Public Safety Greater Gardner MA Local News

Public Safety Around Greater Gardner MA

  • Mobile Home Fire (12/2/2024)
    Mobile Home Fire Collage
    Mobile Home Fire First Responders

  • Crisis Intervention (11/30/2024)
    Gardner PD Crisis Intervention Training

  • Gardner Engine 2 (11/30/2024)
    Gardner Engine 2
    Sutphen Engine 2

  • GFD Ban Lifted (11/29/2024)
    GFD Fire Ban Lifted 11 29 24

  • Conservation 11-25-24 (11/27/2024)
    Conservation Commission 11 25 24

  • Compassionate Call (11/26/2024)
    Compassionate Call Public Service 11 22 24
    Compassionate Call 11-22-24
    Compassionate Call 11-22-24

  • Fire Risk (11/22/2024)
    Fire Risk Remains Collage 11 22 24

  • Drought 11-21-24 (11/21/2024)
    Drough and Stream Flow 11 21 24

  • Odyssey – First Responders (11/21/2024)
    Odyssey of First Responders Cover
    Odyssey of First Responders

  • Parking 50 cents (11/18/2024)
    Parking to increase Gardner MA
    Public Safety 11-15-24

  • Fill-A-Cruiser (11/16/2024)
    Fill a Cruiser Food Drive Collage

  • Fire Towers (11/16/2024)
    Fire Towers Watching Fire Danger
    FIRE DANGER

  • Hotline 11-9-24 (11/9/2024)
    WGAW Hotline Radio Show Collage 11 9 24
    Hotline Radio 11-9-24

  • Roof 11-9-24 (11/9/2024)
    Gardner Fire Headquarters Roof 11 9 24

  • Fire 11-7-24 (11/7/2024)
    extreme fire hazard
    Drought Map 11 7 24

  • Fire Danger (11/4/2024)
    Extreme Fire Danger

  • Help Animals (11/4/2024)
    Dog and Cat Thank you

  • Cormier Honored (11/4/2024)
    Gardner PD Sergeant Roger Cormier

  • Fire 11-3-24 (11/4/2024)
    gardner car fire 11 3 24 1380
    Detector smoke and carbon monoxide

  • Safety 11-1-24 (11/1/2024)
    Public Safety Committee 11 1 24 Collage
    Public Safety 11-1-24

  • Water Groundbreaking (10/30/2024)
    Water Main Groundbreaking Collage
    Water Main 10-30-24

  • Red Flag 10-26-24 (10/26/2024)
    Red Flag Warning Collage

  • The Disruptor (10/17/2024)
    The Disruptor Rear Main street
    Disruption at Rear Main Street event

  • Coat Drive (10/13/2024)
    Sheriffs 2024 Winter Coat Drive Schedule

  • Crash 10-8-24 (10/8/2024)
    Car Crash Collage 10 8 24

  • Paving – Fredette – Wilkins (10/4/2024)
    DPW Paving Schedule 10 4 24

  • Council 9-19-24 (9/20/2024)
    Special City Council Meeting 09 19 24
    Maki Park
    Maki Park Rendering
    Maki Park Wide Shot from parking lot
    Maki Park from Parking Lot August 2024

  • Paving 9-19-24 (9/18/2024)
    Paving September 19 2024 1

  • Maki Park 9-17-24 (9/17/2024)
    Maki Park 9 17 24
    Mayor re Maki Park 9-17-24

  • Treasurer Terminated (9/17/2024)
    Man with mousetrap in cookie jar

  • Safe from Fire (9/16/2024)
    Gardner Fire Department Avoiding Fires

  • Maroni -FBI (9/13/2024)
    Gardner MA Deputy Chief Nicholas Maroni honored at FBI

  • Remembering 9-11 (9/11/2024)
    Remembering 9 11 Collage 1

  • Hotline 9-7-24 (9/7/2024)
    WGAW Hotline Radio September 7, 2024
    Hotline Radio 9-7-24

  • Team Find (9/6/2024)
    Team Effort Locates Child Gardner PD

  • Wrong Way (9/5/2024)
    Wrong Way Driver on Route 2 rev3

  • Loud Boom (9/4/2024)
    Cannon in rural setting

  • Commentary 8-30-24 (8/30/2024)
    Commentary Fentanyl and Drug Overdoses Werner Poegel
    Commentary 8-30-24

  • School of Weeds (8/30/2024)
    GES in the Weeds
    Overgrowth at GES
    School of Weeds

