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By Mon Valley Independent 
July 30, 2020
By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com A juvenile has been charged in the assault of two men and a woman after fireworks were set off close to one of their cars in Charleroi in June. According to Charl...
Struggling bar/restaurant owners sound off to lawmakers
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By Stacy Wolford 
July 29, 2020
By ERIC SEIVERLING eseiverling@yourmvi.com Another day and another restriction. That’s how local restaurant and bar owners are viewing the latest go-round of coronavirus restrictions placed on Pennsyl...
Woman charged after two dogs found drinking from roof gutter
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By Stacy Wolford 
July 29, 2020
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com A Monessen woman is accused of animal neglect after her dogs were found on a second-floor roof drinking water from a gutter on a scorching summer day. Jennifer Lynn Sc...
Rostraver updating comprehensive plan
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By Stacy Wolford 
July 29, 2020
By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com Why do people live in Rostraver Township? That’s the central question consultant Denny Puko presents to the Rostraver Township commissioners as they update thei...
No easy fix for Fox Stop Road in Fallowfield Township
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By Stacy Wolford 
July 29, 2020
By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Fox Stop Road in Fallowfield Township has been closed for more than a year, but there is no relief in sight for residents who have been forced to use a 6 mile detour...
Allegheny County to distribute rabies bait to vaccinate raccoons
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By Stacy Wolford 
July 29, 2020
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com The Allegheny County Health Department is reminding county residents that the Annual Raccoon Rabies Vaccination Baiting Project will begin tomorrow. Over the past 19 y...
Fun at YMCA camp
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By Mon Valley Independent 
July 28, 2020
Naomi Snyder, 9, Morgan Kaufman, 10, and Josslyn Ducoli, 8, posed for a photo while playing a game of “Capture the Sea Animal” at the Mon Valley YMCA Day Camp Tuesday afternoon. The Y’s last week of s...
Superintendents want more state guidance
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By Mon Valley Independent 
July 28, 2020
By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com School superintendents across the state and across the region are expressing frustration with the guidance coming from state officials. As local districts devel...
Overdose deaths decline in Pa. and local counties
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By Mon Valley Independent 
July 28, 2020
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Preliminary data released Tuesday by the State Department of Health show Pennsylvania saw a slight decrease in drug overdose deaths in 2019. As long as the numbers don...
Sunflower festival hosts report thefts
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By Mon Valley Independent 
July 28, 2020
By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com The Schwirian family brought smiles to thousands of faces over the weekend when they opened their home and farm in Forward Township to the public for the first time....
Shorraw, Monessen respond to MVI suit
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By Mon Valley Independent 
July 28, 2020
By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com After about five and a half months, lawyers representing Mayor Matt Shorraw and the City of Monessen have filed their first response to the lawsuit filed by the M...
Charleroi approves hybrid, phased reopening strategy
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By Mon Valley Independent 
July 28, 2020
By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com The Charleroi Area school board unanimously approved a hybrid, phased reopening plan for the district Tuesday night. Directors agreed with Superintendent Dr. Ed Zeli...
Old-fashioned firefighting display set in Monongahela
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By Mon Valley Independent 
July 28, 2020
By ERIC SEIVERLING eseiverling@yourmvi.com Today’s firefighters have access to modern, cutting-edge technology and equipment that require   hours of training and preparation. But for those interested ...
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By Mon Valley Independent 
July 28, 2020
By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com The recent announcement that PNC Bank intends to close its Elizabeth office came as a surprise to borough officials. Borough council Tuesday directed the solici...
Monessen man turns 102 with parade
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By Mon Valley Independent 
July 27, 2020
By ERIC SEIVERLING eseiverling@yourmvi.com Summit Avenue in Monessen was the hub of activity Monday evening as the Monessen Hilltop Volunteer Fire Department made a house call to wish happy birthday t...
Back-to-school plan OK’d for BVA students
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By Mon Valley Independent 
July 27, 2020
By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com On a 6-3 split vote, the Belle Vernon Area School Board voted Monday to return to school with a hybrid plan incorporating in-person and distance learning with t...
Charleroi awards garbage contract
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By Mon Valley Independent 
July 27, 2020
By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com After three separate meetings, Charleroi Borough Council has decided Big’s Sanitation will remain the borough’s garbage collector, even though the company wasn’t the...
MVH to host forum on Pa.’s rural hospitals
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By Mon Valley Independent 
July 27, 2020
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com After receiving a request from state Sen. Camera Bartolotta, the Senate Majority Police Committee will host a discussion on the challenges facing rural hospitals. Bart...
Charleroi schools may reopen in yellow phase
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By Mon Valley Independent 
July 27, 2020
By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Though Washington County remains in the “green phase” of the state’s tiered re-opening plan, the Charleroi Area School District is going back to yellow. Two weeks af...
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By Mon Valley Independent 
July 27, 2020
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Although the school board still has to decide what attending school at McKeesport Area School District will look like, the district’s administrators and staff are prep...