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By Stacy Wolford 
September 12, 2018
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Walking down the basement steps of homes in Smithdale, Boston, Buena Vista or Industry in Elizabeth Township on Wednesday could be described as sad, but residents in t...
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By Stacy Wolford 
September 12, 2018
By Kaylie Moore kmoore@yourmvi.com Our Communities of Elizabeth Pa. returned from its summer break on a high note Wednesday. Local business owner Norm Candelore said Our Communities was founded for re...
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By Stacy Wolford 
September 12, 2018
By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Charleroi resident and former Mayor Nancy Ellis is heading back to “jail” for a good cause. To benefit the Charleroi Regional Police Department and the K-9 unit, a T...
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By Stacy Wolford 
September 12, 2018
By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Monongahela council decided not to support the city’s Main Street Program’s attempts to secure a grant that would fund investors looking to occupy downtown buildi...
Area recovers from whale of a flood
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By Mon Valley Independent 
September 11, 2018
By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com A video taken by a Buena Vista resident of a firefighter riding an inflatable whale through floodwaters on Monday has become an internet sensation. Hundreds of thous...
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By Mon Valley Independent 
September 11, 2018
By Kaylie Moore kmoore@yourmvi.com Monessen School District has completed a corrective action plan in response to state Auditor General Eugene DePasquale’s recent performance audit. In a statement rel...
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By Mon Valley Independent 
September 11, 2018
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Charleroi is known around the world for its history of making Pyrex glass products. So much so, that in 2015 the borough changed its name for one day to celebrate its ...
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By Mon Valley Independent 
September 11, 2018
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com The McKeesport K-9 Unit is a tight-knit bunch, and when one of their own is suffering the whole unit bands together in support, according to Officer Nick Matthews. On ...
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By Mon Valley Independent 
September 11, 2018
By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Monongahela council will consider lending its support to the city’s Main Street Program tonight as it applies for grant funding for a project that could attract i...
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By Mon Valley Independent 
September 11, 2018
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Several first responders from the Mid-Mon Valley were given certificates and statues of appreciation during Belle Vernon’s First Responder Appreciation Dinner on Tuesd...
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By Mon Valley Independent 
September 11, 2018
By Matt Petras For the MV Independent Kenneth Serfass, 52, has an uncommon full-time job. He travels portraying President Ulysses S. Grant, doing it all on his own without an agent. “I use a lot of th...
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By Mon Valley Independent 
September 11, 2018
RESIDENTS IN THE REGION are suffering through another round of flooding, something that has been going on as long as people have inhabited the areas along the Monongahela and Youghiogheny rivers and t...
Valley overwhelmed by water
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By Mon Valley Independent 
September 10, 2018
By Kaylie Moore kmoore@yourmvi.com On the heels of Tropical Storm Gordon, heavy rains and widespread flooding devastated parts of the Mid-Mon Valley Monday. After issuing a hazardous weather warning t...
Donora family sees return of sewage nightmare
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By Mon Valley Independent 
September 10, 2018
By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Just when Ruth Koontz thought it was safe to store her belongings in her basement again, the latest in a string of “100-year storms” hit the Mid-Mon Valley. Nearl...
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By Mon Valley Independent 
September 10, 2018
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com White Oak council received an update Monday on the status of flooding and a sewage-related problem that has been plaguing the borough since Sunday evening. Borough man...
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By Mon Valley Independent 
September 10, 2018
By Jose Negron jnegron@yourmvi.com Several Forward Township residents want to see members of the Elizabeth Forward football team standing on the sidelines for the national anthem. The team stayed in t...
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By Mon Valley Independent 
September 10, 2018
By Kaylie Moore kmoore@yourmvi.com Life’s Work of Western Pennsylvania employees are giving back to their community through a partnership with the Monessen Military Banner Tribute program. Located on ...
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By Mon Valley Independent 
September 10, 2018
TODAY IS SEPT. 11 Twenty years ago, that statement would probably have elicited a “So what?” comment from every American — unless of course if happened to be a birthday or anniversary. To read the res...
Valley spared worst of flooding
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By Mon Valley Independent 
September 10, 2018
By Kaylie Moore kmoore@yourmvi.com Remnants of Tropical Storm Gordon sparked flood warnings for parts of the Mid-Mon Valley throughout the weekend. The National Weather Service issued a series of aler...
Going gaga over goats
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By Mon Valley Independent 
September 10, 2018
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com A herd of goats named after pop music star Lady Gaga and her songs — including one called “Baaad Romance” — have taken over a hillside on the McKeesport-based Penn Sta...