The board tapped 90% of excise taxes to help keep this year’s hike from being higher. Officials attributed the hike to several factors, including higher municipal spending and higher county and school tabs. 

 

Last year’s rate was $21.45 per thousand dollars of assessed valuation; since 2020, the rate had been $18.95, according to Wiscasset Newspaper files.

 

Officials noted a revaluation — eyed for 2026 but which Treasurer Amy Stockford said might be able to be done a year sooner — will help get properties’ values where they should be and also satisfy the state.