Michael Paul Amoroso – Columbia, Md., formerly of Monongahela
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By obits 
December 4, 2019
Michael Paul Amoroso Columbia, Md., Formerly of Monongahela Michael Paul Amoroso, 54, of Columbia, Md., formerly of Monongahela, passed away on Sunday, Nov. 24, 2019, after a 10-month battle with canc...
James Thurman Larkin Sr.
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By obits 
December 4, 2019
James Thurman Larkin Sr., age 79, gracefully returned home with the Lord on Dec. 3, 2019. James was born Oct. 28, 1940, to parents Dorothy Loving Larkin and William Larkin Sr. He served in the militar...
By Jeremy Sellew 
December 4, 2019
By JOSE NEGRON jnegron@yourmvi.com A year after attempting just 35 passes and throwing for 225 yards and two touchdowns as a redshirt-freshman, Robert Morris’ George Martin emerged as a significant co...
Plenty of options to take in a game this weekend
By Mon Valley Independent 
December 4, 2019
By JEREMY SELLEW jsellew@yourmvi.com Basketball season emphatically arrives Friday as all but one of our local boys teams and all of our local girls teams will be in action. Most of our teams will be ...
Shahan looks to defend PIAA, WPIAL titles
By Mon Valley Independent 
December 4, 2019
By JEREMY TEPPER MVI Sports Much like last season, Belle Vernon Area is expecting big things from a trio of swimmers leading the team. Ian Shahan, Sam West and Delaney Patterson were all WPIAL and PIA...
Tree flocking a lost art — except in Monessen
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By Mon Valley Independent 
December 4, 2019
By EMILY BENNETT DILULLO ebennett@yourmvi.com Everyone dreams of a white Christmas, but plenty of holidays go by without a speckle of snow to be seen. While the ushering in of the Christmas and holida...
Festival of Trees ready to shine in McKeesport
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By Mon Valley Independent 
December 4, 2019
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Community service organization volunteers, church parishioners, elected officials, students and business leaders from across the Mon Valley have been busy in recent da...
Charleroi, Monessen school boards reorganize
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By Mon Valley Independent 
December 3, 2019
By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com The Charleroi Area School Board will look very similar heading into 2020. The board reappointed its directors to the same positions during a reorganization meeting T...
Versailles won’t include tax increase in 2020 budget
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By Mon Valley Independent 
December 3, 2019
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Property owners in Versailles don’t need to worry about a municipal property tax increase in 2020, according to council President Lisa Fleckenstein. Although council d...
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By Mon Valley Independent 
December 3, 2019
By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com The lawyer for a Monongahela man who was granted a new trial two years ago that vacated his rape and torture conviction asked a judge this week to dismiss all cha...
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By Mon Valley Independent 
December 3, 2019
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Like many other districts in the Mon Valley, South Allegheny has announced it will participate in the Flexible Instruction Day program offered by the state Department ...
Robert Anthony ‘Bobby’  Levandosky Jr. – Charleroi
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By obits 
December 3, 2019
Robert Anthony “Bobby” Levandosky Jr., 28, of Charleroi, passed away unexpectedly on Sunday, Nov. 24, 2019. Born in Pittsburgh on June 13, 1991, he was the son of Robert (Janice) Levandosky. Bobby gra...
Obituaries
By obits 
December 3, 2019
Mary Mandarino, 97, of Monessen, died Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2019, at her home. She was born on Sept. 12, 1922, in Webster, the daughter of the late George and Mary Pastirak Stofcik. Mary grew up in Webster...
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By obits 
December 3, 2019
Laura M. Marksteiner, 99, formerly of McKeesport, was reunited with her husband and children on Sunday, Dec. 1, 2019. Her passing occurred at Cranberry Place, where she had resided for the last three ...
Reverend Paul D. Taylor – Mount Lebanon
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By obits 
December 3, 2019
On Wednesday, Nov. 27, 2019, the Reverend Paul D. Taylor moved to eternity’s silent chamber from the little house by the side of the road where he was born on March 25, 1949, and his heart remained in...
South Allegheny welcomes new board members
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By Stacy Wolford 
December 2, 2019
By BETH HOPE-CUSHEY For the MVI Two new South Allegheny School District board members and three current board members were sworn into office Monday night by Magisterial District Judge Armand Martin of...
‘It’s a new day at BVA’
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By Stacy Wolford 
December 2, 2019
By EMILY BENNETT DILULLO ebennett@yourmvi.com Belle Vernon Area School Board welcomed its two newest directors and four re-elected directors during last night’s reorganization meeting. Robert Harhai a...
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By Stacy Wolford 
December 2, 2019
By Eric Seiverling eseiverling@yourmvi.com Residents in Jefferson Hills, Pleasant Hills and West Elizabeth hoping to soon have access to a community recreation center at the former site of the Thomas ...
Angelo’s II does it again with extravagant holiday display
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By Stacy Wolford 
December 2, 2019
Angelo’s II — the Mon Valley’s home for viral holiday decorations — has come back with an extra special season’s greeting. Last year, Angelo’s II in Monongahela kicked off its penchant for over-the-to...