McKeesport Area High School choir to perform at Carnegie Music Hall
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By Stacy Wolford 
November 3, 2022
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com The Carnegie Music Hall in Pittsburgh’s Oakland neighborhood is, without question, a beautiful and esteemed venue. And, in a few days, student singers from McKeesport ...
Commodores reach WPIAL title game
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By Mon Valley Independent 
November 2, 2022
Frazier volleyball players celebrate after defeating Mapletown in the WPIAL Class 1A semifinals at Peters Township High School.  
Monessen: Mozer presents vision for city to school board
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By Mon Valley Independent 
November 2, 2022
By Max Robinette mrobinette@yourmvi.com Mayor Ron Mozer talked to Monessen’s school board Tuesday about plans to revitalize the city, emphasizing collaboration between city leaders and school board me...
Carroll Township: No tax increase in preliminary budget
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By Mon Valley Independent 
November 2, 2022
By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Carroll Township supervisors are looking to hold the line on taxes in 2023. During a business meeting Tuesday, supervisors Thomas Rapp, Kenneth Hillman and Gary Lenz...
Cook seeks fourth term in newly drawn 50th District
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By Mon Valley Independent 
November 2, 2022
By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com The biggest change that legislative redistricting had in the Mon Valley this year is arguably the elimination of the current 49th District and introduction of the...
Robotics event challenges EF Middle School students
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By Mon Valley Independent 
November 2, 2022
By JOHN RECTENWALD jrectenwald@yourmvi.com Elizabeth Forward Middle School supercharged its robotics program by holding a VEX IQ Robotics Competition. Sixth-grade students used new VEX IQ Generation 2...
Rostraver Halloween party
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By Mon Valley Independent 
November 1, 2022
Remy Howser, 1, was a dalmatian alongside her firefighter brother Toby, 4, at a Halloween celebration Monday night in Rostraver Township.
Local Powerball players have billion-dollar dreams
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By Mon Valley Independent 
November 1, 2022
By Max Robinette mrobinette@yourmvi.com People across the Mon Valley hoped for a lucky Halloween as the Powerball jackpot reached $1 billion for Monday’s drawing. It was the second time the Powerball ...
Bach challenges Davanzo in 58th House District
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By Mon Valley Independent 
November 1, 2022
By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com In the race for the state House’s 58th Legislative District, there are two familiar names battling it out next Tuesday. State Rep. Eric Davanzo, R-Smithton, is ne...
Coal Center hosts Halloween celebration
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November 1, 2022
By LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com Coal Center held a Halloween celebration Monday night to spread some holiday cheer to the local community. Mayor Will Bibby was gratified by the turnout and the number...
McKeesport, Serra Catholic bands capture state titles
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By Mon Valley Independent 
November 1, 2022
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com It was music to the ears of folks in the McKeesport area to hear that two local high school bands captured state championship laurels over the weekend. The Tournament ...
Belle Vernon celebrates Halloween
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By Mon Valley Independent 
October 31, 2022
Wearing Flintstones costumes at Belle Vernon’s Halloween parade are Shaye Dykins, holding Dallas, and Casey Dykins with Dukane. The family is from Coal Center.  
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By Mon Valley Independent 
October 31, 2022
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Lawmakers from the Mon Valley are applauding the state Office of the Budget for awarding millions of dollars worth of grants that will benefit local communities and de...
MARC contest winners enjoy challenge of decorating
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By Mon Valley Independent 
October 31, 2022
By Max Robinette mrobinette@yourmvi.com The Monongahela Area Revitalization Corporation has announced the winners of its fourth annual Fall Harvest/Halloween decorating contest. In the Halloween categ...
Mantle House benefits from Sokol Memorial Golf Outing
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By Mon Valley Independent 
October 31, 2022
By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com The second annual golf outing in honor of a late North Belle Vernon councilman raised several thousand dollars for a good cause. The RJ Sokol Memorial Golf Outing wa...
Game-time snack
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By Mon Valley Independent 
October 29, 2022
Karter Brookshire, 6, and his brother, Kannon, 3, enjoy potato chips during Monessen’s football game against Beth-Center Friday night.  
Halloween displays are scary good
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By Mon Valley Independent 
October 29, 2022
By Max Robinette mrobinette@yourmvi.com Across the Mon Valley, people have decked their homes with cobwebs, skeletons, pumpkins, hay bales, tombstones and inflatable monsters to celebrate the spooky s...
Monongahela: New street lamps ready to shine
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By Mon Valley Independent 
October 29, 2022
By Max Robinette mrobinette@yourmvi.com The Monongahela Street Department plans to install 25 new street lamps along West Main Street between Second and Fourth streets over the next month and a half. ...
Jerome Street Bridge project will affect traffic
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By Mon Valley Independent 
October 29, 2022
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Motorists driving through the heart of McKeesport have been relieved in recent months as the Jerome Street Bridge has been open in both directions. Although traffic is...
Trunk or treat at Frazier Elementary
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By Mon Valley Independent 
October 29, 2022
Frazier Elementary School held its second annual Trunk or Treat event Friday. From left are Principal Amanda Law and teachers Donna Semon, Susan Guiser, Leigh Ann Morsey and Rebecca Barota.