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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Listen here on any device. Click Play. Gardner MA Appointments Committee Meets with Joshua Cormier and Nicholas Maroni – Hears from PD Chief and the Mayor Appointments Committee recommended Joshua Cormier for another 3 year appointment and Deputy Chief Nicholas Maroni for his first full 3 year appointment.. Acting LieutenantsContinue Reading
Gardner MA Board of Assessors Recommends Single Tax Rate Assessor reported the 5 year reval has been completed. Assessor stated that DOR rep told her Gardner was the first to have 5 year reval done, ever. Website will soon be updated with new property record cards and the various forms.Continue Reading
More information: City of Gardner Donation Locations — State of MA Guide — DEP Textile Facts — All MA Waste Bans Gardner MA Board of Health with Information on Waste Disposal Bans Now in Effect On November 1, 2022 it became illegal in Massachusetts to dispose of or transport textilesContinue Reading
City of Gardner MA Director of Community Development and Planning Speaks on Gardner’s past, present, and future. We were pleased to interview Director Trevor Beauregard on the Accelerated Development in Gardner on November 1, 2022 and how this success has come to be. Beauregard has a unique perspective as heContinue Reading
Gardner MA Mayor Michael Nicholson Featured in Comic Strip Today, just for fun Gardner Magazine is honoring Gardner Mayor Nicholson with a Comic Strip depicting all of the juggling he does during a typical day. When you see the Mayor today, give him a thanks and a pat on theContinue Reading
View the Mayor’s Update on our Mayor’s Update page or listen here on any device. CLICK Play. Smiling from Ear to Ear, Gardner MA Mayor Michael Nicholson Treats Chair City to Great News in Weekly Update The Mayor spoke about some local events, but the Big News in this updateContinue Reading
Gardner MA Conservation Commission Meeting ends with Comedic Line The Conservation Commission briefly took up the matter of the Landfill Expansion, continuing the matter to November 14th. It then took up the remainder of the agenda. At the end, and while the camera and audio was still rolling, the publicContinue Reading
Fiscal Year 2022 Free Cash Expenditures included Financial Policy Requirements, Grant Matches (Meaning the City applied for funding to stretch the money), Budgetary Corrections, Capital Projects, Planning Expenditures, and Unanticipated Expenditures. Gardner MA “Free Cash” Fiscal Year 2023 certified by State at $2.6 million According to the State of MAContinue Reading
View on our Mayor’s Update page, or Listen here on any device. Click Play. Infrastructure, Gardner PD, Electricity, and Voting Focus of Gardner MA Mayor Nicholson Update of October 21, 2022 Infrastructure: Kendall Street to be paved Wednesday, October 26th. Concrete Crossing ramp being laid out in the Douglas -RobillardContinue Reading
You can’t put a fence on City Property, explains City Solicitor Flick at Gardner ZBA Meeting In an interesting Zoning Board of Appeals Meeting on October 18, 2022, the panel took up a half dozen different cases including one involving a fence to be placed on City property. Also, anContinue Reading
Listen to the Meeting on Any Device. CLICK Play. Gardner MA Proactive Planning, Rink, Sludge, and Labor Issues Before Committee In a Public Service Committee meeting of October 13, 2022 the City Engineer announced that the City of Gardner has been awarded a $50,000 Community Compact Grant from the StateContinue Reading
Watch the meeting on our City Council page or listen right here on any device. CLICK Play. Free Cash History 2015 to 2022 Certified at $2.6 million for fiscal year 2023 on 10-17-22. New growth certification will be coming. Properties and Finances Topics at Gardner MA City Council Meeting ofContinue Reading
Gardner MA to Hit Milestone on January 1, 2023 Gardner celebrates 100 years a City in just…. Europeans first settled what would be named Gardner in 1764. It received land grants from surrounding towns of Ashburnham, Templeton, Westminster, and Winchendon to become an incorporated town in 1785. Two decades later,Continue Reading
Gardner MA Gets Invite to Housing Crisis Roundtable Representing the Chair City at a private roundtable meeting with U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren in Boston was Gardner Mayor Michael Nicholson on Friday, October 14, 2022. It was convened to discuss the housing crisis faced by the Commonwealth. Others were from theContinue Reading
Gardner Magazine has a treat for you. Feel great about Gardner MA On October 14, 2022, we interviewed the Chair City Chief Executive about Gardner’s successful and transformative program of Accelerated Development, an unprecedented partnership of Government, Business, Community, and Private collaboration to achieve an expedited prosperity. Thank you, Gardner MayorContinue Reading
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