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The project is expected to create 65 jobs over the next two years with an average wage of $17.50 per hour plus benefits.

The residents of Hammondville will soon have the opportunity to vote on raising the town’s ad valorem tax. In last Thursday’s meeting of the Hammondville Town Council, it was determined a public vote will be held later this year in the fall on whether or not to raise the tax from 5% to 7%. Back in December, the council began discussions of changing the tax, citing it’s currently the lowest in the county and hadn’t been raised since 1985. Upon further research by the town cle...