Monongahela Area Historical  Society buys Longwell House
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By Stacy Wolford 
May 30, 2019
By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com About 15 members of the Monongahela Area Historical Society gathered under the cover of the gazebo in Chess Park Wednesday evening for an announcement worth dodgi...
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By Stacy Wolford 
May 30, 2019
By Kaylie Moore kmoore@yourmvi.com A large Memorial Day house party allegedly involving underage drinking is being investigated by Rostraver Township police. Lt. John Christner said there will be “a l...
New Valley bus route celebrated
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By Stacy Wolford 
May 30, 2019
By Kaylie Moore kmoore@yourmvi.com Washington County Transportation Authority celebrated its new Mon Valley bus route with a commencement ceremony Wednesday. The daily route, which began running April...
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By Stacy Wolford 
May 30, 2019
By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Elizabeth Forward school directors voted unanimously Wednesday to adopt a $44.4 million general fund budget for the 2019-2020 school year. The spending plan, an incr...
Local World War II medic honored
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By Mon Valley Independent 
May 29, 2019
By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com World War II “giant” Staff Sgt. Felix J. Lisovich received a long overdue honor Tuesday morning. Sitting in the first row of a meeting area inside the American Legio...
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By Mon Valley Independent 
May 29, 2019
By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Organizers hope to make history when the City of Monongahela celebrates its 250th anniversary in August. An official Guinness World Records judge will visit Monon...
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By Mon Valley Independent 
May 29, 2019
By NATASHA LINDSTROM The state Supreme Court on Tuesday sent Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro’s legal push against UPMC back to a lower court to determine whether the looming split of health...
EF musical wins big at Gene Kelly Awards
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By Mon Valley Independent 
May 29, 2019
By Kaylie Moore kmoore@yourmvi.com In a field overrun with duplicate musical productions, Elizabeth Forward High School’s “Mamma Mia!” came out on top at this year’s Gene Kelly Awards.   Modeled after...
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May 29, 2019
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com The Allegheny County Sheriff’s Office has added yet another area man to the list of alleged fugitives deemed “high priority” by the county court’s family division. She...
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May 29, 2019
By Kaylie Moore kmoore@yourmvi.com Elizabeth Borough’s plans to turn Plum Street into a temporary town square this summer are full speed ahead.   Last month, council unanimously approved closing the r...
White Oak Vet Center reaches out with barbecue
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By Mon Valley Independent 
May 27, 2019
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com The White Oak Vet Center parking lot was a sea of barbecue sauce-covered faces over Memorial Day weekend. In memory of America’s heroes, the center, which is part of t...
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May 27, 2019
By Kaylie Moore kmoore@yourmvi.com Rostraver Food Pantry recently held its first distribution day under new leadership.   Following the retirement of former coordinators Rev. Suzanne and Richard Curry...
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May 27, 2019
By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Main Street in Monongahela is getting a facelift, bit by bit, thanks to a grant program that offers building owners a chance to restore a structure’s facade with ...
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May 27, 2019
By JIM BUSCH For the MV Independent Cars ranging from a 1912 Ford Model T pick-up truck to a state-of-the-art Tesla sedan filled the parking lot of White Oak Municipal Park as part of the fourth annua...
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May 24, 2019
By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com A McKeesport senior has been identified as the victim of a fatal shooting early Friday morning in Pittsburgh’s South Side Flats neighborhood.   According to the Alle...
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May 24, 2019
By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com The founder of a nonprofit cat rescue in Charleroi is accused of animal cruelty. Lori Kendall, 64, and her husband, Donald Caldwell, 64, both of Eighth Street, are e...
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May 24, 2019
By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Dr. Karen Hacker, director of the Allegheny County Health Department, will soon take her talents to Georgia and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.   ...
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May 24, 2019
By Deb Erdley The Westmoreland County Children’s Bureau is making a bid to recruit additional foster families as it marks Foster Care Awareness Month. Officials from the bureau are partnering with the...
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May 24, 2019
By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com The Washington Area Humane Society will re-open today after a precautionary quarantine was issued last week.   On May 17 the humane society announced the temporary c...