New town well running, pumping more water than needed

by Geoff Fox

The town’s new second well is up and running but a pump at the well has already gone down.

Councilman Roland Lanehart, Jr. said the pump that usually goes down every couple months went down recently but has been replaced already.

Lanehart also told town officials a reducer had to be placed on the pump because they were pumping too much water.

The new well was pumping 700 gallons of water a…