MARC’s Movies at the Mounds returns with ‘Jurassic Park’
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By Stacy Wolford 
July 7, 2022
By Matt Petras For the MVI The Monongahela Area Revitalization Corporation’s free annual event, Movies at the Mounds, will return this year with screenings of “Jurassic Park” this Friday and “The Goon...
Bon Journey, Six Gun Sally  to rock the Mon this weekend
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By Stacy Wolford 
July 7, 2022
By Matt Petras For the MVI The Monongahela Aquatorium’s “Rockin’ on the Mon!” 2022 Summer Concert Series continues Saturday with Bon Journey and Six Gun Sally, bands led by longtime friends. Bon Journ...
Pump training for firefighters
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By Mon Valley Independent 
July 6, 2022
Firefighters from Monessen Downtown #1 Fire Department held fire truck pump training Tuesday evening. Junior firefighter Steven Gaydos adjusts the water flow from the top mounted fire pump with the gu...
Carroll Township gives green light to Coen project
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By Mon Valley Independent 
July 6, 2022
By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Coen Market will soon construct a new location in Carroll Township — despite pushback from some residents. Township supervisors approved two ordinances Tuesday that ...
Donora fills 2 job openings
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By Mon Valley Independent 
July 6, 2022
By Max Robinette mrobinette@yourmvi.com Donora hired a new bookkeeper and a new borough administrator over the weekend. The hires come after a recent mass walkout of administrative staff members. Form...
Court ruling clears way for Clairton recovery home
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By Mon Valley Independent 
July 6, 2022
By John Rectenwald jrectenwald@yourmvi.com A retired parole officer’s mission to turn the rectory of the former St. Paulinus Catholic Church of Clairton into a recovery home for veterans with substanc...
‘Mayor of Kingstown’ to film in McKeesport
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By Mon Valley Independent 
July 6, 2022
By JEFF STITT klinden@yourmvi.com The City of McKeesport has issued a notice to residents, especially those living along Versailles Avenue, that film crews will be in town for the next couple of days....
Fireworks, Vogues for the 4th of July
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By Mon Valley Independent 
July 5, 2022
By Max Robinette mrobinette@yourmvi.com Fill up on Italian sausage and lemonade, cut a rug and watch fireworks — it’s summer in Western Pennsylvania. Hundreds gathered to watch The Vogues perform Mond...
Lucky ducks
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By Mon Valley Independent 
July 5, 2022
Andrew Talaga, 8, and his sister Charlotte, 6, of Monongahela play the duck pond game while waiting for fireworks to begin Monday in Monongahela.  
New K-9 officer joins McKeesport police force
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By Mon Valley Independent 
July 5, 2022
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com The McKeesport Police Department’s K-9 unit is once again four furry officers strong. After 13 years of loyally serving the city, K-9 Yaro was retired in late May. To ...
Little Redstone church to mark 225th anniversary
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By Mon Valley Independent 
July 5, 2022
By Joseph Augustine For the Mon Valley Independent Established as a congregation about a month after George Washington left the presidency, Little Redstone Presbyterian Church will celebrate its 225th...
Monongahela hosts Warriors Rock
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By Mon Valley Independent 
July 5, 2022
The studio-e band performs Sunday at the Noble J. Dick Aquatorium in Monongahela.
Next round of paving to begin in Fallowfield Twp.
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By Mon Valley Independent 
July 5, 2022
By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Fallowfield Township will soon begin its second paving project this year. At a recent meeting, supervisors unanimously approved the paving, awarding the bid to Tresc...
Sweeney’s Steakhouse ordered to close
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By Mon Valley Independent 
July 2, 2022
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Sweeney’s Steakhouse in Rostraver Township was deemed a public nuisance Friday by Westmoreland County District Attorney Nicole Ziccarelli. To read the rest of the stor...
Cal U officially part of PennWest
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By Mon Valley Independent 
July 2, 2022
By Max Robinette mrobinette@yourmvi.com Friday marked the official launch of Pennsylvania Western University.   PennWest is now the second largest university in Western Pennsylvania, consolidating Cal...
Monessen boy’s lemonade stand benefits stray cats
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By Mon Valley Independent 
July 2, 2022
By John Rectenwald jrectenwald@yourmvi.com A Monessen boy reminded neighbors of their sweetest coming of age memories when he set up a lemonade stand Friday on the corner of Patton Avenue and Watkins ...
Valley towns hosting holiday celebrations
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By Mon Valley Independent 
July 2, 2022
By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com There will be plenty to do across the Mon Valley to celebrate America’s birthday this weekend – and the weather is expected to cooperate. A stormy and hot start is e...
Family asking for 100 cards to celebrate woman’s birthday
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By Mon Valley Independent 
July 2, 2022
By Max Robinette mrobinette@yourmvi.com One hundred birthday cards for 100 years. That’s the goal for friends and family of Roscoe native Lois Downes, who will become a centenarian on July 19. To read...
Summertime somersault
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By Mon Valley Independent 
July 1, 2022
Zachary Lawson, 9, Monessen, jumps into the deep end of the pool at the Pine Cove Beach Club in Charleroi,Thursday, June 30, 2022.
Pa. enters new fiscal year without budget
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By Mon Valley Independent 
July 1, 2022
By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Lawmakers failed to come to an agreement on Pennsylvania’s proposed $42 billion spending plan by Thursday’s deadline, which means a new fiscal year will begin withou...