Here you can read back issues of our newsletter Weekly Pointers from Whiskey Point featuring fascinating stories, history, and current events about our hometown written by our executive director Terry A. Necciai, RA.
Main Street Now Conference 2023 Highlights (part 1)
As soon as I can, I intend to post a little more about what Dan, Brad and I got from attending the Main Street Now conference, the annual national conference of the Main Street Program movement in America, in Philadelphia. It was a fantastic 3-1/2 days of sessions, tours, rallies, etc. I had a brief…
Keep readingOur visitors from Scottdale and the Pennsylvania Downtown Center (PDC)
OUR VISITORS FROM SCOTTDALE A couple of weeks ago, the Monongahela Main Street Program hosted an entourage of four visitors from Scottdale, Westmoreland County. The four are involved in the leadership of the Scottdale Historical Society, and they decided to form a committee to discuss how to revitalize their downtown and preserve some of the…
Keep readingThe New Whistle Stop Antique Mall, Remembering Our Friends and More!
I’m attaching photos today that I took at the new Whistle Stop Antique Mall next to the New Eagle Post Office (and right by the former Twist restaurant location) on Main Street in New Eagle. The photos are from the day the new antique mall had its grand opening, on February 1st (sorry I’ve been…
Keep readingCold Snap, Community News and Pigeon Creek Watershed Association
BRRRR! What a week! And they’re saying next week is also going to be a cold one like this, except temperatures will be above freezing for three days followed by an abrupt temperature drop that will bring freezing rain and sleet again by next Friday. Anyone remember a year or two ago when it seemed…
Keep readingStrategies to Engage Young Leaders in Main Street
OUR RECENT VISITOR GETS NATIONAL ATTENTION Just before Christmas we had a wonderful visit from Julie Fitzpatrick, Executive Director of the Pennsylvania Downtown Center. Julie had Iris Peters with her, who serves as Special Projects Content Specialist on the staff of the Pennsylvania Downtown Center. The National Main Street Center’s “Main Street News” decided last…
Keep readingDierkens Pharmacy and Local Eats: Your Weekend Stop
When you’re in town today, stop at Dierken’s Pharmacy if you need to get a prescription filled or need a broom, or today’s Mon Valley Independent, or maybe some other pharmacy-type items. And be sure some time to stop in at Mon Valley Cycle, next to Dierkens. They not only repair motorcycles, but they sell…
Keep readingMonongahela Welcomes New Businesses, Merry and Bright Night Recap, Milestones and More!
INTRODUCING LUXARIA HAIR STUDIO, LLC New businesses have been moving in pretty intensively in the last six months. Luxaria is a new hair salon located at 234 West Main Street, just below Sambol’s Bakery, in the Hoffman Building (previous location of Mon Valley Outdoors). It’s next to the Aspire to Impact Dance Studio space, a…
Keep readingChess Park gazebo, stores moving in, last weekend’s events, World of Chocolate Tour and more!
GYROS We have gyros! Sam’s Gyros is set up every Friday at the Dierkens Pharmacy parking lot throughout most of the day. Say hello to Oussama and tell him you saw it here! And have a look at that new sign he just made for his menu and prices! WORLD OF CHOCOLATE Tomorrow, Saturday, 11…
Keep readingNew Businesses, Monongahela Recovers From Flooding, Walkability, and Spring!
100 Block – Grand Reopening Block Party for Main Street Gypsy at Their New Location Main Street Gypsy, 168 W. Main St. (across from Italian Villiage) Monongahela PA Main Street Gypsy, your Downtown Monongahela store for jewelry, women’s clothing, and gifts of all types, will have a grand reopening tomorrow (Saturday, 22 April) from 10…
Keep readingWeekly Pointers From Whiskey Point – 24 March 2023
Wool and Wick Our newest Downtown shop opened yesterday! Wool and Wick, located at 416 West Main Street next to Little City Coffee in the Essee Flats Building, features handmade knitted items, locally made scented soy candles, cork-fabric handbags, wallets from Portugal, beautiful costume jewelry, a wide array of unique greeting cards – each of…
Keep readingWeekly Pointers From Whiskey Point – 17 March 2023
Flooded Shops Should Be Up And Running Soon The last retail shops affected by the water main break will be open soon. Dusty Bradshaw Aldous of Dusty’s Discounts tells me that her merchandise should be moved back into her shop by the middle of next week, and she should be ready to reopen the week…
Keep readingWeekly Pointers From Whiskey Point – 16 September 2022
WHISKEY, A TASTE OF HISTORY and 2nd ANNUAL HORSE PROMENADE – The Monongahela Main Street Program’s “Whiskey – A Taste of History” shopping tour will be one week from tomorrow. We will kick off with our 2nd Annual Horse Promenade at 11 AM. The horses will start at the Aquatorium, promenade to First Street and…
Keep readingWeekly Pointers From Whiskey Point – 12 August 2022
WE ARE THE WORLD CHAMPIONS IN BILLIARDS! Monongahela’s name makes it all around the globe once again. Stop in Main Street Tavern and congratulate Triple Threat! Press release from the American Pool Players Association: Triple Threat of Monongahela, Pa., defeated the Regulators of Frankfort, Ill., in the finals of the 2022 8-Ball World Championship. The victory…