  • Hazmat – Winchendon (8/28/2024)
    Hazardous Materials Response Unit

  • Free and Expanded (8/27/2024)
    Mart free rides extended and expanded routes

  • Always Ready (8/22/2024)
    Gardner Fire Department August 22 2024 Collage

  • Hotline 8-17-24 (8/17/2024)
    WGAW Hotline Radio Community Progress 8 17 24
    WGAW Hotline Radio 8-17-24
    Steve Wendell 8-17-24

  • 48 Gardner Road (8/14/2024)
    Project 48 Gardner Road Nathan Boudreau
    Interview August 14, 2024
    COMPLETE DETAILS CLICK HERE
  • Ashburnham Rescue (8/11/2024)
    Ashburnham Rescue Boat 8 11 24 1

  • Junior Police 2024 (7/20/2024)
    Junior Police Academy 2024 Collage

  • Ambulance 6-30-24 (6/30/2024)
    Gardner Fire Department Ambulance 6 30 24 1

  • Community PD (6/24/2024)
    Lieutenant Czanowski and 6 year old recruit
    Lieutenant Czasnowski and 6 year old Samuel
    Kids Safety Day 6 22 24
    Kids Safety Day at Elks Lodge June 22, 2024

  • MART Routes (6/22/2024)
    Public Meeting Mart 1200

  • Appointments 6-17-24 (6/19/2024)
    Men in Blue Appointments 6 17 24
    Appointments Committee Meeting 6-18-24

    Police officers promoted in Gardner MA 1200
  • 911 Outage (6/18/2024)
    911 Massachusetts

  • City Council 6-17-24 (6/18/2024)
    Ronald F. Cormier City Council Chamber

  • Week of GFD (6/14/2024)
    Gardner Fire Department Week

  • Water Ban 2024 (6/11/2024)
    Streamflow 7 days to 1 year

  • MART – more FREE (6/7/2024)
    MART Free Rides Extended through August

  • PD Alert (6/4/2024)
    gardnerpdheadquarters-flag-cu-082122-2-1200

  • Templeton Fire 5-30-24 (5/31/2024)
    Templeton Fire 5 30 24

  • Paving 2024 (5/28/2024)
    paving list 2024 1200
    paving at ges

  • Gardner PD 5-26-24 (5/26/2024)

  • Break 5-24-24 (5/24/2024)

  • Ashby Commendation (5/23/2024)
    ashby incident letter of commendation 1200

  • Gardner Bear (5/23/2024)
    Bear Downtown Gardner

  • Disrupting Mosquitos (5/23/2024)
    Disrupting the Happy Mosquito

  • BOH 5-20-24 (5/22/2024)
    Gardner Board of Health Food Safety 5 20 24
    BOH Food Safety 5-20-24
    BOH Meeting 5-20-24

  • Fiber Begun (5/21/2024)
    Fiber Optic Progress in the Chair City


  • Pearl Street Flooding (5/21/2024)
    Pearl Street Flooding 5 21 24
    Nicholson re Flooding 5-21-24

  • Illegal Food Pantry Shut Down (5/21/2024)

  • First Responder Day Held (5/19/2024)
    First Responder Day May 18 2024

  • Hotline 5-18-24 (5/18/2024)
    political shorts uncovered wgaw 1200
    Steve Wendell 5-18-24

  • New Ambulance (5/14/2024)
    Gardner Fire Department New Ambulance 5 14 24

  • Junior Academy ’24 (5/14/2024)
    Gardner PD Junior Police Academy 2024
    gardnerpoliceheadquarters-1200

  • Public Service 5-6-24 (5/8/2024)
    Public Service 5 6 24 Collage
    Public Service 5-6-24

  • Transmission 5-8-24 (5/8/2024)
    Transmission Lines 1200

    This 61 mile project originates in Vernon, Vermont, travels through Hinsdale and Winchester, New Hampshire then continues through a number of towns within Northern Massachusetts including, Warwick, Royalston, Winchendon, Gardner, Westminster, Fitchburg, Leominster, and Sterling.

    Coming off the mainline, this project also includes the Athol Tap and the Crystal Lake Tap. The Athol Tap runs from Royalston Substation to Chestnut Hill Ave Substation in Athol, Massachusetts. The Crystal Lake Tap runs from Gardner Switching Station to Crystal Lake Substation in Gardner, Massachusetts.


