Properties: Requests for Proposal open until September 17th for 94 Pleasant Street. —- Demolition of old Nadeau Street factory to occur soon in conjunction with the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection. Gardner Mayor Michael Nicholson Provides September 6, 2024 Update of various events Listen to the update on any device.Continue Reading

Examination of Electoral Maps Reveals Just How Close Recent Elections Have Been Gardner Magazine is showing you the actual electoral maps of 2016 and 2020 for those who don’t think of the election in terms of the electoral college, which is what we actually use. It illustrates why the candidatesContinue Reading

Listen to the update on any device. CLICK PLAY. Why Mums in the Graphic? Volunteers are needed to plant mums in the City’s flower pots for a few hours on September 13th and 14th. contact kjablonski@gardner-ma.gov In Pre-Labor Day Update, Gardner Mayor Michael Nicholson Informs the City Welcome: Teachers whoContinue Reading

The Gardner Board of Assessors Gardner Assessor Concludes City Should Meet New Growth Value The Board of Assessors met with members Assessor Christine Kumar and Paulette Burns. Listen to the exciting meeting on any device. CLICK PLAY. Assessor Kumar stated, “We do have a little update. So, the residential, commercial,Continue Reading

Paving Time is Here in Gardner – Schedule Announced DPW Director Dane Arnold has announced the specific Gardner MA paving schedule for the end of August and all of September. The schedule is subject to change based on weather. Paving Schedule – 8/29: Lower structures on Dinan Drive and MeadowbrookContinue Reading

The Gardner City Clerk’s office is having a special Saturday voter registration session August 24th from 9am to 5pm in Perry Auditorium. Last day to register to vote for the upcoming September 3rd State Primary (other offices – Presidential Primary held earlier this year.) Gardner Mayor Michael Nicholson Updates theContinue Reading

Gardner Redevelopment Authority: from left: Magnus Carlberg, Timothy Horrigan, Neill Jansssens, Trevor Beauregard and Paul Tassone (on phone) For the opportunities presenting themselves in this article, please contact the Development Department at the City of Gardner. They’ll put you in touch with the appropriate broker and you can snap upContinue Reading

Listen to the detailed update on any device. CLICK PLAY. Detailed Mayor’s Update Highlights Projects, Events, and Openings Gardner Mayor Michael Nicholson Updated the Chair City on August 16, 2024 in a detailed update. Listen on any device. CLICK PLAY. Happening in Gardner: National Night Out canceled due to weatherContinue Reading

Residents who are interested can contact the Town Manager via email at bmckinney@winchendon-ma.gov Winchendon’s Town Manager Takes Proactive Action in Advance of Budget Concerns Inflation is causing budget problems for Massachusetts communities including Winchendon. Very simply, costs are going up quicker than tax levies can keep up. Solution is cuttingContinue Reading

Every day in the City of Gardner MA, the work goes on…. Busy Work Week of Commissions, Boards, and Committees in Gardner MA – 7 Meetings August 12th: Conservation Commission meets regarding Wetlands issues regarding various properties. AGENDA August 13th: Gardner Planning Board meets regarding the Definitive Site Plan forContinue Reading

Gardner Has Rooming House for Sale – for $1 – So What’s the Catch? The former rooming house is located at 94 Pleasant Street in Gardner, next to the Fidelity Bank parking lot and across the street from Gardner City Hall. An appraiser gave it an appraised value of $0Continue Reading

Westminster MA is Active in August 2024 The Town of Westminster held its Town Benefit Day on Sunday August 11, 2024. If you missed it, don’t miss the rest of the Westminster “South Street Sentinel” for August. It features a useful list of suggested supplies for Westminster Elementary School studentsContinue Reading

City Council Tackles Remainder of 700 page Agenda After Racetrack Vote The Gardner City Council put the Racetrack issue behind it in the first portion of the meeting, took a short recess, and then resumed the agenda. Complete document, CLICK HERE. Listen to the entire meeting on any device, CLICKContinue Reading

11th Annual Greater Gardner Nation Night Out – August 8, 2024 The 11th Annual Greater Gardner National Night Out will be held on Thursday, August 8, 2024 from 5:30 to 8pm at Gardner High School, 200 Catherine Street in Gardner. Activities include bounce houses, obstacle courses, basketball hoops, hydro blaster,Continue Reading

Copy of actual email sent to City of Gardner. At least 1 signer of Xeroxed Open Meeting Law Complaints verifies she did not know what she was signing. At Least One of OML Xerox Complaint Signers Retracts, DID NOT KNOW WHAT SHE WAS SIGNING. Kayla Halfrey wrote: “So also pleaseContinue Reading

Gardner Mayor Nicholson’s Update from Maki Park in Downtown Gardner On August 2, 2024, Gardner Mayor Michael Nicholson’s Weekly Update was from Maki Park in Downtown Gardner. Listen on any device. CLICK PLAY. Backpacks Available through Gardner CAC Backpack program – preregister at CAC website, CLICK HERE —- Also, onContinue Reading

City of Gardner Victim of “Complaint Xeroxing” Resulting in Special Meeting The Gardner MA City Council is having a special meeting on 6:30pm Wednesday, July 31, 2024. The topic: 14 Open Meeting Law complaints filed by Paul DeMeo on behalf of himself and others regarding the July 1, 2024 CityContinue Reading

We publish Scott Graves statement so our readers can hear for themselves what Graves actually said and what actually happened. A City Councilor raised a point of order as Scott Graves spoke off topic regarding the Sludge Landfill at the public hearing regarding the Racetrack. Council President Elizabeth Kazinskas askedContinue Reading