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The Unity Township Municipal Authority continues to dive deeper into the idea of solar power at one of its facilities.

Operations Manager Douglas Pike reported to the board Wednesday that the authority is slowly progressing on the review of an agreement with a solar power company and hopes to be completing that soon.

Amy Fauth can be reached at afauth@latrobebulletinnews.com or 724-537-3351 Ext. 29.

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