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Verizon Outage Still Impacting Wilmington and Others

Wilmington's Registry of Motor Vehicles is closed for a second straight day.

Wilmington and other towns across the Merrimack Valley are impacted for a second straight day by Verizon outages that have left thousands of customers without Internet, television and phone services.

On Monday, a mattress caught fire beneath Lawrence's Central Bridge. As a result, the fiber-optic lines were scorched leading to the wide-ranging issues.

Tuesday, for a second consecutive day, Wilmington's is . Several communities have reported issues with their 911 services, but Wilmington Police Lt. Brian Pupa said there were no issues in town that he was aware of.

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One Wilmington Patch reader said that Market Basket's credit and debit system was down, but that the business had a contingency plan in place.

According to the Eagle-Tribune, Verizon employees continue to work to solve the issues. But a North Andover resident told the newspaper that he was told service may not be restored until 6 p.m. on Wednesday.

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"Crews continued working through the night bringing more and more customers back in service," Verizon spokesman Phil Santoro told the Eagle-Tribune, adding that more updates will come throughout the day.


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