Monongahela Valley Hospital staff donated a record-breaking amount of non-perishable goods for local food banks in the 2014 Scouting for Food campaign.

The Greater Monessen Historical Society will sponsor an afternoon of Syrian food-making and tasting with various cooks, along with a discussion of the Syrian church by the Very Rev. Father Fred Pfeil on Sunday, June 1, at 12:30 p.m. at the Heritage Museum.

The Peters Township Public Library will offer a workshop for children ages 5-10 to learn the basics of Bharatanatyam, a classical dance from South India that originated over 2,000 years ago.

The May meeting of the Monessen Veterans Council was opened by President Ron Chromulak. Bob Gilotty led the group in the pledge to the flag.