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A crew from Mayo Striping uses a stencil to paint a shamrock on Main Street in Pittston in preparation for the St. Patrick’s Parade to be held Saturday, March 7.

Bright green paint marks the parade route on Main Street in Pittston in preparation for the St. Patrick’s Parade to be held Saturday, March 7.

Bright green paint is used on Main Street in Pittston in preparation for the St. Patrick’s Parade to be held Saturday, March 7.

A worker from Mayo Striping paints a shamrock on Main Street in Pittston in preparation for the St. Patrick’s Parade to be held Saturday, March 7.

PITTSTON — A crew from Mayo Striping got to work on Saturday, Feb. 28 turning Pittston green. The workers lined the parade route in bright green paint, and turned the red tomato on Main Street into a green shamrock. The city’s St. Patrick’s Parade starts at noon on Saturday, March 7 in downtown Pittston.