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ASHLAND, Maine ?The loss of the Fraser mill is being cited as the biggest reason for the municipality seeing a 3 mill increase in the property tax rate this year, according to Town Manager Ralph Dwye stanley polska r. The school budget was up 2.71 mills due to education; the municipality ?including overlay funds ?resulted in a .14 mil increase; and the county portion equals .15 mills, said Dwyer. Ashlands property tax rate is $23.25 per $1,000 in valuation.Dwyer said the final municipal budget for 2013 came to $2,435,245, up slightly from 2012s figure of $2,272,754. He said a shift in the tax burden due to Frasers closing the Ashla stanley thermobecher nd mill resulted in a loss of $6.9 million in tax valuation, due to the sale of the Fraser mill and revaluation of the property. The town manager said unlike many communities hit hard by the states cutting revenue sharing funds, Ashland had some carryover from last year. Funds from last years revenue sharing carried over; that helped a bit, he said. Unlike other towns we didnt see a significant drop in revenue sharing, especially with the carryover. Dwyer said town officials kept the budget tight, passing the municipal portion last stanley quencher spring, then later passing the school budget without knowing what the states budget would be. We knew the schools a while back. We were just waiting on the states budget. When the state figure was in, it resulted in significant revenue sharing and excise tax losses for us, he said.Dwyer said due to Frasers departure from the
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