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Portion of meeting on transfer fees: Gardner Board of Health Meets – Raises Transfer Station Fees The Gardner Board of Health met on May 19, 2025. Listen to the meeting on any device, CLICK PLAY. Discussion continued on private well regulations for more than the first half of the meeting.Continue Reading

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Gardner MA Budget is Served – City Council to Review The Gardner City Council will meet Monday, May 19, 2025 to review the Fiscal Year 2026 Budget. The year begins on July 1, 2025. Prior to the regular meeting, the City Council will meet informally (see agenda and packet, CLICKContinue Reading

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This is the Commentary on the City of Everyday Kindness contained within the show: WGAW Hotline Radio has one of the best shows of the year! On Saturday, May 17, 2025, all in one show, WGAW Radio featured the Mayor, the City Council President, the State Representative, the President ofContinue Reading

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Gardner Finance Committee Has Discussions on Impactful Matters Listen to the meeting on any device. CLICK PLAY. The Gardner Finance Committee met on May 14, 2025 to consider various requests and financial matters. The Committee is recommending that the Gardner Community Action Committee be allowed to proceed with a modificationContinue Reading

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Gardner Magazine with “This Week in the Chair City” May 16, 2025 Listen to “This Week in the Chair City” on any device, CLICK PLAY Events: Farmers Market, Alyssa’s Place – Small Business Saturday – Food Truck Festival Recognitions: City of Gardner – Heywood Healthcare – 4th Grade Student CouncilContinue Reading

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MWCC Graduation 2025 Mount Wachusett Community College celebrated the academic achievements of its graduates during the college’s 60th Commencement on May 14, 2025. A total of 662 students graduated, with 424 associate degrees and 310 certificates being conferred. MWCC President James Vander Hooven welcomed graduates and guests, “To Commence meansContinue Reading

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Chair City and Athol Pharmacies Closing – Management Decision Both Chair City Pharmacy in Gardner and Athol Pharmacy in Athol are closing. Chair City Pharmacy located on Connors Street in Gardner will be closing May 27, 2025. The company website shows “Notice of Closure” and instructs current customers to doContinue Reading

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Facts About Potholes in Gardner Gardner Magazine reached out to DPW Director Dane Arnold to get the “facts” about potholes in Gardner because “facts matter.” It turns out the City of Gardner has a daily pothole plan which apparently has been well conceived and professionally implemented. DPW Director Dane ArnoldContinue Reading

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Planning Board Wrestles with Scheduling various matters during May meeting The Gardner Planning Board met on May 13, 2025. Listen to the meeting on any device., CLICK PLAY. In order to accommodate schedules and meet deadlines, the Gardner Planning Board discussed some upcoming Joint Public Hearings. If possible the JointContinue Reading

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Gardner License Commission Recognizes New Keno Option in Gardner. The Four Seasons Chinese Restaurant will be offering Keno. At a License Commission meeting of May 13, 2025, the commission informed the restaurant that since the state had approved the establishment, there’s nothing the local License Commission needed to do. WhatContinue Reading

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This is the song featured in the longer podcast about the honor Gardner received as a City of Kindness. From the song: “I’m in the City of Everyday Kindness, I’m in the City of Gardner Mass., People greet you warmly on the street, People are kind to whomever they meet.”Continue Reading

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Recognitions – Achievements – Future: Topics of Gardner MA School Committee Meeting The Gardner Massachusetts School Committee met on May 12, 2025. Listen to the entire meeting on any device, CLICK PLAY. One of the highlights of the meeting came at the very beginning as the 4th Grade Student CouncilContinue Reading

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WGAW Hotline Radio Features Relay for Life Events and “Dirty Tricks” on Facebook Gardner Mayor Nicholson with an update including paving —- Dirty Tricks on Facebook Commentary with Werner Poegel — Dirty Tricks on Facebook Commentary with Steve Wendell — Light the Town Purple Gardner Event for the Relay forContinue Reading

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This Week in the Chair City – for May 9, 2025 Gardner Magazine with an update of what’s going on in Gardner Massachusetts. Listen on any device, CLICK PLAY. NEWS: Graduation – Gardner Airport – Heywood Healthcare Recognition – City of Gardner Recognition – Master Plan – MWCC Mascot –Continue Reading

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Greater Gardner Relay for Life website, CLICK HERE. Gardner Magazine Releases “Relay for Life Theme” to Raise Awareness of Worthy Event Cancer has touched the lives of almost everyone you ask in some way. This year’s theme of the Relay for Life is “Journey of Hope”. Listen to this originalContinue Reading

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Spring Fair the Day Before Mother’s Day at Gardner Church The Unitarian Universalist Society of Gardner is having its Spring Fair on Saturday, May 10, 2025 starting at 9am and running through 2pm. The fair is known for its variety of indoor and outdoor plants. There will be various vendors,Continue Reading

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For more information. Here are the website links: AED Foundation, CLICK HERE —- Central VNA & Hospice, CLICK HERE —- Alyssa’s Place, CLICK HERE —- Gardner C.A.C. CLICK HERE —- Mount Wachusett Community College, CLICK HERE. FOCUS ON NON-PROFITS – 5 podcasts about important local Gardner Organizations Part of GardnerContinue Reading

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Airport Commission Meets Re Gardner Airport A discussion of all things “Gardner Airport” at the meeting of May 7, 2025. Progress at the airport, paperwork issues, and various needed repairs including the loader which the Chair of the Airport Commission stated could not be used last winter. Chair plans toContinue Reading

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Heywood Healthcare has a specific page describing employment opportunities, CLICK HERE. Heywood Healthcare Named to Becker’s Top 150 Places to Work in Healthcare Heywood Healthcare has been named by Becker’s Hospital Review to the Top 150 List of Places to Work in Healthcare for 2025. Becker states the list isContinue Reading

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Link to the list on the Advance America website, CLICK HERE. Gardner MA makes Top 150 Cities in America List Advance America surveyed 3,021 real estate professionals across the United States to discover the cities that truly deliver on comfort, community, and cost. The survey is billed as revealing theContinue Reading

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Mount Wachusett Community College Reveals New Mascot – Monty! Mount Wachusett Community College (MWCC) is thrilled to announce a new chapter in its school spirit with the unveiling of the new mascot, Monty the Mountain Lion. Gardner Magazine was so inspired by the good cheer that we are releasing anContinue Reading