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  • Gardner Youth Center
    Gardner Youth Center Ribbon Cutting

  • Monthly Update 8-29-25
    Mayor’s Monthly Update 8-29-25

  • National Dog Day

  • Oktoberfest 2025

  • Gardner Museum Fall 2025
    Gardner Museum Fall Lecture Series 2025

  • Oktoberfest – Chair Luge 2025

  • SSA – Senior Center
    Gardner Senior Center Event August 13 2025

  • Farmers Market August 16th

  • This Week 8-8-25
    This Week in the Chair City 8-8-25

  • National Night Out Photos 8-7-25

  • Concert 8-9
    Deep Dive – The Eagles
  • Update 8-2-25
    Mayor’s Update 8-2-25
    Mayor’s Update 8-2-25

  • This Week 8-1-25
    This Week in the Chair City 8-1-25

  • Westminster 8-1-25
    DEEP DIVE – Westminster MA August 2025
    Town Crier Episode 10
    Town Crier Episode 11
    Town Crier Episode 12

  • Night Out 8-7-25
    12th Annual Greater Gardner National Night Out 1380
    FREE at National Night Out 1380

  • This Week 7-25-25
    This Week in the Chair City July 25 2025
    This Week in the Chair City 7-25-25

  • Monument Park July
    Monument Park July 2025
    Top Photo: Audience at Gardner’s Monument Park on Saturday 7-19-25. Bottom Photo: Mr. Strickland at a recent performance.

  • This Week 7-18-25
    This Week in the Chair City 7 18 25
    This Week in the Chair City 7-18-25

  • Trucks 7-12-25
    Gardner Food Truck Festival 2025 Collage
    DAV Interview 7-12-25

  • Hotline 7-12-25
    WGAW Hotline Radio Collage 7 12 25

    WGAW Hotline Radio 7-12-25

  • This Week 7-11-25
    This Week in the Chair City 7 11 25
    This Week in the Chair City 7-11-25

  • Block Party
    Block Party Filming Day Festival 1380
    ROCK BLOCK PARTY – Film Festival

  • Festival 7-12-25
    Gardner Food Truck Festival trucks 1380

  • Elks Movie Night
    Movie Night Back to the Future Gardner Elks

  • Movie in Gardner
    Movie Made in Gardner Collage
    Auto Draft
    Make a Movie in Gardner logo

  • This Week 7-4-25
    This Week in the Chair City 7 4 25 Collage
    This Week in the Chair City 7-4-25
    Finance Committee 7-2-25

  • 4th – 2025
    4th of July Card 2025

  • This Week 6-28-25
    This Week in the Chair City 6 28 25
    This Week in the Chair City 6-28-25

  • Hotline 6-28-25
    Hotline Radio 6 28 25 Collage

  • Nicholson 6-27-25
    Nicholson 6 27 25 1380

  • Winchendon 6-28-25
    winchendon food truck festival 1380

  • This Week 6-21-25
    This Week in the Chair City June 20 2025
    This Week 6-21-25

  • Hotline 6-21-25
    WGAW Hotline Radio 6 21 25
    Hotline 6-21-25

  • Fireworks 2025
    Fireworks Collage June 2025

  • Juneteenth 2025
    Juneteenth 2025
    SOFT POP – Sentient Soul
    BALLAD – Sentient Soul
    COUNTRY AMERICANA – Sentient Soul
    CHAMBER POP – Sentient Soul
    Sentient Soul 1 1380
    ROCKABILLY – Sentient Soul
    CLASSIC ROCK – Sentient Soul
    ELECTRO-SWING – Sentient Soul
    ORCHESTRAL – Sentient Soul

  • Bergstrom 6-17-25
    Small Business Saturday Bergstrom 6 17 25
    Patti Bergstrom 1200
    Small Business Saturday – Happy Birthday Gardner Interview with Patti Bergstrom 6-17-25
    Shops 2025 1380
    Festival Schedule 2025
    Vendors and Entertainers
    Happy Birthday Gardner 2025 wide

  • Relay Ends
    relay for life end of relay 6 14 25

  • Relay Update
    Relay for Life comic 1380
    COMIC: Relay for Life Heroes
    INSPIRATIONAL: Relay for Life

  • This Week 6-13-25
    This Week in the Chair City June 13 2025
    This Week in the Chair City – 6-13-25

  • Town Crier 9
    Westminster Town Crier 9 6 12 25
    Town Crier 9 – 6-12-25

  • Relay Friday
    Relay for Life Collage updated 2025

  • Reading 2025
    Levi Heywood Kickoff 2025 1
    DEEP DIVE: Levi Heywood Memorial Library Summer Reading
    Levi Heywood Summer Reading 2
    Levi Heywood Summer Reading 3 1
    Levi Heywood Summer Reading 6
    Levi Heywood Summer Reading 7

