Monongahela’s Movies at the Mounds will return
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By Mon Valley Independent 
July 7, 2021
By ERIC SEIVERLING eseiverling@yourmvi.com The Monongahela Area Revitalization Corporation’s third annual Movies at the Mounds event will begin Friday, and this year’s selected features will satisfy s...
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July 7, 2021
Patricia Winwood, 71, of Fallowfield Township, passed away on June 24, 2021. Born on Jan. 16, 1950, she was the daughter of the late Henry and Eleanor Harper Motycki. She had previously worked for Fal...
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July 7, 2021
Janet Pfeister, 70, of Monongahela, passed away on July 2, 2021, in her home after a courageous three-year battle with cancer. She was born in North Charleroi on Oct. 14, 1950, to the late Joseph and ...
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July 7, 2021
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com State troopers were on the lookout for irresponsible and drunk drivers over the Fourth of July weekend. State police across Pennsylvania made 503 arrests for driving u...
EF’s Grace Smith commits to SRU
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July 6, 2021
By JOSE NEGRON jnegron@yourmvi.com Grace Smith didn’t bother waiting for her senior year at Elizabeth Forward to begin before deciding where she wanted to spend her collegiate softball career.   The E...
Injured Charleroi firefighter ‘in good spirits’
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July 6, 2021
By Brian C. Rittmeyer Trib Total Media A Charleroi firefighter was flown to a Pittsburgh hospital Saturday after falling through the floor of a burning house in Monessen, officials said. The fire at 4...
Mozer chided for asking about Monessen’s finances
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By Mon Valley Independent 
July 6, 2021
By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Monessen resident and mayoral candidate Ron Mozer was accused of seeking “on-the-job training” when he asked a couple of financial questions at Monday’s city coun...
Shorraw withdraws RDA suit
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July 6, 2021
By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Monessen Mayor Matt Shorraw has withdrawn the lawsuit he and other current and former city officials filed against two members of the city’s Redevelopment Authori...
Elizabeth: Borough may be powerless regarding abandoned lots
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July 6, 2021
By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com Elizabeth Borough council wants to know what can be done about residents using abandoned lots for their own purposes, and the answer may be very little. “We hav...
Cyclists plan McKeesport cleanup
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July 6, 2021
By Eric Seiverling eseiverling@yourmvi.com Bikepacking is the new trend in bicycling. By exploring new terrains, trails, countrysides and off-the-beaten-path areas on two wheels, cyclists can camp in ...
Renzie Park returns to life with July 4 concert
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By Mon Valley Independent 
July 6, 2021
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com A popular oldies vocal harmony band that got its start in nearby Turtle Creek rocked the bandshell in McKeesport Sunday, kicking off the long-awaited summer concert se...
Mary Rosick Crum – Wheeling, W.Va.
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July 6, 2021
Mary Rosick Crum, 59, of Wheeling, W.Va., went home to her Lord on Saturday, July 3, 2021, holding her husband’s hand and surrounded by family. Born on May 27, 1962, in Charleroi, she was the daughter...
Charles F. Evans Jr. – Washington, formerly of Monongahela
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July 6, 2021
Charles F. Evans Jr., 79, of Washington, formerly of Monongahela, died Friday, July 2, 2021, at Townview Health Center and Rehabilitation, Canonsburg. He was born April 21, 1942, in New Eagle, the son...
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July 6, 2021
By Beth Hope-Cushey Trib Total Media The Port Vue Volunteer Fire Department recently added another layer of protection and service.   The department’s new swift water rescue boat took its initial voya...
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July 6, 2021
By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com An annual RESA police fundraiser is expected to draw a large crowd this weekend.   The 16th annual RESA Regional Police Car Show will take place Sunday in the parkin...
Deacon Henry Frank Hall Sr. – Monessen
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July 6, 2021
Deacon Henry Frank Hall Sr., 92, of Monessen, went home peacefully on Friday, July 2, 2021, to be with the Lord. Henry was born on Feb. 2, 1929, to the late Willie Lee Hall Sr. and Alma Clemons-Fleetw...
Albert ‘Dean’ Lowe – Dunlevy
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July 6, 2021
Albert “Dean” Lowe, 55, of Dunlevy, passed away on July 4, 2021. Born on May 15, 1966, he was the son of the late Donald and Cecelia Lowe. He was a member of City Reach Church of Charleroi and had wor...
Betty Lou Miller – Charleroi
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July 6, 2021
Betty Lou Miller, 91, of Charleroi, passed away Friday, July 2, 2021. She was born Oct. 30,1929, in Bentleyville, to Mike “Mack” Molek and Mary Lopushansky Molek. Betty was a devoted mother, a child-c...
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July 6, 2021
Ethel Joanne Pierce, 83, of Collinsburg, died Saturday, July 3, 2021. Born in West Newton on June 18, 1938, she was the daughter of the late William E. Sr. and Aola Bryner Backstrom. Ethel was a secre...