Some Christmas gifts will never be forgotten
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By Mon Valley Independent 
December 27, 2022
By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com As the holiday frenzy begins to wind down, decorations are packed away and the tree is untrimmed, some gifts could leave lasting impressions long after Santa has ret...
McKeesport firefighters deliver holiday meals
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By Mon Valley Independent 
December 27, 2022
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Braving the frigid temperatures Saturday, a couple of McKeesport firefighters threw on Santa hats and delivered Christmas Eve meals to local families. In a Facebook po...
‘Angel Trees’ help to make Christmas wishes come true
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By Mon Valley Independent 
December 24, 2022
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Several McKeesport-area youths have a group of parishioners from Mary, Mother of God Parish to thank for at least some of their Christmas gifts this year. Each year, p...
Holiday weekend off to bitter cold start
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By Mon Valley Independent 
December 24, 2022
By Max Robinette mrobinette@yourmvi.com With temperatures set to remain dangerously low over the weekend, authorities across Southwestern Pennsylvania are focused on public health and transportation. ...
Monessen to end 2022 with budget surplus
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By Mon Valley Independent 
December 24, 2022
By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com What a difference a year makes. When Monessen’s new administration took over during the first week of January this year, Mayor Ron Mozer announced they had been l...
Christmas celebration helps Latino students feel at home
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By Mon Valley Independent 
December 24, 2022
By LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com South Allegheny School District held an event to get its Latin American students into the Christmas spirit while embracing their unique cultures. Twelve students, rang...
‘Clausing’ helps couple share Christmas spirit
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By Mon Valley Independent 
December 24, 2022
By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com You’re never too old for Santa Claus. This holds especially true for two Mon Valley natives, Jay and Jennifer Lewis, who know they fill big shoes each year as they p...
Santa makes an early stop in Donora
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By Stacy Wolford 
December 23, 2022
Jenn Codeluppi / Mon Valley Independent Mishaunda Fitzgerald, 8, of Donora was excited to get a treat bag from Santa and Mrs. Claus as they were escorted through town by the Donora Volunteer Fire Co. ...
Valley faith leaders pray for peace
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By Stacy Wolford 
December 23, 2022
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Rain and chilly conditions couldn’t prevent locals from gathering Thursday afternoon to pray for peace and unity in McKeesport. A large group of McKeesport area spirit...
Monessen to open two warming centers today
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By Stacy Wolford 
December 23, 2022
By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com The City of Monessen will open two warming centers by noon today. Mayor Ron Mozer announced the warming center openings during last night’s council meeting, which...
Growing up at the Donora library changed siblings’ lives
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By Stacy Wolford 
December 23, 2022
By Max Robinette mrobinette@yourmvi.com You can find life’s great stories at the library — sometimes you don’t even need to open a book. The Donora Public Library recently launched a year-end fundrais...
BVA staff, Rostraver police team up for training sessions
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By Stacy Wolford 
December 23, 2022
By JOHN RECTENWALD jrectenwald@yourmvi.com So often work meetings become dreadfully redundant. Couldn’t we have covered that in an email? For Belle Vernon Area School District teachers who gathered Th...
Fallowfield Township budget includes funding for paid firefighter
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By Stacy Wolford 
December 23, 2022
By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Fallowfield Township supervisors said they put residents first when preparing next year’s budget. In addition to unanimously passing a roughly $2 million spending pl...
Suspect in Monessen teen’s fatal shooting taken into custody
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By Stacy Wolford 
December 22, 2022
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com The suspect wanted in the shooting death of his classmate turned himself in to authorities Wednesday. Terry Newton, 16, was taken into custody on a warrant for the Nov...
Daily, weekend Mass to  be cut at 2 area churches
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By Stacy Wolford 
December 22, 2022
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Come mid-January, there will be no more daily or weekend Mass at Corpus Christi Church in McKeesport or Saint Robert Bellarmine Church in East McKeesport. That was mad...
Ringgold hires new high school principal
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By Stacy Wolford 
December 22, 2022
By Max Robinette mrobinette@yourmvi.com The Ringgold School Board hired a new high school principal Wednesday during the final public meeting of 2022. The administration selected Gregory Saraceni to f...
Rostraver Township board discusses discord over emails
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By Stacy Wolford 
December 22, 2022
By JOHN RECTENWALD jrectenwald@yourmvi.com A formal policy may be coming next year to handle a commissioner who Rostraver officials say is undermining the township’s top employee. Township Manager Jef...
“It’s Etched in Stone:” Missing Christmas traditions of yore
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By Stacy Wolford 
December 22, 2022
By RALPH STONE For the MVI It was at the Monessen Thanksgiving parade of 1940, just a few weeks prior to my 7th birthday, that my youthful vision of Santa Claus was completely shattered. As I excitedl...
Food and Fellowship Luncheon
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By Mon Valley Independent 
December 21, 2022
Parishioner and staff volunteer Sharon Zunic pushes a cart with desserts during Tuesday’s Food and Fellowship luncheon at First Presbyterian Church in Rostraver Township. The church luncheon, free to ...