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Select Board schedules follow‑up after landowner seeks abatement over longstanding assessment on 141‑acre parcel
Summary
A New Road property owner told the Select Board he believes his 141‑acre parcel was mistakenly coded as buildable during a conversion to digital tax cards and seeks a refund or credit; the board asked the assessor to supply corrected figures and invited the owner back to the next meeting.
Property owner Paul (last name recorded in town files as Odette) asked the Canterbury Select Board to correct what he says is a decades‑old assessment error on a 141‑acre parcel on New Road and to refund alleged overpayments.
Odette said the town converted tax cards from paper to electronic around 2005 and the parcel was entered and coded as buildable, although he contends it was not. He said he only discovered the issue while attempting to sell the parcel in 2024 and estimates he has…
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