The craft guild at the First United Methodist Church in Belle Vernon constructed table-top trees for the Belle Vernon Area Rotary to distribute to many of its Meals on Wheels participants. Parishioner...

DEAR ABBY: My 19-year-old niece didn’t finish high school and has been in and out of rehab for years. She’s about to leave a residential program and is looking for a place to live. Her parents have im...

DEAR HARRIETTE: My friend always changes her story when it comes to small things, but I feel like the accumulation of all these small inconsistencies is starting to get to me. For example, she was jus...

The Monongahela Area Chamber of Commerce is announcing its 2025 Santa schedule, in front of the Mon Valley Alliance-Community Bank, 235 W. Main St., Monongahela: • 6 to 9 p.m. today • 11 a.m. to 2 p.m...

• Food pantry, (free produce, dry foods and meats-no income requirements) St. Paul AME Church, 1350 Locust St., McKeesport, 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. • 60th annual Salute to Santa parade, Fifth Avenue, bet...

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

(AP) — The results of the new study, published last month in the journal Subterranean Biology, spread rapidly online due to the striking images of the giant 1,140-squarefoot spider web, a carpet-thick...

By the MVI The holidays have grown in North Belle Vernon, and the holiday kickoff weekend will bring three days of festivities Friday, Saturday and Sunday. The schedule will run as follows: • Friday –...

The Monongahela Valley Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution held its monthly meeting Nov. 8 at the Lock 4 Restaurant at Smitty’s Marina in lower Speers. Vice Regent Leslie Yoder presided over ...

DEAR ABBY: I recently bought a first-floor condo because I am an older woman with a knee disability. Otherwise, I would have purchased a unit on the second floor of this two-story condo complex. I am ...

DEAR HARRIETTE: I work from home, and my roommate does, too. At first, it wasn’t a big deal; we thought we could share the space easily and just use headphones when we had meetings. Lately, our schedu...

St. Mary’s Anglican Church, 509 Sixth St., Charleroi, will have a bake sale and Christmas yard sale, with light food available, from 11 a.m. to sellout Saturday. St. Nicholas Ukrainian Orthodox Church...

• The Avenue Shines Bright — Vintage holiday lights return to Broad Avenue and holiday windows light up the street in Belle Vernon and North Belle Vernon. • Fish fry, Belle Vernon Volunteer Fire Co. N...

For the MVI The Mon Valley Regional Chamber of Commerce kicked off the holiday season in high spirits with its annual Love Local Mystery Bus Tour on Nov. 8. Nearly 80 women boarded the bus for a day o...

For the MVI The Mon Valley Regional Chamber of Commerce is pleased to announce its annual “Celebrate the Season of Business Holiday Awards Event,” an evening dedicated to recognizing the outstanding b...

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) -- Change begins with you. Socialize more with people who enjoy the same pastimes. Travel, companionship and embracing what motivates you will not be in vain. SAGITTARIUS (No...

DEAR ABBY: My husband of 4 1/2 years had an old girlfriend he was on and off with for 15 years. She passed away while he was in prison. We got married three months after he was released. The thing is,...

DEAR HARRIETTE: I moved in with my boyfriend recently, and my parents are furious. I come from a traditional background where living together before marriage is considered shameful. My mother won’t sp...

Coretta Scott King, widow of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., waves as first ladies Rosalynn Carter, Betty Ford and Lady Bird Johnson applaud at the National Women’s Conference in Houston, Texas, on Nov. 1...

• Bellmar High School Class of 1958 dinner meeting, Corleone’s Restaurant, Shop and Save plaza, Route 51, Rostraver Township, 5 p.m. • Dine and Donate to benefit Charleroi American Legion Post 22, din...