HOPEDALE - Hopedale voters have said yes to a property tax hike to shore up town operations. In a Special Town Election Tuesday voters overwhelmingly approved the additional $1,350,000 in real estate and personal property taxes for the town’s contingent operational budget for the fiscal year beginning July 1. Only 1478 votes were cast, but 1075 of them voted yes. Officials had warned that failure could have meant the loss of services from the Council on Aging as well as some teaching jobs in the schools.