Mount Desert Will Likely Weigh Using Debt Service Reserve to Cushion Tax Impact of School and Municipal Bonds

Planning board approves on Hall Quarry Road Carrie Jones Dec 20, 2025 MOUNT DESERT—Facing approximately $775,000 in annual debt payments tied to school renovations and municipal borrowing, Mount Desert officials are weighing whether now might be the moment to tap a long-set-aside reserve fund. It’s an effort the town manager says that could soften future tax increases even as rising costs ripple through budgets across … Continue reading Mount Desert Will Likely Weigh Using Debt Service Reserve to Cushion Tax Impact of School and Municipal Bonds

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Southwest Harbor Could Join Bar Harbor in Double Digit Tax Rates For Properties

TREE CUTTING AT VETERAN’S PARK, SEAWALL ROAD CULVERT ISSUES Carrie Jones Mar 17, 2025 Share The Bar Harbor Story is generously sponsored by The Witham Family Hotels Charitable Fund. SOUTHWEST HARBOR— If approved by the voters at the May town meeting, Southwest Harbor’s proposed budget (at its last select board meeting) would require the town to raise $11,987,082 a total increase of 17.3% or $1,763,622. The … Continue reading Southwest Harbor Could Join Bar Harbor in Double Digit Tax Rates For Properties

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Crowd Seems to Favor Local Options Lodging Tax

CARRIE JONES MAR 27, 2024 Share BAR HARBOR—Over fifty people gathered at the Jesup Memorial Library so that the Town Council, staff, and State Senator Nicole Grohoski (D-Ellsworth), co-chair of the state’s Senate Taxation Committee could get a feel about the town’s sentiment about a potential local option lodging tax. It was resoundingly supported by most of the people there who spoke. However, it’s not … Continue reading Crowd Seems to Favor Local Options Lodging Tax

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