Gardner MA Mayor Nicholson Accepts Award At the age of 27, Gardner Mayor Michael Nicholson was recognized by the Worcester Business Journal as one of this year’s 40 under 40. Photo shown is the Mayor accepting the award at a recent banquet. Natalia Oliver, Chief of staff for the CityContinue Reading

Gardner MA Conservation Commission Perfects Art of Confusion at “Something” of 9-12-22 It is presented as a meeting of the Conservation Commission, but it is more like a conversation. Watch it on YouTube. Or listen to it right here. Just click play. Rarely is a meeting of individuals a recipeContinue Reading

Gardner MA City Council to Address Fire Department Audit in Informal Session The Gardner MA City Council will have two meetings on Monday September 19, 2022. The first will be an informal meeting at 6:30pm to go over the Fire Department Audit. Complete Packet and Agenda, CLICK HERE. The secondContinue Reading

Ashburnham MA Proposes Two New Draft Policies Here are Two (2) New Policies that were created on 8-30-2022.  We invite the Ashburnham residents to review and comment by e-mailing: Policy for naming or renaming town property, CLICK HERE. Policy for the installation of Tribute benches and trees. CLICK HERE. SendContinue Reading

Watch the Mayor’s Update on the City of Gardner’s YouTube page or on our Mayor’s Update page. CLICK HERE. Listen on any device by clicking Play. AUDIO and articles of earlier Mayor’s Updates, CLICK HERE. Gardner MA Mayor Michael Nicholson speaks of Moving On, Moving In, and Moving Forward inContinue Reading

The Gardner MA Zoning Board of Appeals Met on September 7, 2022 Meeting Agenda, CLICK HERE. The board took up the continuing project at 42-52 Parker Street, 2 driveways, a request to demolish and reconstruct a camp, a request for more parking for online shoppers at 21 Timpany Boulevard, andContinue Reading

Watch the Gardner City Council Meetings on the City of Gardner YouTube page or on our City Council page CLICK HERE. Or listen on any device by clicking Play. (Our recording eliminated the silence before meeting starts and while in recess to do swearing in.) Gardner MA City Council MetContinue Reading

Appointments Committee Hears new Gardner MA Police Chief Chief McAvene appeared before the Gardner Appointments Committee on September 6, 2022. Sitting with him in support was Mayor Michael Nicholson and former Acting Chief Phil Kearns. Both Nicholson and Kearns spoke in support of the appointment. Confirmation of the appointment wasContinue Reading

Positions open with the City of Gardner MA Deputy Chief of Police – apply by September 9, 2022 at 4:30pm. —- Local Building Inspector – apply by September 16, 2022 at 1pm —- Administrative Assistant for the Board of Health – apply by September 13, 2022 at 1pm – GardnerContinue Reading

A thoughtful Gardner MA Mayor Michael Nicholson Updates Chair City 9-2-22 Gardner Mayor Michael Nicholson’s Update for September 2, 2022: Just CLICK PLAY. Mayor Nicholson spoke about Substance Abuse Awareness Night, the need for ongoing efforts, and praised those involved. The Mayor welcomed back students, thanked teachers and spoke aboutContinue Reading

Reminder: Gardner MA Polls open until 8pm Tues. 9/6 for State Primary Ward 1: Gardner Elks #1426 —- Ward 2: Levi Heywood Memorial Library —- Ward 3: Gardner City Hall —- Ward 4: Gardner Police Department —- Ward 5: Polish American Citizens Club Election entrance at Gardner City Hall isContinue Reading

Gardner MA Facebook Group Moderator Pauly Potato Spreading Fake News An Editorial by Gardner Magazine Publisher Werner Poegel – There are a number of very healthy Facebook Groups serving the Greater Gardner MA area. Most Admins make an effort to foster respectful speech and do not knowingly pass along falseContinue Reading

Why it’s important to vote in the primary. When you vote you have a say in choosing the next Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Attorney General, Secretary of State, Treasurer, Auditor, Representative in Congress, Governor’s Councillor, State Senator, State Representative, District Attorney, Worcester County Sheriff. City of Gardner Early Voting page. MassachusettsContinue Reading

Early Voting and Primary Information for Greater Gardner MA Residents of the Greater Gardner MA area are advised to check with their local City or Town Hall for specific early voting and voter registration opportunities. Gardner Mayor Michael Nicholson went over early voting and the primary in the first partContinue Reading

Watch the Weekly Updates with Mayor Michael Nicholson on the City of Gardner’s YouTube page or on our Mayor’s Update page, CLICK HERE. Listen to AUDIO of any Mayor’s Update on any device. CLICK HERE. Some Listener Statistics: Gardner Magazine Chair City Update 8/19: 702, Nicholson 8/12: 4,070, Nicholson 8/5:Continue Reading

Hubbardston MA Holds Special Town Meeting August 22, 2022 The Town of Hubbardston held a Special Town Meeting and you can listen to it here. Just click Play. Meeting Warrant,, CLICK HEREContinue Reading

Gardner MA Conservation Commission Discusses Landfill Expansion Again Conservation Commission met on August 23, 2022.  During the meeting, the subject of the Gardner Landfill Expansion came up with various questions from the public.   The chair reiterated the desire of the Commission to have a Third Party provide recommendations prior toContinue Reading

Community Leaders Meet in Gardner MA August 22, 2022 According to Mayor Nicholson: “Yesterday, U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren visited Gardner to meet with representatives of our business community, educational institutions, and our state and local officials to discuss issues facing local businesses, revitalizing our economy, the lingering effects of theContinue Reading

Gardner MA Mayor Michael Nicholson Makes the Top 40 As he is blessed with an Angelic Singing Voice as evidenced by performances in Caroling with the Mayor, CLICK HERE for audio page, it would not have surprised us if he had a Top 40 Josh Groban type hit. However, NicholsonContinue Reading

American Flag Flying majestically at Gardner MA Police Headquarters The recently replaced flag outside Gardner PD was truly a sight to behold on Sunday August 21, 2022. Gardner honors the flag at the beginning of many of its meetings with the recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance – such asContinue Reading

Robot Responds to Update Controversy – A Tongue-in-Check Article in Gardner MA Gardner Magazine uses AI voices as announcers for various projects.   We admittedly do not pay them even minimum wage.  Yesterday we revealed that the Mayor’s Update of 8/05/22 had been heard 3,654 times, today that’s up to 3,674 times. Continue Reading

Gardner MA Mayor Michael Nicholson shown at age 40 with hypothetical U.S. Senate run and at age 50 as U.S. President. (Age Progression software used) Editorial: Gardner MA Mayor Nicholson preferred over a robot. On August 19, 2022 we tried an experiment – putting together our own Chair City UpdateContinue Reading