JAY — Selectpersons agreed Monday to approve a policy to allow taxpayers to use credit cards to pay foreclosed property taxes and sewer bills. Under the former policy, the town only accepted cash or money orders. The town also accepted bank checks, Town Manager Shiloh LaFreniere said. “We will not accept personal checks or debit […]
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Posted inRiver Valley
Rumford to vote on changing date taxes due
RUMFORD — Selectmen voted 5-0 Thursday to push the due date for taxes from Oct. 1 to Nov. 3, after learning the tax rate likely won’t be set until after Sept. 17. Voters must approve the change at a special town meeting at 6 p.m. Monday, Sept. 22. Town Manager John Madigan told the board […]
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Wal-Mart tries but has little success getting lower taxes in Maine
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. has had little success in getting Maine communities to agree to lowering prices when it comes to the tax assessments on the company’s stores. The international retailer, which owns 22 stores and one distribution center in Maine, has asked for abatements at 11 locations this year and succeeded only twice, both times […]
Posted inOxford Hills
West Paris nursing home owes $22,000 in back taxes
WEST PARIS — Town officials are demanding that a local nursing home pay almost $22,000 in personal property taxes, interest and fees dating back to 2005. Wilday LLC, owner of Ledgeview Living Center on Route 26, owes the town $21,995.55 for equipment, machinery and other physical assets, Town Manager John White said. The company is up […]
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Maine Democrats propose bill offering property tax credit
AUGUSTA — Democrats in the Legislature took another step to portray themselves as champions of Maine’s property taxpayers Wednesday with the introduction of a bill by House Speaker Mark Eves that seeks to effectively restore some of the cuts made in recent years under Republican Gov. Paul LePage’s administration. “Maine residents want to live and […]
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W. Packard: Can’t have it both ways
I was talking with a friend recently who owns property in Roxbury, just up the road from Rumford. He told me that his property taxes were half what they were a year ago, and he also gets a check several times a year because of the windmills located in that town. Rumford, on the other […]