Got cold symptoms? Here’s when kids should take a sick day from school
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By By CHEYANNE MUMPHREY AP Education Writer 
August 23, 2024
PHOENIX (AP) — As schools reopen for another year, they are focused on improving student attendance. But back-to-school is hitting just as COVID-19 cases are increasing, raising the question: When is ...
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Free Indeed Ministry to hold outreach car wash
August 23, 2024
Glassport’s inaugural Community Day is set for Saturday at Honor Roll Park, 440 Monongahela Ave., Glassport. The event is free and open to residents and nonresidents. While the event will include many...
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August 23, 2024
• Glassport Community Day, Honor Roll Park, 440 Monongahela Ave., 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., followed by local bands “Dirty Shirley” and “This Indecision” starting at 6 p.m. • Inside flea market, Holy Resurre...
Retired husband lives with physical and emotional pain
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August 22, 2024
DEAR ABBY: My husband has been retired from law enforcement for five years. I can’t retire, as I am self-employed. I was always the one who had to take time off work to care for him with his back and ...
Parent expects graduating daughter to take family dog
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SENSE AND SENSITIVITY
August 22, 2024
DEAR HARRIETTE: Am I unreasonable for expecting my daughter to take her dog with her after she graduates from college? When my daughter was in fifth grade, she really wanted a dog. I wasn’t particular...
Phil Donahue, who ruled daytime talk for years, left a lasting imprint
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By By ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer 
August 22, 2024
LOS ANGELES (AP) — For nearly two decades, Phil Donahue was virtually the only TV talk show host to roam his audience with microphone and make them an essential part of his show. His huge cultural inf...
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August 22, 2024
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Monongahela's First UM Church to
August 22, 2024
The American Legion Riders Chapter 22 is hosting a benefit bike run Saturday to benefit Jessica Russo Abbott and Tyler Stone, who were seriously injured in a motorcycle accident. Registration is at 9 ...
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August 22, 2024
• Farmers market, country-western day, Chess Park, Monongahela, 3 to 6 p.m. • Friday bingo, Roscoe Volunteer Fire Co., 320 Furlong Ave., Roscoe, doors open at 4 p.m., early birds, 6:30 p.m. • National...
Calm first-day-of-school jitters
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August 21, 2024
Metro Creative Services Starting school for the first time or simply returning to campus after another summer break can lead to mixed feelings. Kids may be excited to see their friends every day, but ...
Snooping boyfriend unhappy about what he’s discovered
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August 21, 2024
DEAR ABBY: I’m a single man, and have been for 15 years. A year ago, I met a guy, “Josh,” and we fell in love. He lived 240 miles away. A month ago, he transferred his job to my city and moved in with...
Wages keep babysitter with abusive family
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SENSE AND SENSITIVITY
August 21, 2024
DEAR HARRIETTE: I’m really stuck right now and could use some advice. I’m 29, and I work as a babysitter for a family that pays really well, which is crucial for my daughter’s therapy bills. The probl...
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Penn Highlands to hold artisan mixes sale
August 21, 2024
The Fallowfield Township tax collector’s office will be closed Thursday. The after-hours drop box will be available; a receipt will be mailed. Taxpayers are asked not to leave cash in the drop box. An...
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August 21, 2024
• White Oak Senior Activities group meets for coffee hour, White Oak Community Center, 1798 Lower Heckman Road, 9:30 a.m. • Lunch on the Lawn for National Hamburger Day, Carnegie Free Library of McKee...
Strangers add to disabled woman’s pain and suffering
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August 20, 2024
DEAR ABBY: I am a 40-something woman who has recently become disabled. I use a wheelchair. Some days, my body works; other days, it doesn’t. But walking any distance causes me to have seizures. I look...
Partner supports sabbatical despite concerns
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August 20, 2024
DEAR HARRIETTE: I’ve been dating my partner, “Harper,” for over a year, and we have a strong and supportive relationship. On her birthday, Harper expressed her desire to take a yearlong sabbatical to ...
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Annual Riverfest to be held in California
August 20, 2024
St. Paul AME Church, 1350 Locust St., McKeesport, will hold a food pantry from noon to 1:30 p.m. Saturday. Free produce, dry foods and meats will be given. The pantry is held the second and fourth Sat...
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August 20, 2024
• Belle Vernon Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 699 meeting, at the post on Broad Avenue in North Belle Vernon, 6 p.m. • Concert in the Park, (free admission and parking-concession open) Rick Purcell’s D...
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August 19, 2024
• Roscoe Lions Club meeting, Allenport Marina, 6 p.m. • Archbishop Elko Donora Knights of Columbus Council 1941 meeting, K of C room, in St. Andrew the Apostle Donora church, 1 Park Manor Road, Donora...