Trump holds a rally in the South Bronx as he tries to woo his hometown
Politics
May 23, 2024
NEW YORK (AP) — Former President Donald Trump campaigned Thursday in one of the most Democratic counties in the nation, holding a rally in the South Bronx as he tries to woo minority voters days befor...
Splashing into pool season
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By Stacy Wolford 
May 23, 2024
The Pine Cove Beach Club and RV Resort in Fallowfield Township is ready to usher in Memorial Day weekend and the unofficial start of summer. The pool will be open to members 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday...
Monongahela Farmers Market set to open for new season
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By By TAYLOR BROWN Senior Reporter 
May 23, 2024
With a new theme each week, the Monongahela Farmers Market will kick off the summer season June 7 at Chess Park. tbrown@yourmvi.com The Monongahela Farmers Market has announced themes for each week of...
Donora Public Library launches ‘NOT Another Lunch and Learn’ series
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By CLOE LOOSZ For the MVI 
May 23, 2024
The weekly series will be held at 1 p.m. today and every Thursday. The Donora Public Library has launched its weekly “NOT Another Lunch and Learn” series, featuring library staff and guest speakers fr...
Glassport officials honor junior council member
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By JIM BUSCH For the MVI 
May 23, 2024
Chazdine Harmon started helping her community when she was 12-yearsold. Glassport Borough Council honored junior council member Chazdine Harmon as she begins her next chapter. During Tuesday’s meeting...
Washington County treasurer, controller agree to settlement over tax form requirement
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By SARAH PELLIS spellis@yourmvi.com 
May 23, 2024
Treasurer Tom Flickinger took Controller April Sloane to court over her policy requiring residents to fill out federal tax forms to receive their county tax refunds. A dispute between Washington Count...
PennWest picks new president
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By By BILL SCHACKNER Trib Total Media 
May 23, 2024
Jon Anderson was selected by the State System of Higher Education board of governors on Wednesday. Jon Anderson, provost and vice president for academic affairs and a professor at Southern Utah Univer...
Summer events for families at the Greenock Log House
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May 23, 2024
The historic house in Elizabeth Township will be open for tours Memorial Day. For the MVI Summer was busy for early settlers and so is the 1790 Greenock Log House as members of the Elizabeth Township ...
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By MICHAEL RICHTER, mrichter@yourmvi.com 
May 23, 2024
Some Elizabeth Forward School Board members are concerned about the financial future of the district. At Wednesday’s meeting, Elizabeth Forward School Board passed the 202425 preliminary budget — whic...
Moms for Liberty to spend over $3 million targeting presidential swing state voters
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By By ALI SWENSON Associated Press 
May 22, 2024
NEW YORK (AP) — The conservative parental rights group Moms for Liberty plans to spend more than $3 million on a multi-state advertising blitz to increase its membership and engage voters before Novem...
Pleasant Hills Middle School students recognized by school board
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May 22, 2024
For the MVI Nearly 30 Pleasant Hills Middle School students were recognized by the West Jefferson Hills School District Board for a variety of academic, artistic and athletic achievements during Tuesd...
Politics
May 22, 2024
THE DRAMA IN THE Westmoreland County Register of Wills office continues. It started with judges ordering Register of Wills Sherry Magretti Hamilton to comply with certain timelines. She didn’t. There ...
Pick the hillbilly, Trump
Politics
May 22, 2024
Now that it looks like Trump is seriously going to be the Republican nominee for president, who should his vice president be? If he’s headed for a catastrophic, 1964-style defeat, then he should defin...
Convicted sex offender, woman arrested after gun discharged inside doctor’s office
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By By TAYLOR BROWN Senior Reporter 
May 22, 2024
tbrown@yourmvi.com A McKeesport man and Stowe Township woman were arrested on gun related charges in connection with the discharge of a weapon in a doctor’s office. Allegheny County Sheriff Kevin M. K...
Another Shoulder founder hopes for huge June 2 event
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By MICHAEL RICHTER, mrichter@yourmvi.com 
May 22, 2024
Larry Bridges wants everyone to set a 3 p.m. cellphone alarm to honor cancer survivors. Larry Bridges believes he has an idea that can spread hope around the world. He’s calling on everybody across th...
Belle Vernon council tables tearing down abandoned building
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By SARAH PELLIS spellis@yourmvi.com 
May 22, 2024
Action was tabled as the borough attempts to contact the owner and get help from Fayette County. Belle Vernon council tabled a motion to demolish a property at 119 Main St. Tuesday night due to the ne...
Charleroi Area preliminary budget has slight tax hike
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By TAYLOR BROWN, Senior Reporter 
May 22, 2024
The document received unanimous approval Tuesday night, with a final vote to be taken June 20. Property owners in the Charleroi Area School District could see a slight rise in their taxes. On Tuesday,...
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By By MEGAN SWIFT Trib Total Media 
May 22, 2024
Today should mark the end of significant heat as showers and thunderstorms arrive to cool things down. Temperatures are running higher than normal in the Pittsburgh region. “High temperatures since th...