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By JEFF STITT [email protected] Washington Township supervisors heard from a handful of residents Wednesday who question whether a neighbor is using his property as a shooting range, and who said they are fed up with […]

By JEFF OLIVER For the MVI Larry Price’s All-Class Reunions for Donora, Monongahela, Mon Valley Catholic and Ringgold have grown substantially in popularity and size over the years. To read the rest of the story, […]

Mike David of Pittsburgh fishes from the boat dock at Memorial Park in Monessen. 

By Max Robinette [email protected] Leaders from Monessen attended economic workshops in Pittsburgh Tuesday, meeting with community revitalization experts from Carnegie Mellon University’s Remaking Cities Institute, the Allegheny Conference on Community Development (ACCD) and the East […]

By John Rectenwald [email protected] The Elizabeth Township Board of Commissioners is eager to resolve a long-standing Jacktown Bridge situation.  To read the rest of the story, please see a copy of Wednesday’s Mon Valley Independent, […]

By JEFF STITT [email protected] On Friday, folks from around the Mon Valley and beyond will gather in Monessen to celebrate the food, music, culture and beliefs of the Greek Orthodox Christian faith. To read the […]

Paisley Kovalchuk, 8, of Charleroi practices cartwheels Monday evening in the grass near Charleroi Elementary Center.

By KRISTIE LINDEN [email protected] Monessen City School District’s former superintendent was on paid administrative leave prior to her retirement July 1, according to a separation agreement that took the place of “uncertain termination hearings (and) […]

By John Rectenwald [email protected] Three new trusted servants were sworn into duty and one official was rebuked by residents Monday in a dynamic Elizabeth Township board of commissioners meeting.  Magisterial District Judge Beth Scagline Mills swore […]

By JEFF STITT [email protected] Forward Township supervisors said at Monday’s meeting that the township office has been hit with lots of Pennsylvania Right-to-Know Law requests. To read the rest of the story, please see a […]