Record Turnout Defeats Tax-Cap Hike, Municipal Building Renovations

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RUMFORD - A record number of residents narrowly defeated a request to raise the amount of money that could be raised by taxation at Monday's annual town meeting, effectively denying a plan to bring the Municipal Building and fire station up to state fire marshal codes.

About 400 people, three times the usual amount, turned out for the four-and-a-half hour annual event.

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Record Turnout Defeats Tax-Cap Hike, Municipal Building Renovations

Nearly two hours of discussion, sometimes contentious, was devoted to arguing about lifting the tax cap or borrowing money for the proposed Municipal Building/fire station renovation ...

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