PSU’s McKeesport campus celebrates renovated lab
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By Mon Valley Independent 
September 10, 2021
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Penn State University’s president and local elected officials visited the university’s McKeesport campus Thursday to celebrate the opening of the newly rejuvenated Ost...
Little Great Race will include Sept. 11 tribute
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By Mon Valley Independent 
September 10, 2021
By Taylor Brown tbrown@yourmvi.com This weekend’s Little Great Race will be held in remembrance of one of the nation’s most tragic days. To read the rest of the story, please see a copy of Friday’s Mo...
RESA moves into new Allenport location
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By Mon Valley Independent 
September 10, 2021
By Taylor Brown tbrown@yourmvi.com After 30 years in Stockdale, the RESA Regional Police Department has a new home in Allenport.   To read the rest of the story, please see a copy of Friday’s Mon Vall...
Runners to remember 9/11 victims
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By Mon Valley Independent 
September 10, 2021
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com An annual run in honor of those who perished on Sept. 11, 2001, will begin Saturday in Charleroi and end in Monongahela’s Chess Park.   To read the rest of the story, ...
Donora to remember Senko
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By Mon Valley Independent 
September 10, 2021
By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Sept. 11, 2001, was a day of horrors that all Americans witnessed in one way or another, but for one Donora family it was horrific in ways most of us will never c...
California adds junior council member
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By Mon Valley Independent 
September 10, 2021
By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com California Mayor Frank Stetar swore in a new junior council member and alternate Thursday. To read the rest of the story, please see a copy of Friday’s Mon Vall...
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September 10, 2021
By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com Churches throughout the Elizabeth area will gather Saturday evening to remember those who died on Sept. 11, 2001, and to honor the first responders who to this ...
Annual Labor Day golf outing for diabetes programs
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By Stacy Wolford 
September 9, 2021
Submitted The Lions Diabetes Board of Allegheny and Westmoreland Counties (14-B and 14-E ) hosted its annual Labor Day Weekend District Golf Challenge at Butler’s Golf Course in Elizabeth Township. Th...
Pa. school mask mandate debate heats up;  EF parents to meet
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By Stacy Wolford 
September 9, 2021
By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com An informational meeting for parents regarding the state mask mandate for school students is planned this weekend at Round Hill Park in Elizabeth Township. The ...
Secluded spot at Mingo Creek Park
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By Mon Valley Independent 
September 8, 2021
Mary Thompson and her granddaughter, Nina Thompson of Bentleyville, enjoyed a peaceful evening Tuesday at Mingo Creek Park near the Ebenezer Bridge.
A Taste of Serbia will return in October
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By Mon Valley Independent 
September 8, 2021
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com The kitchen at St. Sava Serbian Orthodox Church of McKeesport-Duquesne is reopening. To read the rest of the story, please see a copy of Wednesday’s Mon Valley Indepen...
Judge sets dates in Lea lawsuit
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By Mon Valley Independent 
September 8, 2021
By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com The federal judge assigned to a lawsuit filed against the City of Monessen, its mayor, two councilmen and city administrator has set out a new schedule for the ca...
Monessen School Board: Personnel moves to be addressed
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September 8, 2021
By Taylor Brown tbrown@yourmvi.com Monessen School Board will take action on several personnel items during a business meeting next week.   To read the rest of the story, please see a copy of Wednesda...
California Area School District part of Learning 2025 network
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September 8, 2021
By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com The California Area School District has joined the Learning 2025 network of districts to advance education.   To read the rest of the story, please see a copy o...
‘Fantastic weekend’ for Renzie Rib Fest
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By Mon Valley Independent 
September 7, 2021
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com McKeesport was a destination for Labor Day weekend once again this year as the Renzie Rib Fest made its return. To read the rest of the story, please see a copy of Tue...
BVA’s fall play relives the events of 9/11
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By Mon Valley Independent 
September 7, 2021
By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com The Belle Vernon Area High School fall play will be offered a bit early this year in keeping with the topic of the production. To read the rest of the story, pl...
Fire destroys Charleroi apartment building
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By Mon Valley Independent 
September 7, 2021
By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com A two-story apartment building at 933 McKean Ave. in Charleroi that burned Saturday night is a total loss, according to the fire chief. To read the rest of the st...