New parish celebrates first festival
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By Mon Valley Independent 
July 9, 2021
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Rain couldn’t stop local festival goers from having a good time at the Mary, Mother of God Parish Festival. The festival kicked off Thursday night in White Oak with Th...
Donora votes for change in EMS service
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By Mon Valley Independent 
July 9, 2021
By KRISTIE LINDEN   klinden@yourmvi.com Donora will switch its ambulance service from Mon Valley EMS to Rostraver West Newton EMS after concerns about response times. Mon Valley EMS Chief Bill Hess me...
Monongahela fire department hit by heavy flooding
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By Mon Valley Independent 
July 9, 2021
By Eric Seiverling eseiverling@yourmvi.com The Monongahela Fire Department is used to responding to flood calls at residents’ homes, but Thursday evening the department was dispatched to its own stati...
August Fun Fest returning
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By Mon Valley Independent 
July 9, 2021
By Taylor Brown tbrown@yourmvi.com The Fun Fest will return to Cedar Creek Park this year. The Westmoreland County Bureau of Parks and Recreation will sponsor the 34th annual August Fun Fest from 10 a...
Chess Park to host Big Band Legends
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By Mon Valley Independent 
July 9, 2021
By Eric Seiverling eseiverling@yourmvi.com The Pittsburgh Big Band Legends will prove this weekend “it don’t mean a thing if it ain’t got that swing.” The 17-piece orchestra will perform a free concer...
Bike Run & Car Show returns this weekend
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By Mon Valley Independent 
July 9, 2021
By Taylor Brown tbrown@yourmvi.com Two local fire departments will benefit from a community event in the Mon Valley this weekend. The eighth annual Bike Run and Car Show, sponsored by Just A Tavern an...
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July 9, 2021
By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com The Plum Street Saturday Morning Market resumes this week in downtown Elizabeth. The market will be held the second and fourth Saturday of the month through Aug...
Jobs, new life proposed for Allenport mill site
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By Stacy Wolford 
July 8, 2021
By Eric Seiverling eseiverling@yourmvi.com A world-renowned business has its eyes on the Mon Valley for its newest location that could bring at least a hundred jobs to the area. Last week, Canadian co...
McKeesport to resume in-person meetings in September
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By Stacy Wolford 
July 8, 2021
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com McKeesport Mayor Michael Cherepko on Wednesday said the city is aiming for September to once again permit residents to attend council meetings. An in-person audience, ...
Motorist charged after vehicle hits pedestrian at gas station
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July 8, 2021
By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com Charleroi Regional Police filed felony charges against a motorist who allegedly pinned another man between two vehicles during a mishap at a Charleroi gas stati...
Charleroi officials applaud revived Community Days
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By Stacy Wolford 
July 8, 2021
By Taylor Brown tbrown@yourmvi.com While Charleroi’s annual Community Days celebration was smaller than usual, it went off with a bang over the weekend and brought families and neighbors together. Ven...
Talking to the animals
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By Mon Valley Independent 
July 7, 2021
Two-year-old Elliott Brown talks to the chickens at Round Hill Park in Elizabeth Tuesday morning during a visit with his father, Jesse Brown of Belle Vernon.
Schools react to optional year law
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By Mon Valley Independent 
July 7, 2021
By Taylor Brown tbrown@yourmvi.com A new state law will give parents an opportunity to decide if their children should advance to the next grade level or be held back a year due to learning disruption...
McKeesport Superintendent Holtzman gets new contract
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By Mon Valley Independent 
July 7, 2021
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com At a scarcely attended special meeting Tuesday evening, McKeesport Area School Board voted to hire Dr. Mark Holtzman Jr. as superintendent, after first accepting his r...
Historical societies back to normal without COVID limits
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By Mon Valley Independent 
July 7, 2021
By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com Most area historical societies are returning to normal operations now that COVID-19 restrictions have been lifted in Pennsylvania. The Rostraver Township Histor...
Monongahela’s Movies at the Mounds will return
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By Mon Valley Independent 
July 7, 2021
By ERIC SEIVERLING eseiverling@yourmvi.com The Monongahela Area Revitalization Corporation’s third annual Movies at the Mounds event will begin Friday, and this year’s selected features will satisfy s...
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By Mon Valley Independent 
July 7, 2021
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com State troopers were on the lookout for irresponsible and drunk drivers over the Fourth of July weekend. State police across Pennsylvania made 503 arrests for driving u...
Injured Charleroi firefighter ‘in good spirits’
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By Mon Valley Independent 
July 6, 2021
By Brian C. Rittmeyer Trib Total Media A Charleroi firefighter was flown to a Pittsburgh hospital Saturday after falling through the floor of a burning house in Monessen, officials said. The fire at 4...