Canaan voters at Town Meeting took advantage of a state law that caps municipal property taxes to reject $180,000 in various items on the proposed budget.
Rachel Ohm
Staff Writer
Rachel covers state government and politics for the Portland Press Herald. It’s her third beat at the paper after stints covering City Hall and education. Prior to her arrival at the Press Herald in the summer of 2019, Rachel worked at the Morning Sentinel in Waterville, covering Franklin and Somerset counties, and the Knoxville News Sentinel in Knoxville, Tennessee, covering higher education. She has a master’s degree in journalism from New York University and when she’s not writing and reporting enjoys running, cooking and traveling to new places.
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The proposed shift in local additional funds would have meant that residents in Anson and Solon would pay slightly more and residents in Embden and New Portland slightly less.