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DEAN’S LIST
March 12, 2026
The following students have been named to the Westmoreland County Community College deans list for attaining a minimum 3.5 QPA for the fall 2025 semester. Belle Vernon Roni Jo Owens, Cassidy Triggiani...
Entertainment Calendar, Features
March 12, 2026
Music tonight • Marshall Charloff Purple Experience, Event Center, Rivers Casino, Pittsburgh, 7 p.m. Events tonight • “Wizard of Oz,” Belle Vernon Area High School, 7 p.m. • Country Line Dancing, H Lo...
Wife plays second fiddle to husband’s reputation
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March 12, 2026
DEAR ABBY: My husband, “Al,” and I are retired and live on a farm with a great son and daughter-inlaw. Al is the best person I have ever known, and he adores me. Everyone loves and respects him, and t...
Meddling friend impedes romance
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SENSE AND SENSITIVITY
March 12, 2026
DEAR HARRIETTE: There’s a guy I like. We’ve spent time around each other in group settings, and he seems like someone worth exploring. There’s chemistry between us; we flirt often, but part of me is a...
Put your energy into whatever offers the highest return
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March 12, 2026
Put your energy into whatever offers the highest return. Look at the big picture and the results you want to achieve, and make your way forward with specific goals in mind and plans in place. There is...
YESTERYEAR
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March 12, 2026
Amid all the splendour of Roman ritual, Pope Pius XII was crowned on the open Loggia above St. Peter’s in Rome before some half million cheering people. The ceremony of the Coronation, the most solemn...
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Monessen library Friends to meet Monday
March 12, 2026
Long Branch Community Grange, 210 Chestnut St., Coal Center, will continue its soup sales from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Tuesday and 10:30 a.m. to noon Wednesday. A variety of soups will be available. Co...
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March 12, 2026
• Monongahela Veterans Council meeting, VFW Post 1409, 793 E. Main St., Monongahela, 7 p.m. • Sambol’s selling hot dogs, hot and sweet sausage, hoagies, cookies, candy and chocolates, lady locks and m...
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March 12, 2026
The 24th annual Westmoreland County Parks and Recreation Citizens Advisory Board’s March for Parks fundraiser will be held on March 28 at Twin Lakes Park in Greensburg. The March for Parks is a fun ev...
Loose lips sink longtime friendship
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March 11, 2026
DEAR ABBY: My boyfriend, “Wade,” and I were expecting our first child and couldn’t wait to tell the news to our family and friends. But my boyfriend can’t keep a secret, and before we told our parents...
Customer debates giving back wrong change
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SENSE AND SENSITIVITY
March 11, 2026
DEAR HARRIETTE: Yesterday, I went to Target to do some shopping. I paid the cashier in cash, and instead of giving me $2 in change, she gave me $200. I usually don’t check my change, especially when i...
Wednesday, March 11, 2026
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March 11, 2026
Consider what’s at stake before you make promises. Use this year to clear up emotional matters hanging over your head. Honesty will lead the way to a better future. It’s time to spread your wings and ...
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March 11, 2026
TODAY IN HISTORY 11 Today is Wednesday, March 11, the 70th day of 2026. There are 295 days left in the year. Today in history: On March 11, 2011, a magnitude 9 earthquake and resulting tsunami struck ...
PREMARRIAGE CLASSES AT SAINTS JOACHIM AND ANNE
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March 11, 2026
Saints Joachim and Anne Catholic Parish hosted a premarriage class for couples preparing for the sacrament of marriage on March 7 at the St. Eugene Campus in Liberty Borough. Thirty-two couples partic...
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Carnegie Library to host
March 11, 2026
California High School Class of 1966 will hold its monthly lunch at 1 p.m. Friday at Juniper Grill, 4000 Washington Road, Peters Township. PublicSource to hold town hall about local news in the commun...
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March 11, 2026
• Luck of the Irish drawing, customers can receive $1 or $2 off their total. One winner will win entire purchase for free, California United Methodist Church Care and Share thrift store, 227 Third St....
From blacksmithing to needlepoint, young people are embracing ‘grandma hobbies’
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By By KAITLYN HUAMANI AP Technology Writer 
March 11, 2026
LOS ANGELES (AP) — By age 23, Emma MacTaggart was already noticing how rare her free time was — and how it was seldom screenfree. She was working long hours in investment banking and once she was fina...
Snap to it: ‘The Addams Family’ is coming to West Mifflin
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By SARAH PELLIS spellis@yourmvi.com 
March 10, 2026
West Mifflin Area High School’s Theater Department will premiere “The Addams Family,” the school’s spring musical, on Thursday. West Mifflin Area High School will present a comical feast that embraces...
The dark — and unhealthy — side of idolization
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ACHIEVING WELLNESS WITH DR. EMILIO GALIS, DPT
March 10, 2026
Over the last several years I have written about many different aspects of health and wellness. In today’s world, we are constantly given access to things at our fingertips, literally at the click of ...
Features, Local/Youth
March 10, 2026
The following students were named to the 2025-26 second quarter honor roll at Belle Vernon Area Middle School: Grade 8 Highest honors Sienna Grace Amey, Shaun James Baker, Mia Reina Barrios, Nathan Jo...