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October 15, 2019
By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com The entry deadline for this year’s Fall Harvest and Halloween Decorating Contest has been extended until Wednesday. The contest, organized by the Monongahela Area...
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October 15, 2019
By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Residents will get the latest scoop on the upcoming expansion of Donora Public Library this week. On Wednesday, the board of directors and staff of the library will ...
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October 14, 2019
Susan G. Laird Bilitski Charleroi, passed away Sunday, Oct. 13, 2019 at St. Clair Hospital, Mt. Lebanon. Born July 31, 1949, in Brownsville, she was a daughter of the late Kenneth and Ada Defino Laird...
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October 14, 2019
Everett Rodriguez Sr. Charleroi Everett Rodriguez Sr., 86, of Charleroi, passed away Saturday, Oct. 12, 2019. He was born April 20, 1933, in Donora, the son of the late Conrado and Julia Rodriguez. Ev...
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October 14, 2019
Barbara E. Nicolaus Fredericktown, formerly of Monessen Barbara E. Nicolaus, 77, of Fredericktown, formerly of Monessen, died Sunday, Oct. 13, 2019, in The Residence at Hilltop. She was born on Jan. 1...
Community rallies to fight cancer
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October 13, 2019
By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Rain didn’t dampen the spirits of those attending the 16th annual Monongahela Valley Hospital/Lois Orange Ducoeur Breast Cancer Walk Saturday in Charleroi. Despite d...
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October 13, 2019
By Joe Napsha Trib Total Media Residents in McKeesport, Port Vue and Versailles borough are being warned to boil their water before drinking because of a microbial contamination, the Municipal Authori...
Savini program sets open house
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October 13, 2019
By Eric Seiverling eseiverling@yourmvi.com There aren’t many schools where the halls are adorned with busts of Dracula, Frankenstein and Jason Voorhees and the rooms are aglow with candelabras. But To...
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October 13, 2019
By KRISTIE LINDEN   klinden@yourmvi.com Five candidates are competing for three at-large Ringgold School Board seats. Incumbent Gene Kennedy is the only candidate who earned a spot on the Democratic a...
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October 13, 2019
By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com When Norma Werner set out to trace her family tree, she did not expect to write a book of more than 500 pages, nor did she expect to discover historic connectio...
St. Sebastian students share positive messages
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October 12, 2019
By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com Students at St. Sebastian Regional Catholic School in North Belle Vernon took advantage of Friday’s sunny weather to spread some sunshine of their own. Approxim...
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October 12, 2019
By JEFF STITT and TAYLOR BROWN jstitt@yourmvi.com tbrown@yourmvi.com After more than seven months of investigating, Washington Township police have filed charges in the case of Otto, a 3-year-old Germ...
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October 12, 2019
By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Pennsylvania American Water will invest more than $1 million to upgrade aging sewer main lines in Mc-Keesport. On Wednesday, the company announced the start of const...
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October 12, 2019
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com The family of the late Alyson Higdon joined Mc-Keesport officials Thursday morning for the installation of an “Aly’s Rules” safety sign at the intersection of Eden Par...
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October 12, 2019
By eric seiverling eseiverling@yourmvi.com Residents of Jefferson Hills will soon see a new volunteer fire company serving the borough. A result of a year-long decision by Jefferson Hills firefighters...
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October 12, 2019
By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com A Belle Vernon man is accused of shooting a dog during a birthday party in Monessen earlier this month. James Victor Scirotto, 46, allegedly fired seven shots f...
Standoff ends peacefully in Rostraver Township
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October 10, 2019
By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com After nearly six hours, a police standoff in Rostraver Township came to a peaceful conclusion Thursday night. Rostraver police were called to West Spring Grove Boule...
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October 10, 2019
By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Two women spoke out at Donora borough council’s meeting Thursday about their experiences during home burglaries this year, and they both had ideas about how safet...
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October 10, 2019
By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com A Rostraver Township woman who had been missing since Tuesday was found dead Thursday in Allegheny County. Dina Kotlar, 48, was reported missing by her family T...
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October 10, 2019
By EMILY BENNETT DILULLO ebennett@yourmvi.com Monessen firefighters want residents to know the fundraising request letters in circulation are not related to either of the two Monessen volunteer fire s...