Local residents question property assessment values

Petersburg Borough resident Lynn Escola and her husband Paul Johnson questioned the assessment of their property over the past five years during the Petersburg Borough Assembly regular meeting Monday evening.

“I am here to question the accuracy of property assessments and the records that the Borough maintains,” Escola stated. “There seems to be a lack of accountability on the part of the Borough for these records and property assessment values.”

Escola and her husband own property at 7 mile Mitkof Highway, which are actually two pieces of property adjoining each other and are referred to as o...