Charleroi Area High School boys soccer team gets grand send off
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By Stacy Wolford 
November 18, 2023
Jenn Codeluppi / Mon Valley Independent The Charleroi Area High School boys soccer team departed campus Friday with a grand send off from students district wide. The marching band lead the parade arou...
Lee Supply Co. to be acquired by Core & Main
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By Stacy Wolford 
November 18, 2023
By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com For more than 70 years Lee Supply Company has put family — including its customers and employees — at the forefront of its business model. As Lee Supply Company look...
South Allegheny adds new middle school baseball team
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By Stacy Wolford 
November 18, 2023
By Jim Busch For the MVI The South Allegheny School Board voted to expand the district’s athletic program to include a middle school baseball team. The only costs related to the expansion will be tran...
Santa welcomed to Elizabeth
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By Mon Valley Independent 
November 17, 2023
Poppy Laychak, 6, Greer Long, 6, Emma Piscetelli, 6, and Penn Piscetelli, 4, waved to Santa as he arrived on a fire truck Thursday at Light-Up Night in Elizabeth.  To purchase this photo and more from...
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November 17, 2023
By LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com Rostraver Township commissioners are considering a proposed 2024 budget with a 3-mill tax rate increase, representing the township’s first tax hike in more than 15 yea...
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By Mon Valley Independent 
November 17, 2023
By Michael Richter mrichter@yourmvi.com Monongahela’s Merry and Bright Night, which was scheduled for tonight, has been moved to Dec. 1 from 5 to 9 p.m. because of expected inclement weather.   The Mo...
Flag disposal in Monessen
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By Mon Valley Independent 
November 17, 2023
Dan Harkins, a member of American Legion Post 28, throws flags into a fire pit during a burning ceremony Thursday in Monessen. Next to him is American Legion member Perry George. The flags are placed ...
Students collect food, shave teacher’s head
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By Mon Valley Independent 
November 16, 2023
By TAYLOR BROWN   tbrown@yourmvi.com Pleasant Hills Middle School’s annual Thanksgiving Food Drive has been deemed a success. Staff, students, families and members of the West Jefferson Hills School D...
3 Ringgold board members honored at final meeting
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By Mon Valley Independent 
November 16, 2023
By Michael Richter   mrichter@yourmvi.com Three longtime directors were honored Wednesday as they participated in their last Ringgold School Board meeting. Board President Bill Stein, First Vice Presi...
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By Mon Valley Independent 
November 16, 2023
By LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com Rostraver Township commissioners held a special meeting Wednesday night to introduce the 2024 proposed budget and tax levy ordinance. They also acknowledged a series o...
EF runners in Veterans Day race
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By Mon Valley Independent 
November 16, 2023
By LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com A day after the Elizabeth Forward boys cross country team narrowly missed out on what would have been its first-ever appearance at states, four boys from the squad lac...
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By Mon Valley Independent 
November 16, 2023
By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Community members who travel over Dunlap’s Creek Bridge in Brownsville are invited to offer input on an upcoming rehabilitation at the site.   On Nov. 28 at St. Mary...
Cougars to play for state title
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By Mon Valley Independent 
November 15, 2023
Charleroi players celebrate after the final whistle of a 2-1 win over rival Bentworth in Tuesday’s PIAA semifinal. The Cougars advanced to the PIAA Class 1A soccer championship game Saturday at Cumber...
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By Mon Valley Independent 
November 15, 2023
By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Nearly two months after the tragic death of a 15-year-old girl on her way to Serra Catholic High School, an expedited plan has been formed to install a traffic signa...
Volunteers collect flags from veterans’ graves
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By Mon Valley Independent 
November 15, 2023
By Michael Richter   mrichter@yourmvi.com Perry George, a member of American Legion Post 28, has helped remove worn-out American flags from the graves of veterans in Monessen for about the last 15 yea...
NBV approves $5K gift to EMS service
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By Mon Valley Independent 
November 15, 2023
By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com North Belle Vernon Council has decided to lend a financial hand to Rostraver/West Newton EMS. While it’s not as much as the agency asked for, council unanimously agr...
BVA eyes options for filling vacancy
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By Mon Valley Independent 
November 15, 2023
By LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com The Belle Vernon Area School Board discussed how it will fill a remaining vacancy during its work session Tuesday night. With school board members Joel Whiteko and Jas...