DEAR HARRIETTE: I am a 25-year-old woman, and I want to pursue a relationship with my childhood friend. He and I have been friends since we were 5 years old. We went to the same schools from elementar...

DEAR ABBY: My older brother has had a tumultuous marriage to a manipulative, alcoholic, just-plain-mean woman. It has been bad over their entire 40-year marriage, including her physically assaulting h...

The following students were named to the 2023-24 Charleroi Area High School fourth-quarter honor roll: Grade 12 Highest honors Bella Carroto, Zoe Duhon, Jenna Fox, Sarah Fox, Aiden Jackson, Riley Jone...

The following students were named to the 2023-24 fourth nine-weeks honor roll at Charleroi Area Middle School: Grade 8 Highest honors London Powell, Shaheen Roscoe-Bennett, Emily Wheatley High honors ...

At what age should kids be on social media? Should they be on it at all? If they aren’t, will they be social pariahs? Should parents monitor their conversations? Do parental controls work? Navigating ...

• “Camp Firelight” vacation Bible school begins, First Church of God, West Newton, 6 to 8 p.m. To register or for more information, call 724-872-7467. • Car show, Thomas J. Reid III Park, Allenport, h...

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...

DEAR HARRIETTE: My son is 10 years old and is behind his peers academically. His literacy and writing skills are not nearly where they are supposed to be, and I can’t afford to help him. I am a single...

DEAR ABBY: I have been friends for 20 years with a kind and caring woman, “Brenda.” We always shared life moments, until recently. I thought of her children as my own. Her son got married (not in a fo...

American Legion Post 659, Belle Vernon, will meet Wednesday. The club meeting is held at 7 p.m., post meets at 7:30 p.m.

• Monongahela Rotary free peeling license plate replacement event, Monongahela Aquatorium, 10 a.m. to noon. • Star party, free public event, Mingo Creek County Park, off Route 136, Nottingham Township...

DEAR HARRIETTE: Am I being selfish for pointing out to my girlfriend that she will not always be the top priority in our relationship, which is a reality due to my commitments as a performer and dance...

DEAR ABBY: I have been married to a wonderful man for 17 years. Recently, I reconnected online with an old high school flame. We have been talking about my hometown, which is where he lives. So many t...

Valley Garden Club held its monthly meeting May 9 at the Lynnwood Lutheran Church in Washington Township. President Roxanne Huss led the flag pledge. Birthdays for the month were: Pam Gregor, May 1; C...

The culminating dinner for the Catholic Women’s College Club was held 5:30 p.m. May 6 . The women gathered at St. Andrew the Apostle social hall, Donora site, for a buffet dinner. President Helen Bedn...

WESTPORT, Conn. (AP) — Kate Bulkeley’s pledge to stay off social media in high school worked at first. She watched the benefits pile up: She was getting excellent grades. She read lots of books. The f...

The Amateur Astronomers Association of Pittsburgh will hold free public events-star parties Friday and Saturday at the Mingo Creek County Park observatory, past shelter 10. The park is located off Rou...

Ever had a meal that was so good that you contemplated haunting the chef from the afterlife? Or perhaps you experienced such terrible service that you thought about coming back as a poltergeist just t...

DEAR HARRIETTE: Am I being selfish for pointing out to my girlfriend that she will not always be the top priority in our relationship, which is a reality due to my commitments as a performer and dance...

DEAR ABBY: My boyfriend and I have been together for eight years. We live separately, and I live with my son. The problem is my boyfriend says he loves me but doesn’t seem to like spending time with m...