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May 23, 2024
• Open house, McKeesport Model Railroad Club, 2209 Walnut St., McKeesport, 12:30 to 6:30 p.m. Donation is $5 for adults ages 18 and older; $3 for children 5 to 17. U.S. military members (with ID), uni...
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Memorial Day services to be held in Roscoe
May 23, 2024
Grandpa’s Kitchen will be open 2 p.m. Wednesday at the Carnegie Free Library of McKeesport, 1507 Library Ave. On the menu will be Crepes-Sweet and Savory. The program is currently looking for voluntee...
Engagement news leaves sister out in the cold
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SENSE AND SENSITIVITY
May 23, 2024
DEAR HARRIETTE: Recently, I discovered that my sister had gotten engaged, but not from my sister directly. Instead, I had to find out from our mom, three weeks after the fact. As someone who shares a ...
Friendship’s decline doesn’t stop a solicitation for cash
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May 23, 2024
DEAR ABBY: My friend “Gene” and I have been friends since elementary school. We’re now in our 50s. We were inseparable best friends all those years. When we were about 30, I started noticing our frien...
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May 23, 2024
The May 11 meeting of Monongahela Valley Chapter National Society Daughters of the Americas (NSDAR) was held at noon in the Monongahela Public Library meeting room. A box lunch was served. Twelve memb...
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VALLEY CLUB NOTES
May 23, 2024
A May crowning ceremony was held prior to the Epiphany Ladies meeting at the Epiphany of Our Lord Church, Monessen. Vice President Sara Stein presented flowers while Sophia Janol crowned the Blessed M...
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Jefferson Memorial’s
May 22, 2024
The Rostraver Township Lions will hold a barbecue from 11 a.m. to sellout Saturday at the Howard Hanna Simon Real Estate Services parking lot, 1751 Rostraver Road. Dinners are $10 for chicken or pork ...
Excessive spending bothers benefit attendee
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SENSE AND SENSITIVITY
May 22, 2024
DEAR HARRIETTE: A while back, there was a benefit held for a person who has cancer. A generous sum was raised by friends and relatives who collected items from donors. The collected items were sold, a...
Couple fears for well-being of abused friend and child
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May 22, 2024
DEAR ABBY: My wife’s good friend has had a tough time since her divorce. She started dating this guy off and on a few years ago. After the second breakup, we learned the reason. He was verbally abusiv...
From exam stress to career success a new grad’s guide to professional life
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By By SHARON RHODES For the AP 
May 21, 2024
Graduating college is an incredible achievement and the start of an exciting new chapter. But after the relief of finishing those last exams, making the transition from school to professional life can...
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May 21, 2024
After a brief winter break, the Joyful Bloomers Garden Club is back and better than ever. The club has planned several fun activities for the coming year. Two new members joined the club. In March, a ...
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May 21, 2024
The Monongahela Veterans Council and the City of Monongahela will conduct Memorial Day Services on Monday. The parade will line up at the corner of West Main and Fourth streets at 8:30 a.m. and begin ...
Grieving man’s new ‘friends’ concern wife of four decades
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May 21, 2024
DEAR ABBY: I have been married for 42 years. Three months ago, I started seeing changes in my husband’s behavior. He had lost two good friends within two months, so I attributed it to that. Then one d...
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May 20, 2024
CASTLETON, Vt. (AP) — A Vermont university has bestowed the honorary degree of “doctor of litter- ature” on Max the cat, a beloved member of its community, ahead of students’ graduation on Saturday. V...
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Young Adult Book Club to meet Saturday
May 20, 2024
Sambol’s Bakery will be at the Penn Highlands Mon Valley lobby, 1163 Country Club Road, Carroll Township, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. today. The event is a fundraiser for the Penn Highlands Mon Valley Auxi...
Photo editing app causes embarrassment
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SENSE AND SENSITIVITY
May 20, 2024
DEAR HARRIETTE: My boyfriend discovered that I edit my pictures, and now I feel ashamed to face him. A mutual friend showed me an editing app that allows me to remove eye bags, slim down my face and a...
Husband likes to get high but keeps lying about it
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May 20, 2024
DEAR ABBY: My husband and I have been married for 10 years, together for 12. We have no children together, but I have four from a previous marriage. Two are grown and have moved out; two are still hom...
Young adult eyes new path for happiness and support
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May 19, 2024
DEAR ABBY: I’m new to the LGBTQ+ community and finding it tough. I’m torn between living a happy life or being around my family, who don’t 100% accept me as bisexual/asexual and involved with a transg...
Trump supporters grow bolder in their racism
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May 19, 2024
Perhaps this is too small an incident to matter much, a paragraph of history rather than a page. Nevertheless, the recent decision by a Virginia school board is telling: Its members voted to rename tw...