Auburn Select Board commends snowplow driver, fills two zoning board seats
Auburn's Select Board voted unanimously Monday to commend DPW snowplow driver Matt McGarry for pulling an elderly man from a snowbank during the January 25 storm, approved a $85,489.28 special education stabilization transfer at the request of the School Committee, and appointed two associate member
AUBURN -- February 9, 2026, Auburn's Select Board voted unanimously Monday to commend DPW snowplow driver Matt McGarry for pulling an elderly man from a snowbank during the January 25 storm, approved a $85,489.28 special education stabilization transfer at the request of the School Committee, and appointed two associate members to the Zoning Board of Appeals, real estate attorney Christian Admiac through June 2028 and construction veteran Mr. Sheay through June 2027, each by a 5-0 vote. The board also voted 5-0 to authorize commendations for four Auburn police officers and Firefighter-Paramedic Scott Davis for their roles in the Central Massachusetts Regional SWAT response to a Spencer active shooter incident. A separate hour-long discussion on Arbor Recycling at 47-49 Rockland Road produced no formal vote; Town Manager Vakio agreed to seek additional legal opinions on whether a 1969 variance may have lapsed and whether resident-supplied time-stamped photographs could support zoning enforcement, after neighbor Tim Dailyaly testified that truck traffic at the site, sometimes beginning at 5:20 a.m. has doubled over the past three years and that no enforcement action has yet been taken.
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