Brownsville Drive-In for sale
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By Mon Valley Independent 
June 21, 2021
By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com The 72-year old Brownsville Drive-In is up for sale for just the second time in its long history. The drive-in has been operating since 1949, opening about two ...
‘14 Sons of Sutersville’ will be memorialized
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By Mon Valley Independent 
June 21, 2021
By Eric Seiverling eseiverling@yourmvi.com Because of the efforts of Sutersville Volunteer Fire Company Chief Mark Ghion, the popular phrase “better late than never” will ring true this summer. What s...
North Charleroi hopes to fix its only dump truck
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By Mon Valley Independent 
June 21, 2021
By Taylor Brown   tbrown@yourmvi.com North Charleroi leaders have agreed to attempt to service the borough’s only dump truck before making a decision, and committing a chunk of change, to purchase a n...
Pool policy will remain in place for Community Day
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By Mon Valley Independent 
June 21, 2021
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com No pass, no Heritage Hill Pool for Community Day. That’s the decision reached Monday by the majority of White Oak council and the council recreation committee.   The a...
Bridge project will go on display Friday
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By Mon Valley Independent 
June 21, 2021
By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com Plans go on display Friday for the replacement of Fayette Street Bridge in North Belle Vernon. The virtual public display will be available for review through J...
Brewster says state budget features historic fundings
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By Stacy Wolford 
June 20, 2021
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com State Sen. Jim Brewster, D-McKeesport, updated Mon Yough Area Chamber of Commerce members about where things stand with state budget talks. The senator was the keynote...
Bishop Kulick celebrates ‘Mass around the Diocese’ in Monessen
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By Stacy Wolford 
June 20, 2021
For the MVI Diocese of Greensburg Bishop Larry J. Kulick celebrated Mass at Epiphany of Our Lord Parish, in Monessen on Saturday, as he nears the end of his “Mass around the Diocese” tour. Throughout ...
Concert series returning to Monongahela aquatorium
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By Stacy Wolford 
June 20, 2021
By Eric Seiverling eseiverling@yourmvi.com Monongahela will be rockin’ this summer thanks to the city’s Noble J. Dick Aquatorium. The aquatorium recently announced its summer schedule of concerts, and...
Monessen delays animal control ordinance
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By Stacy Wolford 
June 20, 2021
By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Monessen City Council has delayed introducing an animal control ordinance as it reconsiders the regulations it will contain. Initially, it was discussed during a ...
Out for a ride
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By Mon Valley Independent 
June 18, 2021
Twins Knox and Via Brandemarte, 20 months, of Carroll Township enjoyed a morning stroll Friday before the weather got too warm.
Expressway hot topic at legislative luncheon
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By Mon Valley Independent 
June 18, 2021
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com “The Road to Prosperity, Economic Development in the Mon Valley” was the theme of The Mon Yough Area Chamber of Commerce’s annual legislative luncheon Friday. With Sen...
Volunteers produce dignity robes at St. Andrew the Apostle
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By Mon Valley Independent 
June 18, 2021
By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com There is a room at St. Andrew the Apostle’s Donora campus that looks a little like Santa’s Workshop, if you swapped toys for fabric. On the third Friday of every ...
Young performers enjoy their chance to be on stage
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By Mon Valley Independent 
June 18, 2021
By Eric Seiverling eseiverling@yourmvi.com Students in the Mon Valley Performing Arts Academy gave a show-stopping performance Friday as they concluded the academy’s five-day Summer Experience Jr. pro...
Student’s music project now part of EF curriculum
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By Mon Valley Independent 
June 18, 2021
By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com Before leaving for college, a recent Elizabeth Forward graduate will spend the summer working with some of her former teachers to further develop a music class ...
Senate passes Mixed Drink Bill, but Wolf may veto
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By Mon Valley Independent 
June 17, 2021
By Eric Seiverling eseiverling@yourmvi.com Pennsylvania will face another showdown between the state’s Republican-led Legislature and Democrat Gov. Tom Wolf after senators narrowly passed a bill this ...
Brewster: University merger  hearings ‘have not gone well’
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By Mon Valley Independent 
June 17, 2021
By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com Sen. Jim Brewster, D-McKeesport, is beginning to get some response to a letter he sent to top officials in the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education urg...
Juneteenth now federal holiday; Monessen to celebrate Saturday
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By Mon Valley Independent 
June 17, 2021
By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com This Saturday, when Monessen holds its first ceremony to commemorate Juneteenth, it will also be the first time the occasion is recognized as a federal holiday. P...
Area libraries benefit from WCCF grants
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By Mon Valley Independent 
June 17, 2021
By Eric Seiverling eseiverling@yourmvi.com Local libraries received a boost recently when the Washington County Community Foundation awarded $221,500 in grants to public libraries from its Community C...