Special birthday bash a hit with area kids
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By Mon Valley Independent 
October 1, 2019
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Hearing a couple dozen people singing “Happy Birthday” at a laundromat might sound out of the ordinary, but it’s exactly what happened in Olympia Shopping Center on Tu...
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October 1, 2019
By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com The Emerging Leadership Program will kick off its second year this week. Developed by the Twin Rivers Chamber of Commerce in partnership with Belle Vernon Area Schoo...
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October 1, 2019
By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com A Donora man is being held in the Washington County jail without bond, wanted on multiple charges in two states, including homicide and attempted homicide. Bria...
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October 1, 2019
By Eric Seiverling eseiverling@yourmvi.com Residents of Jefferson Hills and Pleasant Hills are invited to attend state Rep. Bill Kortz’s Senior Health and Wellness Fair from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Oct. 10 ...
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October 1, 2019
By EMILY BENNETT DILULLO ebennett@yourmvi.com After nine years of application efforts, Rostraver Central Fire Department was awarded a grant worth almost half-million dollars to go toward acquiring a ...
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October 1, 2019
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October 1, 2019
Linda Marie Campana, 89, formerly of Monessen, died Monday, Sept. 30, 2019, in Jefferson Hospital. She was born on Nov. 12, 1929, in Fara San Martino, Chieti, Italy, the daughter of the late Giuseppe ...
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October 1, 2019
Fayee Keys Matthews, 95, of North Charleroi, went to be with the Lord on Oct. 1, 2019. She was a loving wife and mother and will be sadly missed by her family and friends. She was born on April 4, 192...
Butchki tricks Ringgold in 4-0 win
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September 30, 2019
By JEREMY SELLEW jsellew@yourmvi.com While it didn’t show on the scoreboard, Ringgold girls soccer coach Olivia Wilkerson said her team won Monday night. Despite her feelings, Belle Vernon Area picked...
Foggy ending for Warriors and Falcons
By Mon Valley Independent 
September 30, 2019
BY JOSE NEGRON jnegron@yourmvi.com It’s been quite some time since members of the Elizabeth Forward hockey team had the chance to step on the ice against an opponent at the Rostraver Ice Garden.   The...
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September 30, 2019
BY Bill Beckner Jr TTM News Wire Services When Yough played at Mt. Pleasant earlier in the girls soccer season the visiting Cougars only led by one goal with three minutes to play. A couple of late sc...
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September 30, 2019
BY JOSE NEGRON jnegron@yourmvi.com Serra Catholic’s Maddie Carr tied a program record with the 90th and 91st goals of her career in the Eagles’ 7-0 win over Jeannette in Section 1-A action Monday nigh...
McKeesport celebrates latest Habitat project
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September 30, 2019
By EMILY BENNETT  DILULLO ebennett@yourmvi.com A rainy morning didn’t affect enthusiasm from speakers and attendees during the Habitat for Humanity wall-raising event Monday morning in McKeesport.   A...
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September 30, 2019
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Discussion about illness and injury surrounding vaping and the use of electronic cigarettes has been dominating news headlines and social media feeds over the past mon...
Blue Ribbon honor for EF school
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September 30, 2019
By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com A school in the Elizabeth Forward School District has received the nation’s top honor in education. Central Elementary School has been designated a 2019 Blue Ri...
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September 30, 2019
By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com A new resource has officially opened at the Donora Public Library — just in time for Health Literacy Month. Library Director Mark Boyer said the Donora Consumer Heal...
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September 30, 2019
By KRISTIE LINDEN   klinden@yourmvi.com In a time when many children in the Mon Valley face the prospect of heading to school each morning without clean clothing — or maybe they lack the personal hygi...
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September 30, 2019
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com The 2019 general election is a little more than a month away, and Allegheny County’s Elections Bureau is calling on residents to serve as election officers at the poll...
Timothy A. Dailey – Elizabeth Township
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September 30, 2019
Timothy A. Dailey, 65, of Elizabeth Township, passed away Saturday, Sept. 28, 2019. He was born March 13, 1954, in McKeesport and was the son of the late Lawrence and Elizabeth Owens Dailey. Tim was a...