This Week in the Chair City March 1, 2026

On the last day of February, both Gardner Mayor Nicholson and Gardner City council President Tyros appeared on Hotline Radio. You can listen to the entire show on our platform and don’t forget, it airs every Saturday from noon to 2pm on WGAW.

Three different meetings held last week illustrated the financial and project environment in the Chair City. We called it a “Triple Play” of 3 meetings. Check out our article.

State Representative Jonathan Zlotnik is supporting the energy affordability bill passed by the MA House. Bottom Line: It’s supposed to save you money. View the article.

Senior Center Director Mike Ellis did an interview with us and detailed the many March programs. View the article and interview.

Mayor Michael Nicholson gave a February update and City Council President George Tyros came out with another edition of the President’s Desk. View both articles.

We profiled another non-profit and their upcoming events: The Chestnut Street United Methodist Church.

The Community Development Block Grant Committee met and reviewed various grants and finances.

So what’s happening in March while we’re hoping for Spring? Sorry skiers, some of us have had enough snow. The Gardner Museum opens for the season on March 4th. Mount Wachusett Community College is having an agricultural Fair on Friday March 6th from 9am to 2pm.

Upcoming meetings: —– March 2nd: City Council, Conservation Commission, Council on Aging, Golf Commission, March 3rd: Appointments Committee, Master Plan Steering Committee Meeting Agenda March 4th: Airport Commission, Board of Health, William Rockwell Committee March 5th: Cemetery Commission March 10th: Planning Board Hearing x2 March 26th: Retirement Board Meeting

It may not be the biggest news story of the year, but Daylight Savings Time returns on Sunday, March 8, 2026 when we set the clocks 1 hour later. We lose an hour of daylight in the morning and gain and hour in the evening.

Substantial debate is ongoing as to whether to continue switching the clocks back and forth. Gardner Magazine has our own debate with Max and Maxine Rogers exploring the subject.

Jobs in the City of Gardner: Gardner: Full Time: Facilities Maintenance Manager, DPW Laborer, Director of Public Health, Assistant Director of Veteran’s Services. Part-time: Administrative Coordinator, Board of Health, Transfer Station Monitor. We have an article called “Workin for the Town with a bunch of open positions throughout Greater Gardner. 14 different types of positions.

Some Gardner Magazine Stats from February 2026: Unique visitors (circulation) 96,745 – a record. Total visits: 222,273. Average visitors per day: 7,938. Pageviews: 534,326. Downloads such as streaming AUDIO: 226,217. The top 100 Audio Files streamed took up 89% with at average of 2.028 listeners each. The top 40 AUDIO files had an average of 3,194 listeners each.

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