4 seats open on Donora council
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By Mon Valley Independent 
October 29, 2021
By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com In Donora, there are six people vying for four spots on council. To read the rest of the story, please see a copy of Friday’s Mon Valley Independent, call 724-314...
Elizabeth Township: Four candidates vie for two open seats
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By Mon Valley Independent 
October 29, 2021
By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com There are two seats open on the Elizabeth Township Board of Commissioners — one in Ward 4, where long-time incumbent Joanne Beckowitz has decided not to seek re...
Law enforcement veterans in Washington sheriff’s race
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By Mon Valley Independent 
October 29, 2021
By Matt Petras For the MVI The election for Washington County Sheriff will be between two men with about 25 years of police experience: Democrat Lou Reda, a retired state police officer, and Republica...
Halloween fun in Charleroi, Monongahela
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By Stacy Wolford 
October 28, 2021
The Brady-Bishop family of Monongahela, Katie,16, Molly,15, Francine and Adam, came as biblical figures during the Monongahela Halloween parade last night. To purchase this photo and more from our onl...
Coronado Coal withdraws mining request in Forward Township
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By Stacy Wolford 
October 28, 2021
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Despite Coronado Global Resources emailing township legal counsel Friday saying it was withdrawing an application related to operating a coal mine in Forward Township,...
Donora mayor McDonough faces challenge by councilman Pavelko
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By Stacy Wolford 
October 28, 2021
By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com In Donora, the incumbent mayor faces a challenge from a sitting councilman in next Tuesday’s election. Mayor Jim McDonough, who is in his first term, will square ...
Rostraver Township commissioner’s residency still  being questioned
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By Stacy Wolford 
October 28, 2021
By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com With less than a week to go before the general election, the issue of Rostraver Township Commissioner Ray Iacoboni’s residence was again raised at a public meet...
Former Monessen resident creates custom Halloween projection shows
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By Stacy Wolford 
October 28, 2021
By Hannah Walden For MVI After learning how to create his own Halloween decorations and design intricate projection shows on the front of his home, former Monessen resident Albert Francia has caught t...
Work of art donated to Rostraver library
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By Mon Valley Independent 
October 27, 2021
Rostraver Public Library received a framed picture Tuesday from Rostraver Township resident Dustin Stark. He made the project from diamond art, which is the placement of jewels onto a pattern to look ...
Elizabeth adds part-time officer to police force
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By Mon Valley Independent 
October 27, 2021
By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com Elizabeth Borough Council skipped ahead on its agenda Tuesday to swear in a new part-time police officer. To read the rest of the story, please see a copy of We...
White Oak: 8 candidates seek council seats
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By Mon Valley Independent 
October 27, 2021
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com There’s a race for four council seats in White Oak, and eight candidates — four Democrats and four Republicans —   are on the ballot. Three of them are incumbents — Re...
3 years after Tree of Life, social media still breeds extremism
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By Mon Valley Independent 
October 27, 2021
By MEGAN GUZA Trib Total Media Federal prosecutors say the mass shooting that Robert Bowers carried out at a Pittsburgh synagogue three years ago was preceded by disturbing, hate-filled activity on so...
Feeling ‘Frozen’ at Elizabeth parade
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By Mon Valley Independent 
October 26, 2021
Molly McMillen, 4, of Elizabeth, Spencer Egenlauf, 3, of West Mifflin and Emma Brown, 3, of Elizabeth Township dressed up as characters from the movie “Frozen” at Monday’s Halloween parade in Elizabet...
Dispute over masks continues at BVA
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By Mon Valley Independent 
October 26, 2021
By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com Following a tumultuous start in which one resident was threatened with being ejected by police and another chose to leave over the state-mandated mask policy, t...
Brewster to introduce ‘duty to assist’ bill
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By Mon Valley Independent 
October 26, 2021
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com After learning that prosecutors in the case of a man accused of raping a woman on a commuter train in Philadelphia don’t anticipate charging fellow passengers for not ...
Three-way contest in Monessen mayor’s race
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By Mon Valley Independent 
October 26, 2021
By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com There will only be one name on the ballot in the Monessen mayor’s race, but there are three men running for the position. To read the rest of the story, please se...
Charleroi Borough Council: Six candidates battling for four open seats
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By Mon Valley Independent 
October 26, 2021
By TAYLOR BROWN-HERMAN tbrown@yourmvi.com Six candidates are vying for four open seats on Charleroi Borough Council. To read the rest of the story, please see a copy of Tuesday’s Mon Valley Independen...
Eagle Scout candidate offers help to homeless
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By Mon Valley Independent 
October 25, 2021
By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com An Eagle Scout candidate from California Borough was just a Cub Scout when he was first moved by the plight of the homeless. To read the rest of the story, plea...
Songwriter creates tune about Donora
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By Mon Valley Independent 
October 25, 2021
By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com A Donora native has written a song about his hometown and asks those who give it a listen to donate to the Donora Smog Museum. To read the rest of the story, plea...
Buffalo Bill’s House in Perryopolis is a popular spooky season spot
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By Mon Valley Independent 
October 25, 2021
By PATRICK VARINE Trib Total Media Her visit happened over the summer, but Jeanette Milo still can’t say enough about why people should stay in October at the house made famous in the film “The Silenc...