PARIS — The Board of Selectmen voted unanimously Monday evening to recommit all real estate and personal property taxes to Town Clerk Liz Knox. The vote came after the board voted to settle all real estate and personal property taxes from former Town Manager Vic Hodgkins. Selectmen voted 4-1 on Nov. 15 to terminate Hodgkins’ contract, […]
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Peru board considers splitting clerk’s duties
PERU — The Board of Selectmen and residents Monday discussed the possibility of splitting the town clerk/tax collector/treasurer position into two positions. Near the end of the board meeting, Selectman John Witherell raised the issue, saying, “It’s been awhile since we’ve talked about that, and I know it was something that was up for discussion […]
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New Sharon voters keep their right to elect town clerk, tax collector
NEW SHARON — During a special town meeting Wednesday, townspeople chose to keep their right to elect the town clerk and tax collector at the annual town meeting. In just over an hour, about 75 residents moved through the eight articles on the warrant. The 5:30 p.m. meeting was moved from the Town Office to […]
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New Sharon’s town clerk, tax collector begins work
NEW SHARON — New town clerk and tax collector Pam Griswold began her duties Monday. Griswold was deputy clerk and tax collector from 1990 to 2008. The Town Office will be closed Aug. 17-21 to allow Griswold and other staff to attend training required by the state. Office hours starting the week of Aug. 24 will be […]
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Rumford offers tax club service
RUMFORD — The town is offering an interest-free, monthly property tax payment plan called the Tax Club Program. It lets residential property owners pay their real estate taxes over eight months, Tom Bourret, Rumford tax collector, said Friday. “It’s just a budgeting tool,” he said. It’s not an incentive for paying taxes, he said. “It’s […]
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Rumford approves 7 percent interest charge on late taxes
RUMFORD — Residents voted 57-37 at Monday evening’s annual town business meeting to set charges on all unpaid taxes after the due date at 7 percent, and that 3 percent interest be paid on overpayment of taxes. The article also stated that the due dates for the collection of property taxes will be set on […]
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Rumford Finance Committee approves library, assessor and tax collector budgets
RUMFORD — The Finance Committee unanimously voted Wednesday to approve the $226,389 budget request for the Rumford Public Library. Library director Luke Sorenson said the amount is slightly more than the $225,000 approved in 2013. The only major increase is a 2.5 percent wage increase. “Many of the line items on the budget are actually […]
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Rumford Town Manager says ‘family’s happiness’ was primary reason for resignation
RUMFORD — A week after Town Manager Carlo Puiia officially resigned from his position, he said that his primary reason in doing so was “to focus more on his family’s happiness and safety.” Following an executive session at the Sept. 19 selectmen’s meeting, the board unanimously voted to accept Puiia’s resignation. In his resignation letter, […]