Spencer Lynn, a true Mon Valley Ironman
By Mon Valley Independent 
November 10, 2020
By JEREMY SELLEW jsellew@yourmvi.com Belle Vernon Area and Cal U graduate Spencer Lynn is never one to back away from a challenge. He readily admits though, the hurdle, or hurdles, he overcame over th...
Mon Valley RBs among WPIAL’s best
By Mon Valley Independent 
November 10, 2020
By Jose Negron jnegron@yourmvi.com Over the last several years, the Mon Valley has produced some of the top running backs in the WPIAL.   Mason Pascoe, Dustin Shoaf and Dylan Mallozzi are just the lat...
David A. Sala –  MONONGAHELA
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By obits 
November 10, 2020
David A. Sala, 56, of Monongahela, died unexpectedly Monday, Nov. 9, 2020. Born Nov. 18, 1963, in New Eagle, he was the son of the late Alexander and Betty Wheatley Sala. A 1982 graduate of Ringgold H...
Elsie Elaine Bright  –  Front Royal, Va., formerly of Monessen
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By obits 
November 10, 2020
Elsie Elaine Bright, 88, of Front Royal, Va., passed away Friday, Nov. 6, 2020, at Heritage Hall of Front Royal. Mrs. Bright was born in 1932 in Monessen, daughter of the late Frederick and Stella Wei...
Who’s got next?
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By Mon Valley Independent 
November 9, 2020
Kaiden Lint, Malik Whitfield-Harden and Brandon Arnold, all of Charleroi, waited for some friends to play basketball Monday afternoon.
Leaning house causes concern for neighbors
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By Mon Valley Independent 
November 9, 2020
By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com A Charleroi couple is concerned for the safety of their tenants as a neighboring home is in jeopardy of falling onto their property. Frank and Dolores Coppi have own...
Third virus case at William Penn Elementary
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By Mon Valley Independent 
November 9, 2020
By Christine Haines chaines@yourmvi.com Students at William Penn Elementary School in the Elizabeth Forward School District will have another day of remote learning today after a third staff member te...
Expenses reduced in MV Sewage Authority budget
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By Mon Valley Independent 
November 9, 2020
By ERIC SEIVERLING eseiverling@yourmvi.com The Mon Valley Sewage Authority recently released its approved budget for 2021, which includes a reduction in operating expenses. The Authority’s total opera...
Tearing down houses may get easier in Donora
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By Mon Valley Independent 
November 9, 2020
By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Donora is considering a new ordinance that may make it easier to bring down dangerous structures.   When abandoned buildings become so dilapidated they create a h...
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By Mon Valley Independent 
November 9, 2020
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com White Oak council plans to take PennDOT up on an offer to evaluate the safety of the busy intersection at Long Run (state Route 48) and Ripple roads. That portion of R...
Big third period leads Rams to lopsided triumph
By Mon Valley Independent 
November 9, 2020
By Jose Negron jnegron@yourmvi.com Ringgold used a big third period effort to turn a one-goal lead into a lopsided 8-2 victory over Elizabeth Forward in PIHL Class B play Monday at the Rostraver Ice G...
Frazier’s Hartman, Shaporka earn First Team All-Section honors
By Mon Valley Independent 
November 9, 2020
By JEREMY SELLEW jsellew@yourmvi.com Five Frazier volleyball players were named to the Section 3-2A All-Section Team last week. The Commodores saw their section championship streak come to an end this...
Barry L. Sichi – Carroll Township
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By obits 
November 9, 2020
Barry L. Sichi, 62, of Victory Hill, Carroll Township, passed away on Saturday, Nov. 7, 2020, at his home. A son of the late Armand “Mundo” and Mona Franks Sichi, he was born in North Charleroi on Sep...
Thomas E. Mathews Sr. – North Charleroi
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November 9, 2020
Thomas E. Mathews Sr., 79, of North Charleroi, died Friday, Nov. 6, 2020. Born in Star Junction on May 1, 1941, he was the son of the late David and Opal Varner Mathews. Thomas worked for the Hays Pla...
Obituaries
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November 9, 2020
Leonard Chemsak, of McKeesport, passed away on Nov. 5, 2020, at UPMC McKeesport Hospital.  He was the son of the late John and Mary Polyak Chemsak, and husband of Helen Protz Chemsak for 45 years. A l...
Obituaries
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November 9, 2020
Jaye Ann Demczyk, 73, of West Newton, died Saturday, Nov. 7, 2020. She was born Sept. 28, 1947, in Glen Cove, N.Y., daughter of the late Stanley and Ella Stulock Fedrow. Together with her husband Joe,...
Parade honors Valley veterans
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By Mon Valley Independent 
November 8, 2020
By STACY WOLFORD swolford@yourmvi.com Under blue skies and with summer-like weather, hundreds of people lined downtown Monongahela Saturday afternoon to honor American heroes and pay tribute to those ...
Brewster still trailing in 45th District race
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By Mon Valley Independent 
November 8, 2020
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com It’s been six days since polls closed for the general election, but the race for the 45th District state Senate seat is still too close to call. Republican Nicole Zicc...
Rostraver library expects energy audit to pay off
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By Mon Valley Independent 
November 8, 2020
By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Electric bills at Rostraver Public Library will soon be lower, which is good news as winter nears. Last July, thanks to a grant from the West Penn Power Sustainable ...
Two Elizabeth businesses opening despite pandemic
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By Mon Valley Independent 
November 8, 2020
By Christine Haines chaines@yourmvi.com It seems more businesses have closed than opened this year due to the pandemic, but that isn’t stopping specialty stores from cropping up in downtown Elizabeth....