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By TAYLOR BROWN [email protected] Coen Market will soon construct a new location in Carroll Township — despite pushback from some residents. Township supervisors approved two ordinances Tuesday that give the company the green light to move […]

By Max Robinette [email protected] Donora hired a new bookkeeper and a new borough administrator over the weekend. The hires come after a recent mass walkout of administrative staff members. Former borough administrator Terri Petroske helped with […]

By John Rectenwald [email protected] A retired parole officer’s mission to turn the rectory of the former St. Paulinus Catholic Church of Clairton into a recovery home for veterans with substance abuse issues may have turned […]

By JEFF STITT [email protected] The City of McKeesport has issued a notice to residents, especially those living along Versailles Avenue, that film crews will be in town for the next couple of days. To read […]

By Max Robinette [email protected] Fill up on Italian sausage and lemonade, cut a rug and watch fireworks — it’s summer in Western Pennsylvania. Hundreds gathered to watch The Vogues perform Monday at the Lions Club Bandshell […]

Andrew Talaga, 8, and his sister Charlotte, 6, of Monongahela play the duck pond game while waiting for fireworks to begin Monday in Monongahela. 

By JEFF STITT [email protected] The McKeesport Police Department’s K-9 unit is once again four furry officers strong. After 13 years of loyally serving the city, K-9 Yaro was retired in late May. To read the rest […]

By Joseph Augustine For the Mon Valley Independent Established as a congregation about a month after George Washington left the presidency, Little Redstone Presbyterian Church will celebrate its 225th anniversary July 16. To read the […]

The studio-e band performs Sunday at the Noble J. Dick Aquatorium in Monongahela.

By TAYLOR BROWN [email protected] Fallowfield Township will soon begin its second paving project this year. At a recent meeting, supervisors unanimously approved the paving, awarding the bid to Tresco Paving Corp. for $180,211. To read the […]