DUMMERSTON — Last week, the pedestrian crossing button for the Malfunction Junction traffic light that's closest to the Riverview Cafe was visibly falling apart and didn't work. Today, I saw that someone had tried to fix it with tape, but it still didn't work.
Seeing as the state bought this button just a few months ago, hopefully the state can get the company that made the button to fix it for free.
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