Resignations leave Donora short-handed
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By Mon Valley Independent 
June 17, 2022
By Max Robinette mrobinette@yourmvi.com A slew of employee resignations has left Donora’s administration office full of vacancies.   Empty positions include borough administrator, bookkeeper, clerk an...
Lorenzo approved to enter ARD program
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By Mon Valley Independent 
June 17, 2022
By John Rectenwald jrectenwald@yourmvi.com Rostraver Township Commissioner John J. Lorenzo received permission Thursday to enter a probationary program. Lorenzo was approved for an Accelerated Rehabil...
Wait continues for Monessen on possible blight funds
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By Mon Valley Independent 
June 17, 2022
By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Monessen and the city’s Economic Development Task Force must wait at least a little longer for Westmoreland County Commissioners to decide whether to make a huge ...
White Oak: WOAA dealing with broken air conditioner
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By Mon Valley Independent 
June 17, 2022
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Just in time for summer’s official start and days with temperatures in the mid-80s and into the 90s, the air conditioner at White Oak Athletic Association is on the fr...
McKeesport’s Good Neighbor Day spreads smiles, community pride
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By Stacy Wolford 
June 16, 2022
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com The sun was beaming on Fifth Avenue Wednesday for McKeesport’s 2022 celebration of Good Neighbor Day. Businesses, nonprofit groups, community organizations, student or...
Police: Dozens of animals rescued from deplorable conditions
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By Stacy Wolford 
June 16, 2022
By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com More than 60 animals were rescued from a Schoonmaker Avenue home this month in Monessen and three people now face a total of nearly 500 counts related to animal c...
McKeesport Little Theatre welcomes youngsters to shows
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By Stacy Wolford 
June 16, 2022
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com McKeesport Little Theater and the Dick’s Sporting Goods Foundation summer camp at McKeesport Area School District joined forces Tuesday to ensure the youngest Tigers h...
Elizabeth Borough hires new manager
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By Stacy Wolford 
June 16, 2022
By John Rectenwald jrectenwald@yourmvi.com The long wait for managerial oversight in Elizabeth Borough is over. After a five-month search, Scott Craighead will step into the role of borough manager. C...
Rising costs lead to Ringgold property tax hike
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By Stacy Wolford 
June 16, 2022
By Max Robinette mrobinette@yourmvi.com The Ringgold Board of School Directors passed the district’s 2022-23 budget and discussed goals for the upcoming school year at a meeting Wednesday. The $51.5 m...
Crowd-pleasing basketball
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By Mon Valley Independent 
June 15, 2022
Mon Valley Independent Summer Basketball League fans Arlo McIntyre, Eben McIntyre and Jake Caruso, all of Charleroi, react to a 3-point shot during Tuesday’s first game at Marx’s Court Time Sports Cen...
McKeesport ready for Good Neighbor Day
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By Mon Valley Independent 
June 15, 2022
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com McKeesport is celebrating what it means to be a “good neighbor.” For decades, the city has offered its Good Neighbor Day celebration on Fifth Avenue in downtown McKees...
Belle Vernon’s Kennywood picnic off
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By Mon Valley Independent 
June 15, 2022
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com For the third year in a row, there will be no Belle Vernon Community Picnic at Kennywood. The community Kennywood picnic is a tradition in Belle Vernon area communitie...
Monessen searching for deputy treasurer
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By Mon Valley Independent 
June 15, 2022
By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com The City of Monessen has been in need of a deputy treasurer since the retirement of Debbie Gregor in March. The position has been advertised multiple times and wh...
Local agencies provide help to Donora fire victims
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By Mon Valley Independent 
June 15, 2022
By Max Robinette mrobinette@yourmvi.com Area organizations have rallied to aid victims of Monday’s apartment building fire in Donora, donating clothes, gift cards, pet supplies and general hygiene ite...
Fire strikes apartments in Donora
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By Mon Valley Independent 
June 14, 2022
By Max Robinette mrobinette@yourmvi.com Several residents of a downtown Donora apartment building are displaced following an early-morning fire that caused extensive damage to the structure and possib...
Opening night in the MVISBL
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By Mon Valley Independent 
June 14, 2022
Two-time defending champion AMD Industries, led by head coach Bria Rathway, cruised to a win Monday over Cedarbrook as the Mon Valley Independent Summer Basketball League launched its third season.
DeRosa insists Coronado intends to mine for coal in Forward Township
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By Mon Valley Independent 
June 14, 2022
By John Rectenwald jrectenwald@yourmvi.com Tom DeRosa said the prospect of Coronado Global Resources mining in Forward Township is anything but a hoax. The chairman supervisor told Forward Township re...
White Oak: Bookkeeping error found on gas costs
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By Mon Valley Independent 
June 14, 2022
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com With gas prices rising, Americans have been keeping a close eye on the cost per gallon — and have been forced to give their budgets a second look. To read the rest of ...
Young people encouraged to join Donora’s new Leo Club
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By Mon Valley Independent 
June 14, 2022
By Max Robinette mrobinette@yourmvi.com A new organization to get teenagers involved in the community is forming in Donora. Signups for the Donora Leo Club begin at noon Thursday at Donora Public Libr...
Fish were biting at youth derby in McKeesport
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By Mon Valley Independent 
June 13, 2022
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Fifty cents doesn’t go far in today’s economy. But children with two quarters in their pockets Saturday were able to buy themselves admission to a day full of fun and ...