All-Clad prepares for factory sale
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December 3, 2025
The annual holiday sale will be open to the public at the Washington County Fairgrounds this Friday and Saturday. For the MVI All-Clad, a household name in cookware since 1971, began and still operate...
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December 3, 2025
A FIRE HYDRANT IS PART of the landscape, something your eye may just slide past. Like a light post or mailbox, it is expected to be just off the curb of a street. That makes them easy to ignore or to ...
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By By MEGAN TROTTER TribLive 
December 3, 2025
Increased payroll and benefit costs as well as “unfavorable” pension changes also cut into profits. Pennsylvania’s wine and spirits sales dipped last fiscal year for only the second time in the past t...
Requiem for a scandal
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December 3, 2025
Nearly four years ago, on Jan. 18, 2022, this newsletter wrote about a frenzy that was sweeping the anti-Trump world. It had to do with a novel theory regarding the 2020 presidential election dispute....
Panicucci, Bellora retained as president, VP
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MONESSEN CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT
By SARAH PELLIS spellis@yourmvi.com 
December 3, 2025
The board discussed setting pay rates for substitute teachers. Four new and returning Monessen school board members were sworn into office Tuesday evening by Magisterial District Judge Wayne Vlasic. M...
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By By LORNE COOK Associated Press 
December 3, 2025
BRUSSELS (AP) — NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte brushed off fresh concern Tuesday about the United States’ commitment to the military organization on the eve of a meeting of allied foreign ministers...
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Monessen
December 3, 2025
• Benjamin Gray, 36, of McKeesport was charged with public drunkenness and similar misconduct stemming from an alleged incident Nov. 17, court records state. • Ronald Locke, 33, of Wilkinsburg was cha...
Charleroi glassmaking memories buried in time capsule
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By TAYLOR BROWN, Senior Reporter 
December 2, 2025
Former Corelle workers were joined by public officials for an emotional ceremony in Charleroi. Charleroi stood in the cold Monday in Meadow Avenue Park to say goodbye to the plant that shaped its peop...
Season’s first big snowfall hits Mon Valley, western Pa.
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By LADIMIR GARCIA lgarcia@yourmvi.com 
December 2, 2025
The worst part of the storm is forecast for today’s morning commute. The first big snowfall of the season hit Western Pennsylvania on Tuesday morning, coating the ground and roadways. Speed limits hav...
Kennel contract renewed despite public objections
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ELIZABETH TOWNSHIP
By SARAH PELLIS spellis@yourmvi.com 
December 2, 2025
The new agreement with Hoffman Kennels will run for one year. Elizabeth Township commissioners renewed a contract with Hoffman Kennels for one year for deer removal and dog control services despite so...
Elizabeth Twp. hydrant replaced after failing during fire
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By SARAH PELLIS spellis@yourmvi.com 
December 2, 2025
Pennsylvania American Water installed the new hydrant Monday and submitted the broken one to the manufacturer. Pennsylvania American Water has replaced a fire hydrant on Dillon Road in Elizabeth Towns...
Annual McKeesport Festival of Trees opens Thursday
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December 2, 2025
The long-running holiday celebration will feature dozens of decorated trees. By the MVI Renziehausen Park’s Jacob Woll Pavilion will be converted into a village of Christmas trees this week, which is ...
Two-vehicle crash in Charleroi
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December 2, 2025
Charleroi Fire Department responded Monday night to a collision involving two cars at Fifth and Washington Avenue in Charleroi. Charleroi FIre Department
Monongahela Rotary donates dictionaries
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December 2, 2025
The Monongahela Rotary held its annual donation of new dictionaries to third-grade students at Ringgold North, Ringgold South and Madonna Catholic Regional School as part of its global Rotary dictiona...
Good Neighbors Grocery Dash helps local families
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December 2, 2025
The SPHS Monessen Family Center (MFC) joined three other local teams, Little Things for Little People, Gate of Heaven COGIC and Orchard Christian Fellowship – for the TeamHumanity Good Neighbor Grocer...
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December 2, 2025
ABCs BECOME WORDS, then sentences, then books. Counting becomes adding, then long division, then algebra. If you don’t get a good grounding at the primary level, everything gets harder until the learn...
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December 2, 2025
To the Editor: If you didn’t throw away the Wednesday, November 26 copy of The Mon Valley Independent (MVI), turn to page B6 and there you will find the article “Thankful for life’s big—and small —ble...