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November 19, 2020
By Christine Haines chaines@yourmvi.com In a 2-1 vote Thursday,   the Washington County Commissioners agreed to purchase the Crossroads Center office building across the street from the county office ...
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November 19, 2020
By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Students in the Monessen School District will soon have more accessible internet access outside of the classroom. Thanks to help from the Community Foundation of Wes...
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November 19, 2020
By ERIC SEIVERLING eseiverling@yourmvi.com Ringgold School District’s new Cyber Academy is growing, and officials are looking to expand the program to include its own teachers in the near future. Offi...
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November 18, 2020
By Christine Haines chaines@yourmvi.com For the 17th straight year, it appears real estate taxes are holding steady in Rostraver Township, but property owners will be seeing a new tax on their bills t...
The Foster House II hosting holiday vendor show
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By Stacy Wolford 
November 18, 2020
By Christine Haines chaines@yourmvi.com A Mon Valley business is taking steps to help make Christmas a little more cheerful for area children by hosting a holiday vendor show Saturday to benefit Toys ...
‘Tis the season to volunteer
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By Stacy Wolford 
November 18, 2020
Jenn Codeluppi / Mon Valley Independent Alan Roberts of Monessen rang the Salvation Army red-kettle bell Wednesday evening in front of Monessen Foodland. Each year, volunteers with seasonal bells stan...
Ringgold may return to remote learning amid spike in virus cases
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By Stacy Wolford 
November 18, 2020
By ERIC SEIVERLING eseiverling@yourmvi.com The Ringgold School District alerted parents Wednesday night that a decision to transition to full remote instruction due to the region’s rise in COVID-19 ca...
Judge denies Ziccarelli’s attempt to disqualify votes
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By Stacy Wolford 
November 18, 2020
By PAULA REED WARD Trib Total Media An Allegheny County judge on Wednesday denied two petitions by Republican state Senate candidate Nicole Ziccarelli to throw out both provisional and faulty mail-in ...
First taste of winter
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By Mon Valley Independent 
November 18, 2020
Drivers dealt with snowflakes Tuesday afternoon as bands of snow moved through the Mon Valley. Another cold day is forecast today, with higher temperatures returning Thursday.
Pa. sharpens mask mandate, orders virus testing
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By Mon Valley Independent 
November 18, 2020
By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com With Pennsylvania in the midst of a resurgence of COVID-19 cases, Secretary of Health Dr. Rachel Levine announced a new mitigation plan Tuesday. “These targeted m...
Monongahela prepares for light-up night celebration
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By Mon Valley Independent 
November 18, 2020
By ERIC SEIVERLING eseiverling@yourmvi.com The COVID-19 pandemic will not stop Santa Claus from spreading holiday cheer in Monongahela this holiday season. The Monongahela Area Chamber of Commerce is ...
McKeesport schools will be virtual next week
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November 17, 2020
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com With case counts continuing to rise at the county, state and national levels, McKeesport Area School District announced Tuesday that — after consultation with public h...
Local districts get Safe Schools grants
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By Mon Valley Independent 
November 17, 2020
By ERIC SEIVERLING eseiverling@yourmvi.com Three Mon Valley school districts received a boost for improving student safety Monday when the Pennsylvania Department of Education awarded approximately $3...
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November 17, 2020
By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Charleroi students will move to a two-week virtual learning model starting Monday in response to the rise of COVID-19 cases in the region. During Tuesday’s meeting, ...
BVA may permit remote teaching due to lack of substitutes
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November 17, 2020
By Christine Haines chaines@yourmvi.com The Belle Vernon Area School Board next week will consider a memorandum of understanding with the Belle Vernon Area Education Association that would allow teach...
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November 17, 2020
By Christine Haines chaines@yourmvi.com Work began Monday on a new booster station for Pennsylvania American Water in Elizabeth Township. According to Heather DuBose, external affairs senior specialis...
Veterans dispose of used flags
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By Mon Valley Independent 
November 16, 2020
By ERIC SEIVERLING eseiverling@yourmvi.com It wasn’t a rocket’s red glare, but flames lit the night sky Monday as local military veterans gathered to hold a flag burning and retirement ceremony at Mon...
Monessen is months late for 2019 audit
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November 16, 2020
By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com The City of Monessen is months behind on getting its 2019 audit finished and there are conflicting stories about what may have caused the delay. When Councilman T...
France honors local World War II veteran
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By Mon Valley Independent 
November 16, 2020
By STACY WOLFORD swolford@yourmvi.com World War II veteran Frank Delia never talked about the horrors he faced after landing on Omaha Beach in Normandy two days after the historic June 6, 1944, invasi...
West Penn Power says most outages have been repaired
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By Mon Valley Independent 
November 16, 2020
By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com High winds Sunday and early Monday tore down electric wires, felled trees and sent at least two area trampolines flying through the air. A trampoline ended up i...