  • Hubbardston Truck (5/5/2024)
    Hubbardston Trucks

  • Gunshots 5-3-24 (5/4/2024)

  • Handle with Care (5/3/2024)
    Handle with Care Conference


  • First Responders (5/1/2024)
    First Responder Day 1200
    Levi Heywood memorial Library narrow
    Levi Heywood Memorial Library – Gardner MA
    Stephanie Young – John Czasnowski – Sean Kelley on First Responder Day at Levi Heywood Memorial Library

  • Editorial – Facebook (4/28/2024)
    Fake News Victim

  • Fire 4-27-24 (4/28/2024)
    Gardner Fire 4 27 24 collage

  • Purple Paws 4-27-24 (4/28/2024)
    Purple Paw Walk 4 27 24 Collage


  • Update 4-19-24 (4/19/2024)
    Mayors Update 4 19 24

  • Health Fair 4-17-24 (4/18/2024)
    Health Fair 2024 1
    Health Fair 2024 3

  • City Council 4-16-24 (4/17/2024)
    City Council Meeting April 16 2024 1200
    City Council 4-16-24

  • Sheriff Promotes (4/8/2024)
    Promotions Sheriffs April 2024 1200

  • Solar Eclipse (4/8/2024)
    Eclipse Gardner MA
    Time of Solar Eclipse in Gardner MA

  • Quake 4-5-24 (4/5/2024)
    Earthquake 4 5 24 Intensity Map
    Chance of aftershockk 1200

  • Update 4-5-24 (4/5/2024)
    Mayors Update 4 5 24

    Mayor’s Update 4-5-24



  • Power 4-4-24 (4/4/2024)
    power outage map 4 4 24 1128am 1200

  • Parking 4-3 to 4-5 (4/3/2024)
    Winter Parking Ban 3 13 23

  • Closings 4-4-24 (4/3/2024)
    school closings orange sign with snow

  • Break 4-3-24 (4/3/2024)

  • City Council 4-1-24 (4/2/2024)
    Gardner City Council 4 1 24
    Waterford Street School Gardner MA 8
    Waterford Street School – Fall 2022
    City Council 4-1-24
    Finance Committee 4-1-24

  • Crystal Lake (3/30/2024)
    Crystal Lake Dike Repair

  • Transportation Survey (3/26/2024)
    City and Woods Survey 3 26 24

  • Power 3-24-24 (3/24/2024)
    Power Outages 3 24 24

  • Hotline 3-23-24 (3/23/2024)
    Hotline Radio Paul Topolski 3 23 24

  • Phone Scam (3/22/2024)

  • Bus – Hubbardston (3/21/2024)
    Hubbardson Bus 1 1200
    Hubbardson Bus 2 1200

  • The Pumps (3/20/2024)
    The Pipe and the Pumps Dane Arnold
    Water Line Satellite 1380
    Path of Main Water Line from Crystal Lake Treatment Facility to the Tanks on Reservoir Hill

  • Transformer Shortage (3/18/2024)
    Gardner Magazine Special Report Transformer Shortage
    Transformer Special Report 3-18-24
    Transformer Special Report 3-18-24

  • Cyber Secure (3/17/2024)
    Cyber Security Gardner MA

  • Safety 3-15-24 (3/15/2024)
    Public Safety Committee March 15 2024
    Public Safety Committee 3-15-24

  • Break 3-13-24 (3/13/2024)

  • License Trauma (3/7/2024)
    dog license scared dog 1200

  • Rickity Shed (3/5/2024)
    Rickity Salt Shed 3 4 24 Collage
    DPW Trucks 3 4 24 1200

  • Spring Alarms (3/4/2024)
    Check Alarms at Daylight Savings Time

  • Transportation Taskforce (3/1/2024)
    Transportation Taskforce Michael Nicholson

  • Roof Blows Off (2/29/2024)
    Fire Department Roof Blows Off
    Fire station roof from front

  • Power 2-29-24 (2/29/2024)
    Power Outage map 2 29 24
    westminster wires down 2 29 24
    danger thin ice 1200

  • Housing Crisis (2/28/2024)
    Housing Crisis 2024

  • Sully at Show (2/25/2024)
    Sully Goes to Springfield rev
    Eric Hulette 2-25-24

  • Two Arrested (2/24/2024)

  • Breanne Pennington Vigil (2/21/2024)
    gardner domestic violence task force

  • Truck Fire (2/20/2024)
    Gardner Fire Department Collage 2 20 24

  • Appointments 2-16-24 (2/20/2024)
    Appointments Committee 2 16 24

    Appointments Committee 2-16-24

  • Fire Response (2/16/2024)
    Quick Response Fire Department

  • Ban Lifted (2/13/2024)

  • Roads 2-12-24 (2/12/2024)
    Safe Streets and Roads for All 2 12 24

  • POEDM Launches (2/9/2024)
    poe dm logo 1380
  • Safety Equipment (2/8/2024)
    Fiscal Year 2024 Fire Safety Grants

    Complete list from the State of Massachusetts, CLICK HERE.