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August 10, 2018

Show goes on without Shorraw

By Mon Valley Independent

By Kaylie Moore

kmoore@yourmvi.com

For the first time in more than two months, Monessen City Council conducted business Thursday — without Mayor Matt Shorraw.

It was standing room only during the first meeting after a panel of Westmoreland County judges appointed Lois Thomas to fill the seat left vacant by Councilman Ron Chiaravalle’s May 28 death.

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