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Expect significant delays on part of Court Street tomorrow and plan accordingly

When Pittsfield Mayor Allen Bagg and city police busted a brothel on Melville Street in 1907, what was most surprising was the identity of the house’s madame,

AMESBURY — A cavalcade of local and state leaders turned out Friday as Gov. Maura Healey and Lt. Gov. Kim Driscoll signed a $375 million road and bridge maintenance funding

“I know they expanded the building since initial discussions and construction materials and labor have increased significantly,” Eric Cousens, Auburn’s director of planning and permitting, said this week. “They also have traffic-related improvements required that were not part of initial estimates, including signage and striping changes at the adjacent intersection. The latest cost also includes the site work that may have been left out earlier.” Developer Danny Bouzianis with Auburn Marketplace said Wednesday that he’s building the space for four tenants on spec and doesn’t hav...

The city of Auburn has put seven city-owned properties up for sale, in the latest step of an aggressive new economic development strategy. The property — six lots and a historic church — are downtown, in the New Auburn area and a nearby corridor. Both are spots the city said are "highly desirable" to developers. The move comes after Auburn officials in November announced a new focus on economic development and restructured its city economic development department. In January, Mayor Jason Levesque also invited developers to build 2,000 market-rate homes in the city. Levesque and other o...