  • Flag Day
    Album Cover Flag Day 1380
    Patriotic – Flag Day

  • Hotline 6-7-25
    Hotline Radio 6 7 25 Collage
    Hotline Radio 6-7-25

  • This Week 6-6-25
    This Week in the Chair City 6 6 25
    This Week in the Chair City 6-6-25

  • Friendly Reminder – D Day
    Album Cover Friendly Reminder D Day
    Friendly Reminder – D-Day

  • Monument Park 2025
    Monument Park Summer Concerts Revised 6 13 25

  • Graduation 2025
    ghs grad 1380
    Graduation 2025
    Gardner High School Graduation 2025
    Gardner Academy grad 1380
    Graduation 2025
    Gardner Academy Graduation 2025
    ghs bac 1380
    Graduation 2025
    Gardner Baccalaureate Ceremony 2025

  • Happy Birthday Gardner
    Happy Birthday Gardner 2025
    JAZZ – Happy Birthday Gardner
    POP – Happy Birthday Gardner
    COUNTRY DUET – Happy Birthday Gardner
    FUNK – Happy Birthday Gardner

  • This Week 5-30-25
    This Week in the Chair City 5 30 25
    This Week in the Chair City 5-30-25

Attractions Outside the City of Gardner

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Type of AttractionName and LocationDescriptionWebsite LinkMap Link
Amusement ParkSix Flags New England 1623 Main Street Agawam, MA 01001Rides, Water park, food, fun, and musicOfficial WebsiteGoogle Map


Animals and Maze

Davis’ Farmland Children’s Discovery Farm & MegaMaze
145 Redstone Hill Road
Sterling, MA 01564



Davis’ Farmland features the largest exhibit of endangered farm animals in North America. A super-fun Children’s Discovery Farm. Pet and feed the animals, enjoy pony rides, and explore the many discovery play areas, cool off in New England’s largest zero depth water spray-ground or pick apples in the fall. Take part in daily and weekend events! Best for children up to age 8. Adults are only admitted when accompanied by a child 12 years or younger. From 190 take exit 6 and follow the signs
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Art
Fitchburg Art Museum
185 Elm St.,
Fitchburg, MA 01420

A family-friendly museum featuring fourteen galleries that house a diverse collection of American and European paintings, prints, drawings, ceramics and decorative arts as well as Greek, Roman, Asian and pre-Columbian antiquities. In addition, the Museum organizes temporary exhibitions of works from other museums, private collections, and emerging and established contemporary artists. Fitchburg Art Museum is North Worcester County’s oldest and most treasured cultural institution, founded in 1925 through a bequest of American Impressionist painter and educator, Eleanor Norcross (1854-1925). Tours, lectures and classes for adults, children, school groups and families are available.

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Art
Surroundings Gallery & Custom Framing
377 Main Street
Gardner, MA 01440

A small, intimate gallery in a restored post and beam livery stable from the 1800’s. We feature area artisans and artists. A full service frame shop and original art for sale

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Fair
The Spencer Fair
PO Box 46
Spencer, MA 01562 a

Annual Country Fair, operating over Labor Day weekend. Sponsored by the Spencer Agricultural Association, a non-profit organization run by volunteers, for the purpose of promoting agriculture. A variety of family entertainment and educational exhibits over the four day weekend, highlighted by 2 demolition derbies. Lots of horticultural, vegetable, poultry, cattle, sheep displays and shows, and horse, oxen and farm tractor pulls. Located just off Rt 31, one mile north of Rt 9 Spencer.

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Golf
Templewood Golf Course
160 Brooks Road
Templeton, MA 01468 a

Scenic 18 hole golf course with beautiful views of Mt. Monadnock. Senior specials weekdays. Some of the best greens in the area. Wide fairways. Friendly staff. Outdoor pavilion for golf outings and tournaments. Call 3 days in advance for weekend tee times. Discover one of the best-kept secrets of Central Mass.

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Mall
Mall at Whitney Field100 Commercial Road
Leominster, MA 01453
Tradtional Mall
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Movie Theater
Cinema World476 John Fitch Highway
Fitchburg, MA 01420

Movie theater is located in the John Fitch Plaza conveniently located next door to the King Buffet

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Movie TheaterEntertainment Cinemas, 45 Sack Boulevard, Leominster, MA 01453Movie Theater located adjacent to Malla at Whitney Field
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Museum
Fruitlands Museum
102 Prospect Hill Road
Harvard, MA 01451

Immerse yourself in the tradition, history and landscape of New England at scenic Fruitlands. Discover your heritage in the stories of the Alcotts, colonial farmers, Shakers, artists and Native Americans. With four intimate galleries, ample parking, charming store and restaurant, our museum will stir your imagination. Unwind – bring a picnic, attend a summer concert, join in family activities and enjoy events and programs in every season.

