Major renovation projects are expected to be done in time for next school year
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MONESSEN AREA SCHOOL DISTRICT
By MICHAEL RICHTER, mrichter@yourmvi.com 
April 9, 2025
An ABM Industries official provided an update at Tuesday’s board meeting. ABM Industries announced Tuesday it expects to complete the roof replacements at Monessen’s elementary and high schools, struc...
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...
Tesla vandalim reported in West Mifflin
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April 9, 2025
On Tuesday, the West Mifflin Police Department posted a Facebook request for assistance in identifying a woman who spray painted a Tesla Cybertruck. She was seen leaving the area around 3:17 p.m. Mond...
Lawmakers’ & lobbyists’ emails to remain hidden from public
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By ANGELA COULOUMBIS Spotlight PA 
April 9, 2025
Advocates called the court ruling a missed opportunity to create more transparency around the state legislature and multimilliondollar lobbying industry. HARRISBURG — Emails and other communications b...
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By SARAH PELLIS spellis@yourmvi.com 
April 9, 2025
A Belle Vernon man is charged with DUI after allegedly brake checking another car on Fayette Avenue. Robert Anderson, 50, is charged with DUI-general impairment (fourth offense), DUI-highest rate of a...
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...
Politics
A solution for Trump
April 9, 2025
To the Editor: Ever since World War II and the Marshall Plan, our country has helped other countries rebuild after the war and given many other countries preferred access to our markets so they could ...
Politics
April 9, 2025
TRANSPARENCY IS IMPORTANT for more than just keeping government accountable. We tend to think about transparency as finding out what someone did wrong. Want to make sure this government department did...
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...
Business Resource Center to offer regular Tuesday hours
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By TAYLOR BROWN, Senior Reporter 
April 8, 2025
Anyone who needs help can visit the office on Main Street in Monongahela. Small businesses in the Mon Valley will have easy access to support they need when the Business Resource Center launches new o...
New state Rep. Goughnour sworn into office
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April 8, 2025
He won a special election last month to replace the late Matthew Gergely in the 35th District. By the MVI State Rep. Dan Goughnour, D-McKeesport, took the oath of office Monday at the state Capitol to...
Trump orders new review of Nippon’s bid for U.S. Steel
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By LADIMIR GARCIA lgarcia@yourmvi.com 
April 8, 2025
He’s asking for feedback from the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States within 45 days. President Donald Trump has ordered a new review of Nippon Steel’s proposed acquisition of U.S. St...
3 area residents honored at scouting breakfast
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By MICHAEL RICHTER, mrichter@yourmvi.com 
April 8, 2025
Pastor Dennis Stitch, Joe Ravasio and Edward Stasko Sr. were recognized for their years of service to the community. The Mon Valley scouting community honored three individuals in the area Monday who ...
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...
McCormick urges patience with tariffs
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By By TOM FONTAINE TribLive 
April 8, 2025
U.S. Sen. Dave McCormick said Monday after touring an East Pittsburgh manufacturing facility that it’s too soon to pass judgment on the sweeping tariffs imposed last week by President Trump. “There’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 ...