Bancroft’s debt is getting smaller: report

A burden that’s been carried by Bancroft taxpayers for years is easing.
The town is slowly trimming down a multi-million-dollar debt. 
A report going to council Wednesday shows that the town’s net financial assets were valued at about -$4.7 million dollars by the end of 2021.
The number has gotten closer to zero each year since 2017, when it was at about -$8.2 million. 
Those figures were unveiled in a comparative analysis report delivered to a council by an independent fi