McKeesport gets guidance on Opportunity Zones
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September 3, 2020
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Mid-Atlantic Regional Administrator Joe DeFelice participated in a roundtable discussion Thursday with area government...
Virus impacts MVH fundraisers
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By Mon Valley Independent 
September 3, 2020
By ERIC SEIVERLING eseiverling@yourmvi.com The coronavirus pandemic has impacted two Monongahela Valley Hospital Foundation fundraisers this year, but foundation officials remain upbeat they will be a...
Washington County Commissioners seek fiscal review of all agencies
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September 3, 2020
By Christine Haines chaines@yourmvi.com The fiscal policies of agencies that handle programs for Washington County are being reviewed to make sure taxpayer dollars are spent not only legally, but resp...
Donora denies sewage authority request to meet in banquet hall
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September 3, 2020
By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Despite initial support for the idea, Donora council decided Thursday not to let Mon Valley Sewage Authority use its banquet hall for meetings due to COVID-19 con...
Ex-cop maintains innocence, gets probation in oppression case
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By Stacy Wolford 
September 2, 2020
By ERIC SEIVERLING eseiverling@yourmvi.com A former Monongahela police officer stood by his claim of innocence inside the Washington County Court of Common Pleas Wednesday, telling the judge he would ...
Cherepko talks crime, defends McKeesport police force
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By Stacy Wolford 
September 2, 2020
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Referring to crime, McKeesport Mayor Michael Cherepko took time during his mayor’s report Wednesday to address council and a few residents in attendance about what he ...
Long-term lane restrictions end on Elizabeth Bridge
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September 2, 2020
By Christine Haines chaines@yourmvi.com For the first time since March 2019, long-term lane restrictions were removed Wednesday from the Elizabeth Bridge. There will still be periodic short-term restr...
Charleroi may host virtual Community Days concerts
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September 2, 2020
By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Despite the coronavirus pandemic, a longstanding tradition in Charleroi may have an opportunity to reach its largest audience yet. Each year, Charleroi’s Community D...
Rostraver Township to use donated land for recreation
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September 2, 2020
By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com Nearly 10.5 acres of land adjacent to the DiVirgilio Sports Complex has been donated to Rostraver Township. The commissioners Wednesday voted to accept the land...
First day of school
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By Mon Valley Independent 
September 1, 2020
Dominica Homa-Childs, 8, of Donora gets off the bus Tuesday after her first day of school as a third grader at Ringgold South Elementary.
Charleroi dealing with feral cats again
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September 1, 2020
By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Feral cats have once again become a project in the Magic City.   Dr. Faith Bjalobok, founder of the Fluffyjean Fund for Felines, a trap-neuter-vaccinate-return progr...
Carroll Township supervisors address subsidence
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September 1, 2020
By ERIC SEIVERLING eseiverling@yourmvi.com Carroll Township supervisors assured residents on Greenridge Drive affected by mine subsidence that they’re aware of the situation and working on a solution....
Valley cartoonist is Google Doodle
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By Mon Valley Independent 
September 1, 2020
By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com The first African-American female cartoonist, Jackie Ormes, grew up in Monongahela and was featured Tuesday as the subject of the Google Doodle. A Google Doodle i...
Volunteers sought to help clean up the Yough River
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September 1, 2020
By Christine Haines chaines@yourmvi.com More than 600 tires have been removed from the Youghiogheny River between Cedar Creek Park and West Newton over the past two years, and it’s estimated there are...
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September 1, 2020
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Citing the need for police officers to have a use-of-force option other than guns, Versailles Borough Council President Lisa Fleckenstein asked council to consider app...
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September 1, 2020
By Christine Haines chaines@yourmvi.com Elizabeth Township residents have a limited amount of time to apply for Allegheny County’s Vacant Property Recovery program. The program is designed to put vaca...
Preparedness Month has special meaning this year
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August 31, 2020
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com The Borough of White Oak Office of Emergency Management, joined by volunteers from all of the borough’s first responder agencies, held a drive-thru Community Preparedn...
Appeal denied for man who posted threat to teachers
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August 31, 2020
By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com A man who was convicted of posting a threat to teachers on Facebook during the 2017 Ringgold School District teachers’ strike has lost his appeal. George Shallenb...
Three Elizabeth officers receive afghans from online group
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August 31, 2020
By Christine Haines chaines@yourmvi.com A Washington County woman wants police officers to know she has them covered — literally. Three members of the Elizabeth Borough Police Department who contracte...
Drive-by in Elizabeth Twp. will raise food pantry funds
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August 31, 2020
  For the MVI Greenock United Methodist Church in Elizabeth Township will do a “Drive By & Donate” cash or checks to benefit local food pantries and the Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank. The “Dr...