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September 8, 2007

Local briefs

KINGSTON – UGI Utilities will temporarily interrupt service to about 330 customers in portions of the borough today.

The affected areas include:

• Rutter Avenue from Hoyt Street to Pierce Street

• Wright Avenue from Hoyt Street to Market Street

• Landon Avenue from Hoyt Street to Market Street

• Atherton Avenue from Hoyt Street to Market Street

• Loveland Avenue from Hoyt Street to Market Street

• The north side of Market Street from Goodwin Avenue to Rutter Avenue

The scheduled service interruption will begin at 6 a.m. and is expected to be completed by 9 a.m. The interruption will allow UGI employees to upgrade equipment.

Should weather conditions prevent work completion, UGI will reschedule the service interruption to the same times on Sept. 15.

WILKES-BARRE TWP. –The public is invited to the township fire hall for a picnic lunch to show support for 2 �-year-old Tyler Langan, who is suffering from a rare genetic disease.

The event, “Time 4 Tyler,” will start at noon Sunday.

Langan was recently diagnosed with mucopolysaccharidosis, or MPS. Currently there is no cure for the disease. His family is searching for hope from a specialist at Duke University.

Donations to help offset the family’s financial burden are appreciated.

KINGSTON – Traffic patterns will be altered along the borough’s 150th anniversary parade route on Sunday. The parade begins at 1:30 p.m. at Kings to Corners and proceeds north on Wyoming Avenue, onto Pierce Street, then onto Third Avenue to the Church Street Park.

All intersections and side streets along the parade route will be closed to traffic from 1 p.m. until the conclusion of the parade. After the parade, Third Avenue will be closed throughout the day at Stanley Drive and Church Street will be closed at Nandy Drive until the fireworks end.

Parking for the festival will be on Third Avenue at these locations: Kingston Recreation Center, HKQ Law Offices, First Liberty Bank and Third Avenue Shopping Center.

Handicap parking is available in the Church Street Park lot.

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