Port Vue residents speak out against PAWC rate hike
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By Mon Valley Independent 
January 30, 2024
By JIM BUSCH For the MVI Public officials and other speakers voiced their opposition to a proposed rate hike by Pennsylvania American Water Company at a public hearing Monday in Port Vue. Emily DeVoe,...
Frosty Frolic divers aren’t afraid of a little cold water
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By Mon Valley Independent 
January 30, 2024
By TAYLOR BROWN Senior Reporter tbrown@yourmvi.com Residents of all ages will get a bit chilly this weekend for a good cause at the 11th annual Frosty Frolic. A major fundraiser for the California Are...
Donora Historical Society seeks volunteers
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By Mon Valley Independent 
January 30, 2024
By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com While their faces are mostly serious, there’s a hint of smirk or two as the women of the Donora Wire Works Nail Mill in 1928 sit in their dirty work dresses and s...
Pa. dog owners need to be aware of law changes
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By Mon Valley Independent 
January 29, 2024
By TAYLOR BROWN   Senior Reporter   tbrown@yourmvi.com Pennsylvania’s updated Dog Law took effect last week to increase public safety in communities, add consumer protections for those who buy or adop...
Bartolotta part of effort to update state’s nursing law
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By Mon Valley Independent 
January 29, 2024
By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com State Sen. Camera Bartolotta joined a bipartisan effort this week to talk about a bill that would work along with legislation she introduced to modernize the prof...
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By Mon Valley Independent 
January 29, 2024
By Michael Richter mrichter@yourmvi.com PennDOT recently announced the completion of Pennsylvania’s first federally funded electric vehicle station, with others planned to be constructed in the wester...
Monessen house collapses
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By Mon Valley Independent 
January 27, 2024
By Michael Richter mrichter@yourmvi.com A vacant house on Reed Avenue in Monessen collapsed Friday morning.   There were no reported injuries, and the house had been vacant for an indeterminate amount...
Driver in drag racing crash to stand trial
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By Mon Valley Independent 
January 27, 2024
By Justin Vellucci   Trib Total Media A man charged with killing a 15-year-old girl when he crashed into her school van while drag racing in Dravosburg will stand trial following a preliminary hearing...
U.S. Steel settles class action lawsuit over fire, power outages
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By Mon Valley Independent 
January 27, 2024
By PATRICK VARINE   Trib Total Media U.S. Steel officials have entered into a consent decree with the Allegheny County Health Department and two environmental groups to address a 2018 fire at its Clai...
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By Mon Valley Independent 
January 27, 2024
By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com A head-on crash closed the Mansfield Bridge, which connects Glassport and Dravosburg over the Monongahela River, in both directions for several hours Friday after...
Number one Charleroi fan
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By Mon Valley Independent 
January 26, 2024
Charleroi Area High School basketball player McKenna “Boots” DeUnger stopped by to see her grandfather, Gary DeUnger, at Thursday’s game against Waynesburg.   To purchase this photo and more from our ...
Stories behind the stars: Tragedy at sea
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By Mon Valley Independent 
January 26, 2024
By John J. Turanin For the MVI Private Ross Naccarato and his colleagues probably didn’t know what hit them on the morning of Jan. 26, 1944. Operation Shingle, the Allied amphibious landings at Anzio,...
Monessen rec board finally meets, intends to be active in 2024
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By Mon Valley Independent 
January 26, 2024
By Michael Richter mrichter@yourmvi.com For the first time in quite a while, the Monessen Recreation Board held a meeting last week. Mayor Ron Mozer referred to the gathering as “very productive, posi...
Donora Council may address dangerous structures
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By Mon Valley Independent 
January 26, 2024
By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Last year, Donora council proposed an ordinance that would regulate dangerous structures in the borough and this year, it might just get done. Councilman Fred Ber...
MVAA show being moved to accommodate demand
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By Mon Valley Independent 
January 26, 2024
By TAYLOR BROWN Senior Reporter tbrown@yourmvi.com An upcoming concert hosted by the Mon Valley Academy for the Arts has changed its venue.   Because of high demand, Gary Antol, accompanied by an open...
Charleroi Area High School seniors snap selfie
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By Stacy Wolford 
January 25, 2024
Jenn Codeluppi / Mon Valley Independent Charleroi Area High School senior cheerleaders Bella Gorby, Laney Susick and Dominique Rawls snapped a selfie during halftime of the varsity boys basketball gam...
Irey Vaughan continues running for the ‘Mission’
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By Stacy Wolford 
January 25, 2024
For the MVI Former Washington County commissioner and soon-to-be President/CEO of City Mission, Diana Irey Vaughan, recently ran seven races over seven days on two separate coasts for a total of 71 mi...
Donora to consider food truck ordinance
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By Stacy Wolford 
January 25, 2024
By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Donora Council will discuss several potential new ordinances when it meets for a work session Feb. 1, including one meant to govern how food trucks operate within...