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By Stacy Wolford 
August 22, 2018
By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Mon Valley residents suffering from chronic pain and other ailments will have easy access to natural medical treatment options thanks to a partnership through a cann...
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By Stacy Wolford 
August 22, 2018
By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Elliott Group’s Donora Service Center is preparing to move the largest steam turbine the site has every manufactured with the help of remote control. Friday and S...
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By Mon Valley Independent 
August 22, 2018
By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Despite her years-long battle with the owner of a dilapidated house neighboring her property, Maya Patch said it was still a sad moment to see the home demolished...
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By Mon Valley Independent 
August 22, 2018
By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Many unanswered questions remain for Mon Valley municipalities that have been combating crime using security cameras, and a local technology company is working to as...
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By Mon Valley Independent 
August 22, 2018
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Charleroi Area school board unanimously voted to approve a three-year school resource officer contract for two police officers from the Charleroi Regional Police Depar...
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By Mon Valley Independent 
August 21, 2018
By Jose Negron jnegron@yourmvi.com A total of 2,355 students — an enrollment increase of 62 — in the Elizabeth Forward School District will head back to the classroom Thursday to begin the 2018-19 sch...
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By Mon Valley Independent 
August 21, 2018
By Kaylie Moore kmoore@yourmvi.com Belle Vernon borough council took steps Tuesday to address newly discovered issues with tax documents. Several residents, including borough Councilman Cliff Gorski, ...
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By Mon Valley Independent 
August 21, 2018
By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Five Fallowfield Township residents are interested in filling the vacancy created by the sudden death of Ronald Large last month. Large, 65, was seven months into hi...
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By Mon Valley Independent 
August 21, 2018
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Change has come to Century 21 Frontier Realty, and on Tuesday the staff and owners threw a meet-and-greet party to get to know new staff members and neighbors. Rostrav...
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By Mon Valley Independent 
August 21, 2018
By Bob Pajich Glassport Borough councilman Angelo Norelli began his report on delinquent tax collections by asking, “Can I get a drumroll?” His good news was that more back taxes have been collected s...
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By Mon Valley Independent 
August 21, 2018
SEVERAL AREA SCHOOLS are about to reopen, and all will be in session by the end of the month. That means much more activity in the mornings as thousands of children around the Valley head off to schoo...
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By Mon Valley Independent 
August 21, 2018
By Kaylie Moore kmoore@yourmvi.com Patients at a troubled Donora personal care home were forced to begin evacuating Saturday. Last month, the Pennsylvania Department of Human Services issued multiple ...
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By Mon Valley Independent 
August 21, 2018
By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Monessen officials have failed to comply with a request made by the Pennsylvania Department of the Auditor General regarding the city’s new pension fund manager, and...
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By Mon Valley Independent 
August 21, 2018
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Parents in the McKeesport Area School District will be spend tomorrow morning waking their kids up, helping them load their backpacks and begging them not to miss thei...
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By Mon Valley Independent 
August 21, 2018
By Kaylie Moore kmoore@yourmvi.com A West Newton man is accused of causing an accident that resulted in the amputation of his girlfriend’s arm. State police at the Uniontown barracks on Saturday charg...
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By Mon Valley Independent 
August 21, 2018
By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com For the third time, the starting date of construction scheduled on a bridge connecting Speers and Charleroi has been postponed. Construction on the Route 88 bridge o...
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By Mon Valley Independent 
August 21, 2018
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com The City of McKeesport was among nine Allegheny County-based municipalities, organizations or programs that made presentations Monday to the Regional Asset District bo...
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By Mon Valley Independent 
August 21, 2018
By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com A Charleroi man accused last week of accepting payment for carpet installation services that he never performed faces new accusations. Last week, Charles D. Sleit...
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By Mon Valley Independent 
August 21, 2018
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com White Oak Council held a lengthy public hearing prior to Monday’s council meeting to consider adding six homes to this year’s demolition list. The homes are located at...
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By Mon Valley Independent 
August 20, 2018
Pennsylvania is near the top of another list that it would rather not be on. A recent report from the financial website 24/7 Wall Street with the provocative title of “States That Are Falling Apart” r...