Forward Twp. vacancy board to meet Monday
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By TAYLOR BROWN, Senior Reporter 
April 10, 2025
The board is expected to appoint a new supervisor in light of Dave Magiske’s resignation. A vacancy board meeting will be held prior to Monday’s Forward Township supervisor’s meeting, where it’s expec...
NBV residents raise concerns about suspicious activity in their neighborhoods
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By TAYLOR BROWN, Senior Reporter 
April 10, 2025
Mayor Craig Ambrose said they don’t have enough police officers for aroundthe-clock shifts. Many North Belle Vernon residents are concerned about suspicious activity in their neighborhood. Several res...
EF gets updates on the budget, renovation costs
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By SARAH PELLIS spellis@yourmvi.com 
April 10, 2025
Elizabeth Forward School Board finance and operations Director Al Ragan also updated the board on delinquent taxes collected. Elizabeth Forward School Board discussed delinquent real estate taxes, the...
Roast beef dinner set at Evangelical church
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April 10, 2025
The Evangelical Congregational Church at Walnut and Olive streets in McKeesport will hold its annual takeout-only roast beef dinner from 4 to 6 p.m. April 26. Curbside pickup will be available in the ...
EF third grade spelling bee champs
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April 10, 2025
The seventh annual Elizabeth Forward School District third-grade spelling bee, sponsored by the Rotary Club of Elizabeth, was held Tuesday evening. Shown, from left, are second-place winner Piper Roma...
New Pittsburgh airport terminal cost nearly doubles to $1.7B
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April 10, 2025
By TOM DAVIDSON TribLive The $1.7 billion Pittsburgh International Airport modernization project is nearly double its 2019 projected cost as it nears completion. Inflation isn’t solely to blame for th...
BVA holds presentation on proposed class rank system
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By LADIMIR GARCIA lgarcia@yourmvi.com 
April 9, 2025
High school Principal Zachary Just and others explained the benefits of making a change. Belle Vernon Area administrators conducted a presentation outlining proposed changes to the high school class r...
Opening of Boston Ballfield planned later this month
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By SARAH PELLIS spellis@yourmvi.com 
April 9, 2025
Elizabeth Forward’s softball team could play the first game April 21. Opening day is near for the new Boston Ballfield in Elizabeth Township. While the date and the guests involved are tentative due t...
Expansion planned at Heinz History Center
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By By JULIA BURDELSKI TribLive 
April 9, 2025
Four buildings on Penn Avenue will be torn down to make room for an addition. The Senator John Heinz History Center in Pittsburgh’s Strip District is planning an expansion that will include a new thea...
Elizabeth Township Seniors to host Nashville, day-trip destination tours
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April 9, 2025
The trips are open to members and nonmembers. For the MVI Whether listening to “The Highwaymen” or “Country Roads,” the Elizabeth Township Seniors will head to Nashville, Tenn., for their longest trip...
VOLUNTEERS PLANT TREES IN THE CITY OF MCKEESPORT
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April 9, 2025
Tree-tenders and other volunteers didn’t let April showers hold them back from planting trees along Market Street and in Renzie Park this weekend. Through the Western Pennsylvania Conservancy and Tree...
Elizabeth Township eyes pump station solutions
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By SARAH PELLIS spellis@yourmvi.com 
April 8, 2025
Commissioners hope to find an economical way to reduce hydrogen sulfide gas in the system. Commissioners discussed equipment and chemicals at some of Elizabeth Township’s pump stations during Monday’s...
EASTER EVENT SET AT GREENOCK UM CHURCH
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April 8, 2025
The Greenock United Methodist Church, 1213 Greenock Buena Vista Rd., Elizabeth Township, will host a special Easter celebration at 1 p.m. Saturday. With the theme, “Change for Jesus,” the event will f...
Scholarship available in honor of the late Dr. Charles Stacey
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April 8, 2025
This is the third annual year the Donora Public Library has offered the scholarship. By the MVI The Donora Public Library Board of Directors is accepting applications for a scholarship named in honor ...
TOUR OF CCAC AVIATION PROGRAM
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April 8, 2025
Allegheny County Councilman Bob Macey, D-District 9, recently toured the Community College of Allegheny South Aviation and Flight Training Program with chief ground instructor Cheryl Freedman. Macey i...
Baum, Macey honored for lifetime achievement by Mon-Yough Area chamber
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April 8, 2025
The annual Legislative Luncheon was held Friday at the Georgetown Centre in Pleasant Hills. By the MVI The Mon-Yough Area Chamber of Commerce honored two community leaders for their dedication to serv...
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April 8, 2025
A Jefferson Hills man pleaded guilty in federal court to charges of violating federal narcotics and firearms laws, Acting U.S. Attorney Troy Rivetti announced Monday. Alonzo Henry Griffin Jr., 24, ple...
Westmoreland County voting machine testing gets underway
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By By RICH CHOLODOFSKY TribLive 
April 8, 2025
Westmoreland election officials want assurances that each vote cast during the Republican and Democratic primaries next month is accurately recorded. To that end, Election Bureau staff on Monday start...
CHILLY DAY FOR SOFTBALL
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April 8, 2025
Belle Vernon Area softball players Katie Sokol and Courtney Hamer kept warm under a blanket between innings during Monday’s game against Oakland Catholic. Jenn Codeluppi / Mon Valley Independent