Charleroi selects new borough manager
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By Stacy Wolford 
April 14, 2021
By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Several weeks later than originally planned, Charleroi council selected a candidate to fill the position of borough manager. After several weeks of accepting applica...
Monongahela OKs annual street fair
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By Stacy Wolford 
April 14, 2021
By ERIC SEIVERLING eseiverling@yourmvi.com Monongahela officials gave their approval yesterday to hold a popular summer event in the city. Council approved the Monongahela Youth Main Street Program us...
Monessen Cleanup Day, drop-off recycling event set for Saturday
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By Stacy Wolford 
April 14, 2021
By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com The City of Monessen will hold a cleanup and recycling drop-off event Saturday. The event is sponsored by Councilwoman Lois Thomas and Mayor Matt Shorraw Particip...
Riding with a friend
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By Mon Valley Independent 
April 14, 2021
Braden Stinogle, 10, and Kaiden Lint, 11, both of Charleroi, ride their bikes through Chamber Plaza on a pleasant evening. Cooler temperatures are expected for the rest of the week, along with some ra...
Monessen: Appointments to board vacancies spark disputes
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By Mon Valley Independent 
April 14, 2021
By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Issues surrounding the Monessen mayor’s decision to mail certain information to all households the month before the primary carried over into council’s meeting Tu...
North Belle Vernon: Council ponders sanitation options
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By Mon Valley Independent 
April 14, 2021
By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com North Belle Vernon’s involvement with the Mon Valley Refuse Authority remains up in the air. After several weeks of discussion with each other and the authority, cou...
Rental assistance program offers help to tenants in need
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By Mon Valley Independent 
April 14, 2021
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com State Department of Human Services Secretary Teresa Miller is urging people in the Mon Valley and across Southwestern Pennsylvania to take advantage of the Emergency R...
Valley communities make preparations for Earth Day
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By Mon Valley Independent 
April 13, 2021
By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com While 2020 marked the 50th anniversary of Earth Day, area communities are being just as vigilant about observing this year’s ecological event with roadside clea...
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By Mon Valley Independent 
April 13, 2021
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Several public housing complexes throughout Allegheny and Westmoreland counties will see security camera upgrades and other safety and security improvements this year....
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April 13, 2021
By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com After a year of   handling only the most essential duties, the Forward Township supervisors are starting to catch up with some needed projects. At their meeting...
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April 13, 2021
By ERIC SEIVERLING eseiverling@yourmvi.com Officials in New Eagle want to enforce the borough’s house-numbering ordinance after they received complaints last month from first responders. At their meet...
Good seats for the game
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By Mon Valley Independent 
April 13, 2021
Bella Carroto and Hannah Keranko, both of Charleroi, watch a baseball game from the grass last week at Vets Field. Baseball weather is back in the forecast today after a rainy Monday.
Shorraw’s letter on city’s financial state criticized
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By Mon Valley Independent 
April 13, 2021
By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com The mayor of Monessen sent a letter to all city residents late last week regarding finances that some thought was potential campaign literature, but he says that’...
Elizabeth Twp. rallies to help 10-year-old hit by car
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By Mon Valley Independent 
April 13, 2021
By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com Elizabeth Township may cover more than 23 square miles, but when someone is in need, it suddenly becomes a small town. Around 5:30 p.m. Friday,   10-year-old Do...
Ringgold presenting ‘Schoolhouse Rock!’
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By Mon Valley Independent 
April 13, 2021
By ERIC SEIVERLING eseiverling@yourmvi.com Ringgold High School’s upcoming musical will allow its cast — as well as its audience — to relive their younger years. The school’s production of “Schoolhous...
Fetterman urges college students to be politically active
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By Mon Valley Independent 
April 13, 2021
By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com “Don’t turn your back on the ballot box.” With the primary election for local officials and school boards fast approaching, Lt. Gov. John Fetterman spoke to college ...
Elizabeth VFD gets grants for new search equipment
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By Mon Valley Independent 
April 13, 2021
By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com The Elizabeth Volunteer Fire Company is on its way toward having a state-of-the-art river search and rescue operation. Three grants totaling $76,500 will be use...
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April 13, 2021
By ERIC SEIVERLING eseiverling@yourmvi.com A Uniontown woman is in jail after she was allegedly involved in a police chase through Monessen, stole a police car and crashed the vehicle into a tree. Jam...
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April 13, 2021
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com White Oak council voted Monday to apply for a $150,000 state grant to rehabilitate the aging playground at Heritage Hill Park. Borough Manager John Palyo said the park...