Elizabeth Township: Comments being accepted on comprehensive plan
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By Mon Valley Independent 
August 3, 2021
By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com The Elizabeth Township comprehensive plan is entering the public comment phase prior to final adoption by the commissioners, which is anticipated in October. Ca...
EF teachers heading back to school with new contract
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By Mon Valley Independent 
August 2, 2021
By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com The 2021-22 school year will start in the Elizabeth Forward School District with the assurance that there won’t be a teachers’ strike for at least five more yea...
Monessen revises animal ordinance
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By Mon Valley Independent 
August 2, 2021
By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Monessen’s proposed animal regulation ordinance will likely be passed during council’s Aug. 10 meeting. It was initially introduced in June, but was tabled after ...
Crowd flocks to first Mon Valley Fun Fest
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By Mon Valley Independent 
August 2, 2021
By Matt Petras For the MV Independent The Mon Valley Fun Fest, sponsored by the Salvation Army in Monessen, was filled with food, vendors and live entertainment and was the first of its kind for the o...
Charleroi to unveil Online Learning Academy
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By Mon Valley Independent 
August 2, 2021
By TAYLOR BROWN   tbrown@yourmvi.com Leaders in the Charleroi Area School District are excited to keep students in the Cougar learning community.   After a tumultuous year, the district will welcome s...
Raccoon baiting starts today in Allegheny County
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By Mon Valley Independent 
August 2, 2021
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Carrying on an annual effort of trying to eliminate the raccoon variant of rabies, Allegheny County and the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced the 2021 raccoon b...
Big prize at Riverfest
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By Mon Valley Independent 
July 31, 2021
Gio Mytrysak, 2, of Elizabeth Township holds a ball he won Friday at the Elizabeth Borough Volunteer Fire Company’s Riverfest. The event continues today from 8 a.m. to 11:30 p.m.
New Cal U president ready to face challenges
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By Mon Valley Independent 
July 31, 2021
By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com Move-in day usually means students have returned to the California University of Pennsylvania campus, but this year it came a bit early as a new president took ...
Opioid coalition hopes to attract new members
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By Mon Valley Independent 
July 31, 2021
By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com The Mon Valley Opioid Coalition hopes to bring in new members to work toward its mission of ensuring the long-term health, safety and well being of Valley residen...
McKeesport water advisory altered
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By Mon Valley Independent 
July 31, 2021
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com A do-not-use advisory in McKeesport’s Lower 10th Ward was adjusted to a do-not-drink advisory this week. Municipal Authority of Westmoreland County spokesman Matt Junk...
Economic playbook will help promote area communities
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By Mon Valley Independent 
July 31, 2021
By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com An economic playbook is in the works for 27 municipalities in Washington County.   The project, spearheaded by the Mon Valley Alliance, was funded through a 2018 Loc...
Washington County to consider home rule
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By Jeremy Sellew 
July 30, 2021
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com A bi-partisan move by two Washington County commissioners will let the voters decide in November if they want a study to consider changing the county’s current governm...
Civil War re-enactors will  encamp at Greenock log house
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By Jeremy Sellew 
July 30, 2021
For the MVI Civil War re-enactors of the Blue and Gray Brigade will encamp at the Greenock Log House in Elizabeth Township from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday. Visitors may also tour the Greenock Log Hous...
Minister Millie Thomas’ memorial set for September
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By Jeremy Sellew 
July 30, 2021
BY JEFF OLIVER For the MVI Minister Millie Thomas had a reach in her ministry that went much further than arm’s length. Her passion for ministering for her faith took her outside the Mon Valley freque...
Rawlins-Heath named 1st MV NAACP Young, Gifted and Black awardee
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By Jeremy Sellew 
July 30, 2021
For the MVI The Mon Valley NAACP selected Justice Rawlins-Heath of Monessen as its first Young, Gifted and Black awardee for the month of July. The NAACP will choose and name a young person each month...
Washington Co. DA Vittone elected PDAA president
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By Jeremy Sellew 
July 30, 2021
For the MVI The Pennsylvania District Attorneys Association (PDAA) announced its newly elected officers for the 2021–2022 business year. The election took place during the association’s annual busines...
Elizabeth Firemen’s Riverfest returns with a splash
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By Stacy Wolford 
July 29, 2021
By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com After a year off due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Elizabeth Firemen’s Riverfest will be in full swing starting Friday evening. Fire Chief Chad Rager said there...
Lawmakers discuss pandemic’s toll on tourism
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By Stacy Wolford 
July 29, 2021
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com A group of state lawmakers, including a few from the Mon Valley, visited Kennywood Wednesday morning. But they weren’t there to fill up on Potato Patch fries or Golden...
Fallowfield residents raise concerns about roadway
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By Stacy Wolford 
July 29, 2021
By Taylor Brown tbrown@yourmvi.com An unused road in Fallowfield Township is becoming a growing concern for residents as supervisors continue to discuss how best to address the problem. Last month, an...