Delsandro committee aids Donora organizations
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By Mon Valley Independent 
October 25, 2020
By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com The A.P. Delsandro Memorial in Donora has stood in memory of former mayor Albert P. Delsandro since the mid-1980s, and the committee to maintain it is in its 36th...
BVA shot down in shootout
By Mon Valley Independent 
October 25, 2020
By JEREMY SELLEW jsellew@yourmvi.com Another section championship-winning season and run to the playoffs came to a screeching halt for the Belle Vernon Area boys soccer team Saturday. The Leopards con...
Moon shuts out TJ in first round
By Mon Valley Independent 
October 25, 2020
By ASHLEY CHASE MVI Sports Moon’s smothering defense kept Thomas Jefferson at bay as the Jaguars saw their season end Saturday with a 3-0 loss in the opening round of the WPIAL 3A playoffs. TJ average...
Serra upsets unbeaten Bishop Canevin in first round
By Mon Valley Independent 
October 25, 2020
By Jonathan Guth MVI Sports Serra Catholic proved that seeds don’t mean anything, as the 13th-seeded Eagles topped the fourth seed, Bishop Canevin, 2-1, in a shootout on Saturday in the first round of...
McKeesport ends TJ’s long win streak
By Mon Valley Independent 
October 24, 2020
By JOSE NEGRON jnegron@yourmvi.com The final two and a half minutes of Friday night’s showdown with Thomas Jefferson may have been the most stressful of Matt Miller’s coaching career at McKeesport.   ...
Big play sparks EF to win over Scotties
By Mon Valley Independent 
October 24, 2020
By JEREMY SELLEW jsellew@yourmvi.com When Southmoreland scored a touchdown with 10 seconds remaining in the first half to pull within one point of conference champion Elizabeth Forward, there may have...
Washington pounds Frazier with playoffs on the line
By Mon Valley Independent 
October 24, 2020
By JONATHAN GUTH MVI Sports Frazier coach Greg Boggs knew his team had to play mistake-free football for a chance to win Friday at Washington and secure a playoff spot. Instead, the Commodores had two...
Rams end season with loss to W. Mifflin
By Mon Valley Independent 
October 24, 2020
By ADAM BREWER MVI Sports Ringgold got to within one score of West Mifflin Friday night, but couldn’t get a go-ahead score in the fourth in a 20-8 loss in Big 8 Conference action at Joe Montana Stadiu...
700th win wraps up conference title for Clairton
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October 24, 2020
By DEAN DELLAMALVA JR. MVI Sports Clairton’s football program made history Friday, blasting Springdale, 45-10, for the 700th win in school history. In addition to the milestone, the Bears wrapped up t...
EF homecoming royalty
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By Mon Valley Independent 
October 23, 2020
Tiberius Ten was named king and Paige Myers was crowned queen at Elizabeth Forward’s homecoming ceremony Friday night.
Rostraver Twp. landfill fined
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By Mon Valley Independent 
October 23, 2020
By Christine Haines chaines@yourmvi.com Westmoreland Sanitary Landfill in Rostraver Township has been fined $59,000 by the state Department of Environmental Protection. The fine was imposed for violat...
House in Monessen damaged by fire
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By Mon Valley Independent 
October 23, 2020
By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com A Monessen couple and their dogs have been displaced from their home after a structure fire early Friday. Monessen Municipal Fire Chief Delmar Hepple said crews were...
Legislators react to Wolf’s plan to aid bars, restaurants
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By Mon Valley Independent 
October 23, 2020
By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Bar and restaurant owners battling tightening COVID-19 restrictions may have a little relief next year. On Thursday, Gov. Tom Wolf announced a plan to waive liquor l...
Monongahela Rotary Club aids Police Vest Fund
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By Mon Valley Independent 
October 23, 2020
By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com The Monongahela Rotary is the latest community organization to make a donation to the City of Monongahela’s Police Vest Fund.   The Rotary Club donated $500 to th...
White Oak: Two polling places have changed
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By Mon Valley Independent 
October 23, 2020
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com White Oak Mayor Ina Jean Marton reminded residents at this week’s council meeting that two polling places in the borough have changed for the Nov. 3 general election. ...
Jerry Trotta  –  Monongahela, Carroll Township
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By obits 
October 23, 2020
Jerry Trotta, 73, of Monongahela, Carroll Township, died Thursday, Oct, 22, 2020, in UPMC Presbyterian Hospital, Pittsburgh. Born Oct. 26, 1946, in Monon-gahela, he was the son of the late Robert C. a...
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By obits 
October 23, 2020
Sally J. Williams Stark, 91, of North Belle Vernon, passed away Friday, Oct. 23, 2020, at her home. Born March 26, 1929, in North Belle Vernon, she was the daughter of the late Harold “Monk” and Nelli...
Swope out as Monessen coach
By Mon Valley Independent 
October 23, 2020
By JEREMY SELLEW jsellew@yourmvi.com For the second straight offseason, Monessen will be looking for a football coach. Acccording to high school Principal Eric Manko, the Monessen athletic department ...
Sliding together
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By Mon Valley Independent 
October 22, 2020
Victoria Duda, 11, holds her cousin, Gianna Manderino, 1, while Jesse Manderino, 2, stands behind her Thursday evening at the playground at Community Bank Park in North Belle Vernon. They were with La...