Westmoreland County set to end deal with Monessen for blight project
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By Stacy Wolford 
September 15, 2022
By Rich Cholodofsky Trib Total Media Westmoreland County commissioners on Thursday are expected to terminate a contract with Monessen to coordinate a plan to remove blighted properties in the city. Of...
Monongahela awards paving contract
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By Stacy Wolford 
September 15, 2022
By Max Robinette mrobinette@yourmvi.com Monongahela leaders accepted a contract bid — pending review — to repave Country Club Road and voiced concerns about debris on Main Street created by recent roa...
Charleroi must replace missing traffic signal control box
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By Stacy Wolford 
September 15, 2022
By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com A junction box that helps synchronize traffic signals with the railroad has gone missing in Charleroi. The box, which was installed neath 8th Street and McKean Avenu...
Crazy hair day in Charleroi
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By Mon Valley Independent 
September 14, 2022
Students at Charleroi Elementary Center enjoyed “crazy hair day” on Tuesday. From left are second-grader Frankie Hatalowich and fifth-graders Olivia Kostelac and Cameron Olstein.  
Elizabeth Municipal Authority may be sold
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By Mon Valley Independent 
September 14, 2022
By JOHN RECTENWALD jrectenwald@yourmvi.com Elizabeth may be looking to get out of the sewage treatment business.   The potential sale of Elizabeth Borough Municipal Authority assets to Pennsylvania Am...
Donations urged for Day of Giving
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By Mon Valley Independent 
September 14, 2022
By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Nonprofits across the Mon Valley depend on the generosity of the communities they serve.  D uring this year’s Day of Giving, dozens of organizations across the Mon V...
Connector considered for White Oak Park
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By Mon Valley Independent 
September 14, 2022
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com The Allegheny County Parks Foundation appears to be eying the possibility of creating a trail connector between a county park in the Mon Valley and another in the Sout...
Monessen: Superintendent says school year started smoothly
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By Mon Valley Independent 
September 14, 2022
By Max Robinette mrobinette@yourmvi.com Monessen City School District leaders congratulated students, faculty and staff Tuesday for a successful start to the school year and continued plans to work wi...
His Place marks one year of changing the world with coffee
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By Mon Valley Independent 
September 13, 2022
By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com When His Place coffee shop opened its garage doors to the public for the first time one year ago today, it had one goal in mind: to change the world one cup of coffe...
Elizabeth Township: Well site area to be patrolled after crashes
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By Mon Valley Independent 
September 13, 2022
By JOHN RECTENWALD jrectenwald@yourmvi.com Two sand trucks contracted by Olympus Energy to service its Apollo well site crashed in separate incidents last week, Elizabeth Township officials confirmed ...
White Oak: Body cameras eyed for police
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By Mon Valley Independent 
September 13, 2022
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com White Oak’s police chief is attempting to equip his officers with body cameras. During Monday’s council workshop meeting, Borough Manager John Palyo said Chief Mark Sa...
Forward Twp. OKs four-year deal with Elizabeth Twp. police
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By Mon Valley Independent 
September 13, 2022
By Max Robinette mrobinette@yourmvi.com Forward Township Supervisors approved a four-year contract with the Elizabeth Township Police Department during Monday’s meeting. The contract runs through Dece...
‘Newsies’ offers musical look at the bygone days of media
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By Mon Valley Independent 
September 13, 2022
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Audiences at McKeesport Little Theater will soon be transported to the heyday of the “newsies.” While newspaper subscriptions and home delivery of some local papers st...
Dogs have their day at Pet Walk
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By Mon Valley Independent 
September 12, 2022
Tom Hall of Rostraver Township brought Chloe to the Mon Valley Paws Pet Walk and Vendor Show Saturday in Monessen.
Cash enters Hall of Fame
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By Mon Valley Independent 
September 12, 2022
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com McKeesport’s Swin Cash was enshrined Saturday into the Basketball Hall of Fame in Springfield, Mass. Upon invitation by Cash — who also invited the entire current girl...
Decisions may come soon on Olympus projects
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By Mon Valley Independent 
September 12, 2022
By JOHN RECTENWALD jrectenwald@yourmvi.com Will the shale gas industry continue to boom in the United States? Two Mon Valley communities could have a say in the matter this week.   To read the rest of...
Monessen commits to evening trick or treat
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By Mon Valley Independent 
September 12, 2022
By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Monessen’s 2022 trick or treat will still be held in the evening, despite some concerns.   Council discussed the issue last week before deciding the event will ta...
Voices Carry will raise money to benefit Auberle
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By Mon Valley Independent 
September 12, 2022
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Some of Pittsburgh’s stars are joining forces this week to put the spotlight on an organization based in McKeesport.   From 6 to 10 p.m. Wednesday, Auberle will host i...
Eye of the Tiger
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By Mon Valley Independent 
September 10, 2022
Teegan Murphy, 4, of McKeesport, poses for a photo with McKeesport’s Tiger mascot during halftime of Friday’s game against Belle Vernon Area.