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Trees Fall on Willow Lane [Video]

More trees fell Thursday as clear cutting continued in Lower Mac.

More trees fell Thursday as contractors for PPL Corp. removed evergreens in the path of the company's right of way.

Unfortunately, part of the video is obscured by another often-seen visitor to Lower Mac, the tractor trailer.

PPL said the hope is that cutting down the trees will prevent downed wires and loss of power that has plagued the area due to storms which have occurred around Halloween in 2011 and 2012.

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Representatives from the electric utility said during a recent public meeting that clearing the trees is the best it can do to ensure nobody goes without power.

The company also issued a list of approved trees and shrubbery that can replace what it removed.

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