Keep readingWeekly Pointers From Whiskey Point – 25 March 2022
“SUMER IS ICUMIN’ IN” (Spring/summer is arriving, in the Wessex dialect of Middle English, as taught at Ringgold High School, Monongahela Div., by Esther Spadaro, when she had started a Madrigal Choir in the 1970s) This is a Middle English way to say, “Get ready to get your meals and eat out in the warm…
Keep readingWeekly Pointers From Whiskey Point – 11 February 2022
As we do every Friday, we have gyros at the Dierkens Pharmacy parking lot, Park Avenue at Main Street, until 6 or 7 PM. When you stop at the gyro stand (when, not if), tell Oussama “Happy Valentine’s Day.” I had asked him how busy he was over lunch, and he said “busy.” And then…
Keep readingWeekly Pointers From Whiskey Point – 4 February 2022
TODAY’S WEATHER More than 45 million people remain under weather watches and warnings in the Northeast, down from 85 million Friday morning, as a winter storm makes its way eastward. Snow fell across much of New York state, New Hampshire, Vermont and Maine, with freezing rain and ice causing treacherous travel to the south in…
Keep readingWeekly Pointers From Whiskey Point – 7 January 2022
Christos Razhdayetsvya – Slavite Jeho! Merry Orthodox Christmas! We have gyros and other Lebanese treats, as we do every Friday, at the Dierkens Pharmacy parking lot, on Main Street at Park Avenue across from Sheetz, from 10 AM until about 6 PM.(But is it impressive …or what …that Oussama is out there today?!! He and…
Keep readingWeekly Pointers From Whiskey Point – 29 October. 2021
AVENUE OF THE HANGING JACK-O-LANTERNS 2021 Thank you to everyone who came out and helped carve the jack-o-lanterns. We had 40 pumpkins this year, and I was really worried about whether we’d have enough carvers. However, 47 people turned out, including about 16 parents or group leaders and about four carvers who also helped to…
Keep readingWeekly Pointers From Whiskey Point – 16 April 2021
We rarely seem to mention our funding sources in our newsletter, so I thought I’d put a special note up front this time. The EQT Foundation provided the Monongahela Main Street Program with funding to put on many new programs in 2020. Since some of the activities we had proposed to use the money for…
Keep readingWeekly Pointers From Whiskey Point – 9 April 2021
We have gyros until about 6 p.m., Dierkens Pharmacy parking lot, Main Street at Park Avenue. An Amazing Time For Our City’s Downtown District It is a wonderful time to sit down and write a newsletter for our little city’s Main Street business district. It is warm out, almost 90 degrees (I just took a…
Keep readingWeekly Pointers From Whiskey Point – 22 January 2021
Is your stomach growling or grumbling? Don’t ignore it. It’s a serious symptom, and it needs to be addressed immediately. It’s a condition called Monongahela-hunger-itis. Don’t call a doctor yet, though. Call your favorite restaurant and get yourself some takeout on order or get yourself downtown to order or dine in person. Piles and piles…
Keep readingWeekly Pointers From Whiskey Point – 27 July 2018
First Things First Many of you may have seen the signs in various places around town saying that the Meals-on-Wheel Program badly needs a couple more “runners,” i.e., delivery people. If you are able to help in delivering meals to older people in our community, please contact Alice Grimes or Lexi Pepper at the Monongahela…
Keep readingJanuary 2018 – Calliopica Vol. 5, No. 1 Newsletter
The featured story this month is the sale of the largest traditional retail space on Monongahela’s West Main Street to the Monongahela Area Chamber of Commerce, a building known…
Keep readingDecember 2017 – Calliopica Vol. 4, No. 12 Newsletter
This month we focus on the historic “McIlvain Block” at 254 W. Main St. This building has seen an amazing transformation in the last two months thanks to a group of young entrepreneurs who decided to make a serious investment in downtown and participated in the Monongahela Facade Grant Project. They have taken their project…
Keep readingThe November 2017 issue of Calliopica is now available
Our November 2017 Calliopica newsletter and calendar, featuring the recently completed facade project at 211 Second Street, by George Stasko, both owner and contractor is now available. We are also posting a “before” image if you would like to see it for comparison. George was wonderful to work with on this project. BTW -…
Keep readingOctober 2017 – Calliopica Vol.4, No. 10 Newsletter
Featured this month is the history and architecture of several churches along Main Street. Also discussed are the many community groups that “keep Monongahela ticking” and information about our upcoming tour of Brownsville, Pa.
Keep readingSeptember 2017 – Calliopica Vol. 4, No. 9 Newsletter
The featured article this month is a discussion of a house built by local politician G.V. Lawrence on the 500 block of Main Street which by the late 1880’s housed Mary M. Lindsay Scott’s Monongahela Academy. Also included is our upcoming tour of Brownsville, Pa., a welcome to our new librarian Amy Riegner and an…
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