Monessen mayor rebuked after being absent from meetings for nearly a year

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MONESSEN, Pa. — The Monessen City Council has rebuked its mayor.

Mayor Matt Shorraw and Councilman Gilbert Coles haven't attended council meetings in nearly a year.

Councilman Anthony Orzechowski, who serves as the deputy mayor, has assumed the role of acting mayor until Shorraw beings to attend meetings again.

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"At no time was the mayor, dismissed, removed or anything like that. It was just that type of resolution that you are not here. You are absent," Orzechowski said.