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Some of Bangors largest commercial properties have lost millions of dollars in taxable property value following a year in which the retail and hospitality industries were hard hit during the COVID-19 pandemic.The citys most valuable commercial property, Hollywood Casino, has dropped in value by $6 million from a year ago. Bangor now pegs the casinos value at $69 million, according to the citys recently finalized tax assessment records for the fiscal year that started July 1.Another of the citys large commercial properties, the Bangor Mall, saw its prope stanley termo rty value decline by about $5 million in the past year, to $15. stanley espana 5 million from $20.5 million, marking th yeezy e latest year in which the long-struggling mall has seen its property value decline.Those drops in assessed value will translate into lower tax bills for some of the citys largest property taxpayers. The owners of the Bangor Mall will pay about $345,000 in property taxes, a drop of more than $125,000 since last year. Hollywood Casino will pay about $1.5 million, or $200,000 less than it did last year. Several of Bangors largest retailers, especially those in the Stillwater Avenue area, saw noteworthy declines in their property values as well. Walmart on Stillwater declined by about $925,000 to $16.1 million, the value of Lowes on Springer Drive fell by $400,000 to $11.5 million, Target on Longview Drive saw its property value decline by $275,000 to $9.4 million, and the assessed value of Home Depot on Stillwater fell by $100,0 Bcdq Bangor Symphony returns to in-person concerts with a world premiere and comforting compositions
A week after Maine garnered national attention for becoming the first state to ban Native American school mascots, Belfast officials found themselves gra yeezy website ppling with whether it would be OK to move one of the citys polling places to a privately owned d yeezy store ownt owala website own building known as the Redmen, or Redmens Hall. I know that historically we have called this the Redmens Hall, but the group that leads this organization are not indigenous, Mayor Samantha Paradis said Tuesday at the regular city council meeting. And so I would want to be sensitive about the language that we use and have respect for our indigenous neighbors and think about a better title and name for this building. Councilors, who had been quickly working through the agenda until they hit item 10-H, a discussion on elections parking and accessibility, seemed initially taken aback by her words. Is the mayor suggesting that the city go to a private organization and ask them to change the name of their organization Councilor Neal Harkness asked. I am saying we do not need to refer to the hall as Redmens Hall, the mayor responded.The primary reason Belfast officials waded into the fray around the use of Native American nomenclature was a parking problem at the Belfast Boathouse, where residents who live in Wards 1 through 4 vote.Those who live in Ward 5 vote at the Methodist church on Mill Lane on the east side of the city, a scenario which councilors did not seem eager to change. But the Boathouse had previously come on t
Some of Bangors largest commercial properties have lost millions of dollars in taxable property value following a year in which the retail and hospitality industries were hard hit during the COVID-19 pandemic.The citys most valuable commercial property, Hollywood Casino, has dropped in value by $6 million from a year ago. Bangor now pegs the casinos value at $69 million, according to the citys recently finalized tax assessment records for the fiscal year that started July 1.Another of the citys large commercial properties, the Bangor Mall, saw its prope stanley termo rty value decline by about $5 million in the past year, to $15. stanley espana 5 million from $20.5 million, marking th yeezy e latest year in which the long-struggling mall has seen its property value decline.Those drops in assessed value will translate into lower tax bills for some of the citys largest property taxpayers. The owners of the Bangor Mall will pay about $345,000 in property taxes, a drop of more than $125,000 since last year. Hollywood Casino will pay about $1.5 million, or $200,000 less than it did last year. Several of Bangors largest retailers, especially those in the Stillwater Avenue area, saw noteworthy declines in their property values as well. Walmart on Stillwater declined by about $925,000 to $16.1 million, the value of Lowes on Springer Drive fell by $400,000 to $11.5 million, Target on Longview Drive saw its property value decline by $275,000 to $9.4 million, and the assessed value of Home Depot on Stillwater fell by $100,0 Bcdq Bangor Symphony returns to in-person concerts with a world premiere and comforting compositions
A week after Maine garnered national attention for becoming the first state to ban Native American school mascots, Belfast officials found themselves gra yeezy website ppling with whether it would be OK to move one of the citys polling places to a privately owned d yeezy store ownt owala website own building known as the Redmen, or Redmens Hall. I know that historically we have called this the Redmens Hall, but the group that leads this organization are not indigenous, Mayor Samantha Paradis said Tuesday at the regular city council meeting. And so I would want to be sensitive about the language that we use and have respect for our indigenous neighbors and think about a better title and name for this building. Councilors, who had been quickly working through the agenda until they hit item 10-H, a discussion on elections parking and accessibility, seemed initially taken aback by her words. Is the mayor suggesting that the city go to a private organization and ask them to change the name of their organization Councilor Neal Harkness asked. I am saying we do not need to refer to the hall as Redmens Hall, the mayor responded.The primary reason Belfast officials waded into the fray around the use of Native American nomenclature was a parking problem at the Belfast Boathouse, where residents who live in Wards 1 through 4 vote.Those who live in Ward 5 vote at the Methodist church on Mill Lane on the east side of the city, a scenario which councilors did not seem eager to change. But the Boathouse had previously come on t