🌱 How GE’s $138 million bet could reshape jobs in Charleroi

Hi there, Charleroi! We've got your morning read ready! Read on to stay connected. ☀️

In today's newsletter:

• How GE’s $138 million bet could reshape jobs in Charleroi
• Charleroi community remembers Timothy “Milky” Milchovich’s life and service

Also on today's calendar: Feast On The Fallen.

Today's riddle: Why did the cookie go to the Doctor ? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Thursday: Couple of thunderstorms, with a high of 85 and low of 68 degrees.
• Friday: A shower and t-storm; humid, temps: high: 81, low: 69.
• Saturday: A shower and t-storm; humid, with a high of 84 and low of 68 degrees.

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📰 News we're reading

• GE Vernova invests $138 million to expand Pennsylvania grid equipment facility, adding 275 manufacturing jobs (energiesmedia.com) — GE Vernova is pouring $138 million into expanding its power transmission equipment plant in Charleroi, bringing about 275 new high-skilled manufacturing jobs through 2028 and more hiring beyond. The project is part of a larger $166 million Western Pennsylvania commitment and a national grid-modernization push, with state leaders touting the move as a boost to local manufacturing and energy infrastructure.
   

• Timothy ‘Milky' Milchovich (monvalleyindependent.com) — Family and friends across the Charleroi area are mourning Timothy “Milky” Milchovich, a North Charleroi native and Charleroi High School soccer standout who later entered the school’s Soccer Hall of Fame. The 80-year-old Vietnam veteran and longtime Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel worker spent his later years delivering to Mon Valley auto shops and enjoying quiet evenings at home with his cat.
   

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📸 Around Charleroi

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Charleroi

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★ Featured events ★

Friday August 14

• Uptown Girl →
  State Theatre Center for the Arts, 27 E Main St, Uniontown
  7:00 pm

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Other local events

Sunday August 23

• Feast On The Fallen →
  GoGamer, Mall Run Rd, Uniontown
  5:00 pm

Sunday August 30

• Joey Papadakos →
  Vinoski Winery, 333 Castle Dr, Belle Vernon
  1:00 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Thursday August 6

• Lil Rams Camp
  Ringgold SD Monongahela, PA 15063
  9:00 am
• Russell Peters →
  Pittsburgh Improv, 166 East Bridge St, Homestead
  7:00 pm
• California Dreaming with Wine Educator Jill Kummer →
  Vangura Surfacing Products, 14431 Vangura Ln, North Huntingdon
  7:00 pm
• Noah Richardson →
  Crafthouse Stage & Grill, 5024 Curry Rd, Pittsburgh
  7:30 pm

Friday August 7

• Super 70's Rock Show →
  Vinoski Winery, 333 Castle Dr, Belle Vernon
  7:00 pm

Saturday August 8

• Rumours ATL - A Fleetwood Mac Tribute →
  Vinoski Winery, 333 Castle Dr, Belle Vernon
  6:00 pm
• Twin Lakes Free Summer Concert →
  Westmoreland County, PA Calendar
  6:30 pm
• Pittsburgh Pirates - New York Mets →
  PNC Park, 115 Federal St, Pittsburgh
  6:40 pm

Sunday August 9

• Bill & Renee from the Top Music Shop →
  Vinoski Winery, 333 Castle Dr, Belle Vernon
  1:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Hello!
  I’ve been working on making balloon animals and have a pretty cool clown costume. I’ve been thinking about advertising to make balloon animals for/at… (Nextdoor Fallowfield Township)

• Burger King posted a job opening for Team Member in Belle Vernon. Apply here.
• Wendy's posted a job opening for Shift Supervisor in Belle Vernon. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Charleroi here.

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🗞 Nearby News

Monessen

• Monessen school board to vote on bringing specialized Adelphoi program to middle school (cbsnews.com)
• Betty Jean Gross (villages-news.com)

Belle Vernon

• Belle Vernon grad Devin Whitlock bets on himself with transfer to Eastern Illinois (triblive.com)

Monongahela

• Roadwork on Parkway East set to get underway soon to address flooding at the 'Bathtub' (wtae.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Because he felt CRUMMY ! (Thank you Michelle S. for sending it in!)
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