McQuay to lay off 48 at Verona plant

More employees to keep jobs if deal is ratified

The Hershey Company’s Stuarts Draft plant will temporarily lay off 148 production workers starting next week and lasting until mid-March, according to a state government Web site.

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City prepares for impact after Invista announcement

Invista layoffs will drive up the unemployment in Waynesboro, but the city likely will not be hit as hard as others by the recession, a state economist said Tuesday.

All 632 Invista workers at the company’s Waynesboro plant have received notice that they could be laid off Feb. 8, according to federally required documents filed by the fibers manufacturer with the state.

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The American Fibers and Yarns Company manufacturing plant in Afton will close Oct. 17, putting 40 people out of work, a company consultant said Friday.

Hurricanes disrupt supply line from Texas, causing production dropoff