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Farmington Mercury graphic. A navy Farmington Government flag sits above a heavy condensed headline reading The state made it optional, the last word in blue. Below it: Connecticut requires every town to exempt the home of a veteran rated 100 percent disabled; for a veteran paid at that level but rated below it, the exemption is a municipal choice; Farmington holds a public hearing on October 13. A stat strip reads 4 Farmington households, $9,900 a year roughly not collected, $0 reimbursed by the state, and October 13 public hearing at 7:05 p.m. On a navy panel to the right, headed Two veterans, two outcomes, two cards. Rated 100 percent by the VA: every town must, the home is exempt from property tax, no vote required and no local discretion. Rated below 100 percent and unable to work: only if the town votes, compensated by the VA at the same level as a 100 percent rating, with Connecticut leaving the exemption to each town and reimbursing none of it. A closing italic line notes Farmington's four households already hold a smaller exemption that this one would replace rather than stack on.
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Connecticut Made This Tax Break Optional. Farmington Decides for Four Veterans on October 13.

Four disabled veterans in Farmington would stop paying property tax on their homes under an ordinance change the Town Council sent to a public hearing without discussion.

Jack Beckett·Sep 14, 2026

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