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Donora reopens budget, plans tax increase

DONORA – The long real estate tax freeze is about to come to an end in Donora.A newly seated council has reopened the 2018 budget and plans to adopt a 1.5-mill tax increase to balance the spending plan.“We haven’t raised taxes in 11 years,” borough administrator John Bedner said ...

Feds link Mon Valley men to large-scale cocaine ring

Three Mon Valley men have been linked to what authorities claim was a large-scale cocaine distribution ring that was broken up through a federal investigation in November.Prosecutors last week charged Deaubre Lightfoot of Monessen, and Brandon Thomas and Anthony Davis, both of Donora, with ...

Donora woman wanted in Monessen abuse case

MONESSEN – A Donora woman is wanted by Monessen police on charges she abused a bedridden man who had employed her as his caretaker.District Judge Joseph Dalfonso signed a warrant Tuesday for the arrest of Miriam E. Kinds, 40, of 732 Thompson Ave. on accusations she threatened the man with a ...

State awards grant for Mon Valley trail study

Donora has been awarded a $50,000 state grant to lay the groundwork for the development of a new hiking and biking trail in the Mon Valley, with a loop to Marianna.State Rep. Bud Cook, R-Daisytown, announced the grant Tuesday, saying it would advance plans for the proposed 53-mile Mon Valley ...