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Wednesday, October 7, 2026

Board of Health weighs newsstand's tobacco fine and a Hampton Street dog's fate.

From Auburn News

• Zoning board clears gas station redevelopment, denies repair shop. Auburn's Zoning Board of Appeals weighed redevelopment of a contaminated former gas station at 481 Washington Street into a 6,400-square-foot building with a drive-thru, while a separate bid for an auto repair shop at 41 Elm Street ran into the town's hazardous-materials bylaw.Auburn News
• Planning board advances Dunkin site, stalls on tree dispute. Auburn's Planning Board advanced a Dunkin drive-thru at a former gas station in the aquifer protection zone, while neighbors accused a contractor of illegally clearing trees on Washington Street, a dispute continued to October 13 with fines up to $25,000 a day possible.Auburn News
• Conservation board orders Maybel Avenue wetland enforcement. Auburn's Conservation Commission finalized cleanup conditions for the contaminated former gas station at 481 Washington Street and moved against a Maybel Avenue trailer-repair business after a wetland scientist testified that tree clearing and fill work wiped out a vegetated wetland buffer with no permit filed.Auburn News
• Finance panel weighs $941,217 in town meeting spending. Auburn's Finance Committee met with three of seven members present to take up a Fall Town Meeting spending package that includes money for the town's fire station project, as a resident pressed for an audit of school student activity funds over dozens of variance findings.Auburn News
• Select board tables warrant articles over borrowing dispute. Auburn's Select Board held six warrant articles, including an Auburn High School field replacement and the Water Street culvert loan, after members objected to borrowing while the town sits on more than $7 million in free cash.Auburn News
• School committee previews senior internship pilot program. Auburn's School Committee previewed a spring internship pilot for 20 to 30 Auburn High School seniors who maintain at least a 68 percent average, with Principal DeLongchamp calling it one of the most exciting proposals brought before the committee.Auburn News
• Library trustees weigh food policy, closure for repairs. Auburn's Library Board of Trustees took up a trial policy on food in reading areas and began planning around asbestos remediation, new carpet and shelving that could close the building for two to three weeks.Auburn News
• Board of Health hears newsstand fine appeal, dog case. Auburn's Board of Health heard a fourth tobacco control violation case against InStyle Galaxy Newsstand after inspectors found banned flavored tobacco hidden around the store, and weighed a Hampton Street dog's fate after it broke the jaw of a neighbor's five-month-old puppy during an attack.Auburn News

Today in Auburn

• Lamacchia agent touts $100 million in Auburn-area sales. Yahoo Finance profiled Lamacchia Realty agent Ben Carbone, crediting him with $100 million in career sales and five years serving Auburn-area buyers and sellers; ACCESS Newswire ran a similar item the same day.Yahoo Finance

Coming up

• Thu, Oct 8, 2:00 p.m.: Library hosts virtual talk with Smithsonian curator. Auburn Public Library hosts a virtual author talk with Smithsonian curator Carolyn Russo on her book about aviation art, open to registered participants online.Auburn Public Library
• Tue, Oct 13, 3:30 p.m.: Library's Kids Crafternoon makes pumpkin scratch-art. Auburn Public Library's weekly Kids Crafternoon for kindergarten through fifth grade makes pumpkin scratch-art, with registration required for the session.Auburn Public Library
• Tue, Oct 13, 2:00 p.m.: Library hosts virtual talk with author David Epstein. Auburn Public Library hosts a virtual conversation with bestselling author David Epstein on his new book exploring how constraints drive genius, open to registered participants online.Auburn Public Library

Recent editions

• Monday, October 5, 2026 — Auburn logged 11 deed transfers in September, but pricing data lagged for most sales
• Thursday, October 1, 2026 — Auburn posts updated fall 2026 curbside yard waste collection dates for residents to check
• Monday, September 28, 2026 — Deed records show wide price gaps across Auburn as most September home sales remain unrecorded
• Saturday, September 26, 2026 — Auburn freshman football and junior varsity girls soccer host Marlborough and South Thursday afternoon
• Friday, September 25, 2026 — Auburn Public Library plans a decoupage craft workshop for adults this Wednesday evening
• Wednesday, September 23, 2026 — Auburn's economic development panel advances $75,000 warrant article to rewrite 2017 growth plan
• Monday, September 21, 2026 — MassDOT will close I-90 westbound ramps to I-290, I-395 and Route 12 overnight Wednesday
• Sunday, September 20, 2026 — Auburn schools close a two-year state compliance review and finalize immigration enforcement guidance for principals