Roommate refuses to help with shared chores
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SENSE AND SENSITIVITY
June 17, 2024
DEAR HARRIETTE: My roommate and I have been living together for about six months now, and while things were fine at first, we’ve recently started fighting over the chores in our apartment. The main is...
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Farmer market open at West Newton center
June 17, 2024
Saints Joachim and Anne Catholic Parish will conduct a Family Fun Night from 5 to 9 p.m. Friday at St. Michael Church, 101 Mc-Lay Drive, Elizabeth. Games, live music, car cruise, food trucks and a coo...
Child’s crafts and gifts pile up around the house
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June 16, 2024
DEAR ABBY: I have a 4-year-old daughter. She spends time at her grandma’s house and does arts and crafts projects there. When my MIL drops her off, she brings the project to our house. We enjoy seeing...
HUMAN SERVICES AWARD
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June 14, 2024
Southwestern Pennsylvania Human Services Inc. (SPHS) received the Recovery- Friendly Workplace Award during the Armstrong-Indiana-Clarion Drug and Alcohol Commission (AICDAC) 2024 Recovery Hub Confere...
IN THE MILITARY
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June 14, 2024
Charleroi native Sgt. First Class Anthony S. Armstrong was recently promoted to master sergeant in the U.S. Army Reserves. He entered the U.S. Army in January 2008 and attended Basic Combat Training b...
After weight loss, mom struggles to feel confident
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June 14, 2024
DEAR HARRIETTE: I have lost around 200 pounds over the past two years. It hasn’t been an easy journey at all because I have done it all naturally. As a mom of three, I gained a significant amount of w...
Business relationship clouds couple’s response to affair
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June 14, 2024
DEAR ABBY: My husband and I have a friend, “Sophie,” who is cheating on her husband of 25 years. Of course, this is not our business. But now, unbeknownst to her husband, she has incorporated her love...
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Free Indeed Ministry holding Father’s Day worship service
June 14, 2024
Owl Craft Customs 3D printed articulated sensory toys will be at the Penn Highlands Mon Valley lobby, 1163 Country Club Road, Carroll Township, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Monday. Accepted forms of payment...
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MONDAY
June 14, 2024
• Bingo night, Carroll Township Volunteer Fire Department, 130 Baird St., Monongahela, doors open at 5:30 p.m., early birds, 7 p.m. • Dress for Success Pittsburgh hosts free event to provide women wit...
Why dad jokes crack us up: The surprising psychology explained
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By By ERIN DOONER For the AP 
June 13, 2024
Ever told your dad, “Dad, I’m hungry,” only to get the response “Hi Hungry, I’m Dad”? If so, you’ve experienced a classic groan-worthy, eye-roll-inducing, reallyshould- have-seen-it-coming, so-bad-it’...
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Passes available for free admission to museums
June 13, 2024
Belle Vernon Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 699 will hold a meeting 6 p.m. Wednesday at the post on Broad Avenue in North Belle Vernon. Westmoreland County libraries have partnered with five county mus...
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Center in the Woods,
June 13, 2024
Here’s a look at lunch menus for local centers for next week: (All menus may be subject to change.)
Aging couple contemplates long-distance relocation
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June 13, 2024
DEAR ABBY: My husband and I are contemplating moving across the country to be near our daughters. We have lived in our home for 45 years. We are both active and in very good health, but unlike many of...
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By By MANDYAPPLEGATE For the AP 
June 12, 2024
Most don’t pay attention to these pests until you are bitten and left with a red, itchy mark. Besides being a nuisance, mosquitoes have shaped the course of human history through the spread of mosquit...
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VALLEY CLUB NOTES
June 12, 2024
The Charleroi Goldenagers met at noon May 2 at the Charleroi American Legion Hall with 72 members in attendance. President Sam Marraccini opened the meeting with the flag pledge and singing of “God Bl...
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Carnegie library to celebrate Juneteenth
June 12, 2024
The First Christian Church of Charleroi, 61 Walnut Ridge Road, Charleroi, is hosting a craft/vendor show from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday. There is no admission charge, and the church is handicap acces...
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June 12, 2024
• American Legion Auxiliary Unit 212, Donora, meeting, at the post on Meldon Avenue, Donora, 6:45 p.m. • Strawberry festival, Penn Highlands Mon Valley Anthony M. Lombardi Education Conference Center,...
Pittsburgh CLO’s ‘West Side Story’ delivers delightful version of a classic
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By By ALEXIS PAPALIA Trib Total Media 
June 12, 2024
Tuesday night saw the opening of Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera’s production of a titan in the canon of American musicals: “West Side Story.” And this production will delight any fan of the show. Openin...
Reader wants to keep the peace at wedding
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SENSE AND SENSITIVITY
June 12, 2024
DEAR HARRIETTE: Is it OK not to invite my foster parents to my wedding because my biological parents think they’re racist? My biological parents, who are Black, feel uncomfortable around my white fost...