Forward settles supervisor’s lawsuit against township
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By TAYLOR BROWN, Senior Reporter 
September 11, 2025
Forward Township Supervisor Dave Levdansky filed the Right to Know case against his colleagues. A $140 court filing fee set off a political firestorm in Forward Township on Monday — the latest spark i...
Monongahela approves new refuse hauler contract
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By LADIMIR GARCIA lgarcia@yourmvi.com 
September 11, 2025
City residents have been complaining about the service from Earthwise Environmental Solutions. Monongahela council approved a contract for a new refuse provider Wednesday, following complaints about t...
EF gets back to class on time amid construction
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By SARAH PELLIS spellis@yourmvi.com 
September 11, 2025
Elizabeth Forward School District Superintendent Keith Konyk praised everyone involved in the high school renovations for getting the building ready. Elizabeth Forward School District Superintendent K...
MVI contributing writer and author John Turanin to discuss book at Monessen library
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September 11, 2025
John J. Turanin is one of hundreds of volunteers with the nonprofit organization Stories Behind The Stars who are writing memorial stories for every service member who lost their lives during WWII. Fo...
9/11 to today: Ways we have changed
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September 11, 2025
Editor’s Note: Mon Valley Independent Managing Editor Stacy Wolford was a reporter for The Valley Independent when she covered the Flight 93 crash from Shanksville on Sept. 11, 2001. She has returned ...
Glassport official: Trick-or-treat will ‘absolutely’ go on
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September 11, 2025
Council is considering replacing the annual Halloween party with a trunk-or-treat event, not canceling trick-or-treat. By THOMAS LETURGEY For the Mon Valley Independent Glassport Council wants to clea...
Sensory-friendly event returns to Allen’s Haunted Hayrides
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ENTERTAINMENT
By SARAH PELLIS spellis@yourmvi.com 
September 11, 2025
It offers the fun of the normal presentation, but in a less frightening way. On Sept. 19, a beloved local attraction Allen’s Haunted Hayrides in Smock will host its fourth annual sensory-friendly nigh...
ELIZABETH ROTARY MEETS DISTRICT 7305 GOVERNOR
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September 11, 2025
The Rotary Club of Elizabeth was invited to join the White Oak Rotary to meet 2025-26 Rotary District 7305 Gov. Felicia Mycyk, a leadership development speaker and coach. The topic of the evening was ...
Mon Valley man charged with assaulting woman
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By TAYLOR BROWN, Senior Reporter 
September 11, 2025
A North Charleroi man is accused of beating a woman he was supposed to drive home from work, leaving her hospitalized with facial fractures. According to Charleroi Regional Police, Officer Kolton Rams...
NEVER FORGET
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PATRIOT DAY 2025
September 11, 2025
From top to bottom are the World Trade Center towers in New York City, the Pentagon in Arlington, Va., and the crash site of United Airlines Flight 93 near Shanksville, Pa., all taken on Sept. 11, 200...
Politics
September 11, 2025
To the Editor: President Donald Trump desires to be the awardee of the highly coveted Nobel Peace Prize, a revered annual prize that Trump is so unworthy of. Such a significant prize for one so dishon...
Fun on one wheel
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September 10, 2025
Belle Vernon Area Middle School baseball coach Kevin Rossini of Monongahela traded his bat for balance Tuesday afternoon, cruising through Mingo Creek County Park on his electric unicycle. Jeff Helsel...
Elizabeth Township OKs parcel subdivisions for EQT’s well pads
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By SARAH PELLIS spellis@yourmvi.com 
September 10, 2025
The move was necessary because of an appeals court ruling in June. On Monday, Elizabeth Township commissioners approved a subdivision of parcels request from EQT Production Company, formerly Olympus E...
Revised cost of generator project far exceeds NBV’s grant money
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By TAYLOR BROWN, Senior Reporter 
September 10, 2025
Borough officials are searching for a solution to avoid returning the grant. A project to install an emergency generator at the fire department social hall has run into trouble, as North Belle Vernon ...
Rescued man expresses thanks to Charleroi Fire Department
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By TAYLOR BROWN, Senior Reporter 
September 10, 2025
After being pulled from a trench two weeks ago, he showed up at Monday’s firemen’s meeting. Two weeks after being buried in a collapsed trench, the man at the center of one of Charleroi’s most intense...
Glassport eyes alternatives to trick-or-treating
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By By THOMAS LETURGEY For the MVI 
September 10, 2025
It may be replaced with trunk or treat or a community event. Citing dwindling participation, the borough of Glassport is considering doing away with door-to-door trick-or-treating. At Tuesdays worksho...
Sampson’s Mills church to hold open house for anniversary
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By SARAH PELLIS spellis@yourmvi.com 
September 10, 2025
Historic artifacts will be on display Saturday afternoon. Saturday will mark the culmination of Sampson’s Mills Presbyterian Church’s 125th anniversary celebrations. Loving their neighbors since 1900,...
Fall tree adoption event planned in McKeesport
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September 10, 2025
Every fall and spring, Tree Pittsburgh’s Tree Adoption Program provides trees and shrubs at no cost for residents throughout Allegheny County. Tree Pittsburgh takes many factors into consideration whe...
BVA board discusses security proposal with Rostraver Twp.
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By LADIMIR GARCIA lgarcia@yourmvi.com 
September 10, 2025
The board may vote on the arrangement at its Sept. 16 meeting. During Tuesday’s agenda meeting, the Belle Vernon Area school board talked about a final version of an armed security agreement with the ...