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March 5, 2026

CALENDAR WATCH

• 2026 Concert for Life with Abbots Cross, celebrating 20 years of Celtic music and special guests the Shovlin Academy of Irish Dance, The Armory Court and Event Center, 398 Second St., Monongahela, doors open at 6:30 p.m., show from 7 to 8 p.m. Register at https:// secure.fundeasy.com/ministrysync/ event/?e=32013. There is no admission charge; an offering will be collected to benefit New Life Options pregnancy resource center.

Local entrepreneurs win funding at 4th Mon Valley I2E Awards
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Local entrepreneurs win funding at 4th Mon Valley I2E Awards
April 17, 2026
The grand prize went to Hannah Conard of Sesame and Lillies in Monongahela. For the MVI The Mon Valley Alliance Foundation, in partnership with Washington & Jefferson College’s Ignite Business Incubat...
Mobile home park owner now county’s biggest taxpayer
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Mobile home park owner now county’s biggest taxpayer
April 17, 2026
The owner of Westmoreland Mall drops to second place. By RICH CHOLODOFSKY TribLive A New Jersey-based company that owns mobile home parks and prefabricated residential communities in a dozen states wi...
Madonna Catholic students to stage ‘Peter Pan Jr.’
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Madonna Catholic students to stage ‘Peter Pan Jr.’
By TAYLOR BROWN, Senior Reporter 
April 17, 2026
The musical will be presented at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Ringgold High School auditorium. Pirates are practicing sword fights, Lost Boys are learning dance numbers and somewhere backstage, Peter Pan is...
West Mifflin Area budget may include tax increase
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West Mifflin Area budget may include tax increase
By SARAH PELLIS spellis@yourmvi.com 
April 17, 2026
A preliminary spending plan presented Thursday has a projected deficit of more than $2.8 million. West Mifflin Area School District may have to consider a tax hike to balance its 202627 budget. Discus...
West Mifflin to crack down on illegal dumping, clean up vacant properties
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West Mifflin to crack down on illegal dumping, clean up vacant properties
By By TOM LETURGEY For the MVI 
April 17, 2026
Council is targeting the location of the former CarSalas bar as an area of concern in the borough. West Mifflin council is on a mission to clean up borough neighborhoods. The former CarSalas bar at 56...