Lighter Shaped Like Grenade Sparks Bomb Scare In Auburn

It was quite the morning at the Casella Trash and Recycling Plant on Hardscrabble Road in Auburn on Thursday. Auburn Police and the Massachusetts State Police Bomb Squad were called to the scene after a grenade was found at the plant.  It was later determined the grenade was actually a butane lighter. The lighter was…

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Garbage Truck Catches Fire In Auburn

West Street in Auburn was closed for a few hours on Wednesday afternoon while the fire crews battled fire in a garbage truck. Auburn’s Police and Fire Departments responded to the fully engulfed truck near the Hardscrabble Road location of Casella Waste Systems.  There were no injuries reported and no word on a cause for…

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