Government · Planning Board
Auburn Planning Board recommends one-year data center moratorium
Auburn Planning Board recommends a one-year data center moratorium and rejects an outright ban.
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Auburn
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Government · Conservation
Auburn conservation board continues Dunkin' hearing to September 23
Auburn Conservation Commission continues Dunkin' drive-thru hearing to September 23.
Government · Planning Board
Auburn Planning Board Backs Data Center Moratorium
Auburn's Planning Board recommended a one-year data center moratorium over an outright ban, and approved a scaled-down Washington Street warehouse project.
Real Estate
No Sale Prices Disclosed in Any of Auburn's 12 August Property Transfers
Auburn recorded 12 property transfers from Aug. 7 to Sept. 5, 2026, per Worcester County Registry of Deeds records, but none of the deeds disclosed a sale price, so no price range or median can be reported. The clearest pattern: a bank, loan servicer or mortgage-registration company was…
Government · Library
Auburn library trustees adopt two policies in unanimous votes
Auburn library trustees pass five unanimous votes, from a policy overhaul to a goat-themed staff outing.
Schools · School Committee
Auburn School Committee fast-tracks emergency immigration enforcement policy
Auburn School Committee suspends review process to adopt emergency immigration policy. At incoming Superintendent Dr.
Obituaries
Obituary notices, week of August 24, 2026 through August 30, 2026
This week's Auburn obituary notices column carries one qualifying entry: McMahon, Judith L. "Judy" (Tibbetts), 83, of Auburn, who died Tuesday, August 18, 2026, at Saint Vincent Hospital in Worcester and is survived by her longtime partner, Russell Sweet of Boynton Beach, Florida. Her n…
Real Estate
Disclosed Auburn Home Sale Prices Cluster Tightly Between $145,000 and $150,000
Auburn recorded nine property deeds between July 31 and Aug. 29, but only two disclosed a sale price: $150,000 for a property in Auburn (address not specified) sold to Cornerstone Bank, and $145,000 for 23 Bryn Mawr Ave., sold to Allcom Credit Union, putting the median at $147,500. The …
Government · Conservation
Auburn conservation board approves Southbridge Street and Bryn Mawr projects
Auburn Conservation Commission approves two site plans, holds DPW's permits hostage to a paper trail.
Obituaries
Obituary notices, week of August 17 through August 23, 2026
One Auburn-connected obituary was published this week: Johnston, Deborah A. (Eastwood), 65, of West Boylston, formerly of Spencer and Auburn, who died Monday, August 17, 2026, after a long battle with cancer, with her children at her side. The notice was posted by Britton-Wallace Funera…
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