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Gardner Magazine presents “AUDIBLE” Templeton Town Meeting The Templeton Annual Town Meeting of May 14, 2025 as presented on YouTube contained out-of-focus video and extremely noisy AUDIO. Gardner Magazine was able to electronically remove much of the background crowd noise to produce AUDIO you can understand. Listen to the nearlyContinue Reading

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Town of Templeton: Town Meeting and Annual Election The Templeton MA Town Meeting is May 14, 2025 at 6pm. Location: Narragansett Regional Middle School, 460 Baldwinville Road, Baldwinville. There are 29 articles on the warrant. View the complete warrant and voter’s guide which has a brief description of the reasonsContinue Reading

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View the proposed Templeton Budget, CLICK HERE. Templeton Holds Budget Hearings – a Select Board member steps down. The Town of Templeton held its budget hearings on March 15, 2025. While the entire budget hearing is available on You Tube, Part 1 view here, – Part 2 view here, GardnerContinue Reading

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A number of topics and some resolutions at nearly 4 hour Templeton Select Board Meeting. Summary: During the lengthy (nearly 4 hour) Select Board Meeting, the following occurred: Citizen comment was heard, Selectman Tim Toth criticized the media including Mass Live and Gardner Magazine for our inquires into the AdamContinue Reading

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Read Actual Resignation Letter – CLICK IMAGE for larger view Templeton Town Administrator Adam Lamontagne Resigns In his weekly memorandum to the Select Board, Lamontagne wrote: “I appreciate the kind words and support I received from town employees, residents, and the community as a whole since I submitted my resignation.Continue Reading

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Templeton Citizens Act on 3 articles – Waste Plastics – Senior Center Project – Solid Waste The Town of Templeton held a Special Town Meeting on December 5, 2024 that was attended by hundreds of residents. Concerns over possible Waste Plastics Incineration were discussed during the first part of theContinue Reading

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News Around the Greater Gardner MA area Winchendon: 3 finalists for Winchendon Superintendent position include: current interim Superintendent Dr. Marc Gosselin, Dr. Greg Rosenthal of Douglas Public Schools, and Mark McLaughlin of South Hadley Public Schools. Next step: School Committee will make its selection. Westminster: Recent Town Meeting Results –Continue Reading

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Most MA Beaches Open – A few Greater Gardner Beaches are Closed According to the State of MA, bacterial contamination has closed the following beaches: Beaman’s Pond Campground, Templeton —- Dunn Pond, Gardner —- Damon Pond Beach, Ashby —-mentioned on state site in a list, but not shown on map:Continue Reading

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Templeton Development Center Off Limits – No Trespassing Signs Posted Templeton Police Department issued this statement, “Effective today 06/07/2024 the Templeton Developmental Center (TDC) formally known as the Fernald State School, and all surrounding roadways have been posted NO TRESPASSING. Yes that includes driving through the property. All entrance waysContinue Reading

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The State Budget covers funding from the state to cover school lunches for all students, $6.68 billion for Chapter 70, and other public school funding programs including Circuit Breaker Special Education reimbursement and Charter School reimbursement, as well as Regional School Transportation reimbursement. State Representative Jonathan Zlotnik Provides Helpful BudgetContinue Reading

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Templeton Fire Destroys Barn – All Horses Safe On May 30, 2024 at around 9pm there was a 5+ alarm fire at 551 Patriot’s Road in Templeton. The barn was fully involved. Almost 2 dozen horses were safely removed from the barn. A local restaurant KROs on the common isContinue Reading

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Templeton Annual Town Election and Community Update. Annual Town Election is Monday May 20, 2024 from 11am to 7pm in the Narragansett Regional high School Gymnasium. Sample Ballot is featured at left. The most recent report of the Town Administrator goes over street sign replacements, buildings and grounds, activities ofContinue Reading

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5 Alarm Fire in Templeton on Patriots Road From the Templeton Fire Department: “At 15:40 Friday May 17th Templeton Fire Department was Notified of a possible building fire on Patriots rd. Upon arrival of police fire was reported to be coming out the front and side first floor windows. AContinue Reading

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Templeton MA Rotary Project Pulls Ahead of Gardner Templeton MA has announced major progress in its rotary project on May 14, 2024 as shown in the visual from the Templeton PD which posted, “TRAFFIC PATTERN CHANGE 05/14/2024 After two days of paving, the East Templeton Rotary Project has started toContinue Reading

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The Templeton Police Department released this statement:“-EAST TEMPLETON ROTARY UPDATE 05/06/2024- Starting on 5/6 and through 5/10 the milling will begin in East Templeton at the rotary project. There will be significant delays in traffic for Patriots Road (Route 2A), North Main Street, South Main Street and Gardner Road (RouteContinue Reading

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Complete Roundabout Rendering, CLICK HERE. Town Administrator Adam Lamontagne urges residents, both current and prospective, to email him via ALamontagne@templetonma.gov or via phone at (978) 894-2778 Town of Templeton Website “Moving Mountains In Templeton” – An Interview with Adam Lamontagne We spoke with Templeton Town Administrator Adam Lamontagne on AprilContinue Reading

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Former Templeton Town Coordinator Ritter Honored The Templeton Town Hall was dedicated on Wednesday, March 27, 2024 to the memory of Jeffrey Ritter. Ritter was a former town coordinator who passed away in 2014. The placque in honor of Ritter honors the man who is credited with leading the effortContinue Reading

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Town of Templeton Report for 3-28-24 CLICK HERE. The Town Administrator is working on the final draft for the Town Meeting Warrant. The Highway Department did catch basin and culvert cleaning, pothole repairs, and took a ride to show the possible paving plan for the next fiscal year. Public SafetyContinue Reading

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A Report on the Town of Templeton MA – March 14, 2024 Some reminders: The Fiscal year 2025 286 page Budget Book is available on the town website or you can view the pdf here, CLICK HERE.. The last day to take out nomination papers for Annual Town Election isContinue Reading