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Monessen to host
October 11, 2024
California High School Class of 1966 will hold its monthly luncheon 1 p.m. today at Baker’s Pub in North Charleroi. Breast cancer walk to be held Saturday in Rostraver Township Penn Highlands Mon Vall...
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October 11, 2024
• Lois Orange Ducoeur Breast Cancer Walk, Mon Valley HealthPlex, Rostraver Township, registration, 9 a.m., walk starts at 10 a.m. To register or make a donation, visit www.phhealthcare.org/ducoeurwalk...
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Center in the Woods,
October 11, 2024
Here’s a look at lunch menus for local centers for next week: (All menus may be subject to change.)
Ghostly getaways
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Travel to America’s most haunted vacation spots
By BY LISA WELLS For the AP 
October 11, 2024
With autumn in the air and Halloween looming, bring some spookiness to your vacation with a haunted itinerary. These chilling destinations offer spine-tingling histories, unexplained phenomena and the...
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October 10, 2024
• International Day of the Girl (all women’s and girl’s clothing 50% off) Care & Share thrift store, 227 Third St., California, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. • Snowy’s chocolates (Granny Smith apples with chocolat...
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Mon City library to host teen night
October 10, 2024
The Belle Vernon Moose, 1026 Broad Ave., North Belle Vernon, will host a dance from 6 to 10 p.m. Friday with DJ Dennis providing the music. From 5 to 6 p.m., free line dancing instruction will be held...
Remembering the tragic life of Charleroi’s silent film star Olive Thomas
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By JIM BUSCH For the MVI 
October 10, 2024
The Mon Valley has produced a number of Hollywood film stars such as Shirley Jones and Frances McDormand, but perhaps no star from the region shined as bright as Olive Thomas. Thomas’s short but tragi...
CD of A, Monessen Court 776
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VALLEY CLUB NOTES
October 9, 2024
Catholic Daughters of the Americas Monessen Court 776 met Sept. 17 in the Epiphany of Our Lord church hall. A courtroom installation was conducted by District Deputy Laraine McGinnis. Installed were t...
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Belle Vernon VFC to hold hoagie sale
October 9, 2024
The Monongahela Veterans Council will meet 7 p.m. Friday at VFW Post 1409, 793 E. Main St., Monongahela. Discussion will be held on upcoming events and activities scheduled for the remainder of this y...
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VALLEY CLUB NOTES
October 9, 2024
Valley Garden Club held its monthly meeting Sept. 12 at Lynnwood Lutheran Church in Washington Township. Eighteen members were in attendance. In the absence of President Roxanne Huss, Secretary/Treasu...
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October 9, 2024
• Charleroi Knights of Columbus Father William D. Fries Council 956, including former Monongahela Knights of Columbus Council 2600, meeting in the council hall in St. Andrew the Apostle Parish School,...
Old Halloween traditions that have all but vanished
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By By LAURA SAMPSON For the AP 
October 9, 2024
Halloween, like many holidays, has evolved. And with it, some of the traditions that once defined the celebration have quietly faded away. While modern festivities still capture the spirit of the holi...
Tips for decorating homes for Halloween
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October 9, 2024
Metro Creative Services Drive through a suburban neighborhood in October and it’s likely you will find yards filled with inflatable witches, animatronic grim reapers and makeshift graveyards bearing w...
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October 8, 2024
• “The Waldorf Effect” program by Laurissa Rex, producer, author and psychic who will share tales of the “intense hauntings” at the 180-year-old Waldorf Estate, Monessen Public Library, 326 Donner Ave...
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Oodles Club to meet at
October 8, 2024
Charleroi Knights of Columbus Father William D. Fries Council 956, including former Monongahela Knights of Columbus Council 2600 members, are reminded of the monthly council meeting Thursday in the co...
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VALLEY CLUB NOTES
October 8, 2024
The North Belle Vernon Historical Society held its monthly meeting Oct. 1 at the North Belle Vernon Volunteer Fire Department. Discussion centered around progress made and goals to be achieved. The so...
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VALLEY CLUB NOTES
October 8, 2024
The Elizabeth Township Seniors will meet at 11 a.m. today at Butler’s Rock Run Inn. Vice President Ed Ference will welcome members, and Debbie Gilbert will give the table blessing before lunch, which ...