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October 21, 2019
By EMILY BENNETT DILULLO ebennett@yourmvi.com October is usually decked out in pink ribbons for Breast Cancer Awareness Month, but it is also designated with a purple ribbon for Domestic Violence Awar...
Monongahela’s longtime clerk to retire
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October 21, 2019
By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Over the past 46 years, Monongahela has had four mayors, myriad council members, two city halls and one Carole Foglia.   After all these years, Carole, the longti...
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October 19, 2019
By EMILY BENNETT DILULLO ebennett@yourmvi.com Non-electronic voting systems in Pennsylvania are nearing the end of their life, and Washington County voters will cast their ballots on new electronic ma...
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October 19, 2019
For the Mon Valley Independent Austin Davis grew up hearing stories about how prosperous the Mon Valley was in the 1950s and 1960s. “That’s never been my reality,” said Davis, who recently turned 30. ...
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October 19, 2019
By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com In August, the World’s Largest Wedding Cookie Table established a Guinness world record in Monongahela with 88,425 cookies. The effort to finalize the paperwork t...
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October 19, 2019
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Allegheny County police are requesting the public’s assistance with finding two suspects linked to a shooting Thursday in McKeesport. McKeesport and ACPD homicide dete...
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October 19, 2019
By eric seiverling eseiverling@yourmvi.com Firefighters face many hazards in the line of duty, such as smoke inhalation, burning buildings and collapsing ceilings. But thanks to a $60,000 grant from t...
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October 19, 2019
By EMILY BENNETT DILULLO ebennett@yourmvi.com As winter approaches, the Belle Vernon Borough Friends of Recreation Board is already gearing up for next year’s Monongahela River Community Fest.   “We a...
Chilly day for soccer
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October 17, 2019
Jenn Codeluppi / Mon Valley Independent Olivia Cooper, Aaliyah Rice and Sydney Phillips, all of Monessen, were bundled up for Thursday’s Charleroi-Monessen middle school soccer game at Myron Pottios S...
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October 17, 2019
By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com A member of the Mon Valley Sewage Authority submitted a letter of resignation in early September, but two board members won’t vote to accept it. A motion was made...
ArcelorMittal listens to feedback from the public
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October 17, 2019
By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com A community meeting held by ArcelorMittal drew about a dozen members of the public to Monessen High School Thursday evening. Division manager Randy Shelton gave...
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October 17, 2019
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com A fatal shooting at a Family Dollar store in McKeesport caused a large police presence on Versailles Avenue Thursday morning. Dwayne Fuller, 24, of Homestead was prono...
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October 17, 2019
By EMILY BENNETT DILULLO ebennett@yourmvi.com Jim Smith and Wayne Vlasic are vying for an open position as magisterial district judge that encompasses the City of Monessen and the Pricedale and Webste...
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October 17, 2019
By Matt Petras For the Mon Valley Independent A few groups, including the Donora Historical Society and Smog Museum, are offering a walk through what used to be the Donora Zinc Works, an important loc...
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October 17, 2019
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com McKeesport officials and city employees along with students from the University of Pittsburgh will spend Saturday cleaning up litter and debris in and around the city’...
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October 17, 2019
By eric seiverling eseiverling@yourmvi.com Administrators in the West Jefferson Hills School District are tired of rumors and misinformation circulating on social media, and superintendent Dr. Michael...
Mon River Arts to stage ‘The Rocky Horror Show’
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October 16, 2019
By EMILY BENNETT DILULLO ebennett@yourmvi.com Mon River Arts in Elizabeth would like, if they may, to take you on a strange journey. Just in time for Halloween, scientists, aliens and heroes will perf...
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October 16, 2019
By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Model Cleaners in Charleroi was struck by lightning Wednesday. Charleroi fire Chief Robert Whiten Jr. said the call – thankfully – was reported at 7:56 a.m. When lig...
Donora library expansion, renovation plans unveiled
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October 16, 2019
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com The board of Donora Public Library, during a special open house Wednesday, showed off their plans for an expansion of the Meldon Avenue-based library. The board showed...
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October 16, 2019
By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Representatives of Ringgold School District’s longtime architectural firm didn’t need to be in the room to draw the ire of school board members at last night’s me...