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By Stacy Wolford 
October 2, 2019
By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com The preliminary Elizabeth Township budget is balanced at $7,286,953, but that does not include funding to complete a comprehensive plan or any of the extras res...
Naomi Outreach donates pillows to veterans house
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By Stacy Wolford 
October 2, 2019
By Eric Seiverling eseiverling@yourmvi.com Military veterans staying at Washington County’s Crabtree-Kovacicek Veterans House received a surprise Wednesday thanks to the Naomi Outreach ladies club. Th...
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By Stacy Wolford 
October 2, 2019
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com McKeesport council on Wednesday took action designed, according to Community Development Director A.J. Tedesco, to help the city keep track of vacant, abandoned and fo...
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By Stacy Wolford 
October 2, 2019
By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Several Luella Avenue residents claim to be having an invasive rat problem in their homes. During a Charleroi agenda meeting Wednesday, several residents addressed c...
Special birthday bash a hit with area kids
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By Mon Valley Independent 
October 1, 2019
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Hearing a couple dozen people singing “Happy Birthday” at a laundromat might sound out of the ordinary, but it’s exactly what happened in Olympia Shopping Center on Tu...
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By Mon Valley Independent 
October 1, 2019
By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com The Emerging Leadership Program will kick off its second year this week. Developed by the Twin Rivers Chamber of Commerce in partnership with Belle Vernon Area Schoo...
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By Mon Valley Independent 
October 1, 2019
By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com A Donora man is being held in the Washington County jail without bond, wanted on multiple charges in two states, including homicide and attempted homicide. Bria...
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By Mon Valley Independent 
October 1, 2019
By Eric Seiverling eseiverling@yourmvi.com Residents of Jefferson Hills and Pleasant Hills are invited to attend state Rep. Bill Kortz’s Senior Health and Wellness Fair from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Oct. 10 ...
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By Mon Valley Independent 
October 1, 2019
By EMILY BENNETT DILULLO ebennett@yourmvi.com After nine years of application efforts, Rostraver Central Fire Department was awarded a grant worth almost half-million dollars to go toward acquiring a ...
McKeesport celebrates latest Habitat project
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By Mon Valley Independent 
September 30, 2019
By EMILY BENNETT  DILULLO ebennett@yourmvi.com A rainy morning didn’t affect enthusiasm from speakers and attendees during the Habitat for Humanity wall-raising event Monday morning in McKeesport.   A...
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By Mon Valley Independent 
September 30, 2019
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Discussion about illness and injury surrounding vaping and the use of electronic cigarettes has been dominating news headlines and social media feeds over the past mon...
Blue Ribbon honor for EF school
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By Mon Valley Independent 
September 30, 2019
By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com A school in the Elizabeth Forward School District has received the nation’s top honor in education. Central Elementary School has been designated a 2019 Blue Ri...
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By Mon Valley Independent 
September 30, 2019
By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com A new resource has officially opened at the Donora Public Library — just in time for Health Literacy Month. Library Director Mark Boyer said the Donora Consumer Heal...
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By Mon Valley Independent 
September 30, 2019
By KRISTIE LINDEN   klinden@yourmvi.com In a time when many children in the Mon Valley face the prospect of heading to school each morning without clean clothing — or maybe they lack the personal hygi...
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By Mon Valley Independent 
September 30, 2019
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com The 2019 general election is a little more than a month away, and Allegheny County’s Elections Bureau is calling on residents to serve as election officers at the poll...
First Mon Valley Arts Fest draws big crowd
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By Mon Valley Independent 
September 29, 2019
By Eric Seiverling eseiverling@yourmvi.com Overcast skies didn’t deter supporters of the arts Sunday as they descended upon Community College of Allegheny County’s South Campus in West Mifflin to part...
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By Mon Valley Independent 
September 29, 2019
By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com Some students in the Elizabeth Forward School District are opting to start their day destressing — taking a class in mindfulness as their physical education ele...
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By Mon Valley Independent 
September 29, 2019
By EMILY BENNETT DILULLO ebennett@yourmvi.com Smithton’s Community Day event has been a neighborhood staple for 17 years, but this year’s yard sale and food event will feature two new twists. Beginnin...