Music at GMS
Gardner MA Middle School Readying for Beauty and the Beast Auditions Winter isn’t even here yet, but the Gardner Middle School music department is wasting no time planning for its spring musical, Disney’s Beauty and the Beast Jr. Showtimes are scheduled to be Friday March 30th at 7pm and SaturdayContinue Reading
Public Schools
Editorial: Gardner MA Should be Very Proud of Its Public Schools and its Teachers From Gardner Magazine Publisher Werner Poegel: Residents of Gardner should be extremely proud of Gardner Public Schools. Included in our article of the November 14, 2022 School Committee Meeting is the complete packet featuring reports fromContinue Reading
School Committee 11-14-22
Watch the School Committee meetings on our School Committee page, or listen here on any device. Past Meetings AUDIO and articles, CLICK HERE. Guess who’s in the GardnerVerse? Visit the fun in the GardnerVerse, click here. Hint: All School Committee members are pictured too. The Gardner MA School Committee metContinue Reading
AI Art
Was Gardner MA Mayor Nicholson in a Genuine Van Gogh? As famous painter Van Gogh passed away more than 100 years ago, the real Van Gogh is Starry Night. The new Van Gogh is a deep fake created by Artificial Intelligence. See our Van Gogh page, right here. On theContinue Reading
Winter Ready
NOAA issued a Precipitation Outlook for the entire country. According to NOAA, it doesn’t look like anything extreme is in the future for Greater Gardner MA. But as Accuweather meterologists pointed out, this winter will be “most complicated and dynamic.” Time will tell. What will winter in Greater Gardner MAContinue Reading
School Street Art
Gardner MA School Street Artists to Hold Open Studios on Small Business Saturday The artists are inviting the public to an OPEN STUDIOS event on Saturday, November 26, 2022 from 10am to 5pm at 205 & 213 School Street, Gardner MA. Directions. Some of the artists include Norm Eggert Photography,Continue Reading
Veterans Honored
Ceremony in Gardner MA Honors All Area Veterans On Veterans Day, November 11, 2022, Veterans were honored in a ceremony in Perry Auditorium at Gardner City Hall. The exercises included a number of speakers including local Government leaders and Veterans. 99 year old World War II veteran Ernie Richard wasContinue Reading
M.A.R.T. FREE
All MART Bus Rides are Fare-FREE in Greater Gardner MA this Holiday Season The Montachusett Regional Transit Authority has announced , “For this upcoming holiday season, all MART bus rides will be FARE-FREE! Running from November 21st to December 31st, 2022. Please visit our website www.mrta.us for any information regardingContinue Reading
Mayor’s Update 11-11-22
Watch the Mayor’s Update on our Mayor’s Update page or listen here on any device. CLICK Play. Gardner MA Mayor Michael Nicholson thanks voters – “A government of the people and for the people” The Mayor thanked Election workers and voters who showed up in substantial numbers to cast ballotsContinue Reading
Veterans Day Poem 2022
Veterans Day, 2022 Freedom has a shelf life others wish to shorten,Sometimes its fragility is wantonly forgotten.Trappings of daily life so actively pursued,While warriors keep nation’s liberty renewed. Remembering one hundred and four years agoHostilities did cease with a World War One foe.Eleven hours, eleventh day, eleventh month.Armistice replaced theContinue Reading
Veterans 2022
We interviewed Lynette Grabila, Veterans Agent and Director of Veterans Services for the City of Gardner. Listen on any device, Click Play. Greater Gardner MA Original Veterans Day Poem Freedom has a shelf life others wish to shorten,Sometimes its fragility is wantonly forgotten.Trappings of daily life so actively pursued,While warriorsContinue Reading
Planning 11-9-22
Gardner MA Planning Board Took up and APPROVES Two Projects on November 9, 2022 Discussion at the meeting centered around the Park Street Park which would also contain about 48 parking spaces. Tighe and Bond made a presentation, noting that the site is restricted to be at grade or above.Continue Reading
GardnerVerse
Just for Fun – Enter the GardnerVerse of the Chair City of Gardner MA Visit the GardnerVerse page and see some more of your local favorites including the Gardner City Council. CLICK HERE.Continue Reading
Election Results
Nationwide as of 6:10am on 11-8-22, control of the U.S. House and U.S. Senate has not yet been decided. For links to the websites of various candidates, click here. Greater Gardner MA Election Results 2022 Results for various races are in. Office State Senate Gobi – Winner Amorello State RepresentativeContinue Reading
City Council Meeting 11-7-22
For our original article published prior to the meeting, click here. – Watch the 2 City Council meetings of this date on our City Council page or listen here on any device. Click Play. Joint Meeting with Planning Board Regular Meeting Readers Please note: This article contains a huge amountContinue Reading
City Council 11-7-22
Readers Please note: This article contains a huge amount of referenced information. The links go to a pdf file on the subject matter which opens in a new window for convenience. The article will be updated once the Gardner City Council acts on the various items being brought before it.Continue Reading
Aleksa Fashion
Aleksa Fashion Boutique Opens in Downtown Gardner MA Located right next to the Blue Moon Diner at 96 Main Street, the new store has opened to the public. From the business,”Aleksa Fashion Boutique offers pants for men and women brought directly from Colombia. We offer clothes for girls, adults, youngContinue Reading
Mayor’s Update 11-4-22
Watch the Mayor’s Update on our Mayor’s Update page or listen here on any device. Click Play. Gardner MA Mayor Michael Nicholson speaks of Appointments, Budgets, Grants, and Leaves in Weekly Update Mayor Nicholson spoke of acting appointments needed to fill lieutenant and sergeant positions in the Gardner PD nowContinue Reading
Political Signs
Editorial: Signs Caught Talking to Each Other in Gardner MA In these days of political incivility, we give credit to the makers of these particular signs. If you listen very closely, you’ll hear calm, respectful discussions of the issues taking place among the various signs. A fantasy, but what aContinue Reading
Fall Back
Greater Gardner MA Sets Clocks Back for Sunday November 6, 2022 Clocks are set back one hour as we switch to Standard Time. Sunset on Sunday 11-6-22 will be 4:35pm. It will be 4:20pm on Christmas Day 2022. On the first day of Spring, March 20, 2023 sunset will beContinue Reading
Opioid Settlement
Listen on any device. CLICK Play. Regional Collaborative Announced for Opioid Settlement On November 3, 2022, Gardner MA Mayor Michael Nicholson, Gardner City Council President Kazinskas, State Representatives Jon Zlotnik and Susannah Whipps, Winchendon Town Manager Justin Sultzbach, and others announced plans for a regional collaborative to utilize the fundsContinue Reading