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Massachusetts has a high Covid vaccination rate which has protected much of our population. However, since the vaccine is not 100% effective, getting the shot to the rest would be helpful. We understand hesitant people need facts, So here’s a page of the best facts we found…. CLICK HEREContinue Reading

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Gardner Museum Shares Its Chair As part of our Share the Chair initiative and campaign, Gardner Magazine visited one of our local treasures, the Gardner Museum. We focused on chairs and our complete article has more information including a photo of Gardner’s very first chair made over 200 years agoContinue Reading

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Freedom to Talk It’s easy to support the Freedom to Talk, known more commonly as the Freedom of Speech. I submit that the best way to support this Freedom is to advocate for another freedom, the Freedom to Listen. It is, after all, by listening to others how we canContinue Reading

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Share the Chair It’s time to “Share the Chair”. Downtown Gardner of the Chair City has much to offer you, your family, and your friends. Downtown Gardner has endeavored to extend a warm welcome mat to all who choose to visit. Gardner Magazine encourages you to check out Downtown GardnerContinue Reading

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Times Have Changed! Times have changed and we should truly be grateful.   There was a time when a couple would go out shopping for a typewriter.  Yes, that clunky thing with keys which we endured before the advent of personal computers made things so much easier.   Now, we can evenContinue Reading

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Honoring Liberty and Freedom We are at a critical point in American History at which our very Liberty and Freedom is threatened.  Speech is being censored by Big Tech, sometimes at the encouragement of the U.S. Government.   It certainly appears that some of our Federal law enforcement agencies have becomeContinue Reading

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Artificial Intelligence – Should You Be Concerned? The concerns about A.I. (Artificial Intelligence) go back decades. And we are exposed to it every day. Whether it’s when we hear prompts when refilling prescriptions or experience an interactive voicemail system staffed with an A.I., we are exposed to it. Some ofContinue Reading

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Public Service Organizations Gardner Magazine has completed a guide to Public Service Organizations in the Greater Gardner MA area. We ask our readers to let us know about any needed additions. Greater Gardner MA Area non-profit organizations concern animals, religion and churches, land conservation, preservation of history, recreation, sports, ministry,Continue Reading

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Traffic Signs With all this talk about what to teach kids in school, we’d like to complain about something which isn’t taught enough, but your kids will surely need later in life. – Traffic Sign Theory. Now, to be perfectly honest, we haven’t exactly surveyed all the schools to determineContinue Reading

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Public Meetings Calendars Gardner Magazine has a new page highlighting Public Meetings Calendars. Most communities list all upcoming meetings in handy formats. Some communities either have few meetings or are not as comprehensive. Being aware of Public Meetings is a great way to be involved in your community.Continue Reading

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Getting the Vaccine We recently completed a deep dive into the data surrounding the Covid 19 vaccine. The question: Should you get the vaccine? The overall answer is yes, but the strength of the answer varies with age. The complete post is here. The confusion lies in the lack ofContinue Reading

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Lessons About History History is often the greatest teacher, providing lessons about various topics. I’m currently working on a book, “Lessons About History” detailing the who, what, where, when, why, and how of the 1920 to 2020 period. The lessons of history are often the same and sadly, we oftenContinue Reading

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My Journey as a Fat Guy I’m not sharing this now because I enjoy the public embarrassment of telling everyone I’ve been a Fat Guy. I want to help those who have a few extra pounds as well as those with many extra pounds. I still have 150 pounds toContinue Reading