WQED to highlight Monongahela
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By Mon Valley Independent 
October 4, 2022
By Max Robinette mrobinette@yourmvi.com WQED will feature an hour-long block of stories about Monongahela at 8 p.m. Thursday, including two recent Emmy-winning documentaries about the 1952 Mon City Li...
Apple honors EF schools for technology use
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By Mon Valley Independent 
October 3, 2022
By JOHN RECTENWALD jrectenwald@yourmvi.com There’s big news today out of Cupertino, Calif., for a local school district. Apple, Inc. has recognized Elizabeth Forward as an Apple Distinguished School t...
Fleatique shoppers battle the rain to find bargains
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By Mon Valley Independent 
October 3, 2022
By Max Robinette mrobinette@yourmvi.com Rain, rain didn’t go away Saturday for the Fleatique on the Mon. But even with light foot traffic, many vendors stuck it out through the damp conditions. To rea...
Residents displaced by N. Charleroi fire
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October 3, 2022
By Max Robinette mrobinette@yourmvi.com An apartment building fire on the corner of Lincoln Avenue and Fifth Street in North Charleroi displaced around a dozen people Sunday evening. To read the rest ...
Area towns short on police
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October 1, 2022
By JOHN   RECTENWALD jrectenwald@yourmvi.com In line with nationwide trends, police departments throughout the Mon Valley are facing labor shortages and a struggle to recruit and retain officers.   Pa...
McKeesport’s RAD request advances
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October 1, 2022
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com RAD is planning its spending for next year, and its 2023 preliminary budget was approved Thursday. The board of directors of Allegheny Regional Asset District, known b...
California homecoming
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By Mon Valley Independent 
October 1, 2022
Tanner Pierce and Meghan Hartley are the homecoming king and queen at California Area High School.
Ringgold homecoming
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October 1, 2022
Ringgold High School crowned homecoming queen Martina Stasko and king Zack Alvarez Friday night.  
Serra Catholic homecoming
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October 1, 2022
Tori Tom was Serra Catholic High School’s homecoming queen and Joey DeMoss was homecoming king.
Elizabeth Township: Olympus discusses sound level at latest hearing
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By Mon Valley Independent 
October 1, 2022
By JOHN RECTENWALD jrectenwald@yourmvi.com “We are not predicting 60 decibels at Elizabeth Forward High School; we are predicting 48.5,” sound expert Tage Rosendahl said Thursday night as he testified...
Stan Musial proceeds distributed
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By Mon Valley Independent 
September 30, 2022
Mike Beresh and Ron Janney, above, and the Donora Veterans Council received a donation from the Donora Smog Museum and Historical Society. The society donated $3,700 to local organizations with money ...
McKeesport explosion still under investigation
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September 30, 2022
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Allegheny County’s emergency management chief confirmed this week that an investigation is ongoing into what caused an explosion nearly two months ago at the Common Gr...
Charleroi prepares for police appreciation event
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September 30, 2022
By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com A police appreciation fundraiser will take place Saturday in Charleroi. With several sponsors at various levels, cfsbank was the most recent donor for the event, pre...
Fall’s woodland harvest
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September 30, 2022
By JIM BUSCH For the MVI When the weather starts getting cooler, my thoughts get a little nutty.   As a child, my fall after-school chore was to gather up the nuts that fell in our yard. If I remember...
Umbrella for three
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September 29, 2022
Emilie Pireaux, Bella Carroto and Aralyn Hartley stayed dry Tuesday during a rainy soccer night watching the Charleroi Area boys take on California.    
Mon Valley Alliance marks year of success
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September 29, 2022
By LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com The Mon Valley Alliance held its sixth annual luncheon Wednesday afternoon at the Monongahela Aquatorium to showcase the progress it has made over the past year. In an...
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By Mon Valley Independent 
September 29, 2022
By JOHN RECTENWALD jrectenwald@yourmvi.com Trick-or-treating in Rostraver Township this year has been moved to the evening of Halloween — from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Oct. 31. A Halloween event is scheduled...
Local EMS providers respond to hurricane
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September 29, 2022
By Max Robinette mrobinette@yourmvi.com Local EMS agencies have sent crews to Florida to aid in disaster relief efforts as Hurricane Ian lashes the state’s western coast.   Rostraver West Newton EMS s...