BANGOR DAILY NEWS • April 20, 2021
The Maine Supreme Judicial Court on Tuesday saved Old Town from having to refund nearly $1 million in property taxes to a former pulp mill owner when justices unanimously settled a yearslong dispute between the two. The six-year legal fight between Expera Specialty Solutions and the city landed before the Maine Supreme Judicial Court after a series of appeals over the state Board of Property Review’s granting of a tax abatement to the company. Expera — which purchased the mill from Old Town Fuel & Fiber in 2014 — argued that the city assessed the mill’s taxable value at more than what the property was actually worth.