Mid and East Antrim ratepayers are looking at having to shell out an extra £25 a year.
The district rate will be formally struck at a special meeting in the Braid Town Hall next Tuesday,
The rise is an inflation-busting 2%.
And Ballymena Guardian editor Jim Flanagan admits that it will hit some pockets hard:
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