Festival Sweeter
View all 25 Trucks Gardner MA Food Truck Festival Just Got Sweeter Colin Smith, Coordinator of this year’s Gardner Food Truck Festival has confirmed that both hugely popular Ben and Jerry’s Ice Cream and Clyde’s Cupcakes will be coming. This brings the total number of trucks to 25 Updated FoodContinue Reading
WGAW Spirit of 76
In the Spirit of 76 on 7/6/22, We Honor Gardner’s Iconic WGAW Radio Heard on AM 1340, 98.1FM, and everywhere on the internet, LISTEN LIVE LINK, WGAW is celebrating a 75 year history and entrance into its 76th year. Complete History from the station’s website., CLICK HERE. View our previousContinue Reading
Projects
Gardner MA Mayor Michael Nicholson – The Projects Interview – July 6, 2022 Gardner Magazine Publisher Werner Poegel interviews Mayor Nicholson. The Chair City Mayor speaks about the new Gardner Elementary School, taxes, projects, and paving. In the complete article, we now have in writing the complete section on theContinue Reading
City Council 7-5-22
Listen to Meeting Audio For past City Council Meetings you can listen to on any device, CLICK HERE. No Big Raises for Gardner MA HR Director and Assistant City Solicitor An amendment made by Gardner City Councilor James Walsh won the day and the large raises proposed for the AssistantContinue Reading
Rocky on Duty
Gardner MA PD Canine Rocky Helps Catch Some Crooks Thanks to Rocky the K9 Cop, his handler Officer Josh Willis, and other members of the Gardner Police Department, some crooks got caught and some property got recovered. From the Gardner PD, “K-9 Rocky made a grand entrance! Today (July 5,Continue Reading
Templeton Swim
Town of Templeton MA Red Cross Learn to Swim Program The Town of Templeton’s Red Cross Learn to Swim Program. Sign-ups are Wednesday July 6th & Thursday July 7th, 2022 4pm – 6:30pm at Town Hall. Hunter Marion, Program Director (WSI American Red Cross Certified) Brianna Nunez, Assistant Director .Continue Reading
Gardner PD Genuine
Gardner MA PD Featured in Genuine Gardner The Gardner Police Department epitomizes the positivity of Gardner we want to showcase in Genuine Gardner. Full Article with lots of photos, CLICK HERE. Search for the Chief In an interview with Gardner MA Mayor Michael Nicholson on July 6, 2022, the MayorContinue Reading
Declaration
Happy July 4th, Greater Gardner MA! In Congress, July 4, 1776 The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America, When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powersContinue Reading
Food Truck Festival
Printable poster PDF format CLICK HERE Printable poster jpg format CLICK HERE Full Color HD Food Truck Festival Brochure. CLICK HERE (8mb) or Smaller File (1mb) Gardner MA 5th Annual Food Truck Festival on Saturday, July 9, 2022 Brings 2 Dozen Choices Update: July 7, 2022, Now 25 Trucks. UpdateContinue Reading
Rutland 4th
The Town of Rutland has a number of 4th of July events planned from Friday July 1, 2022 through Monday July 4, 2022. View pdf for all events. .Continue Reading
Ashburnham Chief Retires
Ashburnham Police Chief Loring Barrett Jr. to retire effective July 15, 2022 In a letter to Ashburnham residents, Chief of Police Loring Barrett Jr. announced his retirement. The chief has spent 35 years in law enforcement with close to half of that time spent in Ashburnham as its Police ChiefContinue Reading
Hubbardston Police Chief Retires
Chief Dennis Perron Retires, Sergeant Ryan Couture Interim Chief Effective July 16, 2022 From the town of Hubbardston:” The Hubbardston Select Board on Monday accepted the retirement of Police Chief Dennis Perron, ending more than 16 years of senior-level leadership and service to the Town of Hubbardston. His last dayContinue Reading
Mayor’s Update July 1, 2022
Update is about 11 minutes long, but worth every minute of it if you are a Gardner taxpayer. Please take the time to watch it. You’ll be glad you did. Tax Bills Focus of Gardner MA Michael Nicholson Update Mayor Nicholson mentioned recent grants and various events, but focused onContinue Reading
Storefront Revitalization
State Approves Gardner MA Application for Storefront Revitalization Districts In an announcement dated June 30, 2022 but sent out on the first day of the new fiscal year, Mayor Nicholson announced that the Chair City has been approved for two new Vacant Storefront Revitalization Districts, covering both the Timpany BoulevardContinue Reading
Downtown Progress
Gardner Square Two Recognizes Downtown Gardner MA Progress Gardner Square Two Inc. posted some photos of progress happening right before our eyes in Downtown Gardner stating in a Facebook post, “Wow! There is so much happening in our Downtown. And we are very excited about all the revitalization going on.Continue Reading
Happy 4th
Americans Celebrate 4th of July in Greater Gardner MA Gardner City Hall, municipal offices of other communities will be closed, and Post Offices nationwide will be closed. The holiday is formally Independence Day, commemorating the Declaration of Independence of July 4, 1776. Gardner had its celebration early on Saturday JuneContinue Reading
Preliminary Tax Bills
Gardner Property Taxes: First two quarterly bills higher, second two quarterly bills lower. Mayor Nicholson explains. Due to a slight conflict in the way the laws regarding municipal taxation are set up, Gardner property owners will get the first two quarterly real estate tax bills based both on the $18.59/thousandContinue Reading
Community Health
Community Health Connections new building closer to completion The sign states an opening date in December 2022 and construction progress to date puts the project right on track. Gardner Magazine was granted access to take these photos on June 28, 2022 of a great facility in the making. The constructionContinue Reading
Genuine Gardner
Genuine Gardner Showcases Gardner MA Positivity What do you spot in Gardner that makes you smile or makes you feel good? It’s easy to find fault, it’s harder to find good. Gardner Magazine wants to profile even the quirkiest good things in the community. This could be about people, businesses,Continue Reading
The Bear
Bear Spotted on Century Way in Gardner MA According to a social media post by a Gardner resident, “This big guy just came through the woods behind my fenced in backyard, walked across Century Way, past the brook and headed toward Brookside. Be careful.” Some other resources in printable pdfContinue Reading
Bike Trail Money
Gardner MA Awarded $200,000 more Bike Trail Design Funds “I’m very excited to see this project moving forward thanks to the grant funding we have received,” said Mayor Michael Nicholson. “This project has been something we have talked about for quite some time in Gardner, and this funding allows us toContinue Reading
Holdin’ Back
Monument Park Concerts are held on Saturdays through the end of August. Schedule: CLICK HERE. Holdin’ Back to play at Monument Park this Saturday July 2, 2022 Coming up this Saturday July 2, 2022 at 6pm is Holdin’ Back for a “feel good” performance to include rock ‘n’ roll, oldies,Continue Reading
John Philip Sousa Concert
National High School Honor Band performed at Monument Park in Gardner MA The John Philip Sousa National High School Honor Band performed at Monument Park in Gardner on June 27, 2022. The outdoor event was possible as the rain which fell across the region earlier in the day gave wayContinue Reading