In South Connellsville Borough in Fayette County, the Christmas lights that run across the street on the main drag of town could soon be taken down.

The announcement went out in a Facebook post on Monday afternoon. After over 60 years, South Connellsville Borough was told that the Christmas lights that have been hung with care from pole to pole over Pittsburgh Street have to come down to make way for new fiber optic cables.

Many community members, like Doug Fisher, took to Facebook to let their displeasure be known.

"It does mean a lot to people," Fisher said. "And I just think it is the same old corporate BS. We are going to come in and do what the hell we want, and you can't stop us."

Omni Fiber is the company with the cable that is looking to run it overhead, but the poles are owned

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