Piece of Monessen history discovered in basement

Robbie Graw found this old election billboard for Mayor Hugo Parente hidden in the basement of his Third Street property in Monessen. Parente spent 25 years as the city’s mayor.

By JEFF OLIVER

For the MVI

When Robbie Graw was gutting the vacant property he recently purchased in Monessen, he came upon something odd behind old cabinets in the basement of the dilapidated structure. He had no idea at the time he stumbled upon a piece of the city’s rich history.

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