Elco Hill safety issues addressed after violent crash
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October 12, 2022
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com PennDOT said it is taking steps to make safety improvements at an intersection in the 5-Town area.   An accident Monday evening in the Elco Hill section of Long Branch...
Monessen mayor proposes growth initiative with church leaders
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October 12, 2022
By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com In the early 1980s, community organizers in East Brooklyn, N.Y., began building blocks of the American dream where nothing worth a dime had stood for decades — th...
MVI managing editor speaks at library luncheon
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October 12, 2022
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Our friends have our backs in times of joy and in times of strife. And a good friend is always in your corner to support you, your causes and your dreams. On Tuesday, ...
MARC holds decorating contest
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October 12, 2022
By Max Robinette mrobinette@yourmvi.com Fall is here and so are decorations across the Mon Valley. To build season spirit, the Monongahela Area Revitalization Corporation is holding its fourth annual ...
Bubble ceremony
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October 11, 2022
Keli, Ed and Shelley Rosensteel blow bubbles Monday night in a tribute to their late daughter, Kaitlyn “Moe” Rosensteel, at a Ringgold soccer game.  
Forward Township: Complaints aired about dirt bikes, quad-runners
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October 11, 2022
By JOHN RECTENWALD jrectenwald@yourmvi.com Forward Township supervisors heard concerns at Monday’s meeting about noisy dirt bikes and quad-runners. Long-time township resident Howard Fleming asked whe...
BVA play features autistic character
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October 11, 2022
By LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com Belle Vernon Area High School is looking to open the eyes of the audience as it prepares to put on its fall play, “The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time.” ...
Apple dumplings return this week
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October 11, 2022
By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Germaine Sickles’ famous apple dumplings will be available this week in Monongahela while supplies last. For the past two years, St. Andrew the Apostle Parish has sp...
Long Branch site of violent crash
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October 11, 2022
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Firefighters from Roscoe, Stockdale and California Borough were called to a busy and seemingly dangerous intersection in Long Branch Monday after a car flipped over an...
Nearly 100 people walk to fight breast cancer
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October 10, 2022
By Max Robinette mrobinette@yourmvi.com The Penn Highlands Mon Valley Hospital Foundation held its 19th annual Lois Orange Ducoeur Breast Cancer Walk on Saturday. In the first in-person walk held sinc...
McKeesport K-9 officer Stryker dies
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October 10, 2022
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com The McKeesport Police Department is mourning the loss of one of its K-9 officers. “It is with heavy hearts we announce, after a medical emergency, Lieutenant (Bob) Eas...
Monessen still hopes to hire deputy treasurer
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October 10, 2022
By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com The City of Monessen is still working toward filling its deputy treasurer position, which has been vacant much of the year. “It’s not easy,” Mayor Ron Mozer said....
Living history tour shares stories of cemetery
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October 10, 2022
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com McKeesport is home to a large cemetery that serves as the final resting place for a lot of history makers. And the McKeesport Regional History & Heritage Center believ...
Rostraver Township woman gets two visits from bear
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October 10, 2022
By JOHN RECTENWALD jrectenwald@yourmvi.com Amy Reed awoke to find a black bear sauntering around her Rostraver Township residence around 10:30 a.m. Friday.   While inside her house — on a quiet street...
South Allegheny homecoming royalty
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October 8, 2022
Dashawn Carter and Angelina Cortazzo were crowned homecoming king and queen at South Allegheny High School Friday night.
DA rules police shooting was justified
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October 8, 2022
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com The Monongahela police officer who fatally shot a 29-year-old man in July was justified in doing so, according to Washington County’s district attorney. Representative...
Monessen: Mayor places demolition bet
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October 8, 2022
By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com The name of the game in Monessen these days is blight removal, and Mayor Ron Mozer decided it was time to make it a little more interesting. There are two buildin...
New Hollywood Pavilion unveiled in California
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October 8, 2022
By JOHN RECTENWALD jrectenwald@yourmvi.com California Borough officials hosted a ribbon-cutting ceremony Friday for a new pavilion that rose from the rubble of the old Hollywood Theater. California re...
Spooky stories await Ghost Walk participants
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October 8, 2022
By MAX ROBINETTE mrobinette@yourmvi.com The season of spirits is here, and the Monongahela Area Historical Society knows a ghost story or two. “In these houses, people have seen children who aren’t th...
Everybody loves Lucy
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October 7, 2022
California Area Elementary School third grader Mia Naughton hugs Lucy, the newest member of California Area School District’s Trojans Canine Therapy Program. The two-year-old golden retriever arrived ...