JAY — Letters will be sent out this week to property owners with their new valuations listed, assessing agent Paul Binette of John O’Donnell Associates Inc. told selectpersons Monday. Binette presented board members with the revised valuations for all of the property in town except for Verso Paper Corp. That property is being evaluated by […]
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Jay board to hear property revaluation report Monday
JAY — Selectpersons will get an update on the townwide property revaluation done by John E. O’Donnell & Associates of Gray at 6 p.m. Monday, July 14, at the Town Office. The board agreed to pay $50,000 to the firm in April to update all properties in town except Verso Paper Mill, which is undergoing […]
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Experts visit Verso paper mill in Jay for tax revaluation
JAY — A team of experts was at Verso Paper Corp.’s mill Tuesday to begin working on the town’s revaluation of the paper mill and associated properties, Town Manager Shiloh LaFreniere said Tuesday. Verso Androscoggin LLC requested a tax abatement in February for $469 million in valuation for 2013. The town values the mill and […]
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Peru selectmen deadlock on vote to approve revaluation bid
PERU – The Board of Selectmen were forced to table discussion on whether to accept a revaluation bid from assessor Parker/Fraiser after a tie vote at Monday evening’s meeting. Town secretary Angela Barkhouse said Chairman Jim Pulsifer and Danny Wing voted in favor of accepting the bid, while Larry Snowman and Lee Merrill voted against […]
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Jay voters approve $300,000 for Verso revaluation
JAY — Residents voted Monday to transfer $300,000 from undesignated funds to do a revaluation of the Verso Paper Corp. mill. The company has asked the town to abate $459 million in valuation from the company’s real estate and personal property at the Androscoggin Mill on Riley Road. According to Jay’s tax commitment data, the […]
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Andover rejects revaluation, OKs ‘ransom money’ for elementary school
ANDOVER — By a wide margin, voters at Saturday’s annual town meeting again rejected a town-wide property revaluation and the $70,000 of taxpayer money requested to fund it. Voters approved a $180,000 payment to the SAD 44 school district to keep Andover Elementary School open, and voted to raise $20,000 for future repairs to Farmers […]
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Peru voters approve revaluation referendum
PERU — Residents voted 158-142 Tuesday to allow the Board of Selectmen to take $40,000 from the revaluation reserve account and money from surplus to hire an independent appraiser in 2014, Town Clerk Vera Parent said. The referendum question asked residents whether or not they wished to allow the town to take $40,000 from the […]