YMCA child learning center named for Lee family
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By Mon Valley Independent 
June 4, 2022
By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com A well-known Mon Valley family now has a second building bearing its name.   The Lee Supply Company Child Learning Center, formerly a wing of the Mon Valley YMCA, wa...
Graduation night for Bentworth
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By Mon Valley Independent 
June 3, 2022
Bentworth salutatorian Nina Thompson bites her medal Thursday evening as she walks out of commencement holding her diploma.  
Pete Daley remembered as leader, mentor
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By Mon Valley Independent 
June 3, 2022
By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com One of the Mon Valley’s biggest — and most humble — champions has passed away.   Longtime state Rep. Peter John Daley II died Wednesday at age 71, his family announc...
Donora responding to rodent, insect complaints
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By Mon Valley Independent 
June 3, 2022
By Max Robinette mrobinette@yourmvi.com Donora council discussed pest control, filling borough vacancies, blighted building demolition, property sales, a new civil service ordinance and allocating Ame...
Benefit concert slated at McKeesport Little Theater
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By Mon Valley Independent 
June 3, 2022
By Jeff Stitt jstitt@yourmvi.com McKeesport has long been considered a melting pot of cultures. For generations, Mon Valley residents have been regaled with tales of their ancestors immigrating to the...
Area firefighters part of Battle of the Barrel
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By Mon Valley Independent 
June 3, 2022
By Jeff Stitt jstitt@yourmvi.com Local fire companies and the West Mifflin Community Foundation are using an age-old firefighters’ tradition to engage with the community this weekend. To read the rest...
As one chapter ends, another one begins
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By Stacy Wolford 
June 2, 2022
Jenn Codeluppi / Mon Valley Independent Paige Doleno gives Dante Compagni a congratulatory hug as the Ringgold High School graduates get ready for their commencement Wednesday evening. Commencement wa...
Rostraver Township parts ways with solicitor
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By Stacy Wolford 
June 2, 2022
By John Rectenwald jrectenwald@yourmvi.com Rostraver Township terminated the services of Christopher Huffman as township solicitor on Wednesday. The move comes after the board of commissioners cancele...
McKeesport to demolish 38 more blighted properties
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By Stacy Wolford 
June 2, 2022
By Jeff Stitt jstitt@yourmvi.com McKeesport City Council on Wednesday approved another round of demolitions as part of the city’s McKeesport Rising project. Councilwoman LuEthel Nesbit and councilmen ...
Eagles celebrate WPIAL title
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By Mon Valley Independent 
June 1, 2022
Serra Catholic’s Matt Bisceglia hoists the trophy after the Eagles’ 8-2 victory Tuesday over Neshannock in the WPIAL Class 2A championship game at Wild Things Park in Washington.  
Multiple charges filed against superintendent
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By Mon Valley Independent 
June 1, 2022
By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Monessen City School District’s superintendent and a man from Confluence have been charged with indecent exposure in North Charleroi last weekend. To read the res...
Citizens group calls for action in Donora
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By Mon Valley Independent 
June 1, 2022
By Max Robinette mrobinette@yourmvi.com Concerned Donora citizens gathered for a public meeting at the Croatian Club Tuesday to address borough issues and establish a unified vision for the future. To...
Charleroi students to remember Samantha Anders at graduation
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By Mon Valley Independent 
June 1, 2022
By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com When 92 Charleroi Area graduates accept their diplomas Friday at Myron Pottios Stadium, some will wear a blue and purple pin to honor Samantha Anders. To read the re...
Gene Kelly Awards: EF’s Guinto-Brody named best actor
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By Mon Valley Independent 
June 1, 2022
By John Rectenwald jrectenwald@yourmvi.com And the Gene Kelly goes to ... Tyler Guinto-Brody, for his portrayal of Seymour Krelborn in “Little Shop of Horrors.”   To read the rest of the story, please...
Monessen restocks line usage fund
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By Mon Valley Independent 
June 1, 2022
By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com In January, the City of Monessen’s new administration learned it was entering 2022 with very little money available in the general fund and would not be able to m...
Memorial Day 2022: Solemn services honor fallen soldiers
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By Mon Valley Independent 
May 31, 2022
By Max Robinette mrobinette@yourmvi.com Monessen residents who died in service to their nation were honored at a memorial service Sunday at Epiphany of Our Lord Parish. To read the rest of the story, ...
Mon Valley Night Out planned for August
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May 31, 2022
By JOHN RECTENWALD jrectenwald@yourmvi.com This summer’s Mon Valley Night Out promises to be a fun time that could lead to safer neighborhoods.   To read the rest of the story, please see a copy of Tu...