Obituaries
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December 2, 2020
Robert J. Sterdis, 88, went to be with his Lord on Nov. 19, 2020, at home surrounded by his loving family. He was born on Jan. 7, 1932, in Monessen, the son of the late John and Genevieve Teska Sterdi...
December arrives with a blast of snow
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December 1, 2020
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com “Meteorological winter” has come to the Mon Valley and Greater Pittsburgh region. Western Pennsylvania residents woke to snow on their walkways, cars and lawns Tuesday...
Charleroi students won’t return to class until Jan. 4
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December 1, 2020
By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Charleroi Area students will not head back to class until after the new year.   Students moved to a temporary virtual learning model Nov. 23 and had been expected to...
Sale of PurePenn complete
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December 1, 2020
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com PurePenn, a medical marijuana cultivator and producer located in McKeesport, has been acquired by Florida-based Trulieve Cannabis Corp. The company announced that the ...
Section of Route 906 reopens after lengthy closure
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December 1, 2020
By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com After more than two years, state Route 906 between Belle Vernon and Fayette City has reopened.   The closure, which began in May 2018 after a severe rockslide brough...
Elizabeth Twp. girl launches toy drive
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December 1, 2020
By Christine Haines chaines@yourmvi.com Counting Thanksgiving blessings has turned into blessing others at Christmas for one Elizabeth Township child. Riley Harbaugh, 9, was reflecting on all her fami...
No tax increase in Carroll Twp.’s proposed budget
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December 1, 2020
By ERIC SEIVERLING eseiverling@yourmvi.com Carroll Township supervisors are preparing to approve next year’s budget, and the proposed figures do not include a tax increase. Supervisors released the to...
Pennsylvania’s COVID numbers dire again
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December 1, 2020
By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Another day, another unfortunate report from the Pennsylvania Department of Health. This time, the DOH reported the highest number of deaths in a single day since...
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December 1, 2020
By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com State officials are offering advice to help shoppers protect their personal information when checking off items on their Christmas lists.   The Pennsylvania Departme...
Local stars earn Big 8 honors
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December 1, 2020
By Jeremy Sellew jsellew@yourmvi.com A number of local Big 8 Conference teams had phenomenal football seasons this year, led by the Thomas Jefferson Jaguars, who repeated as Class 4A state champions w...
Frazier wrestling program could field full lineup this season
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December 1, 2020
By Jonathan Guth MVI Sports Frazier lost one Lawrence, but will gain another, as Buck Watkins prepares for his fourth season at the helm leading the Commodores. Thayne Lawrence, who is now wrestling a...
Maurine L. Frew Janos  – Monessen
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December 1, 2020
Maurine L. Frew Janos, 71, of Monessen, passed away on Nov. 30, 2020, in AGH Jefferson Hospital. She was born in Charle- roi, a daughter of the late Thomson and Margaret Siba Frew. She was a member of...
Edward ‘Buzz’ Fiorill
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December 1, 2020
Edward “Buzz” Fiorill, 77, of Saratoga Springs, N.Y. passed away on Nov. 21, 2020. He is survived by his wife, Cheryl Gelotti Fiorill; daughter, Karen Dunay (James Proctor); and son, Ed Fiorill. He is...
Sharon Brown Gminder
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December 1, 2020
Sharon Brown Gminder, 75, born March 28, 1945, went peacefully “home” to be with the Lord on Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2020, surrounded by her family. She was the daughter of the late John and Louise Brown, an...
Obituaries
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December 1, 2020
Nick Relich, 90, of Perryopolis, passed away on Monday, Nov. 30, 2020, in Uniontown Hospital. A son of the late Joseph and Helen Sutovich Relich, he was born in Monessen on March 20, 1930. Nick was a ...
Mary Bell Baumgardner – formerly of Belle Vernon
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December 1, 2020
Mary Bell Baumgardner, 83, formerly of Belle Vernon, went to be with the Lord after several years with Parkinson’s disease on Sunday, Nov. 29, 2020. A daughter of the late James and Lottie Mauk Baumga...
Joseph Canestrale – Monessen
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December 1, 2020
Joseph Canestrale, 92, of Monessen, died Saturday, Nov. 28, 2020, in Hallsworth House. He was born on Feb. 9, 1928, in Monessen, son of the late Michael and Liberia Lombardo Canestrale. Joe was a life...
Ann Gohoshy Kobaly George – Belle Vernon
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December 1, 2020
At age 92, Ann went to be with Jesus and her family who went before her on the morning of Nov. 14, 2020, at Westmoreland Hospital. After suffering a broken leg, she was rehabilitating in a skilled nur...
Fun at the library
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December 1, 2020
Jeff Kafton of Monessen helps Brianna Kroander, 6, of Monessen play a game on the computer at the Monessen Public Library on a rainy Monday morning.