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Cleveland

American Red Cross blood drives set through Saturday: Kinsman Presbyterian Church, 6383 Church St., Kinsman, 1:30 to 7 p.m. Monday; Austintown Red Cross Donation Center, 57 Westchester Drive, Austintown, noon to 7 p.m. Tuesday; Free Methodist Community Church, 9900 Youngstown Pittsburgh Road, New Middletown, 1 to 6:30 p.m. Friday.

Boil alert lifted

YOUNGSTOWN

The city water department has lifted the boil- water alert for its customers south of Canfield Road and Indianola Avenue. The alert was lifted late Saturday morning after lab tests showed the water is safe to drink. The alert for parts of the South Side of Youngstown and Boardman was triggered by a large waterline failure Thursday on Canfield Road near St. Christine Church, which caused low water pressure. During the alert, the water and health departments urged those customers to boil all water they intended to use for cooking and drinking for one minute. Restaurants served bottled water.

The Ohio Environmental Protection Agency recommends that water-system operators issue boil alerts whenever such failures cause water pressure to drop.

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