Monessen: ARP funds may cover demolition costs
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By Mon Valley Independent 
December 3, 2022
By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com The City of Monessen will apply for state American Rescue Program funds to wrap up expenses related to the demolition of 500 Donner Ave. earlier this year. The ci...
Local Lions gather for Christmas celebration
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By Mon Valley Independent 
December 3, 2022
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Lions from clubs in two local counties came together Friday night to bond over their shared passion for community service and to celebrate the holidays.   The annual “...
N. Charleroi to celebrate when ‘Aunt Jean’ turns 103
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By Mon Valley Independent 
December 3, 2022
By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Jean Colbert Roberts doesn’t have a special birthday wish. For the North Charleroi native, who will turn 103 Wednesday, it’s just like any other day. She wants to ea...
Candlelight vigil held for Monessen teen
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By Jeremy Sellew 
December 2, 2022
By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Amari Altomore was more than just a friend, son, brother and teammate. He was the person who could light up a room instantaneously with his contagious smile and was ...
Festival of Trees draws large crowd for opening night
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By Jeremy Sellew 
December 2, 2022
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Step inside The Jacob Woll (main) Pavilion at Renziehausen Park today, this weekend or Monday and you’ll be transported to a Christmastime wonderland. That’s because M...
Council may overturn Donora cop’s suspension
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By Jeremy Sellew 
December 2, 2022
By Max Robinette mrobinette@yourmvi.com Donora council discussed the suspension of a police officer during Thursday’s work session and will likely vote to overrule it at next week’s meeting. Council d...
Salvation Army to host gift  drive at Donora skating rink
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By Jeremy Sellew 
December 2, 2022
By Max Robinette mrobinette@yourmvi.com The Mid Mon Valley Salvation Army slides into the holidays Saturday with a community party and gift drive at the Roll ‘R’ Way skating rink in Donora. The organi...
Chow Chow returns to benefit Howard Hanna  Children’s Free Care Fund
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By Jeremy Sellew 
December 2, 2022
By LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com For the first time since 2019, the Howard Hanna Simon Chow Chow Luncheon will return today. “I’m very excited to be back,”   said Tom Simon, owner of Howard Hanna Simo...
Community mourns teen fatally shot
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By Stacy Wolford 
December 1, 2022
By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com A Monessen High School junior died Wednesday after he was shot in the city Tuesday night, according to police. Though Monessen police Chief Dave Yuhasz declined t...
Sensitive Santa provides calm holiday experience for kids
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By Stacy Wolford 
December 1, 2022
By JOHN RECTENWALD jrectenwald@yourmvi.com Not every child appreciates Santa’s klutzy entrance on Christmas Eve or the chaotic mall settings where he listens to the naughty and nice. Children who are ...
No tax increase expected in Fallowfield Township
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By Stacy Wolford 
December 1, 2022
By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Fallowfield residents will likely not face a tax increase next year. The township’s proposed 2023 spending plan, which is a little over $2 million as it stands, keep...
Lifelong buddies donate birthday proceeds to Rotary
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By Stacy Wolford 
December 1, 2022
For the MVI Gene Doria and Don Yoder celebrated 150 years of life recently — 80 and 70, respectively — and decided to throw a birthday bash to honor their milestones with family and friends. Gene turn...
Festival of Trees to open in McKeesport
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By Mon Valley Independent 
November 30, 2022
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Renziehausen Park in McKeesport on Tuesday was “beginning to look a lot like Christmas.” The city and its recreation board kicked off a two-day tree-decorating spree i...
Blighted Monessen buildings torn down
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November 30, 2022
By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com The mass demolitions that are coming Monessen’s way courtesy of Westmoreland County’s decision to spend a chunk of its American Rescue Program dollars on blight r...
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By Mon Valley Independent 
November 30, 2022
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Last week, three local newspapers — with representation from the Virginia-based Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press — asked a Westmoreland County judge to con...
Donations being sought  after deadly house fire
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By Mon Valley Independent 
November 30, 2022
By Max Robinette mrobinette@yourmvi.com The daughter of a Dunlevy couple has started a GoFundMe account for her mother after losing her father and her childhood home in a fire last Friday. Tim and Ber...
Opposition heard as Olympus hearings conclude
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November 30, 2022
By JOHN RECTENWALD jrectenwald@yourmvi.com Two parents delivered riveting closing statements Tuesday in opposition to fracking near Elizabeth Forward High School.   Conditional use hearings for Olympu...
Valley cleans up after destructive storm
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By Mon Valley Independent 
November 29, 2022
By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Traveling south on Route 88 through the small riverside communities of Roscoe, Elco, Stockdale and Allenport, damage from Sunday’s hail storm may appear minimal.   H...
His Place hosts free hair cut clinic
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By Mon Valley Independent 
November 29, 2022
Lorenzo Altobelli of Lorenzo’s LA Effects in North Belle Vernon held a free hair cut clinic Monday afternoon at His Place in Monessen. Altobelli’s two employees, Dawayne Howell and James Gallaway, als...