Monessen at work on tax exoneration program
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By Stacy Wolford 
July 11, 2022
By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com The City of Monessen is still working to finalize its tax exoneration program. Mayor Ron Mozer and Solicitor Joe Dalfonso’s work to retool the city’s tax forgiven...
Crews quickly knock down blaze at Monessen residence
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By Stacy Wolford 
July 11, 2022
By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com A cause has not been determined for an early morning structure fire Sunday in Monessen. Municipal Fire Chief Delmar Hepple said the call came in as an electrical fir...
City of McKeesport to invest in upgrading parks and playgrounds
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By Stacy Wolford 
July 11, 2022
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Memories of time spent as a child hanging out with all of the other neighborhood kids on the local playground often invoke smiles remembering great days gone by. For g...
Sunflower festival blooms again at Schwirians’ farm
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By Mon Valley Independent 
July 9, 2022
By John Rectenwald jrectenwald@yourmvi.com A Forward Township farm is making flower children out of thousands this week.   The third annual Schwirian Farm Sunflower Festival kicked off Friday and will...
EMS service searching for new Charleroi home
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By Mon Valley Independent 
July 9, 2022
By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Rostraver/West Newton EMS is looking for a permanent facility in Charleroi. Last month, Charleroi Council unanimously agreed to switch service providers after concer...
‘Renzie Ramble’ puts history makers in spotlight
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By Mon Valley Independent 
July 9, 2022
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com For the second year in a row, two nonprofit organizations in McKeesport have partnered to give history buffs a chance to take a summer stroll through the park and “mee...
Charleroi expects large crowd for fundraiser
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By Mon Valley Independent 
July 9, 2022
By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com With 1,000 tickets gone, a sold-out event this weekend in Charleroi will have more to offer than just cash. To read the rest of the story, please see a copy of Satur...
Visiting with the bees
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By Mon Valley Independent 
July 9, 2022
Demi Edwards, 8, of Charleroi looks at bees from the Fine Family Apiary in Forward Township during an Independence Day celebration this week in Monongahela.  
Magical day at Donora library
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By Mon Valley Independent 
July 8, 2022
Steve Haberman performs a magic show at Donora Public Library’s “Oceans of Possibilities” summer reading program. Assisting him are Brandon Bellamy, Spencer Ebbitt and Robert Trubiani, all of Donora. ...
DDAP head leads local substance abuse talk
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By Mon Valley Independent 
July 8, 2022
By John Rectenwald jrectenwald@yourmvi.com Jen Smith, secretary of the state Department of Drug and Alcohol Programs, visited Monessen Thursday to lead a roundtable discussion on substance abuse. To r...
McKeesport seeks grant money for bridge project
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By Mon Valley Independent 
July 8, 2022
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com The City of McKeesport is looking for funding to reconstruct the Versailles Avenue Bridge.   The viaduct has been closed since Feb. 11, when Mayor Michael Cherepko ord...
Donora council focuses on filling vacant positions
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By Mon Valley Independent 
July 8, 2022
By Max Robinette mrobinette@yourmvi.com Donora council discussed bringing on new administrative staff, appointing alternates to the new civil service commission, new memorial benches at a local park, ...
Entertainment, other attractions set  for August Fun Fest
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By Mon Valley Independent 
July 8, 2022
By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com August Fun Fest will return to Cedar Creek Park this year.   From 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Aug. 7 the Rostraver Township park will welcome hundreds of Mon Valley residents ...
McKeesport Area School District names Wanzo new superintendent
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By Stacy Wolford 
July 7, 2022
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com “Once a Tiger, always a Tiger” is a popular maxim in the communities of McKeesport, Dravosburg, Versailles, South Versailles and White Oak. And Dr. Tia M. Wanzo takes ...
Charleroi to draft harassment policy to protect employees
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By Stacy Wolford 
July 7, 2022
By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Charleroi Borough hopes to have a new, full-time code enforcement officer on the job by the end of this month and a new policy in place to make sure employees are be...
Naomi Outreach hosts veterans advocate speaker
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By Stacy Wolford 
July 7, 2022
By Max Robinette mrobinette@yourmvi.com Naomi Outreach welcomed a nationally-known veterans advocate for its luncheon Wednesday at the Cedarbrook Golf Course Clubhouse in Rostraver Township. Nikki Men...
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By Stacy Wolford 
July 7, 2022
By John Rectenwald jrectenwald@yourmvi.com Reports of a foul odor emanating from the Westmoreland Sanitary Landfill partially spoiled a productive voting session for Rostraver Township’s board of comm...