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Auburn Select Board postpones $15.2 million fire station bond vote, schedules emergency Thursday session

AUBURN -- June 22, 2026, Auburn Select Board postpones $15.2 million fire station bond vote after members cannot explain a figure in bond documents. The board was asked Monday to sign off on a $15,242,000 bond anticipation note package, $14 million for the new fire station and $1.

Auburn Finance Committee Approves Over $140,000 in Year-End Budget Transfers

Auburn Finance Committee approves more than $140,000 in year-end transfers as reserve fund dips to roughly $42,590. The committee, meeting June 17 with Chair Kevin W.

Auburn Finance Committee Approves Year-End Transfers, Reserve Fund Falls to $42,590

AUBURN -- June 17, 2026, Auburn Finance Committee approves fourteen-plus year-end budget transfers, leaving town reserves near empty. The committee, meeting June 17, worked through transfers totaling tens of thousands of dollars across fire, police, DPW, library, and town manager accounts, reducing the combined reserve fund and salary reserve

Conservation Commission opposes state bill weakening local wetland authority

Auburn Conservation Commission opposes state bill exempting housing developments from local wetland rules. Chair Michael W. Garland and the five-member board voted unanimously June 10 to endorse opposition to S.3064 by the Massachusetts Association of Conservation Commissions, saying it would

Auburn Conservation Commission votes to oppose state bill weakening local wetland authority

Auburn Conservation Commission votes to oppose state housing bill that would weaken local wetland rules.