Impeachment process includes area lawmaker
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By Mon Valley Independent 
December 6, 2019
By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com A local lawmaker has a front row seat in the impeachment proceedings against President Donald Trump as a member of the House Judiciary Committee.   U.S. Rep. Gu...
Toy drive brings holiday joy
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By Mon Valley Independent 
December 6, 2019
By EMILY BENNETT DILULLO ebennett@yourmvi.com If there’s a group that knows how to share the joy of Christmas with local children, it’s the Mon Valley Leathernecks. Despite their tough name, these mem...
Holiday atmosphere at Festival of Trees
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By Mon Valley Independent 
December 6, 2019
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Although there’s no snow on the ground, McKeesport’s Renziehausen Park feels like a winter wonderland this week.   That’s because the city’s 34th annual Festival of Tr...
Party celebrates grandparents who are raising minor children
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By Mon Valley Independent 
December 6, 2019
By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Grandparenting can be difficult, especially around the holidays.   To show support for grandparents who are caring full-time for their grandchildren, Southwestern Pe...
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December 6, 2019
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Superintendents from 19 “urban school districts” across the state held press conferences Thursday to call for an end to the current cyber-charter/charter school fundin...
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December 6, 2019
By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Donora council discussed the 2020 preliminary budget Thursday as some members disagreed loudly and frequently, or occasionally insulted each other throughout. Bor...
Howard Hanna Simon Chow Chow tradition continues
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By Stacy Wolford 
December 5, 2019
By the MVI The annual Chow Chow Luncheon at Howard Hanna Simon Real Estate Services in Rostraver Township has come a long way since it began 21 years ago. The tradition, which attracts more than 200 p...
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By Stacy Wolford 
December 4, 2019
By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com A proposed 2020 budget is still in the works in Charleroi. Council members discussed the proposed spending plan during an agenda meeting Wednesday. As is, the $2.6 m...
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By Stacy Wolford 
December 4, 2019
By Eric Seiverling eseiverling@yourmvi.com Jefferson Hills borough council was preparing to see three new faces as a result of the Nov. 5 general election, with newcomers Karen Bucy, Keith Reynolds an...
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By Stacy Wolford 
December 4, 2019
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com McKeesport residents will see a property tax increase in 2020. In a 6-1 vote at Wednesday’s meeting, council passed the 2020 budget, which is balanced at $22,675,901. ...
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By Stacy Wolford 
December 4, 2019
By EMILY BENNETT DILULLO ebennett@yourmvi.com Resistance from a resident and failure to make motions from the Rostraver Board of Commissioners resulted in the rejection of the transfer of two separate...
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By Stacy Wolford 
December 4, 2019
By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com Two new board members and three incumbents were sworn into office Wednesday at the start of the Elizabeth Forward School Board meeting. Magisterial District Jud...
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By Stacy Wolford 
December 4, 2019
By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Ringgold School Board welcomed in a new member and appointed a former member to fill an empty seat during its meeting Wednesday. Harley Bobnar, who was elected to...
Tree flocking a lost art — except in Monessen
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By Mon Valley Independent 
December 4, 2019
By EMILY BENNETT DILULLO ebennett@yourmvi.com Everyone dreams of a white Christmas, but plenty of holidays go by without a speckle of snow to be seen. While the ushering in of the Christmas and holida...
Festival of Trees ready to shine in McKeesport
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By Mon Valley Independent 
December 4, 2019
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Community service organization volunteers, church parishioners, elected officials, students and business leaders from across the Mon Valley have been busy in recent da...
Charleroi, Monessen school boards reorganize
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By Mon Valley Independent 
December 3, 2019
By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com The Charleroi Area School Board will look very similar heading into 2020. The board reappointed its directors to the same positions during a reorganization meeting T...
Versailles won’t include tax increase in 2020 budget
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By Mon Valley Independent 
December 3, 2019
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Property owners in Versailles don’t need to worry about a municipal property tax increase in 2020, according to council President Lisa Fleckenstein. Although council d...
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By Mon Valley Independent 
December 3, 2019
By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com The lawyer for a Monongahela man who was granted a new trial two years ago that vacated his rape and torture conviction asked a judge this week to dismiss all cha...
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By Mon Valley Independent 
December 3, 2019
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Like many other districts in the Mon Valley, South Allegheny has announced it will participate in the Flexible Instruction Day program offered by the state Department ...
South Allegheny welcomes new board members
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By Stacy Wolford 
December 2, 2019
By BETH HOPE-CUSHEY For the MVI Two new South Allegheny School District board members and three current board members were sworn into office Monday night by Magisterial District Judge Armand Martin of...