MIDDLEBURY — The Middlebury selectboard on Tuesday unanimously endorsed a fiscal year 2020 residential property tax rate of $2.34 per $100 in property value. That’s an astounding 50 cents less than the fiscal year 2019 residential rate of $2.8414, but Middlebury taxpayers shouldn’t do cartwheels thinking they’re in store for a huge discount for municipal and public education services this year. That’s because Middlebury just completed a town-wide reappraisal of properties. Residential and commercial assessm … (read more)