Metro Creative Services When the summer entertaining season draws to a close, homeowners need to ensure their outdoor living areas can handle weather that’s right around the corner. Although outdoor f...

Metro Creative Services As hours of daylight shorten and fall gives way to winter, thoughts shift from fall foliage to spending time cuddling under warm blankets and being cozy indoors. A fireplace ca...

Family Features Severe weather events, including hurricanes, earthquakes, tornadoes, floods and more, pose significant risks to property, productivity and well-being. However, taking actionable steps ...

Metro Creative Services A kitchen is widely recognized as the most popular room in a home. Though it might be true that the hustle and bustle of home life runs through the kitchen, many a memory is ma...

Metro Creative Services No one enjoys being in cramped quarters. Whether a person battles a legitimate case of claustrophobia when confined in tight spaces or simply prefers a place to stretch out, th...

Metro Creative Services Spring is the season most often associated with lawn care, and for good reason. Grass starts growing in spring, and the season is a great time to fertilize many grasses in the ...

DEAR ABBY: I have a special-needs son and cannot travel with him alone. I have also been in a committed relationship for two years. When my aunt’s youngest daughter got married last year, I clearly st...

DEAR HARRIETTE: I am currently in the middle of a career pivot. For many years, I worked in corporate offices behind the scenes in operations. I still do that now in a more creative industry. In this ...

The Carnegie Free Library of McKeesport, 1507 Library Ave., will hold a clockmaking class at 11 a.m. Friday. Gayle Wagner will teach participants how to make clocks out of dollar store or upcycled mat...

• Play and laugh game night, (snacks, play old favorites, learn a new game or bring one to share) all ages welcome, Carnegie Free Library of McKeesport, 1507 Library Ave., 5 p.m. • Ernest E. Jobes Pos...

Catholic Daughters of the Americas Court Monessen 776 met Sept. 16 at the Epiphany of our Lord Church hall in Monessen. Members recited the rosary. Regent Debbie Genemore welcomed members and opened t...

DEAR ABBY: My best friend “Pat” and I live on opposite sides of the country. I am very concerned about Pat’s daughter and granddaughter, “Mandy.” Pat’s son-in-law is verbally abusive. He calls Pat’s d...

The event will be held at Palmer Park in Donora this year. For the MVI Plans are underway for the 22nd annual Lois Orange Ducoeur Breast Cancer Walk. The one-mile walk will be held at 10 a.m. Oct. 11 ...

DEAR ABBY: When my lifelong friend “Cheryl” and I would talk once a week to catch up with each other’s lives, she’d describe her other friends’ woes in a really animated way, including a loud voice an...

DEAR ABBY: I am 54 and already facing ageism. Some of my neighbors who are in their 30s and 40s make ageist statements aimed at me. These people do not know me but happen to live in my building. One t...

DEAR HARRIETTE: I just started my new job, and my boss has given me little guidance. When I reach out with questions, the responses are either short, vague or delayed. I was expecting some kind of str...

• Greater Monessen Historical Society Founders’ Day Dinner Oktoberfest, Jozwiak Hall at St. Vincent de Paul Society, 1701 Grand Blvd., Monessen, beginning at 5 p.m. Tickets, at $35, can be purchased a...

Here’s a look at lunch menus for local centers for next week: (All menus may be subject to change.)

A new ladies Bible study and fellowship will start from 10 a.m. to noon Monday and will continue each Monday at Journey by Grace Church, Route 51, Rostraver Township. Topic will be “Our Words Matter-T...

Pope John Paul II, in white, and Cardinal John Krol wave to the crowd welcoming the Pontiff to Philadelphia, Pa., on Oct. 3, 1979.