Dixmoor experienced 10 water main breaks in a week, causing school to be canceled for two days, a boil order to be put in place and requests for emergency assistance from the state, village officials said Friday. The frigid temperatures already triggered multiple water main breaks in early and mid-January. But once those breaks were patched, a slew of new fractures popped up as weather .
Three days after a water main break occurred in Dixmoor, triggering a boil order for the east side of town, village leaders said Wednesday workers were on pace to have the third and final main break repaired and hoped the boil order would end Thursday morning. At 3 a.m. Monday, public works officials learned of a water main break at West 143rd Street and Paulina Street. Two more breaks were .
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