New Eagle resident alleges environmental violations
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By Mon Valley Independent 
March 12, 2021
By ERIC SEIVERLING eseiverling@yourmvi.com New Eagle Council members heard complaints earlier this week from a resident who says local businesses routinely violate local and state environmental ordina...
Donora extends fee deadlines
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March 12, 2021
By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com This week Donora Council voted to extend several fee deadlines in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. Council approved extending the discount period for 2021 garbage ...
John E. Hall, ‘The Righteous John’  –  Webster Hollow
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March 12, 2021
John E. Hall, “The Righteous John,” 68, of Webster Hollow, passed away on Thursday, March 11, 2021, in the Squirrel Hill Rehabilitation Center. A son of the late Lyle and Dolores J. Malena Hall Sr., h...
Armand G. Niccolai  –  Villages, Fla., formerly of Monessen
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March 12, 2021
Armand G. Niccolai, 78, of The Villages, Fla., passed away on Feb. 17, 2021, peacefully after a brief illness. Armand “Nic” was born on July 29, 1942, to Armand J. and Vivian Niccolai in Connellsville...
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March 12, 2021
Funeral services were held on Friday, March 12, 2021, for Mildred M. Skirpan, 83, of Monongahela, who died Tuesday, March 9, 2021, in Jefferson Hills Manor. Born July 10, 1937, in Van Voorhis, she was...
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March 12, 2021
Edith M. Katchmark McQuillis, 78, of Newell, passed away Friday, March 12, 2021, at her home surrounded by her loving family. Born Feb. 15, 1943, in Pricedale, she was the daughter of the late Walter ...
Late 3-pointer sinks BVA’s title hopes
By Jeremy Sellew 
March 11, 2021
By JEREMY SELLEW jsellew@yourmvi.com Every game this season, it’s been a different North Catholic player showing up in big spots, Trojans head coach Dave DeGregorio said. Thursday it was Max Rottman’s...
Gladiators muscle past Quips for title berth
By Jeremy Sellew 
March 11, 2021
By JOSE NEGRON jnegron@yourmvi.com For the first time in program history, the South Allegheny boys basketball team will play for a WPIAL championship. The top-seeded Gladiators took the lead for good ...
Wilma A. Gargan – Fayette City
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March 11, 2021
Wilma A. Gargan, 80, died Thursday, March 11, 2021, after a brave five-year fight with cancer in her Fayette City home with her husband and family by her side. A daughter of the late George and Anna G...
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March 11, 2021
Audrey Anne Holesh, 84, of Speers, passed away on Tuesday, March 9, 2021, with her devoted sister and loved ones at her side. She was born in Charleroi on July 17, 1936, daughter of John and Blanche F...
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March 11, 2021
Michael Pajewski, 49, of Indianola, passed away on Friday, March 5, 2021. Born in Natrona Heights on Oct. 9, 1971, son of the late Joseph and Judy Cingle Pajewski. Michael was a 1989 graduate of Deer ...
Marie Elaine Pirilla – Rostraver Township
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March 11, 2021
Marie Elaine Pirilla, 79, of Rostraver Township, died Tuesday, March 9, 2021. Born on Valentine’s Day 1942 to Michael and Helen Sapp Molar, she graduated from Brownsville High School in 1960. After gr...
SA celebrates semifinal victory
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March 11, 2021
South Allegheny’s Antonio Epps, left, and Akell Carrington enjoy the Gladiators’ win over Aliquippa Thursday night in the WPIAL Class 3 semifinals.
Donora will get plaque honoring baseball’s Musial
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March 11, 2021
By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com Donora native Stan “The Man” Musial, already immortalized in the Baseball Hall of Fame, will be honored with a plaque in his hometown from the Pennsylvania Hist...
Washington County: Economic progress in year of pandemic outlined
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March 11, 2021
By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com A year after the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, Washington County officials are eager to see the economy bounce back stronger than ever before.   Commissioners Larr...
Donora approves penalties for leaking from executive sessions
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March 11, 2021
By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Donora Council took a page out of Charleroi’s book Thursday night and approved a resolution imposing penalties for members who talk about executive session inform...
Salvation Army provides college survival kits
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March 11, 2021
By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com A company that recently purchased the coke plant in Monessen is already showing the community that it plans to be a good neighbor.   Cleveland-Cliffs, a leader in th...
Robert Sevich – Monongahela
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March 11, 2021
Robert Sevich, 93 of Monongahela, Victory Hill, died Tuesday, March 9, 2021. He was born Aug. 22, 1927, in Du-quesne, son of Vid and Mary Vekich Sevich. After serving in the U.S. Army during World War...