MMVTA hopes to help seniors vote in person
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By Mon Valley Independent 
September 24, 2020
By ERIC SEIVERLING eseiverling@yourmvi.com Mon Valley residents may receive a helping hand getting out to vote on Election Day. At Thursday’s meeting, Mid Mon Valley Transit Authority board members di...
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By Mon Valley Independent 
September 24, 2020
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com McKeesport Area School Board approved the 2020-21 school calendar Wednesday. “The school calendar was adjusted based on the adjustment to the start of the school year,...
Vinoski Winery Donations
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By Stacy Wolford 
September 23, 2020
Submitted The Vinoski Foundation and its team members donated $10,000 to local charities following its Molly Hatchet concert charity drive Sept. 10. The foundation donated $500 to the NYC Tunnels to T...
Elizabeth hires part-time police officer; sets trick-or-treat date
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By Stacy Wolford 
September 23, 2020
By Christine Haines chaines@yourmvi.com The newest borough police officer may be a familiar face to some. Andrew Brent Teledgy is a borough resident and former officer. “He was a policeman for Elizabe...
Wolf’s veto of high school sports bill stands
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By Stacy Wolford 
September 23, 2020
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Pennsylvania House Republicans on Wednesday failed to override Gov. Tom Wolf’s veto of House Bill 2787. The legislation would have authorized school districts to estab...
McKeesport school board president Lopretto applauds administrators
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By Stacy Wolford 
September 23, 2020
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com McKeesport Area School Board President Joe Lopretto said during Wednesday’s meeting he thinks public school administrators deserve a pat on the back and that they don’...
A day at the playground
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By Mon Valley Independent 
September 22, 2020
Trinity Fauvie, 10, of Charleroi, Isabella Koerner, 6, of Fallowfield Township, Madalyn Cherry, 11, of Charleroi and Bella Wickerham, 6, of Charleroi play on the spider at the Dunlevy playground earli...
Judge refuses to grant stay on COVID-19 restrictions
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By Mon Valley Independent 
September 22, 2020
By ERIC SEIVERLING eseiverling@yourmvi.com Pennsylvania Republicans and business owners scored a victory Tuesday when a federal judge denied a stay by Gov. Tom Wolf to continue coronavirus restriction...
Charleroi students returning to class four days a week
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By Mon Valley Independent 
September 22, 2020
By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Charleroi students will return to class next month. After hearing from several families during a special meeting Tuesday, the school board unanimously approved a fou...
BVA will consider back-to-school plan
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By Mon Valley Independent 
September 22, 2020
By Christine Haines chaines@yourmvi.com The Belle Vernon Area School Board will hold a town hall meeting at 6 p.m. Monday to review plans for bringing students back into classrooms full time. At an ag...
Kortz proposes change to driving without insurance law
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By Mon Valley Independent 
September 22, 2020
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com State Rep. Bill Kortz has introduced a bill to allow for a civil penalty for driving without insurance. House Bill 2478 would allow vehicle owners to pay a fine rather...
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By Mon Valley Independent 
September 22, 2020
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com As a result of concerns about the coronavirus and pandemic restrictions, the Mon Valley HIV/AIDS Awareness Walk, which is held annually in McKeesport, will be virtual ...
Top of the slide
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By Mon Valley Independent 
September 21, 2020
Cousins Novella Kovalchuk, 3, of Belle Vernon and Calin Kovalchuk, 4, of North Charleroi play on a slide at Cedar Creek Park Monday afternoon.
Gov. Wolf vetoes school sports bill
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By Mon Valley Independent 
September 21, 2020
By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com School districts will have to follow guidelines set forth from the state Department of Health — despite a bill the Legislature passed allowing them to make individua...
Belle Vernon seeks help finding Brewer Field vandals
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By Mon Valley Independent 
September 21, 2020
By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Belle Vernon officials are hoping for help in identifying vandals who ransacked buildings at Brewer Field over the weekend.   Mayor Gerald Jackson said the incident ...
‘Sgt. Hamilton’ film wins Emmy
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By Mon Valley Independent 
September 21, 2020
By ERIC SEIVERLING eseiverling@yourmvi.com The Mon Valley was in the national spotlight over the weekend as a filmmaker received an Emmy Award for his documentary focusing on a local military hero. Th...
Re-enactors bring local history alive at Greenock Log House Days
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By Mon Valley Independent 
September 21, 2020
For the MVI Greenock Log House Days will host colonial re-enactors and 40 artists and vendors Saturday at the home built around 1790 at 1235 Greenock Buena Vista Road in Elizabeth Township. The 8th Pa...
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By Mon Valley Independent 
September 21, 2020
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Despite one councilman expressing his disapproval, White Oak council on Monday gave trick or treating the green light. After reminding his fellow council members that ...
Cleaning up Monessen
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By Mon Valley Independent 
September 20, 2020
By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com The streets of Monessen are a little less cluttered thanks to city officials and volunteers who took time over the weekend to beautify their community. A city-wide c...