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Gardner MA Mayor Nicholson Updates the Chair City with 3 R’s: Recapping, Reminding, and Recruiting.
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Recapping the Storm
Mayor Nicholson Recapped the recent storm, reported the hard work of the DPW, reflected on the large amount of snow stating, “We haven’t seen a storm like this in a couple of decades in Gardner where we’ve gotten close to 1 yard of snow over a 24 hour period.”
Reminding Dates
Sunday March 19th at 11am – Easter Egg Hunt at the Gardner Fish and Gun Club
Community Action Team Health Fair will take place April 12, 2023 from 5 to 8pm at Perry Auditorium
Flashback Dance at Perry Auditorium on April 22, 2023 from 6:30pm to 10:00pm and adult beverages will be available.
American Cancer Society Annual “Light the Town Purple” Event Monday May 1, 2023 at 7pm in front of Gardner City Hall as a way of kicking off the “Relay for Life” which takes place in June.
Middle School Performance of Beauty and the Beast Junior takes place March 31, 2023 and April 1, 2023 at 7pm both evenings.
Recruiting Citizen Volunteers
Several storm drains and fire hydrants are still buried under the snow, “If you are able to, please feel free to go out and help us a whole City…to dig those out….Help the Gardner Fire Department by trying to shovel those out as best we can.”
Recruiting Sponsors
Flower pot program will consist of 250 flower pots throughout the City with sponsorships at $200 each for the 7 month period to cover costs – Sponsor gets name on a sign going in the pot. New Centennial themed banners also $200 and go up sometime in April and stay up for a year.