WATERTOWN, New York (WWNY) – A household-owned company in downtown Watertown will near its doorways December 31, ending a 98 year run.

In a letter to consumers, Robert Derouin, owner of Derouin’s Plumbing & Heating Inc., 139 Mill St., declared the business is closing “with a heavy coronary heart.”

“After 98 several years of continuous operations, out loved ones-owned business will cease operations and near our doors successful December 31, 2021,” he wrote.

“We would like to lengthen our honest appreciation to our prospects, business enterprise associates, and pieces suppliers for your loyalty and the trust you placed in us throughout the several years to offer each and every of you the qualified solutions you anticipated of us.”

Derouin wrote they are functioning with prospective customers “to take about the business underneath new possession in the near long run.”

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