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LIBRARY DONATIONS
December 12, 2025
The Monongahela Area Library shelved the following in July, August, September and October: Memorials Ron Minkus “Quilt-As-You-Go Made Modern: Fresh Techniques for Busy Quilters” by Jera Brandvig, pres...
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December 12, 2025
Participation will lead to understanding and insight into what’s best for you. The more you interact with people, the easier it will be to recognize motives and assess what is likely to transpire. Cha...
Family’s collective mental health is declining rapidly
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December 12, 2025
DEAR ABBY: As my parents have aged, my father has been misremembering things or making wrong assumptions. It has increasingly gotten on my mom’s nerves (she has also become more impatient and snappy l...
Daughters make mom rethink relationship with husband
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SENSE AND SENSITIVITY
December 12, 2025
DEAR HARRIETTE: My adult daughters absolutely refuse to call or visit their father, and it’s become a constant point of tension in our family. I’m still married to him, and while they love me, they ma...
Shoppers find new ways to stretch their holiday dollar
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By By SARAH JENKINS For the AP 
December 12, 2025
The 2025 holiday season arrives with a mix of excitement and caution. Approximately 1 in 3 shoppers who used credit cards for holiday shopping in 2024 still haven’t paid off those balances, and 10% ar...
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By ByTRACEEM.HERBAUGH Associated Press 
December 12, 2025
As shoppers flood stores across the country during the year’s biggest shopping season, retail workers are bracing for what many describe as the most demanding — and often demoralizing — stretch of the...
Great Christmas stories for children
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December 12, 2025
Metro Creative December is filled with opportunities to make magical memories, particularly for families with young children. Christmas commands a lot of thought and attention, and parents know such e...
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December 12, 2025
The Greater Monessen Historical Society, 505-507 Donner Ave., Monessen, will be open from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday. All nationality cookbooks will be 25% off. All postcards and CDs will be buy one, ...
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Center in the Woods,
December 12, 2025
Here’s a look at lunch menus for local centers for next week: (All menus may be subject to change.)
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December 12, 2025
• Holiday cookie walk, Epiphany of Our Lord Church Hall, 44 Pennsylvania Blvd., Monessen, noon to 3 p.m. Participants can choose from a $5 bag (half-pound) or $10 bag (one pound) and select their favo...
Penn Highlands Mon Valley to host visit from Santa and Christmas tree raffle
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December 11, 2025
The event is set for Dec. 17 at the Carroll Township hospital. Penn Highlands Mon Valley invites the community to bring their children to enjoy cookies and hot chocolate with Santa at the Carroll Town...
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December 11, 2025
Be resourceful, choose your path and build momentum. Struggle, determination and fortitude will lead to positive change this year. Be true to yourself, but observant of others. Incorporate what you se...
Date change of funeral leads to death of friendship
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December 11, 2025
DEAR ABBY: I had a friend, “Mylene,” for many years. We swapped dog-sitting to offset the cost for each other. I helped her when she was sick and broke her foot. I walked her dog whenever she needed m...
Woman stuck between safety and emotional attachment
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SENSE AND SENSITIVITY
December 11, 2025
DEAR HARRIETTE: I’m a 75-year-old woman who has lived in the same charming walk-up apartment in New York City for more than 40 years. This place has seen me through marriage, motherhood, widowhood and...
The 2025 Most Magnificent Gingerbread Displays List is announced
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December 11, 2025
BUSINESS WIRE Historic Hotels of America, the official program of the National Trust for Historic Preservation for recognizing and celebrating the finest historic hotels from across the United States ...
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December 11, 2025
• Experience a Live Nativity, Harmony Acres Dairy, 355 Perryopolis Road, Belle Vernon, 6 to 8 p.m., presented by the HOPE Church and Harmony Acres Dairy. • All coats, hats, boots and scarves 50% off, ...
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Tina’s Treasures to sell items at Penn Highlands MV
December 11, 2025
The First Christian Church of Charleroi, 61 Walnut Ridge Road, is hosting the annual Community Cantata at 3 p.m. Sunday. This year’s program is entitled “A Simple Christmas.” A tasting party will be h...
How to create new holiday traditions
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December 11, 2025
Metro Creative Services Get inspired Traditions are hallmarks of most holidays, but they’re particularly prominent during celebrations that fall at the end of the year. The customs people hold dear ar...
Edward V. Monaghan Foundation donation
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December 10, 2025
The Edward V. Monaghan Charitable Youth Foundation nonprofit organization recently made a donation to “Tickets for Kids,” a Pittsburgh/national organization that provides free access to underprivilege...
PennWest to celebrate fall 2025 graduates
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December 10, 2025
Commencement ceremonies will take place at 10 a.m. Saturday at California, Clarion and Edinboro campuses. For the MVI Pennsylvania Western University will honor its fall 2025 graduates during simultan...