Tuesday, December 9, 2025
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December 9, 2025
Express yourself, your likes and dislikes, and see how much you save emotionally and financially this year. Your tell-it-like-itis attitude will help you clear up unfinished business. Refuse to let wh...
Woman resists her own attempts to go to church
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December 9, 2025
DEAR ABBY: I’m a twice-divorced woman who has no children. I was raised by two deeply religious parents (now deceased) who attended church every Sunday and took me along. I regularly attended church u...
Friend is always late to events
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SENSE AND SENSITIVITY
December 9, 2025
DEAR HARRIETTE: My colleague has a tendency to be unapologetically late, and I can’t stand it! We’ve traveled together in the past for work, and I have seen firsthand how careless he can be with his t...
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D&D Adventurer’s holiday edition set at the library
December 9, 2025
St. Andrew the Apostle Parish will hold a Blue Christmas service at 7 p.m. Thursday at the Donora site, Second Street Extension and Park Manor Road in Donora. The gentle, prayerful gathering is for an...
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December 9, 2025
U.S. infantrymen pray in the Vietnamese jungle on Dec. 9, 1965, during memorial services for comrades killed in the battle of the Michelin rubber plantation, 45 miles northwest of Saigon. AP
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December 9, 2025
• Christmas card watercolor paint and sip, Donora Public Library, 510 Meldon Ave., 6 to 8 p.m. Cost is $20 for the BYOB event. Register by calling 724-379-7940. • Ernest E. Jobes Post 212 American Leg...
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December 9, 2025
The following have applied for marriage licenses through the Westmoreland County Register of Wills: • Madhu Sai Shirdeesh Pydipati, 33, and Lisa Marie Miller, 49, both of West Newton.
Mother keeps tight rein on boy and his grandma
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December 8, 2025
DEAR ABBY: My daughter won’t allow me to have a relationship with my toddler grandson without constantly interfering. Everything is “no.” She says things like: “Don’t bring him a toy every time you co...
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December 8, 2025
• South Hills Coin Club, Bethel Park municipal building, 5100 Library Ave., 7:30 p.m. • California United Women in Faith Christmas luncheon and officer installation ceremony, California United Methodi...
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December 6, 2025
The following students were named to the 2025-26 first nine-weeks honor roll at Ringgold Middle School: Grade 8 Highest honors Aleena Amati, Tyler Anderson, Diana Coria-Ruiz, Payton Custer, McKenzi Da...
Senior couple are on different paths in relationship
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December 6, 2025
DEAR ABBY: I’m a man in my 70s. My girlfriend is eight years younger. We were first introduced 42 years ago by relatives who believed we would be a good match. I was an only child; she was from a brok...
Friend’s comments about daughter cross the line
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SENSE AND SENSITIVITY
December 6, 2025
DEAR HARRIETTE: My friend and I were talking recently, and she made a comment about my daughter that caught me off guard. It wasn’t outright cruel, but it was insensitive: She implied that my daughter...
Saturday, December 6, 2025
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December 6, 2025
Choose facts, not fiction, when dealing with partnerships and personal matters. Someone will misinterpret your words if you aren’t precise. To get your way, you must be willing to give back more than ...
Sunday, December 7, 2025
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December 6, 2025
You’ll achieve the most this year if you work quietly toward your long-term goals. Allowing too many people into your sphere will cost you time, energy and money. Refuse to let your generosity and kin...
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McKeesport heritage center to hold
December 6, 2025
The McKeesport Al-Anon group will meet at 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 drink...
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December 6, 2025
• Evening with Santa, (pictures with Santa, cookies, personalized ornaments, treat bags, hot chocolate) White Oak Athletic Association, 1798 Lower Heckman Road, White Oak, 6 to 8 p.m. • Spaghetti dinn...
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December 6, 2025
• VFW Post 1409 meeting, at the post, 793 E. Main St., Monongahela, 7 p.m. • Advantage Home, Health and Hospice will offer hot chocolate, Penn Highlands Mon Valley lobby, 1163 Country Club Road, Carro...
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December 6, 2025
One of the most prized possessions of Henry Ford was his first automobile that was built in 1892 in this brick barn. Ford is shown with James Bishop in Detroit, Michigan on Dec. 6, 1936. AP
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December 5, 2025
Relationships will play a role in how and where you live. An ideal way to handle change is to initiate trial runs to ensure you are making the most suitable choices. Jumping into something too quickly...
Wife carries on communicating with former best friend
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December 5, 2025
DEAR ABBY: My best friend of more than 10 years, “Ian,” ghosted me! We used to talk about everything — wives, children, jobs. We spent hours together and helped each other sort out our problems. He kn...