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Verizon cuts tax payments to N.J. towns, but one town fights back

Verizon Communications Inc. has stopped paying millions of dollars in taxes to at least 143 New Jersey towns as customers retreat from the company's traditional copper telephone lines, state and local officials say.

A tax appeal over a levy on phone poles and more shows what can happen when taxes don’t keep pace with technology.
A tax appeal over a levy on phone poles and more shows what can happen when taxes don’t keep pace with technology.Read moreCLEM MURRAY / Staff Photographer