Mom struggles to connect with childless friends

DEAR HARRIETTE: I’m a newish mom. My daughter is approaching her first birthday, but I still feel like a newbie. Learning all the tricks of motherhood has been a whirlwind, but something I didn’t expect to be so hard is the shift I’ve been feeling in so many of my adult relationships. I am the only one from my immediate friend group who is a mother.

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Conditional use permit approved for housing development

By LADIMIR GARCIA lgarcia@yourmvi.com

June 17, 2025

Groundbreaking for the project could begin by fall. Rostraver Township commissioners approved a conditional use permit for a new housing development in the township Monday night. The board unanimously...

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Fallowfield firefighters honored as life savers

By TAYLOR BROWN, Senior Reporter

June 17, 2025

Their actions rescued a resident who was in cardiac arrest. Investments being made to staff the Fallowfield Township Volunteer Fire Co. continue to prove their worth. Chief Anthony Fleming offered tha...

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Vehicle collides with train

June 17, 2025

Rostraver Township Fire Department units were on the scene of a vehicle and a Wheeling and Lake Erie Railway Company train collision Monday evening in the 1400 block of State Road. No injuries were re...

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GoFundMe established for bike crash victim

By LADIMIR GARCIA lgarcia@yourmvi.com

June 17, 2025

Taylor Mehalcik of McKeesport leaves behind a 6-year-old daughter. The family of Taylor Mehalcik, who was tragically killed June 11 after being struck by an SUV while riding her bike in McKeesport, ha...