FAMILY FEATURES Volunteering has always been a big part of Shelley Brosnan’s life, whether she was serving in her children’s school or in their Fairfax, Va., community. When Brosnan retired, increasin...

Mt. Vernon Church, 2200 Greenock Buena Vista Road, McKeesport, will have a strawberry festival from 3 to 6 p.m. Saturday. Included will be food and strawberry desserts featuring Triple B Farm strawber...

DEAR HARRIETTE: I would love some advice on how not to feel behind in life compared to my friends. I am going into my last year of college, and all my friends are doing things to take steps toward the...

DEAR ABBY: My son is a sophomore in college. He has been dating a girl he met at school for almost a year. Her family no longer speaks to her for reasons I don’t know. I have included her in our famil...

Bishop Phelan Assembly 911 Fourth Degree Knights of Columbus of the Mon Valley will hold its monthly meeting Thursday at the Charleroi Knights of Columbus Council Hall, in St. Andrew the Apostle Paris...

DEAR HARRIETTE: I’ve been dating my girlfriend, Sarah, for a year now, and she has become increasingly insecure about my friendships with my childhood buddies — both men and women. Sarah often express...

DEAR ABBY: My boyfriend of three years recently proposed. The issue is he’s the great-nephew of the man who jilted my great-aunt at the altar in the 1970s. My aunt dated his great-uncle for financial ...

• Belle Vernon Memorial Day service, parade beginning at 9 a.m. at Belle Vernon American Legion, proceeding to service at Belle Vernon Cemetery flagpole. • California 175 Memorial Day celebration, Mon...

• McKeesport Railroad Club open to visitors, 2209 Walnut St., McKeesport, 12:30 to 6:30 p.m. Donation is $5 for adults, ages 18 and older; $3 for children ages 5 to 17; under age 5, U.S. military (wit...

DEAR ABBY: I’m 42 and recently had my first baby. My brother is six years younger and has a baby who just turned 1. Our mom has a total of four biological grandkids and one step-grandchild. I know Mom...

DEAR HARRIETTE: My best friend of 20 years is moving away with her husband and family all the way from Connecticut to Thailand so they can both teach English there. They will be gone for five years, w...

• 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...

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...

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 ...

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...

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...

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...

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 ...

CANNES, France (AP) — Of the many quotations and slogans that flitter through Francis Ford Coppola’s ideastuffed, open-hearted, unabashedly optimistic “Megalopolis,” one that particularly resonates wi...

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...