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Downtown Gardner MA Gets Another Bombaci Boost Jon Bombaci of Candor Realty announced the progress at 104 Parker Street in Gardner. From a carefully prepared surface shown at left, to beautiful interior floors, to a special color treatment at left, and some brick work at the front, another Gardner buildingContinue Reading

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With New Airport Master Plan in the Works, Gardner Airport Runway Renovations Begin For the first time in more than 50 years, the Gardner Airport is getting a major makeover. Runway is getting a complete reconstruction. The main building will get substantial renovations. For the future, an Airport Master PlanContinue Reading

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Gardner MA Downtown Festival Coming up on Saturday September 30, 2023 This year, the Fabulous Fall Festival, Gardner Festival Committee’s Oktoberfest, and Gardner Chair Luge are combined into one big Downtown Festival. The Downtown Festival starts at 10am in Downtown and goes right to 8pm with music and more nearContinue Reading

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Informal City Council Meeting on Tuesday, September 5, 2023 Covers District Increment Financing The districts involved include the Downtown Development District of 142.07 acres and the Mill Street Development district of 56.88 acres. The entire City of Gardner has 14,145 acres of land. Listen to the meeting on any device.Continue Reading

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Potential West Street Parking Garage at Earliest Stages of Thought Process in Gardner MA In order to have an eventual successful project, there must be an initial idea conceived sometimes years before. Such is the story with the potential West Street Parking Garage. There are 3 types of layouts inContinue Reading

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UPDATE August 29, 2023: Mary Kate Feeney of Bay State Racing LLC states that their membership in the Greater Gardner Chamber of Commerce has been reinstated and the problem was technical. Rebecca Marois, CEO of the Greater Gardner Chamber of Commerce responded to our inquiry: “Following standard Chamber of CommerceContinue Reading

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Aldi Store Gets Green Light in Gardner MA – Opening 1st Quarter 2024 or sooner On August 15, 2023, representatives of Aldi Stores went before the Gardner Planning Board and met all of their conditions for the store to be located at the site of the old Stop and ShopContinue Reading

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To get everything in context, listening to the interview in full is best. We asked about proposal specifics. John Stefanini gave us details. We asked about specific concerns and about the opposition to the facility and he responded respectfully. Listen on any device. CLICK PLAY. Bay State Racing LLC –Continue Reading

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Gardner MA WGAW Radio Has Audience Growth – Here’s Why The growth of WGAW’s audience can be attributed to a number of factual factors, not just lucky sevens as the station celebrates its 77th year. (founded 1946) Consistency: Current owner Steve Wendell has provided a consistent News/Talk format for overContinue Reading

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The Bombaci Boost – An Update on Some Downtown Gardner MA Buildings Jon Bombaci reports that 2-10 Parker Street, the Garbose Building construction drawings are 95% complete.(construction completion in 2024) 25 Main Street is proceeding but awaiting a structural and final set for the Restaurant on the first floor. TheContinue Reading

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First Window Goes into Historic Garbose Building in Gardner MA In an act symbolic of Gardner’s spirit, a window made in Gardner Massachusetts is installed in the Garbose Building in Downtown Gardner. (They are made by SWS, a division of Maki Corp.)* Jon Bombaci posted, “First window in at 2-10Continue Reading

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According to City Hall, “all of the 222 proposed housing units highlighted during the Secretary’s visit are 100% fully market rate units, as opposed to income restricted or deed restricted affordable units. In sum, this is the largest investment in market rate housing the City has seen in decades.” TheContinue Reading

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Gardner MA Airport Commission with Update on Plans The Gardner Airport Commission discussed an update on the Runway Project, the Airport Managers Report, and Airport Maintenance and Projects. Discussion was around particulars of the project. On Monday, August 14th, some work will start on putting up fencing around where theContinue Reading