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By TAYLOR BROWN [email protected] Charleroi Council will consider adopting a new code violation ticketing system in homes of bringing more violators into compliance.  To read the rest of the story, please see a copy of […]

By John Rectenwald [email protected] Guttman Energy donated 210 pairs of shoes to Marion Elementary School’s Kindness Closet last week.  To read the rest of the story, please see a copy of Saturday’s Mon Valley Independent, […]

By TAYLOR BROWN [email protected] A well-known Mon Valley family now has a second building bearing its name. The Lee Supply Company Child Learning Center, formerly a wing of the Mon Valley YMCA, was dedicated last week.  […]

Bentworth salutatorian Nina Thompson bites her medal Thursday evening as she walks out of commencement holding her diploma. 

By TAYLOR BROWN [email protected] One of the Mon Valley’s biggest — and most humble — champions has passed away. Longtime state Rep. Peter John Daley II died Wednesday at age 71, his family announced.

By Max Robinette [email protected] Donora council discussed pest control, filling borough vacancies, blighted building demolition, property sales, a new civil service ordinance and allocating American Rescue Plan funds at Thursday’s work session. To read the […]

By Jeff Stitt [email protected] McKeesport has long been considered a melting pot of cultures. For generations, Mon Valley residents have been regaled with tales of their ancestors immigrating to the area — in large part from […]

By Jeff Stitt [email protected] Local fire companies and the West Mifflin Community Foundation are using an age-old firefighters’ tradition to engage with the community this weekend. To read the rest of the story, please see […]

              Jenn Codeluppi / Mon Valley Independent Paige Doleno gives Dante Compagni a congratulatory hug as the Ringgold High School graduates get ready for their commencement Wednesday evening. Commencement […]

By Max Robinette [email protected] Ladies of the Grand Army of the Republic, Starkweather Circle No. 173, held its 111th veterans memorial service Wednesday at the Noble J. Dick Aquatorium in Monongahela. The service featured a […]