Hamlet residents have a week to get ready for this year’s decorating contest. Judging will take place Saturday, December 23 between 7:00 and 8:00 p.m. Clerk-Treasurer Kristina Pitts announced the date of the contest during Wednesday’s town council meeting.
In other business, council members approved Hamlet’s 2018 holiday schedule. Town offices will be closed New Year’s Day, Presidents’ Day, Good Friday, Memorial Day, the Fourth of July, Labor Day, Columbus Day, Thanksgiving, and Christmas Day. Veterans Day will be observed on Monday, November 12. Hamlet offices will also be closed the day after Thanksgiving and on Christmas Eve next near, in exchange for Lincoln’s Birthday and Washington’s Birthday, respectively.
