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September 28, 2019
By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com Elizabeth borough is asking state Auditor General Eugene DePasquale to conduct an audit of its police and K-9 funds. The motion requesting the audit was made at...
Gov. Wolf tours historic Monongahela
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By Stacy Wolford 
September 26, 2019
By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com The next time the City of Monongahela submits a grant application to the state, local officials are confident the governor will remember who they are. Gov. Tom ...
Emergency services crew shows breast cancer support
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By Stacy Wolford 
September 26, 2019
By Eric Seiverling eseiverling@yourmvi.com Members of the Rostraver West Newton Emergency Services will have a different look for the month of October. To help bring attention to National Breast Cance...
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By Stacy Wolford 
September 26, 2019
By EMILY BENNETT DILULLO ebennett@yourmvi.com Monessen City council publicly announced the state auditor general has officially closed its case regarding the police and firefighter’s pension fund. Cou...
Roar Store opens at Belle Vernon Area High School
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By Stacy Wolford 
September 26, 2019
By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com The Roar Store will officially open for “business” today at Belle Vernon Area High School. An initiative led by graphics design teacher Matt Horzempa, and nearly 40 ...
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September 26, 2019
By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com The second annual Fall Festival in the Park is happening this weekend in Donora. From 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday, Palmer Park will be filled with all things fun. Spo...
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By Stacy Wolford 
September 26, 2019
State Rep. Mike Puskaric, R-Elizabeth Township, announced last night the Elizabeth Bridge is closed in both directions of Route 51. On his Facebook page, Puskaric stated that during a safety inspectio...
Mon Valley Alliance celebrates progress
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By Stacy Wolford 
September 25, 2019
By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com After what the Mon Valley Alliance is calling a successful year of work in area municipalities, there is more to look forward to heading into 2020: Action. During it...
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By Stacy Wolford 
September 25, 2019
By EMILY BENNETT DILULLO ebennett@yourmvi.com Pennsylvania’s auditor general determined the Monessen police and firefighter pension plans were in complete compliance with recommendations for the depar...
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September 25, 2019
By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com On Wednesday, Gov. Tom Wolf announced his support of legalizing marijuana for recreational use. And, according to Lt. Gov. John Fetterman’s final Cannabis Listening ...
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By Stacy Wolford 
September 25, 2019
By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Earlier this year, the Mon Valley came together to welcome one of its heroes home and this fall residents will have another opportunity to honor Sgt. Vernon Hamil...
DEC makeup specialists add spooky touch to Zombie 5K
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By Mon Valley Independent 
September 24, 2019
By EMILY BENNETT   DILULLO ebennett@yourmvi.com As Halloween creeps around the corner, the Douglas Education Center is dead serious about the upcoming Monessen/Rostraver Rotary Club Zombie 5K. This ma...
Business manager leaving Charleroi
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September 24, 2019
By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com The Charleroi Area School Board business meeting was bittersweet Tuesday night   as the board accepted the resignation of longtime business manager Crystal Clark. Cl...
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September 24, 2019
By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com Elizabeth borough officials are considering options to make Second Street a safer place to live and to shop. Resident Robin Schmidt told borough council Tuesday...
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By Mon Valley Independent 
September 24, 2019
For the MVI Tony Necciai has had many jobs in his life, from working on cars to installing carpeting to being a steelworker and a construction worker. But because of a heart condition, the Monongahela...
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September 24, 2019
By Patrick Varine Michael Godzak joined Rostraver Township Volunteer Fire Department No. 1 (Webster) as a junior member at age 12. For the next 47 years, the Webster native rose through its ranks, ser...
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September 24, 2019
By Madasyn Lee Four students in the Yough School District have been treated for possible impetigo since the beginning of the school year, Superintendent Janet Sardon said Tuesday. “The Yough School Di...
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By Mon Valley Independent 
September 24, 2019
By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com A Monongahela man has pleaded guilty in federal court on a charge of child pornography. According to a release from the Department of Justice, Eric Allard, 48, plead...
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By Mon Valley Independent 
September 24, 2019
By Eric Seiverling eseiverling@yourmvi.com Music students at Jefferson Hills Intermediate School in the West Jefferson Hills School District may soon get relief from the school’s shortage of space. Th...
Crash shears off front of house
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By Mon Valley Independent 
September 24, 2019
By Eric Seiverling eseiverling@yourmvi.com A mother and her son are staying with family members after a dump truck crashed into their Speers house Monday morning, injuring three people and forcing gas...