No Monongahfest this year

There will be no Monongahfest this year.

The first Monongahfest was held in 1988.

The Monongahfest Committee made the announcement.

As per a post by Patty Steele McCombs on the Monongah Town News Facebook page:

“After much consideration and thought, it is with much regret, the Monongahfest committee would like to announce that a festival will not be held this year in August.

“The Monongahfest will become an event of the past if we do not get more people to volunteer in the future. The small committee has been planning the festival for many years...some have been on the committee since it originated.

“We would like to hand it down to the younger generation to keep it going. The Monongahfest has made a lot of wonderful memories in the past for this town and the people who have attended one. PLEASE consider being a volunteer for the next festival planning.

Thank you.

-      - - Monongahfest Committee.

Events at the August Monongahfests included a Pin Ball Tournament, Flop in the Slop tug of war on the riverside, town-wide yard sale, 5K Rails to Trails race, Little Miss Monongahfest Contest, Photogenic Baby Contest, crafts sale, duck race and, the next day, a Car Show.

Monongahfest president Debbie Manzo Vandetta, Class of 1973, wife of Monongah mayor Greg Vandetta, Class of 1975, has been there from Day One.

 

So has Monongahfest treasurer Patty Steel McCombs, a Fairmont East grad married to Monongah water expert Bill McCombs, Class of 1969.