SOUTH THOMASTON, Maine — Property owners will pay nearly the same amount this fall for taxes.
Selectmen set the tax rate last month at $12.06 per $1,000 of assessed property. This is up from last year’s rate of $12.03.
Taxes are due Oct. 1. A person owning a home assessed by the town at $200,000 will pay $2,412, up $6.
The town sent out bills totaling nearly $3.2 million. Seventy-seven percent of those taxes go to Regional School Unit 13. Another $558,000 goes for municipal operations such as snow plowing and road maintenance. The town will be paying Knox County $241,000 for the services it provides such as sheriff patrol.
The town will charge 7 percent interest on taxes paid after Oct. 1.
How wonderful for South Thomaston! How about kicking in some more dough for RSU13? Rockland’s taxes went up because of the new school district, how abour your’s?