PARIS — If voters approve the roughly $5.6 million budget at town meeting today, they can expect to see the tax rate decrease to lower than what it was two years ago, according to Paris Interim Town Manager Sawin Millett. Town meeting action will get underway at 10 a.m. at the Paris Fire Station, 137 […]
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Jay’s tax rate to rise after Verso tax dispute settlement
JAY — The tax rate will increase following the settlement of a tax dispute on the valuation of the Androscoggin Mill and related property for the years of 2013, 2014 and 2015, Town Manager Shiloh LaFreniere said. Selectpersons agreed to give paper mill owner Verso a credit of $4 million over the next three tax years […]
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Less debt, more revenues good omens for Lewiston 2017 budget
LEWISTON — A $413,979 drop in debt payments next year and better non-property tax revenues will cushion a proposed 2.67 percent spending increase, City Administrator Ed Barrett told city councilors Tuesday night. “Looking forward a little bit, there is some good news in this budget,” Barrett said. The proposed budget of $44.4 million for fiscal […]
Posted inFranklin, Livermore Falls Advertiser
Jay’s tax rate increases by $1.50
JAY — Selectpersons voted unanimously Tuesday to increase the tax rate by $1.50, making it $17.25 per $1,000 of property valuation for 2015-16. That means owners of a house valued at $100,000, without factoring in exemptions, would see an increase of $150 on their tax bill. The bill, without exemptions, would be $1,725 compared to […]
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Jay’s tax rate expected to climb for third year in row
JAY — The tax rate for the 2015-16 fiscal year is expected to rise more than a dollar when selectpersons set the rate at a special meeting at 3:30 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 1, at the Town Office. It will be the third year in a row that taxes have risen. The rate for 2014-15 is […]
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Newry board approves 42-cent increase in tax rate
NEWRY — Town Office employees were busy Wednesday morning printing off 3,447 property tax bills and stuffing them into envelopes. Selectmen set the new tax rate Tuesday night at $9.47 per $1,000 of valuation, Administrator Loretta Powers said. It is a 42-cent increase. “The tax bills will be in tomorrow’s mail,” she said. Despite the […]
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Newry to fix $75,000 error
NEWRY — Selectmen hastily scheduled a special board meeting for Thursday, June 18, to draft a warrant to correct a March town meeting error. Near the end of Tuesday night’s board meeting, Administrator Loretta Powers said no one caught the mistake in Article 34 that was supposed to take $75,000 from unappropriated surplus and buy […]
Posted inAdvertiser Democrat, Oxford Hills
Norway’s property tax rate up 50 cents
NORWAY — Taxpayers will see a slight increase in their tax bill but officials say the increase could have been higher if the town had not seen so much growth this year. Assessor Jodi Keniston, who recently met with the Board of Selectmen to update them on the tax bills, said the new rate for […]
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Rumford budget drives nearly $3 tax rate increase
RUMFORD — The Board of Assessors has set the 2014-15 tax rate at $26.95, which is up from $24 for the previous fiscal year, member Linda French said Tuesday afternoon. She said the rate took a long time to set because the board had to wait for a final signature from Brookfield Power on a […]
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Otisfield tax rate goes up
OTISFIELD — The Board of Selectmen approved a 45-cent increase in the mill rate for the fiscal year that began July 1, bringing the rate to $12 per $1,000 of property value. “Many factors contributed to the increase,” Board of Selectmen Chairman Hal Ferguson said. These include lower state revenue-sharing and a $79,798 increase in […]