Monessen to hire deputy officer for code enforcement
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By Mon Valley Independent 
June 27, 2022
By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com The City of Monessen will advertise to hire a new deputy code enforcement officer on a part-time basis. To read the rest of the story, please subscribe or subscri...
Valley residents react to Roe decision
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By Mon Valley Independent 
June 27, 2022
By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com The Supreme Court’s controversial ruling Friday overturning Roe v. Wade has left local community members, families and friends divided.   To read the rest of the sto...
Pa. House Democrats promote Open Markets Act
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June 27, 2022
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Two Democratic lawmakers from Allegheny County took steps last week that they say will combat inflation. To read the rest of the story, please subscribe or subscribe t...
Pittsburgh zoo animals visit Monessen
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By Mon Valley Independent 
June 25, 2022
Caleesi Thompson, 3, and her great-aunt, Patty Alcorn of Monessen, look at Kindu, a ball python held by Taylor Parco, a Pittsburgh Zoo and PPG Aquarium intern, Friday at the Monessen Senior Center.  
Court strikes down Roe v. Wade
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By Mon Valley Independent 
June 25, 2022
By Max Robinette mrobinette @yourmvi.com The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday overturned Roe v. Wade, a landmark 1973 ruling that legalized abortion in the United States. To read the rest of the story, pl...
Monessen: Council creates separate fund to keep garbage payments
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By Mon Valley Independent 
June 25, 2022
By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Monessen council voted this week to create a separate bank account to house all funds related to garbage collection in the city. To read the rest of the story, pl...
Valley resident learning piano at age 86
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By Mon Valley Independent 
June 25, 2022
By Roxanne Abramowitz The Daily Courier “I love music, any kind of music,” said George Frezzell of Belle Vernon. At 86, George is the oldest student at the Aikens Music Center in Connellsville, where ...
New youth show choir tuning up
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By Mon Valley Independent 
June 25, 2022
By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com A new entertainment group is almost ready to take the stage.   The Mon Valley Academy for the Arts, a local nonprofit organization geared to the musical education of...
Mon River Fleet Lions distribute donations
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By Stacy Wolford 
June 24, 2022
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com The Mon River Fleet Lions club operates on a mission of providing to the communities it serves by having an impact on the health and wellbeing of area residents. On Th...
Push underway to expand state’s film tax credit program
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By Stacy Wolford 
June 24, 2022
By Max Robinette mrobinette@yourmvi.com Film production is a money-maker in Pennsylvania, bringing in more than $3 billion in revenue since the tax credit began in 2007, according to state Sen. Camera...
Monessen officials defend equipment purchases
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By Stacy Wolford 
June 24, 2022
By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Monessen’s former administration moved city offices into the former Community Bank building next door after mold was discovered last summer and now officials are ...
McKeesport Area School Board  hears update on  diversity programs
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By Stacy Wolford 
June 24, 2022
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com McKeesport Area School District is focusing on diversity, equity and inclusion, commonly referred to as “DEI.” On Wednesday, the school board heard from Dr. Erika Gold...
BVA mulling student insurance option for devices
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By Stacy Wolford 
June 24, 2022
By John Rectenwald jrectenwald@yourmvi.com A cracked screen isn’t the end of the world for Belle Vernon Area students next school year. Pending board approval Monday, a new insurance program could hel...
Magical day in Charleroi: New Magic City Riverfront Park opens
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By Stacy Wolford 
June 23, 2022
By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com It was a hot and magical day in Charleroi Wednesday afternoon as the new Magic City Riverfront Park officially opened. The project, spearheaded by the Mon Valley All...
GOP lawmakers  block assault-style gun ban for those under 21
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By Stacy Wolford 
June 23, 2022
By Kristie Linden klinden@yourmvi.com Pennsylvania House Republicans blocked a proposal to prevent those ages 18 to 21 from possessing assault-style rifles by completely changing the proposed bill int...
McKeesport Area reapproves budget
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By Stacy Wolford 
June 23, 2022
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com McKeesport Area School Board on Wednesday had to reapprove the 2022-23 final budget, and it once again narrowly passed. Prior to public comment Wednesday, Solicitor Ga...
Mon Valley natives named humane society policy leaders of the year
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By Stacy Wolford 
June 23, 2022
By Max Robinette mrobinette@yourmvi.com Mess with a cat — get the claws. In Pittsburgh, they intend to keep it that way. Mon Valley natives Tara Czekaj and Carol Whaley recently won honors as Humane S...
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By Stacy Wolford 
June 23, 2022
By Joseph Augustine For the Mon Valley Independent Two Belle Vernon Borough residents expressed their concern to council over a Solomon Street property. Celine Lucking, who lives next to the property,...
It’s Etched in Stone: Bible stories and heroes of the faith
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By Stacy Wolford 
June 23, 2022
By RALPH STONE MVI columnist Several years prior to the formation of the First Street Ramblers — before my fascination for sports stars, cowboys, Tarzan, and Batman, but probably about the same time a...
Beating the heat at Renzie Spray Ground
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By Mon Valley Independent 
June 22, 2022
With temperatures in the 90s, this trio beat the heat Tuesday by heading to Renzie Spray Ground in McKeesport. From left are Xavier Johnson and Demauri and Kalyse Mills. Located in Renziehausen Park n...