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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....
ODDS AND ENDS
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June 19, 2024
NEEDHAM, Mass. (AP) — Twenty-three sets of twins have graduated from a Massachusetts middle school, making up about 10% of the eighth-grade class. The identical and fraternal twins graduated from Poll...
Mon Valley DAR chapter
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VALLEY CLUB NOTES
June 19, 2024
The June 8 combined meeting of Monongahela Valley Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) and National Pike Chapter DAR was held at the Clubhouse Grille at the Cedarbrook Golf Course in Ros...
Granddaughters’ thong bikinis make waves at family gathering
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June 18, 2024
DEAR ABBY: I have two granddaughters and four grandsons. My granddaughters, ages 19 and 20, wear thong bikinis at family swim events in front of their dad, grandpa, uncles and cousins. I believe this ...
Manager doesn’t want to punish close employee
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SENSE AND SENSITIVITY
June 18, 2024
DEAR HARRIETTE: I am a customer service manager at a retail store, and I have been receiving complaints from customers about one of my employees being slow and unhelpful. The challenging part is that ...
Marchich – 25th
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ANNIVERSARIES
June 18, 2024
Ted and Cheryl Marchich of Fallowfield Township are celebrating their 25th wedding anniversary today. The couple married June 19, 1999, on their farm by the late Rev. Jim Linn. Ted is a retired truck ...
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June 18, 2024
• Mon Valley Coin Club meeting, VFW Post 1409, 793 E. Main St., Monongahela, 7 p.m. • Free concert featuring Matt Barranti Band, Plum Street, Elizabeth, 6 p.m., held by Elizabeth Area Redevelopment Co...
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The 2024 Renzie market opens Thursday
June 18, 2024
The Fallowfield Township real estate tax office will be open from 9 a.m. to noon today and Thursday for payments at discount. The office is closed Friday. From June 24-28, payments will be accepted fr...
The pursuit of happiness and good health
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ACHIEVING WELLNESS WITH DR. EMILIO GALIS, DPT
June 17, 2024
Doesn’t the Declaration of Independence say that we are endowed with rights to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness? What is happiness? Because it sure seems like society has lost it. I think we...