New Forward Township supervisor appointed

By TAYLOR BROWN, Senior Reporter

The vacancy board approved Amy Cline in a 2-1 vote.

Amy Cline has a new hat to wear in Forward Township — that of a township supervisor.

On Monday, Cline was selected over seven other interested residents in a 2-1 vote by the vacancy board to fill the term of former supervisor Dave Magiske, who resigned due to health reasons.

The vacancy board met ahead of Monday’s meeting to bring an end to an ongoing saga that began in November when Magiske first tried to resign. His term will expire Dec. 31....

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April 19, 2025

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April 19, 2025

We’ll have photos from Easter egg hunts around the Valley in Monday’s electronic edition.

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Opening-day celebration set at Boston ballfield

By SARAH PELLIS spellis@yourmvi.com

April 19, 2025

Activities will begin at 9 a.m. today with celebrity guests and free food. Today marks opening day for the new Boston ballfield in Elizabeth Township, as ballplayers and guests will be able to enjoy t...

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Egg hunt tradition continues today in memory of Mark Law

By SARAH PELLIS spellis@yourmvi.com

April 19, 2025

Vickie Law and her late husband hosted the Easter event for more than three decades. An annual family and friends Easter tradition is returning for its 33rd year, but this time things look a little di...

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Police still searching for answers in murder case

By By TOM DAVIDSON TribLive

April 19, 2025

Little information has been released since Jennah Seibert was killed in her Rostraver Township home. A week has passed since Jennah Marie Seibert was found dead in the Rostraver home she shared with h...

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THE AGENDA

April 19, 2025

Meetings in local government next week Every week, the Mon Valley Independent editorial staff will share upcoming government meetings around the Mid-Mon Valley. If there’s an item or other event of pu...

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Rally held against Penn State campus closures

By By KELLEN STEPLER TribLive

April 26, 2025

The message at the New Kensington branch is the decisions are “too fast, too final.” Meredith Carter, a senior at Penn State New Kensington, strongly believes there’s a disconnect between Penn State d...

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CHEMISTRY COMES TO LIFE AT MASD

April 26, 2025

The Applied Chemistry Science Fair held recently in Lynne Lennon’s ninth grade science classes at McKeesport Area High School made science come to life in a real way for her students. Lennon’s classes...

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Is Kilmar Abrego Garcia a criminal? Great question

April 26, 2025

Is Kilmar Abrego Garcia a good person? I don’t know. In 2021 his wife petitioned for, and received, an order of protection against him after she alleged domestic violence; she said last week that thei...

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HIGH SCHOOL ROUNDUP

Vikings hold off Leps

By JEREMY SELLEW

April 26, 2025

Mt. Pleasant used an eight-run third inning to take the lead and held off Belle Vernon, 8-7, in a battle of top Westmoreland County baseball teams. An error and a two-run single got things started as ...