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Cloud Hanging over Stop and Buy in Gardner MA The Gardner Board of Health met at length on 3-28-22 regarding repeated violations of the food code at Stop and Buy, 56 Union Square Gardner. Specifically, inspections going back 5 years have revealed expired food at every inspection. Watch meeting onContinue Reading

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While evacuations of patients or staff were not necessary, ambulances had to transport patients to other hospitals during the incident. Engine companies from Westminster and Ashburnham assisted at scene, while Hubbardston and Templeton covered Gardner Fire station. Gardner MA Fire Department Dispatched to Heywood Hospital for Broken Gas Line AContinue Reading

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Keep your pet healthy. Attend the clinic. Rabies Vaccine Clinic for all Dogs and Cats in Greater Gardner Area The Gardner Rabies Clinic will take place Sunday April 3, 2022 from 10am to 1pm outside at the Gardner Animal Shelter, 899 West Broadway, Gardner   DIRECTIONS.   Fee is $20, exact changeContinue Reading

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Watch the Heywood update on YouTube. CLICK HERE. Heywood Hospital of Gardner MA changes some Covid Policy According to statements made in a video update by Heywood CEO Win Brown, each patient not under precautions can have one healthy visitor. Visitors must still go through screening, wear masks, and useContinue Reading

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Over 3000 FREE Covid Test Kits distributed February 24, 2022 at PACC in Gardner MA According to Mayor Nicholson, “We gave away about 35 cases (each case has 90 kits) there’ll still be some available for free at the Health Department in City Hall”Continue Reading

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Watch the entire meeting. CLICK HERE. Gardner MA Board of Health Lifts Mandate and Advisory With Gardner’s Covid positivity rate of 26% in January having dropped to 8.9% and continuing to fall, the Gardner MA Board of Health has immediately lifted its mask mandate for municipal buildings and senior housing. Continue Reading

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Read 2/28/22 letter from Gardner Superintendent of Schools Mark Pellegino. CLICK HERE. Not so Fast! Greater Gardner Mask Mandate only Partially Rescinded. While on February, 28, 2022, masks will no longer be required in Gardner Public Schools and other schools in area communities, all students and staff must still wearContinue Reading

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Gardner MA Positive Covid Cases down 91 percent from the last report one month ago. View report from last month The State of Massachusetts also does Covid-19 Response Reporting. Information was just updated as of 5:30pm 2/14/22. Chart below. Here’s the link if you want to view more data. CLICKContinue Reading

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Gardner Public Schools is currently not making any data available as to the number of staff and students afflicted with Covid. No word as to why. Gardner MA Schools go DARK on Covid Data, Mum on Masks Gardner Public Schools Covid Dashboard hasn’t been updated in a month. The currentContinue Reading

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For the Massachusetts Covid Dashboard, CLICK HERE. Covid Reports are a Mixed Bag for the Greater Gardner MA Area The Covid Incidence Rate per 100,000 is still high for the past two weeks in the Greater Gardner MA area. However, cases in Massachusetts as a whole are plummeting to theContinue Reading

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Gardner MA Ocean State Job Lot offers FREE Hand sanitizer and wipes for Educators Now through February 16: Teachers, School Management, and school support personnel as well as homeschoolers can come in to the store and pick up hand sanitizer, hand wipes, and disinfectant wipes for FREE while supplies last.Continue Reading

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Rutland MA Vaccine Clinics Rutland is offering vaccine clinics on Mondays at the lower level of the Rutland Public Library.  Pediatric is 2-4pm and adults are 4:30-7pm.  All brands are offered.   For dates on PDF, CLICK HERE.  Occasional additional popup dates may occur.  More information at  Town of Rutland BoardContinue Reading

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Gardner MA Heywood Hospital CEO Win Brown – Covid Update Mr. Brown spoke of the current Covid challenges including a 7 day positivity rate of 36 percent and a high hospitalization of 43 Covid inpatients (down from a peak of 48 in the last week) Brown emphasized Central Mass hasn’tContinue Reading

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UPDATE: Free Covid-19 Test Kits and Reimbursement for Greater Gardner MA The Federal Government has a website in effect NOW from which Americans can order free COVID-19 tests. This began on January 19th. For the site CLICK HERE. These kits are absolutely free (limited to 4 tests per address) andContinue Reading

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MA COVID-19 Digital Vaccine Card Massachusetts now has a new option for residents to access their COVID-19 vaccination record from the state’s immunization registry and obtain a ‘SMART Health Card’ QR code to indicate proof of vaccination.  Massachusetts residents can visit a web portal that follows national standards for securityContinue Reading

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In other matters: Gardner Fire Department: The Mayor reported that the Fire Department received an 11 thousand dollar State grant to replace portions of their breathing apparatus. Police Dog for Gardner PD: The Stanton Foundation is providing funds through a grant to purchase a new Police Dog for the GardnerContinue Reading

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With Covid still challenging, Gardner MA School District releases Helpful updated COVID Protocol Flow Chart As of January 14, 2022 – Covid Cases reported by Gardner Public Schools are a total of 114 current Positive Cases consisting of 9 Staff and 105 students.  See chart.  This is up from 75Continue Reading

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No Tree Pickup in Gardner MA – Transport D.I.Y. to Transfer Station The Gardner Board of Health issued this Christmas Tree update on 1-13-22: “Due to ongoing & increasing staff at EL Harvey being impacted by COVID illness, Christmas tree pickup has been delayed again.  There will be no treeContinue Reading

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As of January 4, 2022: “Effective Immediately  Due to the rapid spread of the omicron variant and the advisories issued by the CDC and MassDPH,   Face Coverings are Required  Regardless of vaccination status, for any persons entering this Town building.  Face coverings will not be required for children under 5Continue Reading

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COVID Testing Change for Monday January 10, 2022 According to the Gardner Health Department, effective Monday, January 10, 2022, COVID testing will only be performed at Main Street Urgent Care, Gardner and Tully Walk In Care, Athol for “patients who need to see a provider.” In order to accommodate theContinue Reading