The Rumford Paper Mill is paying $2 million more in property
taxes than the next highest NewPage mill, according to recent statistics
released by the mill.
The Rumford Paper Mill pays $4.4 million annually in
property taxes, which is the highest annual property tax of all eight NewPage
mills, and $2 million more than the Escanaba mill in Michigan, the mill with
the next highest property tax, said mill spokesman Anthony Lyons."The Escanaba mill and the Wisconsin Rapids mill are much more modern and newer than our mill," Lyons said. "Yet somehow, their tax rates are much lower than ours in Rumford. Something has to be done."
