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Westminster Election April 25, 2023 Election Results For Moderator: Dana Altobelli got 668 votes For Select Board: Salvatore Albert got 583 votes For Town Clerk: Ellen Sheehan got 644 votes For Library Trustee (2 positions) Kimberly Samson: 579 and Kimberly Brothers-Caisse: 559 Hager Park Commission: Alan Wiktorski: 626 Planning BoardContinue Reading

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Fire Trucks at Garbose Building April 29, 2023 2:00pm 4 vehicles of the Gardner Fire Department have been at the Garbose Building in Downtown Gardner. The building owner stated to us that a sprinkler had let go and the Gardner Fire Department is sorting it out. There is NO FIREContinue Reading

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Gardner MA Mayor Nicholson on What’s Going On in the Chair City Listen to the Update on any device. CLICK PLAY. The Mayor thanked Seaman Paper Company employees and the Keep Gardner Beautiful Foundation for the work they did on Earth Day litter cleanup. Yard Waste pickup in Gardner willContinue Reading

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Graphic shows the Parent Communication Flow: Individual Teacher – School Counselor – School Principal – Superintendent of Schools. The idea is to solve any issues earliest in the flow. It’s working. Superintendent Pellegrino reports few phone calls. Gardner has one of the only Calculus with Physics programs. Gardner is strongContinue Reading

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Update 4/28: Election Heats Up: 2867 votes cast as of end of voting on 4/28. Real Mayoral election of 2021 had a total of 2,851 votes cast. Winner Maverick: 1400, Rocky 1100, Cashew 198, Lucky 99, and Ozzy 70. In addition, since voting started “Friends of Gardner Dog Park” FacebookContinue Reading

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Gardner MA Mayor Recognizes Value of Service Dogs While hob-nobbing at the State House in Boston promoting the interests of the Chair City, Mayor Nicholson had the opportunity to spend a moment with these two service dogs. He posted, “Great to be with NEADS World Class Service Dogs Verna and Loring atContinue Reading

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Gardner MA Finance Committee Reviews Various Matters April 26, 2023 Purchasing Director Joshua Cormier, Director of Development Trevor Beauregard, and Mayor Nicholson (via phone) were on hand for the Finance Committee of Councilors Elizabeth Kazinskas, Alek Dernalowicz, and Ron Cormier. Listen on any device. Click Play. Positive Recommendations were madeContinue Reading

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Gardner Magazine Releases Candidate Submission Policy With Municipal Elections happening this year in Gardner, we wanted to make our policy very clear: We will publish the Press Releases of any campaign in their entirety unless rejected for violations of our decency guidelines which are very simple: If the submission advocatesContinue Reading

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Finance Committee packet in which the Mayor references this issue, CLICK HERE. He also details the results of the RFP process for other properties. School Street Condos Halted in Gardner MA Due to Title Issue Chad King’s successful proposal to turn the old School Street School at 53 School StreetContinue Reading

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National Library Week is April 23 -29, 2023 in Greater Gardner MA The theme this year is “More to the Story” as most libraries offer more than books including the Levi-Heywood Memorial Library in Gardner, the Beal’s Memorial Library in Winchendon, the Hubbardston Public Library, the Boynton Public Library inContinue Reading

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Super Heroes “Neon Leblanc’ and Conservation Agent Sophie Dorow Assist Volunteers in Gardner MA Earth Day Cleanup Gardner Mayor Nicholson thanked all the volunteers from “Keep Gardner Beautiful”, Seaman Paper and the City who got 6 one-ton dump truck loads of trash off the streets. DPW staff took the trashContinue Reading

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The Flashback Dance was well-attended including by Gardner’s Mayor, City Council President, State Representative, City Councilors, and other notables. More exciting events to come this year in Gardner…. Flashback Dance Well Attended in Gardner MA – A Big Hit! The Flashback Dance featuring “DJ of the Stars Jimmy Jay” andContinue Reading

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From Gardner Fire Department 4-21-23: “Be advised there is a strong odor of brush fire smoke over the City this evening. The smoke is coming from a large brush fire at the Devens military range. We have a strong East wind that is blowing the smoke over the City. IfContinue Reading

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Listen to the Update on any device, CLICK PLAY. For more on Centennial Celebration Events, CLICK HERE for our Centennial page. “Let’s make sure that our tax dollars come back into our city rather than going to somewhere else across the country. So we’re going to continue to advocate forContinue Reading

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Excitement Building for Saturday April 22, 2023 in Gardner MA As Gardner continues to celebrate its 101st Year as a City, Saturday April 22, 2023 holds special excitement. Radio Station WGAW which has been a part of Gardner since 1946 features “DJ of the Stars” Jimmy Jay live on theContinue Reading

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The National Covid Emergency was declared on March 13, 2020. It had been declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization 2 days before. For the Massachusetts Covid Dashboard CLICK HERE. Covid-19 Public Health Emergency to End May 11, 2023 in Greater Gardner MA and Massachusetts The State Health EmergencyContinue Reading

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The Biden Administration has a page on the White House website which explains the infrastructure initiatives, CLICK HERE. We recently interviewed the Mayor about Projects and Progress. CLICK HERE. For a list of Gardner’s Accomplishments getting noticed nationally, visit Accomplished.us Gardner MA Mayor Michael Nicholson Represents the Chair City inContinue Reading