With so many historic sites, Massachusetts has so many choices when you plan an engaging and fun day trip with your family this coming season. CLICK for the complete page. Planning Spring Trips – Your Guide to Massachusetts Historic Landmarks Gardner Magazine has a page dedicated to the Historic LandmarksContinue Reading
Complete page many reports, infographics, video, and podcasts relating to American Infrastructure. View the complete page, CLICK HERE. An Ambitious Gardner Magazine Report Project: Infrastructure Evolution of the U.S. Gardner Magazine has prepared a page with many reports from different perspectives and topics relating to American Infrastructure. View the completeContinue Reading
This Week’s Edition of our Weekly News Magazine “This Week in the Chair City” covering Gardner for Friday, January 23, 2026 Listen to “This Week in the Chair City” on any device. CLICK PLAY. In this week’s edition: Zoning Board of Appeals, City Council Auditor Search, Greater Gardner Relay forContinue Reading
Individual community History pages are listed under each community and in there are links in this article, CLICK HERE. Have suggestions on future podcasts? Email News@GardnerMagazine.com or leave a voicemail at (978) 632-6324 Deep Dives – History Project As part of the extensive Gardner Magazine History Project, there is atContinue Reading
The Westminster History and Profile Page Gardner Magazine has created the Westminster History and Profile page with extensive narrative covering all aspects of Westminster History, demographics, and a community profile – plus some interesting facts about the Town. For the complete page, CLICK HERE.Continue Reading
Warwick MA History and Profile Gardner Magazine has created the Warwick MA History and Profile page filled with narrative, many infographics, and a “Deep Dive” podcast. For the complete page, CLICK HERE.Continue Reading
Templeton MA History and Profile Page Gardner Magazine has a special page loaded with narrative and rich infographics, plus a “Deep Dive” podcast on the history and profile of Templeton, Massachusetts. For the complete page, CLICK HERE.Continue Reading
Rutland MA History Page Gardner Magazine has created a Rutland MA History and Profile page with a large amount of text, many infographics, and even a “Deep Dive” podcast on the History and profile of Rutland MA. For the page, CLICK HERE.Continue Reading
Announcing the Gardner Magazine “History Project” Gardner Magazine has launched the “History Project” , creating rich HISTORY pages for each of the communities on this website. Each page l contains vast Textual information, Numerous and Informative Infographics, and a “Deep Dive” podcast which explains the history of that particular community.Continue Reading
In this “Year Ahead 2026” Interview, Gardner Mayor Michael Nicholson outlines an ambitious agenda for building on a big year of progress in 2025. The interview itself and the infographic below demonstrate the specifics. A Forward- Looking Interview with Gardner Mayor Michael Nicholson – The Year Ahead 2026 Listen toContinue Reading
Poedm.net provides AUDIO commentary, podcasts, DEEP DIVES, and DEBATES which cuts through partisanship, presents solutions with simple common sense, and preserves the dignity of all people. Our National Podcast Site, Poedm.net Gets an Upgrade Poedm.net was launched in 2024. Recently, the site was upgraded to include podcasts, Deep Dives, andContinue Reading
Fiscal 6 – The Interview with Gardner Mayor Michael Nicholson Fiscal 6 is the 6th Fiscal Year Gardner Mayor Michael Nicholson has been in office and that started on July 1, 2025. We spoke with the Mayor about various needs and issues, and how things have changed over the lastContinue Reading
Page with complete text of interview, CLICK HERE. Challenges and Solutions – Interview with Gardner Mayor Michael Nicholson Gardner Magazine Publisher Werner Poegel spoke with Gardner Mayor Michael Nicholson on April 24, 2025. The conversation revolved around various challenges and the corresponding solutions. Listen to the numerous questions and answersContinue Reading
Gardner Magazine Publisher Werner Poegel launches POEDM.net. Visit the website, CLICK HERE. Gardner Magazine Publisher Launches POEDM.net, Online AUDIO Commentary and Cool Art This is a website in which I’ll feature AUDIO commentary which cuts through partisanship, presents solutions with simple common sense, and preserves the dignity of all people.Continue Reading
The Gardner MA of the Past Comes to Life Via Neural Processing Through a process known as a neural filter, Gardner Magazine has created color photos from the original black and white. These are all from about 100 years ago. Remember, the people of the time did not live inContinue Reading
Gardner MA “Mr. History” Mike Richard Has a New Home – Here’s where it is… Beloved Local Columnist Mike Richard has a new home. Due to cutbacks at another publication, Mike Richard is no longer writing fresh material for their pages. However, if you’re looking for him, we know whereContinue Reading
Gardner MA History has many Lessons for its Future Our article covers key dates in Gardner’s history, the business of chairs from 1805 to today, the location of Gardner Government, the Changing Schools, Pride in the Schools including Gardner’s Class Song lyrics of 1923, Recreation, Music in the Community andContinue Reading
Listen to a reenactment of the Inaugural Address (using AI technology) on any device. CLICK Play. The Gardner MA Mayor of the 1st and 2nd Centuries as a City Inaugurated in 1923, Gardner Mayor Chester Pearson was the Chief Executive of the Chair City of about 17,000 people. 100 yearsContinue Reading
Gardner MA City Centennial Compares Past and Future In our segments, Gardner ” The Past and The Future”, Gardner Magazine will give you a glimpse of the past with a view to the future. What is important in any historical journey is to focus on how the past has steeredContinue Reading
Some Things Have Changed Since Gardner MA Actively Used Typewriters Just how did the City of Gardner maintain its documents since 1785? Originally, items were handwritten. The typewriter did not become common in offices until the mid 1880s. When Gardner became a City in 1923, the typewriter was an indispensableContinue Reading
Chairs a Big Part of Gardner MA Gardner’s Big Chair is certainly part of the Chair City’s history of the past 100 years. The latest version was made in 1976 and refurbished by Maki Corp in 2011. The Big Chair is a tourist attraction for those visiting Gardner. Gardner MagazineContinue Reading
History of Gardner MA in 5 minutes With Gardner about to celebrate its 100th anniversary as a City on January 1, 2023, we thought it would be fun to create an AUDIO History of Gardner. Just click Play and learn a little bit about the Chair City of the WorldContinue Reading
From a grid of letters and symbols, sprouts a beautiful Mural in Gardner MA On April 29, 2022 Mayor Nicholson posted this on Facebook, “If you were driving by the rotary behind Hannaford today you may have seen Christopher Luke starting on his new mural as part of our newContinue Reading
Watch the Mayor’s Updates on YouTube or on our Mayor’s Update page. CLICK HERE. Gardner MA Mayor Michael Nicholson Shares the Chair, Highlights Gardner Manufacturing, Focuses on Improvements, and Channels Gardner Culture. Mayor Nicholson reported on a visit to Vivitide in the Suffolk Industrial Park on the Gardner/Ashburnham line. (previousContinue Reading
What Happened to Vinyl So what happened to vinyl, cassettes, CDs, DVDs, and Hard Drives? Well, vinyl is still around, albeit sought after by certain collectors. CDS and DVDs are not even selling well at the flea market. Hard Drives are increasingly being replaced by Solid State Drives which haveContinue Reading
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