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Drive-thru Nativity at
December 20, 2025
The McKeesport Al-Anon group will meet noon Tuesday at the McKeesport Area Shared Ministry Beulah Park United Methodist Church campus on Grandview Avenue. Al-Anon is a support and educational group fo...
CHURCH NEWS
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December 20, 2025
Free Indeed Ministry, 401 Second St., Monongahela, will host a Sunday gift giving service Sunday and a New Year’s Eve service at 10 p.m. Dec. 31. The Sunday before Christmas worship service will begin...
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MONDAY
December 20, 2025
• “The Great Manger Mystery,” re-telling of Jesus’ birth as told by the animals in the stable, First United Methodist Church, 430 W. Main St., Monongahela, 11:15 a.m., during the morning worship servi...
Office holiday parties can be dreadful for introverts and people with social anxiety
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By By CATHY BUSSEWITZ Associated Press 
December 20, 2025
NEW YORK (AP) — The year the radio station company where he worked held its holiday party at a dive bar, Ryan Arnold walked in and saw coworkers passing around a tall glass boot filled with beer. He h...
Triggianis gather for first time in 60 years
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FAMILY REUNIONS
December 19, 2025
It took 60 years for the descendants of the Triggiani family of Monessen to finally get together for a reunion with the remaining family members. The Triggiani family’s roots began at a home at 344 Sc...
Monessen K Of C donates to ARCDD
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December 19, 2025
At a recent Association for the Rights of Citizens with Developmental Disabilities (ARCDD) event, Knights of Columbus, Monessen Council 954, Grand Knight Bob Kuzynski presented a $3,000 donation to th...
Features, Local/Youth
December 19, 2025
The following students were named to the 2025-26 first nine-weeks honor roll at Ringgold High School: Grade 12 Highest honors McKenna Adams, Korben Andrews, Gavin Bebout, Olivia Bianchi, Cienna Bizzel...
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December 19, 2025
By the Diocese of Pittsburgh During the season of Advent, Christians focus on prayer and the sacraments to prepare their hearts to receive Jesus at Christmas. This Advent season leads up to the end of...
Months after breakup, man sees ‘signs’ amid heartache
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December 19, 2025
DEAR ABBY: I’m a 55-year-old man who dated a very special lady, “Dawn,” for 12 years. We were both married when we met. I fell in love with her, and after we divorced our spouses, we continued being t...
Family member needs a break from caretaking
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SENSE AND SENSITIVITY
December 19, 2025
DEAR HARRIETTE: While most of my family members moved away when they went to college, I stayed in town. Fast-forward to 40-some years later: I’m still here, and I am the one everyone is relying on. Re...
Good news: Behind the scenes of some of the most uplifting stories of 2025
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By By MICHAEL MELIA Associated Press 
December 19, 2025
It was one of the year’s biggest stories — the selection of the first American pope — and an Associated Press journalist was interviewing the pope’s brother at his home in suburban Chicago. Suddenly, ...
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December 19, 2025
• Santa Claus visits Elizabeth Township (Blythedale, Boston, Central, Greenock, Industry, Smithdale and Victory areas) starting at 10 a.m. • Holiday open house, McKeesport Model Railroad Club, 2209 Wa...
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Hope Church to hold
December 19, 2025
The West Newton Community Band will present its canceled concert at 3 p.m. Sunday in the West Newton Gym, 113 South Fifth Street, West Newton. Bleacher seating will be available or bring a chair. Choc...
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Center in the
December 19, 2025
Here’s a look at lunch menus for local centers for next week: (All menus may be subject to change.)
YESTERYEAR
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December 19, 2025
The ice skating rink at Rockefeller Center in New York is shown under construction on Dec. 19, 1936. The rink is about 50 feet by 100 feet and planners said it would be ready for use by Christmas Day....
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LIBRARY DONATIONS
December 18, 2025
The Monongahela Area Library shelved the following in July, August, September and October: Memorials Mary E. Dewar “The Best Loves Villages of France” by Stephane Bern, presented by Marie E. Magone an...
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December 18, 2025
Weigh the pros and cons before you act. Look at every angle and devise a plan that fits your schedule and skills. Be bold, speak up and push your way forward. Show discipline and fortitude when dealin...
Wife thinks camper guest is getting a little too cozy
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December 18, 2025
DEAR ABBY: My 58-year-old husband recently shared a bed in our camper with a 21-year-old family friend. The friend is female. This happened in my absence. He thinks of her as a “daughter,” and althoug...
Job hunter finding it difficult to generate leads
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SENSE AND SENSITIVITY
December 18, 2025
DEAR HARRIETTE: I quit my job just four months after starting because it wasn’t what I expected, and now I’m struggling more than I ever imagined to find a new one. I honestly thought I had built enou...