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Posted: 8:23 AM May 26, 2009
Merrillville has $350,000 light bill
Merrillville, IN Delinquent utility customers, take heart: You could be in the town of Merrillville's shoes. Its light bill is about $350,000.
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Delinquent utility customers, take heart: You could be in the town of Merrillville's shoes. Its light bill is about $350,000.
Clerk-Treasurer Eugene Guernsey says the bedroom community about 30 miles southeast of Chicago town got into a bind with late tax bills, a frozen tax levy and higher operating costs.
Guernsey says the town plans to pay down part of money owned to Northern Indiana Public Service Co. with $25,000 it received for entrance fees at an off-track betting parlor.
The fees generate just a few thousand dollars a month, so it could take some time to completely pay down the debt.
NIPSCO spokesman Nick Meyer says the utility is working with the town to get the bill paid.

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