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Orchard
Bolton Orchards 125 Still River Road, Bolton, MA 01440 a

Specialty food store with local apples and cider available year round. Full service deli and produce departments. Also available: bakery, flowers and gift baskets. 

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Orchard
Red Apple Farm
455 Highland Avenue
Phillipston, MA 01331

Farm stand and country store filled with delicious apple pies and dumplings, fruit topped ice cream, farm fresh produce and a variety of farm made products. Pick your own: apples, peaches, blueberries, raspberries, pears, pumpkins, gourds, potatoes, heirloom tomatoes, and Indian corn in season a

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Outdoor Adventure
Zoar Outdoor
7 Main Street
Charlemont, MA 01339

Zoar Outdoor is Southern New England’s leader in outdoor adventure, offering whitewater rafting, canoeing, kayaking and rock climbing in Deerfield River Valley and beyond. Our friendly, professional staff, comfortable base camp and top-notch equipment ensure that your adventure will be memorable. From half-day family raft trips to week-long whitewater kayak clinics we can match your schedule and your desire for adventure. a

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Park
Lake Dennison Recreation AreaRte. 202
Winchendon, MA 01475

Lake Dennison is a section of the Army Corps of Engineers Birch Hill Flood Control Project. The DCR, via Otter River State Park staff, manages 4,221 acres of Corp land for recreational use. Located in Winchendon, the park has 150 campsites. There is a swimming beach on Lake Dennison

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Park
Leominster State Forest90 Fitchburg Road
Rte. 31
Westminster, MA 01473

Leominster State Forest is a 4,300-acre parcel of forested land, located in the five towns of Westminster, Princeton, Leominster, Fitchburg and Sterling in North Central Massachusetts. The forest is conveniently located off of Rte 2 (exit 28), is an easy drive for local residents, and convenient from the Boston and Worcester communities. 

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Park
Mount Grace State ForestWinchester Road
Warwick

At 1,621 feet, Mount Grace is the third highest elevation in Massachusetts, east of the Connecticut River. Recreation activities at the 1,458-acre State Forest include hiking, walking, horseback riding, cross-country skiing, snowmobiling, and hunting (in season).

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Skiing
Wachusett Mountain Ski Area
499 Mountain Road
Princeton, MA 01541

With Massachusetts only two high-speed quad chairs, a 1,000-foot vertical drop and a 2,000-foot elevation, Wachusett Mountain offers the most accessible big mountain skiing in southern New England. Night skiing daily until 10pm; 100% snowmaking; Mountainside Ski Shop; demo center; full-service restaurant; cafeteria; plus rental shop; and ski/snowboard school. Off-season, Wachusett hosts fun fall festivals and is ideal for corporate and private outings.

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Skydiving
Jumptown
80 Airport Road
Orange, MA 01364

We are the Massachusetts Sport Parachute Club dedicated to providing a safe and enjoyable home for new and experienced skydivers. We call it Jumptown. MSPC has been jumping hard since 1959. If you want to experience the thrill of a lifetime head out to Jumptown and make a tandem skydive. Tandem jumping is an incredible experience offering you the highspeed thrill of falling through the air from 14,000 feet at 120 miles and hour, followed by the peace and beauty of the 5-9 minute parachute ride. Enjoy the breathtaking view of the Quabbin Reservoir and beyond.

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Visitors Center
Johnny Appleseed Visitor CenterRoute 2
Lancaster, MA

Visit the Johnny Appleseed Visitor Center in Lancaster and get a copy of the Guide to the Johnny Appleseed Trail. The Johnny Appleseed Trail of North Central Massachusetts spans along Route 2 between the historic “Freedom” Trail and the very popular “Mohawk” Trail. The historic and quaint traditional New England cities and towns within this thriving and scenic region

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Whitewater Rafting
Crab Apple Whitewater 2056 Mohawk Trail (Rte.2) Charlemont, MA 01339

Since 1983, Crab Apple Whitewater has offered whitewater adventures in New England. Family owned and operated, we feature trips for all ages and ability levels. Full and half-day raft trips plus half-day inflatable kayak trips are great fun for everyone, including kids ages 6 and up. Crab Apple specializes in friendly fun with a staff of enthusiastic outdoor lovers. Join us for the highlight of your summer! Our riverside base camp, state-of-the-art equipment and our friendly staff await you.

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Winery
Nashoba Valley Winery100 Wattaquadock Hill Road
Bolton, MA 01740

Located in the heart of Massachusetts apple country, Nashoba Valley Winery is a stunning hilltop orchard overlooking the charming town of Bolton. Always growing and ever-beautiful, we are open daily throughout the year, with the exception of The Fourth of July, Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day and New Year’s Day. Since first producing superior fruit wines in 1978, Nashoba Valley Winery has earned wide acclaim as a pioneering winery orchard and a premier destination for visitors seeking excellent wine, exquisitely prepared food, and a gorgeous country setting.

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