New collectibles shop opens in Belle Vernon
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By Mon Valley Independent 
May 28, 2021
By ERIC SEIVERLING eseiverling@yourmvi.com For Monessen resident Don Spagnolo, playing with toys is serious business. As owner of the newly opened ReMixxd by Steel City Galleries, Spagnolo and his sta...
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May 28, 2021
By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Business throughout the Mon Valley have found a way to help a local parish. St. Andrew the Apostle Parish will host an outdoor Bingo Blast June 6 to help the church ...
Play house fun
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By Mon Valley Independent 
May 28, 2021
Mya Lindley, 7, of Eighty Four and Victoria Burk, 3, of Monongahela enjoy the play house Thursday at Tubby Hall Park in New Eagle.
Area communities get beautification money
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By Mon Valley Independent 
May 28, 2021
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Multiple Allegheny County municipalities in the Mon Valley were awarded a portion of $12 million in funding during a Commonwealth Financing Authority meeting this week...
Elizabeth Township: Residents want openness in comprehensive plan
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May 28, 2021
By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com Elizabeth Township residents didn’t hesitate to share their views Thursday evening in the third and final public meeting on the comprehensive plan. After a two-...
New murals will be part of Donora memorial
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May 28, 2021
By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com The A.P. Delsandro Veterans Memorial in Donora will be the site of newly unveiled artwork this weekend. The Mon Valley Leathernecks will hold a Memorial Day comme...
Spurgeon captures nomination in Commonwealth Court race
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May 27, 2021
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Judge David Spurgeon, a White Oak resident, has claimed the second Democratic nomination in the race for two seats on Pennsylvania’s Commonwealth Court. In a post on h...
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May 27, 2021
By ERIC SEIVERLING eseiverling@yourmvi.com Ringgold School District officials continue to move forward with phase one of renovation projects to the high school’s natatorium and swimming pool. School d...
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By Mon Valley Independent 
May 27, 2021
By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Live entertainment is slowly making its way back to venues across the Mon Valley.   With many bars and restaurants operating at nearly full capacity and occupancy li...
McKeesport Area honors Lopretto for D.A.R.E. program
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May 26, 2021
By JEFF STITT jstitt@youmvi.com Students, teachers, parents and police officers within the McKeesport Area School District recently marked an end-of-the-year activity that is looked forward to annuall...
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May 26, 2021
By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com Sections of Rostraver Township without fire hydrants may soon have enhanced fire protection. The township commissioners Wednesday discussed using funds from the...
Public input sought on Pa. universities’ consolidation
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By Stacy Wolford 
May 26, 2021
By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com Public input continues to be gathered on the proposed integration of six state-owned universities into two, with changes to the plan being made in response to t...
Fallowfield Township homes may be condemned due to landslides
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May 26, 2021
By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Homes on Woodward Avenue in Fallowfield Township may soon be condemned. The properties, which sit on land owned by the township, have been vacant since 2018 when res...
How now, baby cow
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By Mon Valley Independent 
May 25, 2021
Lylah Martincic, 2, of Forward Township stopped by Schwirian Farm in Forward Township Tuesday to see Coco, a one-and-a-half-week-old calf.
Elizabeth Township OKs sewage rate increases
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May 25, 2021
By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com Elizabeth Township residents will see sewage rates increase by nearly $20 over the next two years. Commissioners met in a special session Tuesday evening to con...
Family seeks support for transgender rights
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By Mon Valley Independent 
May 25, 2021
By JEFF STITT jstitt@youmvi.com As Pride Month approaches, a mom from Charleroi is determined to encourage love and support for Mid-Mon Valley residents in the LGBTQIA+ community. Charleroi resident A...
Holiday travel expected to perk up after lull in 2020
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May 25, 2021
By ERIC SEIVERLING eseiverling@yourmvi.com It happens every year. The Memorial Day holiday weekend at the end of May marks the unofficial start of summer. But travel experts and law enforcement offici...