In Bloom House of Beauty Salon now open in McKeesport
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By JIM BUSCH For the MVI 
November 16, 2024
Owner Julianne Gray said they are focused on delivering intimate, personalized care for their clients. For Julianne Gray, the In Bloom House of Beauty is not just a business venture, it is the realiza...
Business Resource Center open in Monongahela
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By SARAH PELLIS spellis@yourmvi.com 
November 16, 2024
A ribbon-cutting was held Friday for the Mon Valley Alliance Foundation venture. The Mon Valley Alliance Foundation held a ribbon cutting Friday for its new Business Resource Center at 235 West Main S...
Anonymous donation gives new life to McKeesport Community Newsroom
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By MICHAEL RICHTER, mrichter@yourmvi.com 
November 16, 2024
The program is now operating out of Carnegie Library of McKeesport. Three months after Point Park University cut funding for the McKeesport Community Newsroom, an anonymous donor stepped up to allow t...
McKeesport’s Kane center hit with COVID outbreak
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November 16, 2024
Twenty-three infected residents are being sequestered in a separate wing of the facility. By RYAN DETO TribLive Allegheny County officials said Friday that a COVID-19 outbreak has hit one of its senio...
Politics
By By LISA MASCARO AP Congressional Correspondent 
November 16, 2024
WASHINGTON (AP) — After a resounding election victory, delivering what President-elect Donald Trump and Republicans said is a mandate to govern, an uneasy political question is emerging: Will there be...
Victorious Republicans are once again falling for the mandate trap
Politics
November 16, 2024
In September, I wrote, “No matter who wins, the next president will declare that they have a ‘mandate’ to do something. And they will be wrong.” I was wrong in one sense. Now, I still think the idea o...
Live! Casino to host next monthly Westmoreland community job fair
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November 16, 2024
The job fair will be held at The Venue Live! inside the Hempfield Township casino. By the MVI The next monthly Westmoreland County Job Fair will be held from noon to 3 p.m. Tuesday at The Venue Live!,...
Veterans dispose of flags in traditional burning ceremony
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By SARAH PELLIS spellis@yourmvi.com 
November 15, 2024
More than 1,500 American flags from five area cemeteries were burned. American Legion Post 28 and VFW Post 1190 held their annual flag-burning ceremony Thursday afternoon at the Herman Mihalich Memori...
PHRC asks Charleroi residents to find community in one another
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By LADIMIR GARCIA lgarcia@yourmvi.com 
November 15, 2024
Representatives from the organization stopped there Thursday on a statewide tour. During a visit to Charleroi Thursday, representatives from the Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission asked residents...
Judge refuses to prevent closing of Corelle plant
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By TAYLOR BROWN, Senior Reporter 
November 15, 2024
His ruling states that the requirements of federal anti-trust law were not met. The closure of a historic glass-making plant in Charleroi will move forward. On Thursday, a federal judge said he will n...
Monessen council discusses rise in trash bills
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By MICHAEL RICHTER, mrichter@yourmvi.com 
November 15, 2024
Residents could see a 26% increase after the Mon Valley Refuse Authority awarded a 3-year deal to a new company. Monessen residents will see an increase in their garbage bills next year, but it’s yet ...
Suspects sought in local burglary
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November 15, 2024
Allegheny County Police are attempting to identify four individuals in connection with a burglary in Port Vue. On Nov. 4, Port Vue Police requested the assistance of the Allegheny County Police Depart...
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By KRISTIE LINDEN For the MVI 
November 15, 2024
The animals are reportedly frightening people in the 1200 block of Thompson Avenue. Residents of the 1200 block of Thompson Avenue have been asking Donora Council for months for help with a situation ...
MONESSEN LIBRARY FRIENDS MAKE DONATION
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November 15, 2024
The Friends of the Monessen Public Library recently donated $5,000 to the library. The organization raises money throughout the year by hosting a May spaghetti dinner at Felicia’s, the annual library ...
Taxes to hold steady in Charleroi
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By TAYLOR BROWN, Senior Reporter 
November 15, 2024
Charleroi property owners likely won’t see an increase in their tax bills next year. On Wednesday, council passed a preliminary $3.5 million budget for 2025 that will hold the line on taxes at 9.85 mi...
Politics
November 15, 2024
WHAT IS BULLYING? What is harassment? The definitions in Merriam-Webster’s dictionary are simple. Bullying is abuse and mistreatment of someone vulnerable by someone stronger or more powerful. Harassm...
The moron-elect
Politics
November 15, 2024
The late H.L. Mencken has always been among my favorite misanthropes. Like all satirists, he took a dim view of human nature. One of my favorite Mencken epigrams seems particularly apt in the wake of ...
Small signs of hope
Politics
November 15, 2024
The election was a devastating defeat for Democrats. But does it foreshadow an enduring realignment of American politics? Probably not. There’s plenty of evidence that voters chose between two distinc...