NEW GLOUCESTER – Selectmen on Monday rejected adjusting land value schedules for assessment purposes until they get more information.
They plan to set the tax rate soon and expect a decrease because of less town and school spending.
Cliff Andrews, who heads up the volunteer Fairgrounds Committee, updated the board on projects completed this season.
The town purchased the 31-acre former training track for racehorses several years ago.
Extensive upgrades to the interior field of the track were completed this spring. An ice-skating rink was built last winter and now is used as a volleyball court.
Andrews lauded the Royal River Youth Conservation Corps for improvements to the property along the Royal River through erosion management projects and trail-building techniques. Trees and bushes were planted in early July.
“My faith in young people has been restored. These kids dug their hearts out digging out sod and putting mulch in. I feel like we’ve gotten our money’s worth,” Andrews said.
New Gloucester voters appropriated $2,000 for the youth corps this year.
And Pine Tree Networks, whose employers voluntarily cleaned old hay, manure and junk out of the Exhibition Hall, was honored for its contribution. Three women and a man cleared the building, which was built in 1894.
New Gloucester is seeking to have the building added to the National Register of Historic Places.
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