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Relationships between the town of Winthrop and its residents whose water pipes are frozen didn’t thaw out much at last week’s Town Council meeting.
Residents and business owners are still frustrated that their water service is disrupted — perhaps until spring. The town’s ability to help them is still limited by a combination of town ordinance, state law, lack of equipment and …
Frozen service lines have left at least a dozen homes and businesses in Winthrop without water since the recent sub-zero temperatures, but there is little the town can do to restore water service before the frozen ground begins to thaw.
That’s cold comfort to residents who …
By Ann McCreary
Both Twisp and Winthrop are disinfecting their municipal water supplies after receiving test results that show positive for “total coliform.”
