LSA funds sought for Donora memorial
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January 31, 2024
By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com The AP Delsandro Committee has applied for grant funds through the Washington County LSA program to enter the third phase of its renovation project. The AP Delsan...
Century III Mall owners charged
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January 31, 2024
By Justin Vellucci Trib Total Media The owners of the blighted Century III Mall were charged Tuesday in a move by Allegheny County District Attorney Stephen Zappala to seize ownership and demolish the...
Authors to discuss ‘Punxsutawney Phil’ book
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January 31, 2024
By Michael Richter mrichter@yourmvi.com Carnegie Library of McKeesport will host a meet-and-greet and book-signing with Rob Long and Andrew Dolberg authors of “The Great Weather Diviner: The Untold Or...
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January 31, 2024
By TAYLOR BROWN Senior Reporter tbrown@yourmvi.com Mon Valley Academy for the Arts will host a first-of-its-kind language class. Last week, the MVAA announced the addition of “Aventuras en Español,” t...
Another Shoulder offers hope to cancer patients
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January 30, 2024
By MICHAEL RICHTER mrichter@yourmvi.com When Larry Bridges endured his first bout of cancer in 2017, he wasn’t aware of the bell-ringing tradition for those who finish chemotherapy or radiation treatm...
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January 30, 2024
By RICH CHOLODOFSKY Trib Total Media More than 500 Westmoreland County courthouse and nursing home employees ratified a union contract Monday. Approval of the three-year deal averted a strike that wou...
Port Vue residents speak out against PAWC rate hike
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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...