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Commentary – The Joy of Christmas This commentary speaks to the Joy of Christmas, the meaning of Christmas, profiles original Christmas songs, has excerpts from our “Deep Dive” on the History of Christmas, and covers some of the history of the Christmas holiday. Listen on any device, CLICK PLAY.Continue Reading

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Resolutions – Commentary Listen to the Resolutions Commentary on any device, CLICK PLAY. This is Werner Poegel of Gardner Magazine dot com. Is it time to make some resolutions and when did the tradition of resolutions start? Well I would argue that the custom started with our very first documentContinue Reading

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Gardner Magazine Calls Out Leapfrog for Shocking Bad Practice – We give Leapfrog a Big Fat F Imagine this: You choose not to participate in a survey so the survey provider decides to just give you a bad grade. Not because they have any evidence. Not because they have anyContinue Reading

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Gardner Election is Tuesday November 4th. Polls open at 7am and are open until 8pm. Mayor: Choose Incumbent Mayor Michael Nicholson or Challenger Kimberly Blake Ward Councilors: Choose a Councilor to represent your individual Ward Councilors at Large: Choose up to 6 Councilors at Large. Note: Each vote only countsContinue Reading

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Commentary for August 2025 Includes the following editorials – commentaries for August 2025. Radio Play, the Evil Lab, Crime Down in Gardner, Learning in the City, Lab of Lies, Report on Gardner Oktoberfest, Downtown Gardner, 25 and 80 Years, State Parks. Listen on any device, CLICK PLAY.Continue Reading

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Editorial: Where did the $2.24 go on July 24, 2014 in Gardner MA? Gardner MA Open checkbook offers an incredible level of detail and there was indeed a check written by the City of Gardner for just over 2 dollars on July 24, 2014. It was check number 183329 andContinue Reading

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Editorial: Blake on an Island of Few – Up to Old Tricks? This week Kimberly Blake announced she was running for Mayor instead of Gardner City Council. Weeks before, Blake arranged this Publisher’s re-admittance into the DeMeo Facebook Group. I’ve been posting a few things including a very positive postContinue Reading

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This Editorial in Commentary form. Listen on any device, CLICK PLAY. Listen to the full song “Winchendon Common Sense Override” on any device, CLICK PLAY. An Editorial Letter to the People of Winchendon on the Proposed $2.9 million Override With so many barbs being thrown about with regard to aContinue Reading

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EDITORIAL – Full, Half Empty, a few riders, or empty – which is it? Gardner City Councilor Karen Hardern got approval to have an informal meeting with the City Council and MART to discuss safety concerns and the amount of ridership. MART has been FREE and Hardern suggests the modelContinue Reading

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Editorial: Gardner Magazine Publisher to be Publicly Flogged for Election Story Screwup (no flogging please) Gardner Magazine published an incorrect date in an Election story. The correct date to obtain nomination papers in Gardner is beginning April 1st. We regret the error so much we have released an official apologyContinue Reading

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Renting a storefront, putting up a sign, and doing Social Media posts is not a recipe for success. We’ve seen too many local businesses fail because they don’t understand the need for REAL ADVERTISING whether it’s here, WGAW Radio, TV, Direct Mail, flyers, or shouting from the rooftops. Investopedia hasContinue Reading

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Musical Editorial – “Throne of Shame” Released by Gardner Magazine With so much talk about the proposed Sludge Landfill Expansion, we’re releasing a musical editorial. The subject is the “Throne of Shame”. We all sit there and do our business with little thought of the consequences. As the song says,Continue Reading

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Commentary – 18 Hour Trade War – Not a Conflict at All The recent 18 Hour Trade War was not a war at all. Listen to the commentary on any device. CLICK PLAY. Listen to the song featured in the commentary by itself, the 18 Hour Trade War song. ListenContinue Reading

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Editorial: Being Critical Part of Media Role Gardner Magazine is often criticized for being overly positive about the Chair City. We agree. This publication has a “cup is half full” approach. It’s often easy to be positive as current Mayor Nicholson has been instrumental in turning things around. But inContinue Reading