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New Gloucester voters to decide on tax, public safety ordinances — Sun Journal

By Ellie Fellers – Special to the Sun Journal

New Gloucester — The Board of Selectmen voted 3-1 on Monday night to hold a special town meeting June 19 to vote on a revised Property Tax Assistance Ordinance.

The ordinance would allow residents 70 or older to get a tax reduction of $1,000 or a pro-rated share of the money in the program fund, if their annual household income is $40,000 or less.

At the annual town meeting earlier this month, the board asked voters to reject the ordinance because it needed revisions. Keep reading Ellie Fellers’s article in the Sun Journal