Complete Go Forward with Gardner page, CLICK HERE. Go Forward with Gardner MA Series, We Interview Carolyn Kamuda As a Gardner icon, Carolyn Kamuda is unique. She has been a Real Estate Broker for decades, has an art gallery, projects a love for the arts and culture, and showcases aContinue Reading

Gardner Fire Department and DPW Cooperate Regarding Possible Gas Leak Another example of Genuine Good Gardner Employees. (GGGE’s). On October 1, 2022 the Gardner Fire Department and DPW cooperated to investigate a possible gas leak at a residence on Foss Road in Gardner. They help Gardner residents all the time,Continue Reading

Dianne “Neon” Leblanc in TV Interview with Gardner Magazine on Successful Event October 1, 2022 Dianne Leblanc and many volunteers helped Keep Gardner MA Beautiful on October 1, 2022. Weather cooperated for the annual event which once again attracted civic-minded individuals to do their part in cleaning up the ChairContinue Reading

View the Mayor’s Update on our Mayor’s Update page or listen on any device. Click Play. Mayor Nicholson Shares Various News in Weekly Update of 9-30-22 Gardner Mayor Michael Nicholson spoke of this week’s Bomb Threat made against various schools and thanked Public Safety officials who responded. Nicholson congratulated EricContinue Reading

Gardner MA Gets Share of $14.6 million in Workforce Development and STEM Grants The State of Massachusetts announced the list of recipients of the Workforce Development Capital Grants and the STEM Equipment and Teacher Professional Development Grants. Gardner Public Schools is receiving $80,528 to be used by GHS and GMSContinue Reading

Gardner Community Center Moves Closer to Reality in Gardner MA From a Press Release from Gardner City Hall, we learned that “Gardner Mayor Mike Nicholson, City Council President Elizabeth Kazinskas, State Representative Jonathan Zlotnik, and the leaders of community organizations will meet at the front doors of Waterford Street School to announceContinue Reading

Go Forward with Gardner MA Interview with Councilor Dana Heath This is the first of what we hope will be a similar interview with each of Gardner’s City Councilors. Gardner Magazine Publisher Werner Poegel is conducting “Go Forward with Gardner” Interviews with various individuals in the Chair City. Our planContinue Reading

School Committee Meeting Mixed Bag of Enthusiasm for School Opening and Mystery of What’s “in the Packet“ In a meeting released to the public more then 2 weeks after it occurred, the Gardner School Committee officially approved the previously released amended School Calendar, elected Robert Swartz as delegate to theContinue Reading

Gardner MA DPW Updates City on Paving on September 28, 2022 Base Coat to be completed in the Robillard Area. Berm is to be completed on Crestwood Drive. Kendall St/Warwick Rd to be pulverized. Thursday/Friday: Raising catch basins in the Robillard Area. Friday: – Base coat of asphalt Kendall StreetContinue Reading

The Gardner MA Transfer Station is located at 744 West Street, Gardner. A Landfill Expansion Plan favored by DPW and Mayor Nicholson is currently under review by the Conservation Commission. Article on Recent Meeting Board of Health Director Lauren Saunders Diligently on top of Pumps Issue at Gardner MA Landfill.Continue Reading

Gardner MA Facebook Group Gardnerites United Shuts Down The local Social Media group had about 2600 members and was formed about 4 years ago. Topics on the site were generally about the City of Gardner. We reached out to long-time admin Andrea Edwards who stated her reasons were both “personalContinue Reading

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

Tony Molina of Molina Realty Group Investing in Gardner MA Tony Molina says he bought the Gardner News Building just under a year ago and recently has begun to undertake renovation of the building and going through the permitting process. He expects to close on the Bank of America BuildingContinue Reading

As Flag Waves, Gardner MA High School Practices in Full Swing Part of the experience at Gardner High School is Athletics. Sports is a way to expel energy and stay healthy. According to Gardner Public Schools, “Athletics have always been an important part of education. Having real-life opportunities to teachContinue Reading

Gardner MA Erica and Jason Bosse Straight from the Pumpkin Patch They moved to Gardner less than 4 years ago, but their pumpkins are becoming topics of conversation Erica says, “Weights of the pumpkins are 142lbs, 72.2, 72.2, 83, 59.9, 52, the type is Atlantic F1 Giant Pumpkins, seeds fromContinue Reading