Growing up in Charleroi, Natalie Raitano always knew she wanted to be a star. From dancing tap to jazz, ballet to musical theater, her focus was always on the stage. Raitano graduated from Mon Valley Catholic High School and studied dance at Mercyhurst College. After finishing a bachelor’s ...
With 28 years in the helping profession, Jennifer Melnick Carota says she still loves her counseling career.However, as founder of the Counseling House Group in Belle Vernon, a group private practice that celebrated its 11th anniversary on April 1, she also said that counseling could be a ...
We’ve got a batch of fun stories for you in this magazine edition, including our cover story all about The Cheesecake Fairy. I’d heard of Jennifer Melnick Carota’s business, seeing her culinary on social media or at various community events. Still, I hadn’t tried her single-serve ...
Sometime during his terminal illness, Terry Drupp made his wife, Jerie, promise she’d get a dog after he passed so she wouldn’t get lonely.Two months after he died in 2020, she kept her promise. She got a blue tick beagle named Gumby from the Washington County Humane Society. Five months ...
Unintentionally, entirely by accident, this issue became the food and beverage edition. I love when a theme comes together naturally.Our cover story features a beloved area favorite that has morphed into a new restaurant but still keeps what many love about it alive. Evo’s Sports Bar in ...
Jerry Garcia may be long gone, but his memory and vibe live on for a couple of bar owners in Monongahela.Step inside the Drunken Hippie on West Main in Monongahela, and you’ll find evidence backing up one of Garcia’s most famous quotes about his fans. “Deadheads are kinda like people who ...
