Auburn News Archives

“The fact that Dunkin' Donuts pays the same as a homeowner on a large lot is absurd, because of the impact they have on town services.”

Selectmen last week voted unanimously to maintain a single tax rate rather than take the chance of driving businesses out of town by setting a higher tax rate on commercial properties. via Worcester Telegram & Gazette

“We're part of a regional task force, doing things together, trying to work smarter to eradicate some different types of crime.”

Police conducting a sex sting Tuesday charged or will summon six people, and one of them pleaded guilty yesterday in Dudley District Court. via Worcester Telegram & Gazette

“I'll find things to do. I don't want to just sit around”

Rev. Knox ending 23-year tenure By Bill Fortier TELEGRAM and GAZETTE STAFF wfortier@telegram.com AUBURN- Even though he is stepping down as pastor of the First Congregational Church at the end of next month, ... via Worcester Telegram & Gazette

“We don't want to lose anybody. If we can prevent one or two from dropping out, let's go for it”

The School Committee last night asked Superintendent Ernest L. Boss to try to find out what can be done to lower the rising student dropout rate, which is higher than the state average. via Worcester Telegram & Gazette

“He made two attempts to shoot the clerk”

What happened inside the One Stop Convenience store in Auburn, Massachusetts, could have been deadly. via KIFI

“I think it's a great idea because Auburn doesn't have a town common area”

By Bill Fortier TELEGRAM & GAZETTE STAFF wfortier@telegram.com AUBURN- People driving through Drury Square in the future may see an area with new sidewalks and a variety of small restaurants, craft shops and ... via Worcester Telegram & Gazette

“He offered absolutely no resistance whatsoever and they still attempted to shoot him for no good reason and that's what makes these two individuals so dangerous.”

It happened just before closing Friday night at the One Stop Convenience store in Auburn. via WBZ TV

“When someone enters a store as brazenly as they did and the robber went right over to the clerk, which leads us to believe that they had probably cased the store prior to committing the robbery”

Police are searching for two suspects who robbed a clerk at gun point. The two men dressed in black and wearing ski masks stormed into the One Stop Convenience Store in Auburn Friday night. via Cw56.com

“He was just on the other side of the counter”

By Bill Fortier TELEGRAM & GAZETTE STAFF wfortier@telegram.com AUBURN- A clerk at the One-Stop Convenience Store, 151 Auburn St., escaped injury Friday night when the gun used by a man to rob the store jammed ... via Worcester Telegram & Gazette

Adam & Eve Franchising , the retail division of adult products chain Adam & Eve, said several new franchise agreements have been signed for stores in Massachusetts. via Bizjournals

Judge John S. McCann David W. Warn, 58, of 60 Beach St., Milford, was sentenced to three to five years in Walpole state prison after pleading guilty to rape. via Telegram & Gazette

Mar. 16, 1789 - German physicist Georg Simon Ohm is born. He did extensive work in electronics, using the newly-invented electrochemical cell. via About.com

“They say 'write what you know.' I've been here 20-some-odd years. That was comfortable, so I wrote Worcester.”

The opening scene to N.E. "Nancy" Castle's Serial finds her protagonist, Laurie Sharpe, down-shifting her 1978 Chevy Camaro as it climbs onto the I-290 expressway from Plantation Street in Worcester. via Worcester Magazine

“These roads were not designed for heavy traffic and are primarily in residential areas”

By Betty Lilyestrom CORRESPONDENT blilyestrom@telegram.com The two state legislators have passed on to state transportation officials a Leicester selectman's suggestion for a Massachusetts Turnpike exit and ... via Worcester Telegram & Gazette

By Bill Fortier TELEGRAM & GAZETTE STAFF wfortier@telegram.com AUBURN- Plans to alleviate traffic caused at a proposed 200-home subdivision on Rochdale Street between West and Leicester streets were discussed ... via Worcester Telegram & Gazette

AUBURN Auburn will never change. Why? Too many people feeding at the taxpayer-filled trough! vote anyone new no relatives on the town payroll The dump closed 10 or more years ago and there is no "school cult." ... via Worcester Telegram & Gazette