Madawaska residents to vote on $1M Twin Rivers tax abatement

Madawaska residents to vote on $1M Twin Rivers tax abatement

MADAWASKA, Maine — The Madawaska Select Board plans a special town meeting Thursday to discuss paying $1.15 million to Twin Rivers Paper Co. for tax abatement and associated legal fees. If voters approve, the town would use a combination of funds from its reserve account and undesignated fund balance. The decision would resolve a year of disagreement with the mill over an assessing mistake that lowered the mill’s tax bills for three years. Compa…