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In his inaugural address, Mayor Jeff Harmon said he wants the City Council to work more transparently and collaboratively with the public, and plans to form committees to address housing affordability and homelessness, among other initiatives.

In his inaugural address, Harmon said he wants the City Council to work more transparently and collaboratively with the public, and plans to form committees to address housing affordability and homelessness, among other initiatives.

Instead of forming a committee to close Walton Elementary School, the School Committee opted to form an ad hoc committee to look at the whole report of the facilities study and make recommendations.

There were a couple of new people elected to the School Committee this year in uncontested races.

AUBURN — Auburn School Committee candidates won’t have to sweat this year’s election. Barring any last-minute, write-in challengers, contenders for each school committee seat are guaranteed to win since they don’t have any opposition. In one of the seven seats on the panel, in Ward 4, not a single candidate filed paperwork for the Nov. […]