. There are 132 days left in the year. On Aug. 21, 1831, Nat Turner launched a violent slave rebellion in Virginia, resulting in the de...
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August 21, 2026
The Mon Valley YMCA will have its annual doggie paddle from 5 to 6 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday at the outdoor pool, 101 Taylor Run Road, Carroll Township. Cost is $5 a pup. Wednesday’s swim will be fo...
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August 21, 2026
For the MVI The Mon Valley Alliance Foundation (MVAF), through the cfsbank Business Resource Center, announce that applications are now open for its new Business Improvement Grant Program, funded thro...
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August 21, 2026
• 23rd annual Rostraver gathering, cfsbank Event Center (Rostraver Gardens) 111 Gallitin Road, Rostraver Township, 11 a.m. • “Lost Amusement Parks of Western Pennsylvania,” with speaker Jennifer Sopko...