🌱 Why Donora’s quiet streets still carry a history the world noticed
Donora, Pennsylvania Patch AM: a 3 min readMorning Donora! We've got the scoop on the latest happenings in town. Read on to get looped in. ☀️
In today's newsletter:
- Why Donora’s quiet streets still carry a history the world noticed
Today's riddle: what do you call a rabbit with fleas? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Wednesday: A shower and t-storm; breezy, with a high of 66 and low of 46 degrees.
- Thursday: A brief shower or two, temps: high: 54, low: 43.
- Friday: Intervals of clouds and sun, with a high of 68 and low of 49 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• 12 Boring Pennsylvania Towns With Strange Stories (myfamilytravels.com) — Donora is spotlighted as one of twelve “boring” Pennsylvania towns that actually carry powerful, sometimes unsettling histories beneath their quiet surfaces. The piece briefly evokes Donora’s hillside neighborhoods and McKean Avenue while alluding to the infamous air pollution disaster that reshaped how the town thinks about what it breathes. It’s a reflective, atmospheric look rather than a hard-news update, but it centers Donora’s legacy in a statewide context. 
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🗓 Events Nearby
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Shade Tree Commission Meeting →
Monessen City Hall, Monessen
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Westmoreland County Senior Games - TRACK & FIELD →
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First Responder Behavioral Health Awards →
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School Board Meeting
Ringgold SD Monongahela, PA 15063
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Commissioners' Public Meeting →
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Industrial Development Corporation Meeting →
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Priority Populations Subcommittee Meeting →
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Data and Quality Subcommittee Meeting →
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RESN/RESS Spring Concert RHS Auditorium
Ringgold SD Monongahela, PA 15063
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City of Monessen Council Meetings →
Monessen City Hall, Monessen
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Dead Head Winery - Open Jam →
Dead Head Winery, 300 2nd St, Monongahela
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Westmoreland County Senior Games - SWIMMING →
Westmoreland County, PA Calendar
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Wednesday May 13
Thursday May 14
Friday May 15
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- Leslie's Pool Supplies (DBA) posted a job opening for Stock Clerk - Valley Pool & Spa - Seasonal in Charleroi. Apply here.
- Kentucky Fried Chicken posted a job opening for Team Member in Belle Vernon. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Donora here.
🗞 Nearby News
Monessen
- Avs made first goalie change in Game 4 (monvalleyindependent.com)
Monongahela
- Small business grants awarded (monvalleyindependent.com)
- Farmers markets sprouting up (observer-reporter.com)
Charleroi
- Charleroi in search of long-awaited playoff win (monvalleyindependent.com)
- Suspected middleman in Rostraver strip mall killing waives homicide charges (observer-reporter.com)
- Pittsburgh Pre-1960 Housing Stock: Why It Creates Steady Wholesale Inventory (biggerpockets.com)
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-- The Patch AM Team
P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Bugs Bunny ! (Thank you bruce A. for sending it in!)
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