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By Mon Valley Independent 
June 7, 2021
By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com A meeting by the California University of Pennsylvania Board of Trustees that was to take place this morning to consider taking action on the proposed integrati...
Joseph ‘JP’ ‘Sudsy’ Lorenzo – Donora
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By obits 
June 7, 2021
Joseph “JP” “Sudsy” Lorenzo, 76, of Donora, passed away on Sunday, June 6, 2021, at UPMC Presbyterian Hospital, Pittsburgh. He was born on May 9, 1945, in North Charleroi, son of the late Joseph and M...
Melba Paperi Mitchell – North Belle Vernon
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June 7, 2021
Melba Paperi Mitchell, 97, of North Belle Vernon, passed away Sunday, June 6, 2021, at Mon Valley Hospital, Monongahela. Born Aug. 29, 1923, in Belle Vernon, she was the daughter of the late Louis and...
Phyllis Rae Pringle Youdell – Donora
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June 7, 2021
Phyllis Rae Pringle Youdell, 75, of Donora, passed away peacefully on Thursday, May 27, 2021. She was born in Braddock, on July 18, 1945, and is the daughter of Ray and Dorothy Pringle. She is the lov...
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June 7, 2021
Leona M Carey, 76, of Fayette City, passed away Friday, June 4, 2021, in her residence surrounded by her family. She was born May 2, 1945, in Uniontown, daughter of Charles Cole and Mabel Vernon Cole....
Fleatique refreshments
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By Mon Valley Independent 
June 6, 2021
Grace Devore and her brother, Jack, sold lemonade from their stand next to Devore Hardware in Monongahela during Saturday’s Fleatique on the Mon.
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June 6, 2021
By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com With the help of community interest and donations, a former World War II memorial could return to its former location in Monessen. That memorial, called Toussaint...
Renzie Market opens to big crowd in McKeesport
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By Mon Valley Independent 
June 6, 2021
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Locally grown bright red radishes, leafy greens and bright orange carrots. Homemade nut rolls, juicy red strawberries and golden honey made by buzzing McKeesport bees....
EF freshman selected for Gene Kelly acting award
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By Mon Valley Independent 
June 6, 2021
By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com An Elizabeth Forward freshman is heading to Broadway, at least virtually. Tyler Guinto-Brody was this year’s Best Actor winner for the Gene Kelly Awards, the co...
Zitney leaves lasting legacy at Charleroi
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By Mon Valley Independent 
June 6, 2021
By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Elaina Zitney has made a lasting impact on the Charleroi Area School District.   As the district’s special education director for the past eight years, Zitney has wo...
Sonar training  results in discovery of stolen vehicle
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By Mon Valley Independent 
June 6, 2021
By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com The first training session the Elizabeth Borough Volunteer Fire Department had with its new underwater side sonar unit resulted in the recovery of a stolen vehi...
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By Mon Valley Independent 
June 6, 2021
By ERIC SEIVERLING eseiverling@yourmvi.com With one of Monongahela’s biggest outdoor events just weeks away, the city’s Main Street Program says it still has space for any interested vendors that woul...
New youth basketball league debuts in Donora
By Mon Valley Independent 
June 6, 2021
By the MVI Yancey Taylor’s dream of having basketball taught and enjoyed by hundreds of Mon Valley youths got off to a rousing start Sunday on the court where the former Ringgold star honed his game. ...
Serra Catholic to name court after Cleary
By Mon Valley Independent 
June 6, 2021
By Chris Harlan Trib Total Media Serra Catholic will name its basketball court after longtime girls coach Bill Cleary, the school announced Friday. William J. Cleary Court will be dedicated officially...
EF focused on PIAA playoff run
By Mon Valley Independent 
June 4, 2021
By JOSE NEGRON jnegron@yourmvi.com For Harry Rutherford and the Elizabeth Forward softball team, the past is the past, and the present is what they have their sights set on.   The Warriors aren’t goin...
Frazier set for another rematch with Laurel
By Mon Valley Independent 
June 4, 2021
By the Mon Valley Independent For the fifth time in the last four seasons, the Frazier softball team will look over at the opposing dugout Monday and see a familiar Laurel squad.   The Commodores ente...
Eagles ready for ‘mirror image’ Rockets
By Mon Valley Independent 
June 4, 2021
By Ashley Chase MVI Sports After a year on pause, the PIAA baseball tournament is back and so is Serra Catholic. The lone Mon Valley representative in the state baseball playoffs is unsurprisingly the...
Monessen native Scott Mourier shines on volleyball court
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June 4, 2021
By Jeff Oliver MVI Sports An instance of curiosity has turned into 40 years of national competition for Scott Mourier. Mourier, a native of Monessen who now lives in Charleston, W.Va., earned a silver...
Graduation night at BVA
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June 4, 2021
Belle Vernon Area High School graduates Emma Bellissimo, Alaina Petrosky and Tori Nahas pose in front of a stone monument at the school before Friday’s commencement service.
Cal U trustees set vote on merger plan
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By Mon Valley Independent 
June 4, 2021
By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com The California University of Pennsylvania Board of Trustees will meet in a special session Tuesday to vote on a resolution concerning the integration plan that ...