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By Jeremy Sellew 
October 17, 2020
By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Donora will crack down on dog owners who don’t clean up after their pets. Borough Administrator Terri Petroske and Councilman Joe Greco said they’ve received many...
New flags in Monessen
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By Mon Valley Independent 
October 15, 2020
Mikayla Speck and Marley Evans of Monessen Fire Department No. 1 are shown with one of the 70 new flags purchased thanks to donations from a community fund drive. The fire department thanked citizens,...
Shorraw is asked to explain bankruptcy accusation
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By Mon Valley Independent 
October 15, 2020
By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com In response to Monessen Mayor Matt Shorraw’s claims that someone may have intentionally tried to bankrupt the city, the three council members who ran the governme...
Toys for Tots effort saved
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By Mon Valley Independent 
October 15, 2020
By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Thanks to volunteers at the New Eagle Fire Department, Christmas has been saved for hundreds of Mon Valley children.   Last week Wally Fronzaglio, long-time organize...
Scandale sentenced to house arrest, probation
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By Mon Valley Independent 
October 15, 2020
By Christine Haines chaines@yourmvi.com Former Washington County Clerk of Courts Frank Scandale was sentenced Thursday to 24 months of house arrest and seven years probation after pleading guilty to c...
Charleroi Community Days: Live music returning to borough building
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By Mon Valley Independent 
October 15, 2020
By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com For the first time in decades, music will flow from the third floor of the Charleroi Borough Building. A virtual concert series for Community Days — instead of a str...
Mascara retiring after 45 years with SPHS
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By Mon Valley Independent 
October 15, 2020
By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com After more than four decades of helping Mon Valley residents, Jeff Burks Mascara will retire as executive vice president/CEO of Southwestern Pennsylvania Human Servi...
Julian is at it again!
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By Stacy Wolford 
October 14, 2020
By the MVI Julian Nahas, 6, of Monessen has found a way to quench his thirst for giving back to his local police department while also quenching the actual thirst of his neighbors. In September, Julia...
Charleroi cancels Halloween parade due to safety concerns
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By Stacy Wolford 
October 14, 2020
By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com After announcing plans to move forward with the annual Halloween parade in Charleroi last week, organizers have had a change of heart after concerns they would not b...
Ringgold Middle School closing for week due to COVID
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By Stacy Wolford 
October 14, 2020
By ERIC SEIVERLING eseiverling@yourmvi.com The Ringgold School District on Wednesday announced it will close its middle school for more than a week due to an additional case of coronavirus being trace...
Fun at the ballfield
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By Mon Valley Independent 
October 14, 2020
Miller Hartley, 3, and Levi Moody, 5, both of Fallowfield Township, play in the dirt at the Fallowfield Township baseball field on a pleasant evening.
Shorraw: Someone may have tried to bankrupt city
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By Mon Valley Independent 
October 14, 2020
By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Monessen Mayor Matt Shorraw claims individuals may have intentionally tried to bankrupt the city “perhaps for their own interest.” After reading from an outline o...
COVID-19 cases in BVA, McKeesport
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By Mon Valley Independent 
October 14, 2020
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com A McKeesport Area School District staff member has tested positive for COVID-19. The district announced shortly after 1:30 p.m. Tuesday that the individual, who has no...
BVA still benefiting from 2002 gift in will
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By Mon Valley Independent 
October 14, 2020
By Christine Haines chaines@yourmvi.com A former Belle Vernon Area teacher continues to impact both students and other teachers in the district in ways even she never anticipated. New signs, a decorat...
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By Mon Valley Independent 
October 14, 2020
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com McKeesport council took action last week to apply for a state grant that would be used to build a new home as part of the city’s Cultural District Revitalization Proje...