DEAR HARRIETTE: I’ve been dating my girlfriend, Sarah, for a year now, and she has become increasingly insecure about my friendships with my childhood buddies — both men and women. Sarah often express...

DEAR ABBY: My boyfriend of three years recently proposed. The issue is he’s the great-nephew of the man who jilted my great-aunt at the altar in the 1970s. My aunt dated his great-uncle for financial ...

• Belle Vernon Memorial Day service, parade beginning at 9 a.m. at Belle Vernon American Legion, proceeding to service at Belle Vernon Cemetery flagpole. • California 175 Memorial Day celebration, Mon...

• McKeesport Railroad Club open to visitors, 2209 Walnut St., McKeesport, 12:30 to 6:30 p.m. Donation is $5 for adults, ages 18 and older; $3 for children ages 5 to 17; under age 5, U.S. military (wit...

DEAR ABBY: I’m 42 and recently had my first baby. My brother is six years younger and has a baby who just turned 1. Our mom has a total of four biological grandkids and one step-grandchild. I know Mom...

DEAR HARRIETTE: My best friend of 20 years is moving away with her husband and family all the way from Connecticut to Thailand so they can both teach English there. They will be gone for five years, w...

• Open house, McKeesport Model Railroad Club, 2209 Walnut St., McKeesport, 12:30 to 6:30 p.m. Donation is $5 for adults ages 18 and older; $3 for children 5 to 17. U.S. military members (with ID), uni...

Grandpa’s Kitchen will be open 2 p.m. Wednesday at the Carnegie Free Library of McKeesport, 1507 Library Ave. On the menu will be Crepes-Sweet and Savory. The program is currently looking for voluntee...

DEAR HARRIETTE: Recently, I discovered that my sister had gotten engaged, but not from my sister directly. Instead, I had to find out from our mom, three weeks after the fact. As someone who shares a ...

DEAR ABBY: My friend “Gene” and I have been friends since elementary school. We’re now in our 50s. We were inseparable best friends all those years. When we were about 30, I started noticing our frien...

The May 11 meeting of Monongahela Valley Chapter National Society Daughters of the Americas (NSDAR) was held at noon in the Monongahela Public Library meeting room. A box lunch was served. Twelve memb...

A May crowning ceremony was held prior to the Epiphany Ladies meeting at the Epiphany of Our Lord Church, Monessen. Vice President Sara Stein presented flowers while Sophia Janol crowned the Blessed M...

The Rostraver Township Lions will hold a barbecue from 11 a.m. to sellout Saturday at the Howard Hanna Simon Real Estate Services parking lot, 1751 Rostraver Road. Dinners are $10 for chicken or pork ...

CANNES, France (AP) — Of the many quotations and slogans that flitter through Francis Ford Coppola’s ideastuffed, open-hearted, unabashedly optimistic “Megalopolis,” one that particularly resonates wi...

DEAR HARRIETTE: A while back, there was a benefit held for a person who has cancer. A generous sum was raised by friends and relatives who collected items from donors. The collected items were sold, a...

DEAR ABBY: My wife’s good friend has had a tough time since her divorce. She started dating this guy off and on a few years ago. After the second breakup, we learned the reason. He was verbally abusiv...

Graduating college is an incredible achievement and the start of an exciting new chapter. But after the relief of finishing those last exams, making the transition from school to professional life can...

After a brief winter break, the Joyful Bloomers Garden Club is back and better than ever. The club has planned several fun activities for the coming year. Two new members joined the club. In March, a ...

The Monongahela Veterans Council and the City of Monongahela will conduct Memorial Day Services on Monday. The parade will line up at the corner of West Main and Fourth streets at 8:30 a.m. and begin ...

DEAR ABBY: I have been married for 42 years. Three months ago, I started seeing changes in my husband’s behavior. He had lost two good friends within two months, so I attributed it to that. Then one d...