Fish fry season starts at Fallowfield Township VFD

The Fallowfield Township Volunteer Fire Department is holding fish fries every Friday during Lent. From left are Jim Moss, Taryn O’Neil, Katty Carson, Jeff Costantino, Kathy Boyle, Paul Shawley, Bob Carson, Jason Nusida, Joel Bodner, Christian Popelas, Jake Ferry, Phil Lipari and Mark Boyle. Wayne E. Ray / For the Mon Valley Independent

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MONONGAHELA, MCKEESPORT HOST EASTER EGG HUNTS

April 14, 2025

Ashlyn Grados, 2 1/2, of McKeesport plays a game during Saturday’s Easter egg hunt in McKeesport. See more photos from both events on Page A2 and in our online gallery at www. monvalleyindependent. co...

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Arrest made in arson fire at governor’s residence

By TAYLOR BROWN, Senior Reporter

April 14, 2025

Gov. Josh Shapiro and his family were evacuated around 2 a.m. Sunday. Hours after allegedly jumping a fence, breaking into the home of Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro and family and setting it on fire,...

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RAD Staycation program returning this year

By MICHAEL RICHTER, mrichter@yourmvi.com

April 14, 2025

It offers free and discounted tickets to various popular attractions for Allegheny County residents with library cards. The Allegheny Regional Asset District announced the RAD Summer Staycation progra...

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Hunting for eggs in Monongahela, McKeesport

April 14, 2025

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Term limits return power to people

April 14, 2025

AMERICAN GOVERNMENT is representative. We pull from our neighbors to find the people who should lead us. But we don’t put those people in place forever. Or at least, we don’t plan on it. Frequently, h...

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History lends context to contemporary conflicts

April 14, 2025

It’s the middle of April in twenty-five, and hardly a man or woman is now alive who knows by heart the opening of the Henry Wadsworth Longfellow poem that once was memorized by generations of American...