Donora: Mayor offers solution to police scheduling problem
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By Mon Valley Independent 
October 16, 2021
By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Donora’s police department has been operating with one officer per shift on multiple shifts per month for most of this year and the mayor has tried several times ...
Five Town festival organizers happy with results
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By Mon Valley Independent 
October 16, 2021
By TAYLOR BROWN-HERMAN tbrown@yourmvi.com When planning began for the first annual Five Town Fall Festival earlier this year, organizers had a simple goal: to bring Mon Valley residents together for a...
Cynthia Sue Cramer – Smithton
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By obits 
October 16, 2021
Cynthia Sue Cramer, 60, of Smithton, passed away on Oct. 13, 2021, at UMPC Presbyterian Hospital, surrounded by her loving family. She was born Feb. 2, 1961, to the late Joseph Shaffer and Sara Rupp S...
Dolores J. Vivio –  Collinsburg
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October 16, 2021
Dolores J. Vivio, 66, of Collinsburg, died Thursday, Oct. 14, 2021. Born in Mount Pleasant on Nov. 15, 1954, she was the daughter of the late Stanley D. and Dolores M. Bowers Pevc. Dolores loved playi...
Philip ‘Buddy’ Gibino –  New Stanton
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October 16, 2021
Philip “Buddy” Gibino, 63, of New Stanton, passed away on Wednesday, Oct. 13, 2021, at his home. He was born in North Charle- roi on Jan. 8, 1958, a son of the late Philip and Arminia Farrow Gibino. P...
Robert David ‘Bobby’ Vanpool Sr.
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October 16, 2021
Robert David ‘Bobby’ Vanpool Sr., born July 30, 1967, passed away unexpectedly on Oct. 11, 2021. He was the son of the late Mary Ann Sebititch and Richard Vanpool and brother of the late Karen Vanpool...
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October 16, 2021
Susan J. Galiyas Morgan, age 73, of Buena Vista, passed away on Thursday, Oct. 14, 2021. She was the beloved wife of James E. Morgan; mother of James S. Morgan, John J. (Margaret) Morgan, Mike J. (Meg...
Charleroi’s Eben McIntyre will play at Pitt
By Mon Valley Independent 
October 15, 2021
By JEREMY SELLEW jsellew@yourmvi.com One of the best soccer players to come out of the Mon Valley has revealed where he’ll be playing his college soccer. Charleroi’s Eben McIntyre announced Friday tha...
McKeesport man comes home to $10K surprise
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By Mon Valley Independent 
October 15, 2021
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Steve Schonberger of McKeesport came home Thursday from shopping in Squirrel Hill with his sister and was greeted outside his apartment building with roses, balloons a...
Donora residents speak out on coal truck problem
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By Mon Valley Independent 
October 15, 2021
By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com There was a standing- room-only crowd in Donora’s council chambers Thursday night, filled with residents looking for relief from coal dust. To read the rest of th...
Pa. Western University new name for merged campuses
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By Mon Valley Independent 
October 15, 2021
By Deb Erdley Trib Total Media The great wait is over for stakeholders at California, Clarion and Edinboro universities. To read the rest of the story, please see a copy of Friday’s Mon Valley Indepen...
St. Andrew the Apostle Parish: Apple dumplings are in demand
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By Mon Valley Independent 
October 15, 2021
By TAYLOR BROWN-HERMAN tbrown@yourmvi.com Apple dumplings, handmade from scratch by parishioners of St. Andrew the Apostle Parish, have sold out before they have been baked.   To read the rest of the ...
Halloween parade set for Oct. 30 in N. Belle Vernon
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By Mon Valley Independent 
October 15, 2021
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com The Belle Vernon Lions Club will sponsor its 74th annual Halloween parade Oct. 30. To read the rest of the story, please see a copy of Friday’s Mon Valley Independent,...
BVA shuts out Greensburg Salem
By Mon Valley Independent 
October 15, 2021
By JOSE NEGRON jnegron@yourmvi.com Belle Vernon Area’s girls soccer team closed out its regular season with a 2-0 win over visiting Greensburg Salem in Section 2-3A play Thursday night at James Weir S...
Cougars cruise
By Mon Valley Independent 
October 15, 2021
By the Mon Valley Independent Eben McIntyre’s eight-goal performance helped lead Charleroi to a 13-1 non-section triumph over California Thursday night at Myron Pottios Stadium.   To read the rest of ...
Pendo enters Charleroi soccer Hall
By Mon Valley Independent 
October 15, 2021
By the Mon Valley Independent A new member was inducted into the Charleroi Boys Soccer Hall of Fame Thursday at Myron Pottios Stadium. To read the rest of the story, please see a copy of Friday’s Mon ...
Angelo Suppa Jr. –  Penn Hills, formerly of Belle Vernon
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October 15, 2021
  Angelo Suppa Jr., 90, of Penn Hills, formerly of Belle Vernon, passed away on Tuesday, Oct. 12, 2021. Husband for 40 years of Dorothy Knapp Suppa; father of Angelo Suppa III, Toni (the late Skip of ...
Nell Valdiserri –  Belle Vernon
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October 15, 2021
Nell Valdiserri, 94, of Belle Vernon, went to be with the Lord on Saturday, Oct. 9, 2021. A daughter of the late Andrew and Eva Cherna Malaga, she was born in Pricedale on Jan. 14, 1927. A lifelong re...