DEAR ABBY: My mom is in her early 80s. More and more often lately, she seems to be avoiding seeing me and my siblings. It wasn’t always like this. She would let me, my husband and our kids stay with h...

DEAR HARRIETTE: My teenage daughter is upset with me because I told her she couldn’t go to a concert with her friends. The show is in a nearby city, and while she insists everyone else’s parents are l...

Join Alice at 5:30 p.m. Monday for a Coffee and Canvas class at the West Newton Center for Active Adults, 103 E. Main St. Participants do not have to be a senior to enjoy this class. Cost is $20 and a...

The annual EQT Washington and Greene Counties’ Covered Bridge Festival will be held from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., rain or shine, Saturday and Sunday. Admission and parking are free. Each festival location w...

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

• Mon Valley Pro Wrestling live at the Scottdale Fall Festival, corner of Pittsburgh and Spring streets, Scottdale, 6 p.m. bell time. • Monessen community flea market, corner of Donner and Fifth stree...

• Fish fry, Belle Vernon Volunteer Fire Co. No. 2, 10 Main St., Belle Vernon, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m., 724-929-5511. • Belle Vernon Public Library, 505 Speer St., North Belle Vernon, closed to prepare for j...

The Greater Monessen Historical Society will feature a presentation by John J. Turanin, author of “Tin Men, Steel Soldiers,” the price paid in World War II by a Pennsylvania mill town, at 11 a.m. Satu...

DEAR ABBY: I’m a man in my early 30s who has made a career switch. My new field requires me to be more social because I will be meeting with colleagues, some of them older than I am, and attending tra...

DEAR HARRIETTE: A few weeks ago, I had a really embarrassing accident at work. I tripped in the office and split my pants right in front of my colleagues. On top of that, I sprained my ankle in the fa...

Road trips are picking up speed again. As airfare, hotels, and overseas vacations grow pricier, more Americans are choosing the highway over the runway. A 2025 Enterprise Mobility survey found that tw...

It is the first ACLspecific trial to integrate cryoneurolysis into a pain management protocol with 60-day opioid tracking and validated patient-reported outcomes. For the MVI In a bold move to combat ...

The D&D Adventurer’s Guild-The Quiet Quest will meet from 5 to 8 p.m. Thursday at the Monongahela Area Library, 813 W. Main St., Monongahela. All returning and new players are welcome for a night of m...

• Renzie market, (produce, food trucks, free face painting, live entertainment) McKeesport Fire Department Station No. 2 (rear parking lot) Tulip Drive at Eden Park Blvd., Monessen, 5:30 to 8 p.m. • T...

Less than 24 hours before the 24th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks on the United States, Kristan Hawkins was speaking on the campus of Montana State University. She noticed her phone blowing up wi...

DEAR ABBY: Our neighbors, “Wanda” and “Bob,” have agreed to care for our house and cat when we vacation. We told them we’d like to pay them for their troubles, but Wanda says they want to do it for fr...

DEAR HARRIETTE: Six months ago, my boyfriend broke up with me, and I’m embarrassed to admit that I still can’t seem to get over him. The truth is that he wasn’t even that great of a boyfriend. He was ...

The final in the series of free summer concerts will be held from 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday at the Monessen City Park amphitheater, 1918 Grand Blvd., Monessen. Sky Pilot will perform. There will be food vend...