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March 3, 2019
By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com This weekend, Ringgold High School will present “Once on this Island,” a wild ride through a peasant girl’s life on an island, guided by four gods and her love fo...
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March 3, 2019
By Taylor Brown tbrown@yourmvi.com California Area High School will take audience members on an adventure of gigantic proportions when it debuts “James and The Giant Peach” at 7 p.m. Friday.   Directe...
Two jailed in Monessen drug bust
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By Mon Valley Independent 
March 1, 2019
By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Early Friday morning Monessen police arrested an alleged mid-level drug dealer and recovered three stolen handguns and six bricks of heroin in the process. Accord...
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March 1, 2019
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Monessen Councilman Anthony Orzechowski and Solicitor Joseph R. Dalfonso rebuked Mayor Matt Shorraw on Friday for a letter he sent to various area newspapers that they...
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March 1, 2019
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com U.S. Steel announced Friday that it will appeal an enforcement order issued this week against the company’s Mon Valley Works facilities by the Allegheny County Health ...
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March 1, 2019
By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Donora Historical Society is gearing up for its third annual Eldora Park Walking Tour later this month. Eldora Park was a trolley park that sat a little bit off o...
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March 1, 2019
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Boston Hollow Road, a portion of state Route 48 in Elizabeth Township, and Bunola River Road in Forward Township are open once again. State Rep. Mike Puskaric, R-Eliza...
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March 1, 2019
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com The Allegheny County Sheriff’s Office this week added the name of a wanted McKeesport man to its Firearms Violation Fugitives web page. Updated on a weekly basis, the ...
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February 28, 2019
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Monessen’s mayor or any member of council will risk a fine if they miss any more regular or special council meetings. Council members Anthony Orzechowski, Dave Feehan ...
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February 28, 2019
By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com The Allegheny County Health Department has issued an enforcement order against U.S. Steel’s Mon Valley Works facilities for continued permit violations involving dai...
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February 28, 2019
By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Mon Valley residents living in Allegheny County will no longer have to drive to Pittsburgh to appeal assessments on their real estate values. Forward Township Superv...
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February 28, 2019
By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Fallowfield Township supervisors decided how to move forward with repairs of the municipal garage that was damaged by a fire in November. Although the fire was ex...
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February 28, 2019
By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com The Washington County Tourism Promotion Agency is looking for a child to star in the agency’s 2019 advertising campaign.   To qualify, a registrant must be a female ...
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February 28, 2019
By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Restoration efforts are still continuing for local power companies.   Some Mon Valley residents remain in the dark after five days, as electric companies continue to...
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February 28, 2019
By Paul Peirce A 45-year-old Rostraver man was accused this week of submitting an altered urine sample to the Westmoreland County Probation office after a probation officer noticed a white tube protru...
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February 28, 2019
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com South Allegheny school board this month unanimously voted to move ahead with “realignment of the current state of the school district.” On Tuesday night, Superintenden...
White Oak readers benefit from Eagle Scout project
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By Stacy Wolford 
February 28, 2019
By JIM BUSCH For the Mon Valley Independent White Oak residents may have noticed the colorful boxes that have been popping up around the borough. These boxes, which look like large birdhouses, are par...
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February 28, 2019
By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com The building at 211 W. Main St. in Monongahela, despite some bumps in the road, will still be renovated – just not by the Monongahela Area Chamber of Commerce. Chamb...
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February 28, 2019
By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com The Greater Rostraver Chamber of Commerce is continuing an educational effort in the Mon Valley. On Wednesday, the chamber hosted the third annual educational confer...
Family believes dog was murdered
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February 26, 2019
By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com A Washington Township family is mourning the tragic loss of a four-legged family member. Paul Zuro said his dog Otto, a 3-year old German shepherd, was violently kil...