If you have to reach the the City of Ephrata by phone in the next few days, be aware the City is upgrading phone systems and telephone service for government offices  in Ephrata will be out of service Friday  from  2 p.m. to 5 p.m.

The outage will only impact calls to Ephrata's city hall, public works, police and fire departments.  911 service will not be effected by the outage.

MACC  Dispatch can be reached at 762-1160 to report non-emergency or utility issues.

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