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Gardner MA City Clerk’s office Reports No Candidates Yet As of Friday, May 5, 2023, there are no official candidates for any office in the upcoming Gardner election. Positions coming up for vote are Mayor, City Council, and School Committee. 50 certified signatures are required to get on the ballot.Continue Reading

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Common sense is sound, practical judgment concerning everyday matters, or a basic ability to perceive, understand, and judge in a manner that is shared by nearly all people. EDITORIAL – Common Sense Solution to Open Meeting Law Concerns and Worries Gardner Magazine reached out informally to a contact at theContinue Reading

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Gardner Magazine Publisher Werner Poegel Victim of Paraphrasing There is a difference in our journalism here. It is fundamentally positive. But more than that, it is intended to be 100 percent accurate. We publish the actual AUDIO of meetings and the entirety of Press Releases so there is no questionContinue Reading

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Editorial – Gardner MA – Route 140 Proposed Zoning Change Is Common Sense Choice Approval of Mayor Michael Nicholson’s Route 140 Zoning Change proposal is simple common sense. Since being sworn in, the Mayor has looked at properties throughout the City in an effort for them to have their “bestContinue Reading

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EDITORIAL: Gardner MA City Council Funding Approval EDITORIAL: In what could be the biggest investment bargain in Municipal Government History, the Gardner City Council has approved Mayor Michael Nicholson’s request for $60,000. The money will be used to hire a 3rd party to go after EXTRA grants which current staffContinue Reading

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EDITORIAL: Impact of Shoe Sizes on the City of Gardner MA Gardner Magazine chooses not to publish the salaries of all City Employees because we see no useful purpose in it. However, we will say that it is great that Gardner is finally getting close to having competitive pay forContinue Reading

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Gardner MA: Uncensored Reaches Membership Goal of More than 1000 Members When one popular Facebook group shut down last Fall, Gardner Magazine promised to promote a replacement. On January 3, 2023, at the time of our article on Gardner MA: Uncensored, the group had 731 members. It now has 1000Continue Reading

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Editorial: Support of Single Tax Rate for Chair City of Gardner Massachusetts I support a Single Tax Rate for the City of Gardner because I believe success should be rewarded. Throughout the State of Mass, some cities have allowed a split rate to pass. However, the only thing I see,Continue Reading

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Editorial: Thanks to All In our What’s Next interview, Mayor Nicholson tells a story about how a simple changing of light bulbs restored some lighting ,”is there actually a lot simpler resolution to the problem than we thought it was?.” So I decided to follow his example and let aContinue Reading

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Editorial: Gardner MA Should be Very Proud of Its Public Schools and its Teachers From Gardner Magazine Publisher Werner Poegel: Residents of Gardner should be extremely proud of Gardner Public Schools. Included in our article of the November 14, 2022 School Committee Meeting is the complete packet featuring reports fromContinue Reading

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Editorial: Signs Caught Talking to Each Other in Gardner MA In these days of political incivility, we give credit to the makers of these particular signs. If you listen very closely, you’ll hear calm, respectful discussions of the issues taking place among the various signs. A fantasy, but what aContinue Reading

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More and more Businesses are Making the Gardner MA Connection With 4 additional businesses in Downtown Gardner, according to Mayor Nicholson “This makes 27 NEW businesses in Gardner since January!” He also stated, “5-12 are in the pipeline to be opening in the next few months.” The Mayor also enumeratedContinue Reading

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As far as Uber or Lyft, there is a listing online which quotes basic rates, but we don’t know if there are available drivers. Let us know your experience by sending an email to News@GardnerMagazine.com Social Media Poll: 89% Would Like Taxi Service in Gardner MA The question asked inContinue Reading

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Respectful Teenagers in Gardner MA are Genuine Gardner Assets Our ongoing “Genuine Gardner” feature showcases what is genuinely good about Gardner. In this case, an observation of Genuinely Respectful Teenagers (GRT’s) at the Jackson Skateboard Park off School Street. These teenagers invited us to take a picture of their activities.Continue Reading

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Editorial: A Happy Birthday Wish to Gardner MA Mayor Michael Nicholson There was a Mayor of Gardner at age 28Who more than most would carry his weight.Often worked his tail off through the nightTo rid his Chair City of any blight. Bad Buildings were seen as impossible tasksBut Nicholson liftedContinue Reading

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Gardner MA Facebook Group Moderator Pauly Potato Spreading Fake News An Editorial by Gardner Magazine Publisher Werner Poegel – There are a number of very healthy Facebook Groups serving the Greater Gardner MA area. Most Admins make an effort to foster respectful speech and do not knowingly pass along falseContinue Reading

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Publisher’s Editorial – Downtown Gardner MA Showing Vibrancy With all of the positive improvements in Downtown Gardner, it’s no wonder there’s renewed enthusiasm. Downtown Gardner MA is truly a special place, about to begin a period of renewed vitality. Here’s what I think needs to happen going forward: 1. EffortsContinue Reading