PSUGA event to focus on Black women’s health
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By Mon Valley Independent 
March 11, 2021
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Penn State Greater Allegheny in McKeesport continues to use its Crossing Bridges Summit to talk about the health of Black women. The Penn State campus has released inf...
By Mon Valley Independent 
March 11, 2021
By JONATHAN GUTH MVI Sports Three local wrestlers are headed to Hershey, but they don’t want a bite of chocolate; they want to taste a gold medal. Two freshmen in Bentworth’s Chris Vargo and Frazier’s...
Dale G. ‘Babe’ Weightman – Belle Vernon
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By obits 
March 11, 2021
Dale G. “Babe” Weightman, 83, of Belle Vernon, passed away on Thursday, March 11, 2021, in Southmont of Presbyterian SeniorCare, Washington. The son of the late Thomas and Clara Hildebrand Weightman, ...
Lights, camera, action! Showtime series to be filmed in Donora
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By Stacy Wolford 
March 10, 2021
By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com “American Rust,” a television show set to air on Showtime, will begin to film in Donora Monday, the latest Mon Valley and southwestern Pennsylvania town to go Hol...
More facade improvements coming to Monongahela
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By Stacy Wolford 
March 10, 2021
By ERIC SEIVERLING eseiverling@yourmvi.com Monongahela’s Main Street Program received the green light from council Wednesday to move forward with additional facade improvement projects. At their publi...
Elizabeth Forward sets commencement dates
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By Stacy Wolford 
March 10, 2021
By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com Graduation plans for Elizabeth Forward seniors include a rain date this year in an effort to allow as many people to attend as safely as possible. Superintenden...
Charleroi, Donora to tackle blight together
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By Stacy Wolford 
March 10, 2021
By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Charleroi and Donora officials will work together to address blight and other issues within their communities. During an agenda meeting last week, Charleroi council ...
Michele ‘Mickie’ Baron Cope  – Belle Vernon
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By obits 
March 10, 2021
Michele “Mickie” Baron Cope, 71, of Belle Vernon, passed away Wednesday, March 10, 2021, at Mon Valley Care Center, Carroll Township. Born May 20, 1949 in North Charleroi, she was the daughter of the ...
Ernestine Effie Taylor
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By obits 
March 10, 2021
Ernestine Effie Taylor, better known to her family and friends as “Aunt Petey” and “Petey Girl,” died March 4, 2021. She was born in Monongahela in 1933, the seventh child of the late Ernest Mitchell ...
Richard ‘Redd’ E. Wallace
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By obits 
March 10, 2021
Richard “Redd” E. Wallace, 79, died in UPMC McKeesport Hospital on March 5, 2021. He was born on May 17, 1941, in Smithdale, to the late Bruce and Lily Mae Dixon Wallace. Preceding him in death were t...
Arnold K. Dull –  Belle Vernon
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By obits 
March 10, 2021
Arnold K. Dull, 80, of Belle Vernon, passed away on Monday, March 8, 2021. A son of the late Joseph and Alverta Bulger Dull, he was born in North Charleroi on Nov. 5, 1940. He was a member of the Firs...
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By obits 
March 10, 2021
Audrey 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, a daughter of John and Blanche Flem...
Bishop J. Richard Bass Sr. –  Monongahela
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By obits 
March 10, 2021
Bishop J. Richard Bass Sr., 78, of Monongahela, departed this life on Monday, March 8, 2021, in Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh. He was born on Aug. 19, 1942, in Pittsburgh, to Joseph Edison Ba...
H. Vaughn ‘Pap’ Gilbert Sr. –  Elizabeth Township
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By obits 
March 10, 2021
H. Vaughn “Pap” Gilbert Sr., 89, of Elizabeth Township, passed away Tuesday, March 9, 2021. He was born Aug. 29, 1931, in Christy Park and was the son of the late Elizabeth Vaughn and David S. Gilbert...
SA ready for Aliquippa
By Jeremy Sellew 
March 10, 2021
By DEAN DELLAMALVA JR MVI Sports The South Allegheny boys basketball team is back in the WPIAL Class 3A semifinals for the second consecutive year. But this year’s team is looking for a different resu...
BVA-North Catholic: A mirror image
By Jeremy Sellew 
March 10, 2021
By JEFF OLIVER MVI Sports When top-seeded Belle Vernon Area tips off against No. 5 North Catholic in a WPIAL 4A semifinal tonight, you could understand if the Leopards felt like they were looking in a...
Swinging into spring
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By Mon Valley Independent 
March 10, 2021
Dorian Ellis, 4, and Cartier Donaldson, 7, both of Monessen, enjoyed the swings Tuesday at Monessen City Park on a mild March afternoon. Spring-like conditions are expected to continue today and Thurs...
Monessen: Major changes proposed for rec board
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By Mon Valley Independent 
March 10, 2021
By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Monessen council approved the first reading of an amendment that would alter the way the city’s recreation board does just about everything Tuesday night, but som...