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By Mon Valley Independent 
May 17, 2020
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Two state lawmakers, including one from the Mon Valley, plan to introduce legislation that would offer health care workers and first responders working on the front li...
Ready, set, shop
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By Mon Valley Independent 
May 15, 2020
By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com The Mon Valley was open for business Friday after a long period of COVID-19 lockdown. Tara Bottino, who owns Just 4 You Gift Shop in Monongahela, said she had a f...
Hundreds line streets to honor Brewster-Filotei
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By Mon Valley Independent 
May 15, 2020
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Hundreds of mourners lined the streets of McKeesport in three locations Friday to bid farewell to a beloved teacher and McKeesport councilwoman. Jamie Brewster-Filotei...
Gardner resigns in Charleroi
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By Mon Valley Independent 
May 15, 2020
By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com A Charleroi Regional police officer under investigation for drug-related crimes has resigned from his position as K-9 officer. William M. Gardner, 39, is charged wit...
Area pools, water parks aren’t certain to open
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By Mon Valley Independent 
May 15, 2020
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Jim and Connie Rach are unsure if they’ll be able to open the Pine Cove Beach Club pool in Charleroi this year, but they’re positive it won’t happen by Memorial Day. “...
Charleroi seniors help the community
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By Mon Valley Independent 
May 15, 2020
By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com The Charleroi Area High School Class of 2020 Executive Committee will be remembered as selfless in the face of adversity. On Friday, the group of nine girls donated ...
Twin Rivers Chamber merging with MVRCC
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By Mon Valley Independent 
May 15, 2020
By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com The Mon Valley Regional Chamber of Commerce “family” is getting bigger.   On Friday, the Twin Rivers Chamber of Commerce, based in Rostraver Township, announced on F...
Police working to figure out cause of Route 51 accident
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By Mon Valley Independent 
May 15, 2020
By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com The Allegheny County Police accident reconstruction team is trying to determine the cause of a head-on collision around 9:15 p.m. Thursday. The crash occurred i...
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By Mon Valley Independent 
May 15, 2020
By ERIC SEIVERLING eseiverling@yourmvi.com A Monessen woman involved in a two-car crash Thursday on Grand Boulevard was pronounced dead two hours after the crash occurred. According to Monessen police...
Valley gets back to work
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By Mon Valley Independent 
May 15, 2020
By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com The counties that envelope the Mon Valley moved into the yellow phase of reopening this morning, nearly two months after COVID-19 mitigation efforts began closing...
Leadership shakeup on Donora council
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By Mon Valley Independent 
May 15, 2020
By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Donora council changed its leadership Thursday and repealed a 40-year-old ordinance that likely would have forced the retirement of police Superintendent Jim Bric...
BVA senior petitions for traditional prom, graduation
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By Mon Valley Independent 
May 15, 2020
By Jose Negron jnegron@yourmvi.com The thought of no prom and a virtual graduation ceremony doesn’t exactly sit well with Belle Vernon Area senior Natalie French. “After our 12 years of hard work and ...
EF estimates $1.2M loss due to pandemic
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By Mon Valley Independent 
May 15, 2020
By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com The COVID-19 pandemic is expected to cost the Elizabeth Forward School District an estimated $1.2 million in lost revenues for the 2020-21 school year. That’s a...
Liquor stores in the area will admit shoppers starting today
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By Mon Valley Independent 
May 14, 2020
By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Mon Valley residents will be able to shop inside certain Wine and Good Spirits locations today. The Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board announced 155 stores in countie...
Two hurt in Monessen crash
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By Mon Valley Independent 
May 14, 2020
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com One of two Monessen women who were involved in a “near head-on” crash on Grand Boulevard Thursday morning was in “very critical condition,” according to Monessen polic...
Beloved retired teacher, McKeesport councilwoman mourned
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By Stacy Wolford 
May 13, 2020
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com A City of McKeesport councilwoman and retired district teacher will be remembered for her dedication to her family and community. Jamie Brewster-Filotei, a McKeesport ...
Let’s go fly a kite
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By Stacy Wolford 
May 13, 2020
Rick Vedder of Donora took his grandsons Luca, 6, and Skyler, 8, to Donora’s Palmer Park to see how high they could fly their kite on a sunny Wednesday afternoon. Jenn Codeluppi / Mon Valley Independe...
Tyrol Boulevard work set for late summer
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By Stacy Wolford 
May 13, 2020
By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com PennDOT will be open bids next month for a contract which includes drainage repairs on Tyrol Boulevard. The work is designed to replace a collapsed and clogged ...
ArcelorMittal issues formal layoff notice
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By Stacy Wolford 
May 13, 2020
By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com ArcelorMittal has submitted its official WARN Act notification to the state regarding layoffs at the coke plant in Monessen. According to the notice submitted t...