Charleroi to resume search for street foreman
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By Stacy Wolford 
May 11, 2023
By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com One step forward, two steps back. After making a recommendation to fill a full-time position for a street foreman, Charleroi Borough Council will have to re-advertis...
Family outreach event in McKeesport promotes literacy
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By Stacy Wolford 
May 11, 2023
By Max Robinette mrobinette@yourmvi.com The Allegheny Intermediate Unit, its family centers and community partners welcomed families to Spring Around Story Time Wednesday. “I’m so happy to see everyon...
Bladder cancer fundraiser moving to Rostraver church
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By Stacy Wolford 
May 11, 2023
By Matt Petras For the MVI Donora resident Bill Russell has again organized a walk for Bladder Cancer Advocacy Network’s annual fundraising efforts, but this year, it will take place at The Bible Chap...
Unobstructed view
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By Mon Valley Independent 
May 10, 2023
Rebekah Ostrosky of Greensburg carries Mila Mariana, 3, on her shoulders during Tuesday afternoon’s softball game as Greensburg Central Catholic High School hosted Serra Catholic. To purchase this pho...
Donora concerned about utility poles
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By Mon Valley Independent 
May 10, 2023
By Max Robinette mrobinette@yourmvi.com Council Vice President Fred Berestecky warned of “accidents waiting to happen” during a recent discussion of unsteady utility poles in Donora. To read the rest ...
Airsoft rifles banned in many NBV locations
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By Mon Valley Independent 
May 10, 2023
By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com North Belle Vernon approved an ordinance Tuesday that restricts airsoft rifles and other weapons on borough property, specifically in the municipal building or at No...
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By Mon Valley Independent 
May 10, 2023
By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com There was one homicide in Washington County’s Mon Valley communities in 2022, in Finleyville, but there were also two people who died by homicide after they were ...
McKeesport to host Spring Around Story Time
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By Mon Valley Independent 
May 10, 2023
By Max Robinette mrobinette@yourmvi.com There’s adventure all around us. Take a look — it’s in a book.   And there’s books and adventure in Renzie Park from 4:30-6:30 p.m. today at the 11th annual Spr...
BVA Leopards get state championship rings
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By Mon Valley Independent 
May 9, 2023
BVA running back Quinton Martin shows off his state championship ring. The ceremony officially capped off the Leopards’ 2022 state championship season as they begin preparing to defend their WPIAL and...
McKeesport’s Trillium Flow Technologies expanding
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By Mon Valley Independent 
May 9, 2023
By Max Robinette mrobinette@yourmvi.com There’s action afoot at the former National Tube site in McKeesport. The Regional Industrial Development Corporation of Southwestern PA announced that Trillium ...
Monessen may erase old liens and debts
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By Mon Valley Independent 
May 9, 2023
By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com In the late 1970s and early 1980s, the City of Monessen used some of its Community Development Block Grant funds to help homeowners, but some liens related to tha...
Forward Township: Chief cites success of EMS arrangement
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By Mon Valley Independent 
May 9, 2023
By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Southeast Regional EMS Chief Doug Pascoe informed Forward Township supervisors and residents at Monday’s meeting about improved response times in the township and sa...
Monessen to buy another defibrillator
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By Mon Valley Independent 
May 8, 2023
By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Monessen council will add extra lifesaving devices to at least one more building, and likely to several locations in the city. To read the rest of the story, plea...
Inspiring messages at Ringgold prayer breakfast
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By Mon Valley Independent 
May 8, 2023
By LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com “Faith over Fear!” was the message of Ringgold’s second annual Senior Class Prayer Breakfast, and students took it to heart during the powerful event.   To read the re...
Monessen fifth-graders dissect barn owl pellets
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By Mon Valley Independent 
May 8, 2023
By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Fifth-graders at Monessen Elementary Center had a science lesson Friday that required steady hands and a bit of a tough stomach.   Students in Jennifer Gardner’s sci...
Degrees presented at PennWest California’s commencement ceremony
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By Mon Valley Independent 
May 8, 2023
For the MVI Nearly 2,600 students earned their degrees from Pennsylvania Western University during ceremonies that were held Saturday on the California, Clarion and Edinboro campuses. To read the rest...
Cinco de Mayo Festival in California
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By Mon Valley Independent 
May 6, 2023
Students in Haley McLaughlin’s Spanish 3 class at California Area High School celebrated Mexican culture Friday with a fiesta for Cinco de Mayo. In front, from left, are Alex Ross, Kalei Veazey and Ra...
Leathernecks end Toys for Tots campaign
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By Mon Valley Independent 
May 6, 2023
By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Christmas might not be the same in the Mon Valley this year. Donora resident Wally Fronzaglio, who could easily be called the area’s own Santa Claus, has officially ...