PennDOT has plan for Route 906
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By Mon Valley Independent 
February 4, 2020
By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com After nearly two years, there may be an end in sight for the closure of Route 906 between Fayette City and lower Belle Vernon. On Monday, officials from PennDOT Dist...
MVI files Sunshine Act suit against Shorraw
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By Mon Valley Independent 
February 4, 2020
By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com The Mon Valley Independent and a city resident have jointly filed a third lawsuit claiming Mayor Matt Shorraw violated the Sunshine Act during his first meeting b...
Monessen appointee intends to keep Sewage Authority seat
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By Mon Valley Independent 
February 4, 2020
By EMILY BENNETT DILULLO ebennett@yourmvi.com An attempt to unseat a board member of the Mon Valley Sewage Authority Board has been paused due to unanswered questions of legality.   Brooke Farmer said...
Man hurt as car hits garage in Charleroi
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By Mon Valley Independent 
February 4, 2020
By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com One person was flown to a Pittsburgh area hospital with a compound fracture of his leg after a car went out of control in Charleroi Monday night and drove throu...
9-year-old uses birthday to help animals
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By Mon Valley Independent 
February 4, 2020
By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com A Brownsville girl recently used her birthday to generate needed items for homeless animals at an area shelter. Lila Mitchell, who turned 9 on Jan. 27, asked party g...
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February 4, 2020
By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com Elizabeth Township is taking steps to tackle blight, including looking for ways to reduce demolition costs. Commissioner Andrew Kuzma said the code enforcement ...
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February 4, 2020
By ERIC SEIVERLING eseiverling@yourmvi.com Community College of Allegheny County is doing its part to halt the declining number of volunteer firefighters in Pennsylvania. But is anyone noticing? The s...
Frosty Frolic lives up to name
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By Mon Valley Independent 
February 2, 2020
By Matt Petras For the MV Independent On a 31-degree afternoon Saturday, Cal U football player Aaron Carr waited to jump into 41-degree water at the Frosty Frolic.   “I’m more nervous for this than a ...
Madonna Regional elementary students creating mural
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By Mon Valley Independent 
February 2, 2020
By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com Elementary students at Madonna Catholic Regional School are getting an opportunity usually reserved for older students — they are working with an artist in resi...
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By Mon Valley Independent 
February 2, 2020
By EMILY BENNETT DILULLO ebennett@yourmvi.com Children spend a lot of time with their heads in the clouds, and thanks to a visit from the Spectroscopy Society of Pittsburgh, Rostraver Elementary stude...
Pleasant Hills fireman honored for 50 years with the department
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By Mon Valley Independent 
February 2, 2020
By ERIC SEIVERLING eseiverling@yourmvi.com For Pleasant Hills resident and Pleasant Hills Volunteer Fire Company Lt. Tom Bonura, fighting fires isn’t just a job. Fire prevention is a way of life that ...
Area educators nominated for awards
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By Mon Valley Independent 
February 2, 2020
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com The Pittsburgh-based Education Partnership is slated to announce the winners of its Teppie Awards this weekend, and some of the educators nominated work in Mon Valley ...
Learning through Operation
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By Mon Valley Independent 
February 1, 2020
By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com It’s not just fun and games when students at Mt. Vernon Elementary School in Elizabeth Township play the classic electronic game Operation. In fact, playing was...
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February 1, 2020
By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Jury selection begins Monday in the trial of two members of the Pagan Motorcycle Club accused of attempted homicide in the beating of a former Pagan last spring. ...
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February 1, 2020
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Although an official date has not been announced, State Sen. Jim Brewster announced Friday that one lane of Bunola River Road in Forward Township will reopen “once a n...
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By Mon Valley Independent 
February 1, 2020
By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Two juveniles accused of robbing and beating a Monongahela man with a baseball bat will stand trial. Christopher Urista, 16, of Washington and Jamie Watkins, 15, ...
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February 1, 2020
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com A police chase that began in McKeesport following two alleged armed robberies in the area ended with a crash on Route 48 in Monroeville and two men and a juvenile goin...
World War II memories in Donora
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By Mon Valley Independent 
January 31, 2020
By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com A touch of history landed in Donora Thursday morning when the Heinz History Center’s “We Can Do It! WWII” traveling exhibit arrived. Visitors will have a chance t...
Five-Town consolidation gets support
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By Mon Valley Independent 
January 31, 2020
By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com As promised in November, Roscoe Mayor Tom Wilkinson brought together legislators and organizations that could make consolidation — or a merger — of the Five-Town Reg...
Refusal of TAN note for Monessen explained
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By Mon Valley Independent 
January 31, 2020
By EMILY BENNETT DILULLO ebennett@yourmvi.com Financial discrepancies led to Monessen being denied a tax anticipation note earlier this month, City Administrator John Harhai explained at Wednesday’s c...