Toy drive tonight in Monessen
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By Mon Valley Independent 
December 10, 2019
By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Monessen’s Physical Therapy Institute will hold a toy drive tonight to collect items for the Salvation Army. Starting at 6 p.m., Santa will be on hand to accept g...
NBV honors top volunteer
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By Mon Valley Independent 
December 10, 2019
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com North Belle Vernon council and three state lawmakers recognized the borough’s Volunteer of the Year at Tuesday’s meeting. “Every year we have a thing where we give an ...
BVA school board sets committees for 2020
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December 10, 2019
By EMILY BENNETT DILULLO ebennett@yourmvi.com Several Belle Vernon Area School Board committees have been restructured in order to more efficiently address the needs of the school district. After the ...
Baum receives Howard Hanna Legacy Award
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By Mon Valley Independent 
December 10, 2019
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com A well-known McKeesport area real state agent was recently recognized by Howard Hanna Real Estate Services for his commitment, not only to running the Wilson Baum Howa...
Forward Township raises county 911 concerns
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December 9, 2019
By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com The Forward Township supervisors are pleased with the service provided by SouthEast Regional Emergency Services, but questions are being raised regarding how em...
McKeesport Area hires 1st district police chief
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By Stacy Wolford 
December 9, 2019
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com McKeesport Area School Board voted 9-1 to hire a state trooper as chief of the district police force. Board President Joe Lopretto and directors James Brown, Diane Eli...
Charleroi shoe drive benefits musical, developing nations
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By Stacy Wolford 
December 9, 2019
By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Charleroi Theatre Boosters students are well on their way to bringing the “Jungle of Nool” to life, thanks to a few hundred pairs of old shoes. For the past few mont...
Rostraver police teaming up for ‘Santa Cop’ drive
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By Stacy Wolford 
December 9, 2019
By EMILY BENNETT DILULLO ebennett@yourmvi.com The Rostraver Police Department, along with other local first responders, the Bag Brigade and Froggy Radio, are teaming up to help fulfill children’s wish...
Jefferson Hills swears in new councilwoman
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By Stacy Wolford 
December 9, 2019
By Eric Seiverling eseiverling@yourmvi.com It took months of campaigning, a tie after the Nov. 5 general election, a missing vote from Gill Hall VFC, a recount that ended with her losing by one vote a...
Delsandro Memorial Committee makes donations to nonprofits
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By Stacy Wolford 
December 9, 2019
By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com The A.P. Delsandro Memorial in Donora has stood in memory of former mayor Albert P. Delsandro since the mid-1980s and the committee to maintain it has been doing ...
Monessen Christmas lights contest to shine for Shunny
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By Stacy Wolford 
December 9, 2019
By EMILY BENNETT DILULLO ebennett@yourmvi.com When Lindsay Beregi posted a Facebook status challenging family members to a Christmas lights contest last year, she had no idea that one year later, she ...
Pictures with Santa
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By Mon Valley Independent 
December 9, 2019
Wayne E. Ray / For the Mon Valley Independent Belle Vernon Volunteer Fire Company No. 2 offered people a chance to get their pets’ pictures taken with Santa Claus during a fundraiser Saturday. Rachel ...
McKeesport ceremony remembers Pearl Harbor
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December 9, 2019
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com McKeesport AMVETS Post 8 and the City of McKeesport teamed up Saturday for a ceremony remembering all those who were killed in the attack on Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 19...
Monessen’s Pasta Shoppe almost ready to reopen
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December 9, 2019
By EMILY BENNETT DILULLO ebennett@yourmvi.com After shuttering its doors for weeks due to sewage problems, a new and updated version of The Pasta Shoppe will be ready to serve Monessen again soon.   T...
Reschenthaler: Impeachment process is moving too quickly
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By Mon Valley Independent 
December 9, 2019
By Christine Haines chaines@yourmvi.com The House Judiciary Committee this week is expected to vote on charges against President Donald Trump that will focus on abuse of power on Ukraine in a bid to g...
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By Mon Valley Independent 
December 9, 2019
By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com The Ringgold Rams Club inducted 10 new members into its Hall of Fame this year. The Rams Club holds its Hall of Fame banquet, which doubles as its largest fundrai...
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December 9, 2019
By Eric Seiverling eseiverling@yourmvi.com Jefferson Hills borough council is getting ready to approve its 2020 final budget, and the final numbers do not include a tax increase from last year’s budge...
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December 7, 2019
By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Two members of the Pagans Motorcycle Club accused of an assault that left a former Pagan with a traumatic brain injury have rejected plea deals and will go to tri...
Milo connects with special needs students in Charleroi
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By Mon Valley Independent 
December 7, 2019
By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com The Charleroi Area Elementary Center welcomed a new “student” this year, but he doesn’t eat lunch or ride the bus. Milo, a 22-inch, wide-eyed, walking, talking doll-...