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June 24, 2024
• Bellmar High School Class of 1960 meeting, Domenico’s on Grand, Monessen, noon. • “Adventure Begins at your Library,” with magician Steve Haber, Community Bank Park, Graham Street, North Belle Verno...
Workload and expectations don’t align with paycheck
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June 23, 2024
DEAR ABBY: I am experiencing significant anxiety over losing another co-worker. I am happy for her, but I’m also sad because all her responsibilities will again be dumped on me. Our department consist...
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June 23, 2024
• Food and Fellowship, First Presbyterian Church, 501 Fayette Ave., Rostraver Township, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. • Auntie Anne’s pretzel truck, Penn Highlands Mon Valley lobby, 1163 Country Club Road, Carrol...
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McKeesport Al-Anon group meets Tuesdays
June 21, 2024
Auntie Anne’s pretzel truck will be onsite from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Tuesday at Penn Highlands Mon Valley lobby, 1163 Country Club Road, Carroll Township. Pretzels, original and cinnamon, hot dogs, Coke,...
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MONDAY
June 21, 2024
• Car show, Blaine Hill Volunteer Fire Co., 409 Oxford Ave., Elizabeth, 2 to 6 p.m. • Next in series of McKeesport Lions free summer concerts, featuring Dancing Queen, Lions Bandshell, Renzie Park, • ...
Marriage hits rough patch amid a major transition
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June 21, 2024
DEAR ABBY: My husband and I have been together 20 years, married for 12. We have weathered ex-spouses, step-parenting, nine military deployments between us, serious health issues and everyday normal l...
Suffocated girlfriend finally calls it quits
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June 20, 2024
DEAR ABBY: My girlfriend and I broke up after six years. Both of us have children from marriages that ended seven years ago. We reached a point a year and a half ago and started looking for a house to...
Vacation with friends causes rift in relationships
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SENSE AND SENSITIVITY
June 20, 2024
DEAR HARRIETTE: I am feeling hurt after a recent vacation with my friends, and I’m not sure what to do. We planned this trip for months, hoping to have a great time and create wonderful memories toget...
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June 20, 2024
• Rockin’ on the Mon inaugural Riverfest, Noble J. Dick Aquatorium, 200 Railroad St., Monongahela. Gates open at 4 p.m. Admission is $10. Tickets can be purchased at the gate or at eventbrite.com. The...
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Center in the Woods,
June 20, 2024
Here’s a look at lunch menus for local centers for next week: (All menus may be subject to change.)
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Openings available on
June 20, 2024
The Anything Goes Book Club will meet 6 p.m. Tuesday at the Monongahela Area Library, 813 W. Main St., Monongahela. Participants can discuss and recommend whatever book they have read or are reading. ...
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June 20, 2024
The following students, all of Venetia, were named to the University of Alabama 2024 spring-semester dean’s and president’s list: President’s list • Zachary Griffith, • Kendall Rantovich Dean’s list •...
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June 20, 2024
Penn Highlands Healthcare and Lung Innovations Network to sponsor Pulmonary and Cardiothoracic Conference Penn Highlands Healthcare and Lung Innovations will hold the annual Pulmonary and Cardiothorac...
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HONOR ROLLS
June 19, 2024
Bentworth High School announces the 2023-24 third trimester honor roll as follows: Grade 12 High honors Noah Barker, Hailey Brandau, Tyler Eger, Kaylin Kelly, Mercedes Manning, Ava Massucci, Faith Mat...
Athene Club of Charleroi
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VALLEY CLUB NOTES
June 19, 2024
The Athene Club of Charleroi installed a slate of new officers during a luncheon June 14 at Domenico’s on Grand in Monessen. Outgoing president Adele Hopkins welcomed the new officers: President: Mary...
Cruel words add pain to loss of companion
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June 19, 2024
DEAR ABBY: My cat recently passed away, and it has devastated me. He was my emotional support during some of the hardest times of my life — relationships ending, moving to different states, deaths in ...
Freelancer frustrated by interactions with client
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SENSE AND SENSITIVITY
June 19, 2024
DEAR HARRIETTE: I am a freelance graphic designer, and one of my clients is frustrating. Despite multiple revisions and attempts to clarify their expectations, the client has continued to express diss...
Who will have the 2024 song of the summer? We offer some predictions
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By By MARIA SHERMAN AP Music Writer 
June 19, 2024
NEW YORK (AP) — Since the beginning of time or, at least, pop music, only a few have earned the designation of “song of the summer.” These are the earworms that lodge deep into the brain, pushing past...
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Craft Camp offered at Carnegie library
June 19, 2024
The Carnegie Free Library of McKeesport board of trustees will hold a meeting at 4 p.m. Tuesday at the library, 1507 Library Ave. The Carnegie Free Library of McKeesport will have Craft Camp at 1 p.m....
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June 19, 2024
• Fish fry, Belle Vernon Volunteer Fire Co., 10 Main St., 11 a.m. to 6 p.m., 724929-5511. • Family Fun Night, Saints Joachim and Anne Parish, St. Michael Church, 101 Mc-Lay Drive, Elizabeth, 5 to 9 p....