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Results of May 2024 Westminster Elections Complete Election Results, CLICK HERE. Elected were: Michael Cooley, Select Board , Michael Popik – Board of Health, Donald Frigoletto – Board of Assessors 3 years, Caroline Albert – Board of Assessors 2 years, Tiffany Davis and Neepa Shah, Library Trustees 2 years, MichelleContinue Reading

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Winning election were: Moderator: Richard Cook Jr., Select Board 3 year: Phil Papoojian, Select Board 1 year: Leo Janssens, Planning Board 3 year: Marshall Dennis, Board of Health 3 year: Thomas Flanagan. Complete List of all results, CLICK HERE.Continue Reading

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Hubbardston Concerts for Summer 2024 The Summer Concert Series has been announced: July 13th: High Powered Mutants, July 27th: The Big RanDom, August 10th: Ambient Sojourn Band. Each concert is scheduled from 5-8pm with a rain date the next night. Food vendors will be there. Fun Entertainment for kids, too.Continue Reading

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The Big Custom Brush Trucks In Hubbardston from the Hubbardston Fire Department, “Truck 4 doing Truck 4 things yesterday in Ashburnham. We take great pride in our brush units here in Hubbardston. All of our brush trucks were custom built with the unique needs of our geography in mind, withContinue Reading

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Keep Gardner Beautiful Cleans Up City On Saturday May 4, 2024, Keep Gardner Beautiful Volunteers led by Diane “Neon” Leblanc cleaned up trash and collected nips in the Chair City. Citizens met at the Gardner Transfer station to begin the cleanup and again there at noon. Local participating officials includedContinue Reading

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Gardner Airport Commission Holds Wingy Meeting Various discussions were conducted in a sit-anywhere format with a huge amount of interesting information about significant airport progress. See Photo. Listen on any device. CLICK PLAY. Some of the matters which came up at the meeting included: MassDOT offered to do a reconstructionContinue Reading

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Gunshots on Sherman Street In a Press Release from the Gardner Police Department on May 3, 2024, the Gardner PD referenced an incident on Sherman Street in Gardner which discovered bullet holes in a vehicle and a house. “Approximately 7 am this morning, the Gardner Police Department received 911 callsContinue Reading

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Gardner Mayor Michael Nicholson Informs the Chair City in his Weekly Update Gardner Mayor Michael Nicholson presented his update from the GETV studios this week. Listen on any device. CLICK PLAY. May 7-10 is May Yard Waste Pickup (Mailer had a typo) Events: Keep Gardner Beautiful Nip Hunt and LitterContinue Reading

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Civil and Criminal Penalties – Commentary on Problem Facebook Posts Gardner Magazine Publisher Werner Poegel with a commentary on problem Facebook posts. Listen on any device. CLICK PLAY. In my opinion, if there are local Facebook posts which make false allegations or harmful statements without evidence it may cost adminsContinue Reading

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$13,088,995.23 was cut from department requests. Proposal has a buffer of $4,284.51 between anticipated revenue and budgetary expenses. Otherwise, it is balanced. It’s Only May First – And Gardner Mayor Nicholson Releases Fiscal Year 2025 Budget Last December, Gardner Mayor Michael Nicholson informed the City Council that he would beContinue Reading

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For more about the following, click the respective links: Gardner Fire Department —- Gardner Police Department —– Levi Heywood Memorial Library. First Responder Day Cooperative Effort Among Gardner Fire Department, Gardner Police Department, and the Levi Heywood Memorial Library Gardner Magazine had the honor of speaking with 3 key individualsContinue Reading

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2024 Saturday Night – 7-11pm Concerts at the Lithuanian Outing Association, 23 Airport Road, Gardner run from May through September. Lithuanian Outing Association Concerts – 2024 Date: Band(s): May 25 AK Cody and the Wicked Northmen June 8 Dank Sinatra June 15 Mid Life Crisis June 29 Whiskey Johnson (Fireworks)Continue Reading

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Disc Golf Growing in Popularity Throughout the Commonwealth of MA – now at Bailey Brook Park Gardner’s Bailey Brook Disc Golf Course is under construction and is described on Udisc.com as eventually having 8(9) holes. Gardner Firefighter Benjamin Tucker has uploaded photos of his projected design layout The complete layoutContinue Reading

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Community Garden at St. Paul’s in Gardner MA Now has 27 Beds Originally established 2 years ago with a $3000 grant from the Diocese, the Community Garden located at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church on Cross Street in Gardner almost doubled its capacity in 2023 and now has more than 2Continue Reading

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PACC Friday Cruise Nights – Bands for 2024 The PACC Cruise Nights on Fridays precede the 4 hour concerts which occur from 7pm to 11pm. Upcoming this season beginning on May 24th are Danny Leblanc, Whiskey Johnson, the Wingmen, The Big RanDom, Mr. Strickland, Gale County, Plead the Fifth, BenContinue Reading

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From the Town of Westminster, “Water Main Break on Bathrick Road The Westminster Department of Public Works is currently working to repair a water main break on Bathrick Road today – Sunday, April 28, 2024.The water main break is impacting water service on the following roads: Bathrick Road, Crestview Lane,Continue Reading

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Facebook Postings Can Lead to Huge Damage Awards – Even Loss of House The hypothetical situation: A local Facebook Group makes egregious false statements suggesting falsely that individuals have committed crimes, even repeating similar false statements over a period of months in an attempt to make false claims sound legit.Continue Reading

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Gardner MA Fire Department Responds to Multi-acre Brush Fire The Gardner Fire Department assisted with a 9+ acre brush fire in Ashburnham and a smaller brush fire on Acadia Road in Gardner, posting, “Group 3 Recall Off Route 12 in Ashburnham. Engine 3 and 11C1 responded to assist with aContinue Reading

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Important Contact Information Telephone: (978) 699-0203 Website: Gardnerdvtaskforce.org Facebook Page, CLICK HERE Purple Paws Event Sheds Light on Domestic Violence The Purple Paw Walk Held on April 27, 2024 was held to raise funds to support victims of domestic violence and their pets. Gardner Mayor Michael Nicholson read a ProclamationContinue Reading