Ruth Ann Piggford Chomas – Elizabeth Township
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November 30, 2022
Ruth Ann Piggford Chomas, 90, of Elizabeth Township, passed away on Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2022, at home. She was a member of St. Joachim and Anne Parish, St. Michael Church in Elizabeth Township, where sh...
Festival of Trees to open in McKeesport
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By Mon Valley Independent 
November 30, 2022
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Renziehausen Park in McKeesport on Tuesday was “beginning to look a lot like Christmas.” The city and its recreation board kicked off a two-day tree-decorating spree i...
Blighted Monessen buildings torn down
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By Mon Valley Independent 
November 30, 2022
By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com The mass demolitions that are coming Monessen’s way courtesy of Westmoreland County’s decision to spend a chunk of its American Rescue Program dollars on blight r...
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By Mon Valley Independent 
November 30, 2022
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Last week, three local newspapers — with representation from the Virginia-based Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press — asked a Westmoreland County judge to con...
Donations being sought  after deadly house fire
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By Mon Valley Independent 
November 30, 2022
By Max Robinette mrobinette@yourmvi.com The daughter of a Dunlevy couple has started a GoFundMe account for her mother after losing her father and her childhood home in a fire last Friday. Tim and Ber...
Yough looking to playoffs after move to 3A
By Mon Valley Independent 
November 30, 2022
By ADAM BREWER MVI Sports Mike Gerdich is heading into his sixth season with the Yough girls basketball program and the coach knows the Cougars are due for a breakout season. The Cougars went 6-14 ove...
Raymond A. Giambattista – Fayette City
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November 30, 2022
Raymond A. Giambattista, 74, of Fayette City, passed away on Nov. 28, 2022, surrounded by his loving family and friends. Ray was born on Aug. 21, 1948, to Michael and Mary Battista in Ridgway, Pa. Aft...
Bearcats’ large roster should lead to improvement
By Mon Valley Independent 
November 30, 2022
By ADAM BREWER MVI Sports Bob Kennedy has been the head coach at Bentworth the last two decades, and knows what a winning team looks like. No matter the year, a winning team must possess a winning cul...
Johanna Brandtner Levy – Washington, Pa.
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November 30, 2022
Johanna Brandtner Levy, 86, of Washington, Pa., passed away peacefully on Sunday, Nov. 27, 2022, at the Residence at Hilltop, Monongahela, Pa.  She was born Feb. 18, 1936, in Charleroi, daughter of th...
Opposition heard as Olympus hearings conclude
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By Mon Valley Independent 
November 30, 2022
By JOHN RECTENWALD jrectenwald@yourmvi.com Two parents delivered riveting closing statements Tuesday in opposition to fracking near Elizabeth Forward High School.   Conditional use hearings for Olympu...
Julia L. Auth – Monongahela
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November 29, 2022
Julia L. Auth, 95, of Monongahela, died Saturday, Nov. 19, 2022, in Cambridge Creekside, Charleroi. She was born May 8, 1927, in Monongahela, daughter of John and Anna Sabbach Wassel. Julia was a very...
William R. ‘Willie’ Bauer – Hiller, Pa.
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November 29, 2022
William R. “Willie” Bauer, 72, of Hiller, Pa., passed away suddenly on Saturday, Nov. 26, 2022, at his home. He was born in New Eagle on Dec. 10, 1949, the oldest son of the late William W. and Elizab...
Steven W. Beck – Monessen
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November 29, 2022
Steven William Beck, 90 years young of Monessen, was called home by God and passed away peacefully with family by his side Friday, Nov. 25, 2022. Born Jan. 7, 1932, in Monessen, he was the son of the ...
Edward Louis Gronlund Jr. – Elizabeth Township
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November 29, 2022
Edward Louis Gronlund Jr., of Elizabeth Township, died at the age of 86 on Sunday, Nov. 27, 2022. Born March 10, 1936, he was the son of the late Edward Sr. and Dorothy Campbell Gronlund. A printer by...
George L. Hallal – Brownsville
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November 29, 2022
George Leon Hallal was born on Jan. 16, 1930, in Brownsville, to Fadell “Fiddle” and Pearl Mitchell Hallal. He served as an altar boy and one of the first choir members at his grandfather’s parish, St...
Marjorie Rue Jonas – Monongahela
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November 29, 2022
Marjorie Rue Jonas, 82, of Monongahela, passed away peacefully, surrounded by her family on Saturday, Nov. 26, 2022, at her home. She was born April 26, 1940, in East Monongahela, daughter of James A....
Robert J. Monack Jr. – Monongahela
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November 29, 2022
Robert J. Monack Jr., 55, of Monongahela, passed away on Nov. 18, 2022. Born May 29, 1967, in Monongahela, he is the son of Robert Monack Sr. of North Belle Vernon and Sharon L. Monack-Harris of Donor...
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November 29, 2022
Nola Atkinson Pelczar, 90, of Belle Vernon, Rostraver Township, passed away Monday, Nov. 28, 2022, at TLC Personal Care Home, West Newton. Born March 5, 1932, in Roscoe, she was the daughter of the la...