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May 21, 2024
After a brief winter break, the Joyful Bloomers Garden Club is back and better than ever. The club has planned several fun activities for the coming year. Two new members joined the club. In March, a ...
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May 21, 2024
The Monongahela Veterans Council and the City of Monongahela will conduct Memorial Day Services on Monday. The parade will line up at the corner of West Main and Fourth streets at 8:30 a.m. and begin ...
Grieving man’s new ‘friends’ concern wife of four decades
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May 21, 2024
DEAR ABBY: I have been married for 42 years. Three months ago, I started seeing changes in my husband’s behavior. He had lost two good friends within two months, so I attributed it to that. Then one d...
ODDS AND ENDS
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May 20, 2024
CASTLETON, Vt. (AP) — A Vermont university has bestowed the honorary degree of “doctor of litter- ature” on Max the cat, a beloved member of its community, ahead of students’ graduation on Saturday. V...
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Young Adult Book Club to meet Saturday
May 20, 2024
Sambol’s Bakery will be at the Penn Highlands Mon Valley lobby, 1163 Country Club Road, Carroll Township, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. today. The event is a fundraiser for the Penn Highlands Mon Valley Auxi...
Photo editing app causes embarrassment
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SENSE AND SENSITIVITY
May 20, 2024
DEAR HARRIETTE: My boyfriend discovered that I edit my pictures, and now I feel ashamed to face him. A mutual friend showed me an editing app that allows me to remove eye bags, slim down my face and a...
Husband likes to get high but keeps lying about it
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May 20, 2024
DEAR ABBY: My husband and I have been married for 10 years, together for 12. We have no children together, but I have four from a previous marriage. Two are grown and have moved out; two are still hom...
Young adult eyes new path for happiness and support
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May 19, 2024
DEAR ABBY: I’m new to the LGBTQ+ community and finding it tough. I’m torn between living a happy life or being around my family, who don’t 100% accept me as bisexual/asexual and involved with a transg...
Trump supporters grow bolder in their racism
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May 19, 2024
Perhaps this is too small an incident to matter much, a paragraph of history rather than a page. Nevertheless, the recent decision by a Virginia school board is telling: Its members voted to rename tw...
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U.S. Steel bald eagle program to be held at
May 17, 2024
Due to rain in the forecast, the Blaine Hill Volunteer Fire Co. car show set for this weekend has been rescheduled for 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. June 23.
Woman pays high emotional cost trying to help mother
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May 17, 2024
FEATURES DEAR ABBY: My mom always catered to my dad when I was growing up. I was left to pretty much raise myself. Their drinking and social life were their priorities. I ended up pregnant at 16 and m...
Friends on same career path resent each other
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SENSE AND SENSITIVITY
May 17, 2024
DEAR HARRIETTE: My close friend and I are both actively seeking employment in the same city and industry. We both recently lost our jobs at the same company and have been looking for about two months ...
MAKING THE GRADE
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Local students graduate from Westminster College
May 17, 2024
Gia Monte received the College Chemistry Award from the Society for Analytical Chemists of Pittsburgh. Gia is a senior majoring in chemistry at Washington and Jefferson College. The award includes bot...
If your soil’s no good or you don’t have any, grow your garden plants in straw bales
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By JESSICA DAMIANO Associated Press 
May 16, 2024
If you’d like to install a raised bed but don’t have the resources to build one, you can achieve the same effect by growing your plants in straw bales. It’s also a great option for those with poor soi...
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Bellmar Class of 1960 to meet Wednesday
May 16, 2024
The May 21 meeting of the board of trustees of the Carnegie Free Library of McKeesport has been rescheduled to 4 p.m. May 28 at the library, 1507 Library Ave. The meeting is open to the public. Bellma...
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May 16, 2024
• Light in the Darkness Festival, free community event, featuring food, concert and pro-wrestling, Charleroi Market House, 427 McKean Ave., noon to 4 p.m., sponsored by MVP and CityReach Church of Cha...
Student home from studying abroad misses whirlwind romance
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SENSE AND SENSITIVITY
May 16, 2024
DEAR HARRIETTE: I recently returned to the United States after studying abroad, and I have a whirlwind of emotions following my departure from the city that became my temporary home. I am sad to leave...
Widowed spouse makes plea to all living partners
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May 16, 2024
DEAR ABBY: Today I ironed and folded my late husband’s lucky fishing shirt and placed it into a box going to Goodwill. Continuing with the task, I matched up 14 pairs of my good merino wool socks, mos...
Stay healthy and hydrated in the heat
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ACHIEVING WELLNESS WITH DR. EMILIO GALIS, DPT
May 15, 2024
How much water do you think you drink in a day? One cup? Two cups? Five cups? If you said, “I drink coffee and tea and that has water in it!” You are correct that those drinks do contribute to your to...
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LIBRARY DONATIONS
Memorials
May 15, 2024
The following were shelved in April at the Monongahela Area Library: Blaze Mark Mancini “The Red Feathered Soul and Other Angels in Flight” by Lori Baker, presented by Janet L. Mancini Sandy Davis “On...