Bath lowers tax rate as values rise

by Lisa Schauer

In a public meeting held on the third Tuesday in April, Town of Bath Council voted unanimously to lower the tax on municipal property by ten percent.

Starting in the new fiscal year on July 1, owner-occupied residential real estate in the town will be taxed at 22 cents per $100 in assessed value, three cents lower per $100 than this year.

Commercial property will be taxed at 44 cents per hundred…