Soaring taxes threaten longtime residents of Maine’s Unorganized Territory

BANGOR DAILY NEWS • September 22, 2025

A recent surge in taxes on long-held generational lands and camps in the state’s unorganized territory threaten Mainers’ ability to hold on to cherished properties. Some of the hardest hit residents have been those in vacation destinations such as along Moosehead Lake and near resort areas such as Sugarloaf ski mountain. For some landowners in these real estate hot spots, their property valuations have recently doubled or tripled.