Gardner MA Goes Disney – The Magic of the Chair City Gardner Magazine has undertaken to capture the Magic of the Chair City in the eyes of the Disney Universe. It’s a page with over 100 images sure to delight or surprise you. CLICK HERE. We also have pages justContinue Reading
Gardner MA Mayor Michael Nicholson’s Long-term plan to Beautify South Gardner Gardner Mayor Nicholson would like South Gardner to look more like the second photo without wires. The Mayor recently stated that he would like to convert the area from West Broadway Pizza and Seafood to the Gardner Martial ArtsContinue Reading
March to Success – Projects and Progress Interview with Mayor Michael Nicholson With so much happening in the Chair City, sometimes it’s hard to keep track of it all. Fortunately, Gardner Mayor Michael Nicholson agreed to help us out. This interview with Gardner Mayor Michael Nicholson is March to SuccessContinue Reading
Events for 2023 are Shaping Up in the Chair City of Gardner MA Visit our Centennial page for complete coverage of 2023 events. CLICK HERE. Having an event not listed? Email News@GardnerMagazine.com and we’ll add it.Continue Reading
New Playground Equipment Approved in Gardner MA In speaking about an approval for the DPW to purchase $200,000 of playground equipment, Gardner Mayor Nicholson stated, there’s “tons of opportunities at our playgrounds.” Among other things, Ovila Case will be getting a pickleball court and the new Bailey Brook Park, theContinue Reading
February 17, 2023 is National Random Act of Kindness Day. Thank you for being kind. Gardner MA Mayor Michael Nicholson Recognizes Progress in Weekly Update Listen on any device. Click Play. In his weekly update of February 17, 2023, Mayor Nicholson recognized the progress of about a dozen students whoContinue Reading
Junky Buildings Interview with Nick Pelletier Offers Help to Those Seeking to Turn Blight Into Promise in Gardner MA He’s an award-winning Realtor and he represents various properties for the City of Gardner, some with minimum offers of just $1. Listen to the short interview on any device, CLICK PLAY.Continue Reading
UPDATE 2/18/23: Upon further review, on this property it’s a $1 bid plus the $17,000 in back taxes. Mayor Nicholson stated, “It was brought to our attention that there was an error in the listing price for the property for sale at 73 Stuart Street. The property was erroneously listedContinue Reading
City of Gardner MA on Quest to Market Valuable Corner Lot Using a technique employed by eBay sellers who list an item at 99 cents and then end up getting hundreds, the Chair City is marketing a .3 acre lot on the corner of Parker Street and Nichols Street. SomeContinue Reading
Listen on any device. Click Play. Lessons About Gardner History – An Interview with Gardner MA Mayor Michael Nicholson In a revealing interview, we interview Gardner Mayor Michael Nicholson to learn more Lessons About Gardner History, how we can learn from the past to have more successes in the presentContinue Reading
Inspections will be of Apartment Houses, Boarding Houses, and Dormitories looking at Fire Escapes, Exterior Porches, Egress Doors and Hardware, Stairways and Handrails, Smoke – Carbon Monoxide Detectors and Fire Alarms, and Emergency Lights and Exit Signs. Owners would do well to check on these things and solve the issuesContinue Reading
100 Years of Music Since Gardner MA has been a City – Even 100 yr. old songs sound good! We review the Top Songs from 1923 to 2022, the first 100 years of Gardner MA as a City. As you listen to some of the songs you’ll notice that asContinue Reading
What will happen 100 years after Gardner MA Mayor Nicholson’s State of the City Address? Gardner Mayor Michael Nicholson delivers the State of the City Address on Tuesday, January 10, 2023 at 7pm. Undoubtedly, he will cover the accomplishments of the past couple of years and what’s in the worksContinue Reading
A report on the Status of the Greater Gardner MA Work Force According to the State of MA, the Labor Force in Gardner consists of just under 9800 people with 374 unemployed. The unemployment rate dropped by close to half or more than half in 6 area communities. Gardner wasContinue Reading
Gardner MA Mayor Michael Nicholson on the Turn of the Century in the Chair City What you’ll hear about: Learn about new Technologies, Perceptions of Gardner, Employment for women, the new “Roaring Twenties”, use of radio, an item on the Mayor’s bucket list, protection against hard times, drug enforcement andContinue Reading
Gardner MA Focuses on the Mill Street Corridor Good news may be coming sooner than later in efforts to restore Mill Street in Gardner to the status of being worthy of a scenic drive. Recently, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts added the 10 acre Garbose lot to a new marketing platformContinue Reading
Gardner Magazine releases Downtown Gardner MA Christmas Lights Video Enjoy the Christmas Lights of Monument Park and the rest of Downtown Gardner set to the music of a “Downtown Christmas”. Throughout the month of December, there is FREE PARKING in Downtown Gardner MA.Continue Reading
Gardner Airport to Receive about $7 million in Funding for Runway Gardner MA Mayor Michael Nicholson announced on the Saturday, December 2, 2022 WGAW Hotline Radio Show that he found out Friday evening about great news for the Gardner MA Airport facility: about $7 million in grant funding. About $5Continue Reading
Incredible Festival of Trees underway at Gardner Museum in Gardner MA The 17th Annual Festival of Trees concludes Saturday December 3, 2022. Hours: Wednesday and Thursday 1-4pm, Friday 1pm-7pm, and Saturday 10am to 4pm. Drawing for trees is after closing on Saturday. Complete Photo Gallery, CLICK HERE. Admission is onlyContinue Reading
UPDATE: 11/26/22: Sunday 11/27 Holiday Stroll and Tree Lighting is postponed – A new date will be announced early to mid week. From Mayor Michael Nicholson: “The event is postponed. We will have a new date announce either on Monday or Tuesday. We need to first check with everyone whoContinue Reading
We have a dedicated page for the What’s Next Interview which shows all of the questions. CLICK HERE. Gardner MA Mayor Nicholson commits to running again and explains What’s Next in a fast-paced interview. On November 21, 2022 Gardner Magazine Publisher Werner Poegel interviewed the Chair City Mayor about What’sContinue Reading
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
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
Listen to the meeting on any device. Click Play. Note: If you find the first 40 minutes of back and forth on water and sewer bills boring, you can use the slider above to forward to a later point in the meeting when other items of interest are discussed PublicContinue Reading
Gardner’s Public Schools are now arranged close to one another off of Pearl Street. Gardner MA Superintendent Mark Pellegrino on Progress in the Schools, the Gardner Success Story Gardner Magazine Publisher Werner Poegel interviewed Dr. Mark Pellegrino, Superintendent of Gardner Massachusetts Public Schools. We spoke about Accelerated Development in GardnerContinue Reading
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