Terza commits to Clarion
By Mon Valley Independent 
February 14, 2024
By JEREMY SELLEW jsellew@yourmvi.com One of the top girls basketball players in the Mon Valley is off the recruiting board after announcing her commitment Monday. Elizabeth Forward’s Alyssa Terza comm...
North Belle Vernon: 2 vacant council seats filled
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By Mon Valley Independent 
February 14, 2024
By TAYLOR BROWN Senior Reporter   tbrown@yourmvi.com North Belle Vernon has two new members of council.   During a meeting Tuesday, council unanimously agreed on two new members to fill open seats. Ra...
Warriors to tangle with powerhouse N. Catholic
By Mon Valley Independent 
February 14, 2024
By Liam Belan lbelan@yourmvi.com In his second year at the helm of Elizabeth Forward boys basketball, head coach Nolan Larry has seen his squad leap from an 8-14 team last year into a 14-7 unit that w...
Frances Annette Ambrozich Sobek – Belle Vernon
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By obits 
February 13, 2024
Frances Annette Ambrozich Sobek, 98, of Washington Township, Belle Vernon, passed away peacefully at her home on Monday, Feb. 12, 2024. Born Aug. 26, 1925, in Gillespie, she was the daughter of the la...
Thomas P. Berch – West Newton
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February 13, 2024
Thomas P. Berch, 90, of West Newton, passed away on Thursday, Feb. 8, 2024, at Forbes Hospital in Monroeville. He was born Jan. 27, 1934, in Donora, son of the late Josephine Ratkiewics Berch. He grad...
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February 13, 2024
Marlene Louise McAdoo Bitner, 72, of Pittsburgh, died Thursday, Feb. 8, 2024, in the Presbyterian Hospital, Pittsburgh. She was born March 1, 1951, in Monongahela, the daughter of the late Arthur E. a...
Michael R. Bove – McMurray
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February 13, 2024
Michael R. Bove, 48, of McMurray, passed away on Thursday, Feb. 8, 2024, as the result of injuries received in an automobile accident. He was born in North Charleroi on Oct. 31, 1975, son of the late ...
James F. Dumm – Charleroi
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February 13, 2024
James F. Dumm, 76, of Charleroi, passed away peacefully on Sunday, Feb. 11, 2024. Born on May 27, 1947, he was the son of the late Franklin J. and Anna Marie Dumm. He taught in the Elizabeth Forward S...
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February 13, 2024
Margie L. Goodrum, 79, of Belle Vernon, passed away on Monday, Feb. 12, 2024. A daughter of the late Paul and Blanche Burkett Corbett, she was born in Pricedale on Jan. 19, 1945. A lifelong resident o...
Ida Jean Dusi Hansen – Forward Township
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February 13, 2024
Ida Jean Dusi Hansen, 90, Forward Township, passed away on Friday, Feb. 9, 2024, at The Residence at Arrowood. She retired after 35 years of service as a clerk at Boston Super Dollar grocery store and...
Robert Monack – Belle Vernon
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February 13, 2024
Robert Monack, 80, of Belle Vernon, passed away on Saturday, Feb. 10, 2024. A son of the late Martin and Yvonne Herrent Monack, he was born in Charleroi on Oct. 1, 1943. Bob was a graduate of Charlero...
Donna Lee Bradley Schroyer – Donora
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February 13, 2024
Donna Lee Bradley Schroyer, 79, of Donora, passed away on Saturday, Feb. 11, 2024, in Penn Highlands Mon Valley Hospital. She was born on Jan. 28. 1945, daughter of the late James and Madeline Bradley...
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February 13, 2024
George A. Pollack, 85, of Rostraver Township, passed away Tuesday, Feb. 6, 2024, at Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh. Born June 14, 1938, in North Charleroi, he was the son of the late Mary Cost...
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February 13, 2024
Fredrick “John” Simpson, of Donora, died Saturday, Feb. 10, 2024. Friends will be received from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 15, 2024, at FRYE FUNERAL HOME INC., 427 W. Main St., Monongahela....
Dennis E. Vaccaro – Monongahela
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February 13, 2024
Dennis E. Vaccaro, 66, of Monongahela, passed away peacefully on Friday, Feb. 2, 2024, in UPMC Montefiore Hospital, Pittsburgh. Born Jan. 8, 1958, in Charleroi, Den was the son of the late Vincent and...
Everyone’s ready for Mardi Gras
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By Mon Valley Independent 
February 13, 2024
Members of Epiphany of our Lord Catholic Church in Monessen gathered Monday night to prepare for today’s Mardi Gras celebration. From left are Father Michael Crookston, Mary Dzurik, Barbara Shoskey, R...
White Oak targets trash pickup issues
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By Mon Valley Independent 
February 13, 2024
By Michael Richter mrichter@yourmvi.com White Oak council discussed creating a plan for receiving formal complaints about garbage pickups at Monday’s workshop meeting, as the borough, like many other ...
Rostraver commissioner’s appeal to be heard today
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By Mon Valley Independent 
February 13, 2024
By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Rostraver Commissioner John Lorenzo’s appeal of his summary harassment conviction related to events at the township’s 2022 Halloween celebration is set for 9 a.m....
Cookies reach NYC for ‘Today Show’ appearance
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By Mon Valley Independent 
February 13, 2024
By TAYLOR BROWN Senior Reporter   tbrown@yourmvi.com Two members of the Wedding Cookie Table Community didn’t let a bit of snow prevent them from delivering homemade goodies to the staff of NBC’s “Tod...