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Library giving handouts at cfsbank in Monongahela
October 18, 2025
The McKeesport Al-Anon group will meet noon Tuesday at Beulah Park United Methodist Church on Grandview Avenue. Al-Anon is a support and educational group for relatives and friends of problem drinkers...
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October 18, 2025
• Apple dumpling order deadline, Bethesda United Methodist Church, 314 Third St., Elizabeth Borough. To place order, call 412-384-8473. Dumplings are $5 each. Pickups will be from noon to 2 p.m. Oct. ...
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October 18, 2025
• Westmoreland Drug and Alcohol Commission board meeting, Westmoreland County Community College, Student Achievement Center, board room, Youngwood, 5:30 p.m. • Rostraver Sportsmen and Conservation Ass...
Sister can’t stop stealing things during visits
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October 18, 2025
DEAR ABBY: I’m having a problem with my sister, who visits me on the average of once a month. She lives four hours away. Her friend and her husband accompany her. They are my only company. I used to e...
Friday, October 17, 2025
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October 17, 2025
Consider what’s important to you. Overdoing it, overcompensating or overspending will not help you reach your destination. Fine-tuning your routine to meet your needs will encourage you to create a sc...
Longtime friend feels ignored after woman’s passing
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October 17, 2025
DEAR ABBY: My friend of 50 years passed away a few months ago. I sent a fruit basket to her family and tried calling, but I was unable to get through. I couldn’t reach them via email or text either. I...
Partner struggles to balance career, romance
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SENSE AND SENSITIVITY
October 17, 2025
DEAR HARRIETTE: For many years, I worked in corporate America with a strict 9 to 5, Monday through Friday schedule. Recently, I made the switch — as the economy demanded — to working freelance. I now ...
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October 17, 2025
TODAY IN HISTORY 17 Today is Friday, Oct. 17, the 290th day of 2025. There are 75 days left in the year. Today in history: On Oct. 17, 1989, a mag - nitude-6.9 earthquake struck northern California, k...
SOUP SALE AT ST. MARY’S ANGLICAN CHURCH
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October 17, 2025
St. Mary’s Anglican Church, 509 Sixth St., Charleroi, will host a soup sale from 11 a.m. until supplies last on Saturday. The following soups will be sold at $10 a quart: wedding, tomato bisque, stuff...
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Charleroi legion holding bingo on Sunday
October 17, 2025
Free Indeed Ministry, 401 Second St., Monongahela, will host an outreach car wash from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday at the Dierken’s Pharmacy parking lot, across from Sheetz in Monongahela. The donation...
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October 17, 2025
• Wall of Fame red carpet event, Monessen High School auditorium, 1245 State Road, 6 to 8:30 p.m. Tickets, at $15, are on sale at https://mhswalloffame.eventbrite. com. • Witch festival, (peruse a sel...
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Center in the Woods,
October 17, 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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October 17, 2025
ROME (AP) — The Armani fashion house said on Thursday it has appointed luxury veteran and longtime manager Giuseppe Marsocci as its new chief executive officer, following the death of its founder last...
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October 16, 2025
TODAY IN HISTORY Oct. 16 Today is Thursday, Oct. 16, the 289th day of 2025. There are 76 days left in the year. Today in history: On Oct. 16, 1962, the Cuban missile crisis began as President John F. ...
Exciting new TV show uncontaminated by facts
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October 16, 2025
You have to watch PBS’s “Breaking the Deadlock” next Tuesday (check local listings), because I’m on it. (In the sense of being a participant, not in the sense of then-Gov. Kristi Noem’s slogan for Sou...
Neighbors don’t miss opportunity to wheel and deal
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October 16, 2025
DEAR ABBY: My mother passed away last year, and my father is 90. I am trying to get their primary and vacation homes staged for sale. It is a HUGE job as they were hoarders. They were popular, and whe...
Thursday, October 16, 2025
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October 16, 2025
Size down, not up, this year. Too much of anything will work against you. Pay attention to detail and budgets, and set priorities that have meaning and value to you. Be the master of the changes you c...
Club member steals photographer’s work
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SENSE AND SENSITIVITY
October 16, 2025
DEAR HARRIETTE: I recently joined a local photography club because I wanted to meet other photographers, improve my skills and share my work in a supportive environment. Most members are great, but on...
MONESSEN K OF C SCHOLARSHIP
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October 16, 2025
Knights of Columbus, Monessen Council 954 proudly presented a $1,000 check to the 2025 Knight’s Scholarship winner, Ryan Buretz. Ryan’s educational history, his higher education pursuits along with hi...
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VALLEY CLUB NOTES
October 16, 2025
The Monongahela Valley Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) held its monthly meeting at noon Oct. 11 at the Lock 4 restaurant at Smitty’s Marina, 119 River Ave., Belle Vernon (lower Spe...