Watch the Weekly Updates with Mayor Michael Nicholson on the City of Gardner’s YouTube page or on our Mayor’s Update page, CLICK HERE. Listen to AUDIO of any Mayor’s Update on any device. CLICK HERE. Some Listener Statistics: Gardner Magazine Chair City Update 8/19: 702, Nicholson 8/12: 4,070, Nicholson 8/5:Continue Reading

American Flag Flying majestically at Gardner MA Police Headquarters The recently replaced flag outside Gardner PD was truly a sight to behold on Sunday August 21, 2022. Gardner honors the flag at the beginning of many of its meetings with the recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance – such asContinue Reading

Robot Responds to Update Controversy – A Tongue-in-Check Article in Gardner MA Gardner Magazine uses AI voices as announcers for various projects.   We admittedly do not pay them even minimum wage.  Yesterday we revealed that the Mayor’s Update of 8/05/22 had been heard 3,654 times, today that’s up to 3,674 times. Continue Reading

Gardner Magazine Updates City – Mayor Without Update Due to Staffing Note: Last week’s Mayor’s Update has received 73 views on YouTube and as of yesterday 2,354 listens on Gardner Magazine.   However, our offer to record an AUDIO update was not accepted.   So we’ll provide one instead. Click Play. ChairContinue Reading

Chair City Radio – Gardner MA Online Station Home of Chair City Radio This is the home of Chair City Radio, the online AUDIO hub of Gardner Magazine. Our on-demand servers run 24/7 and features News and Public Affairs Programming of the Greater Gardner MA Area. Weekly Mayor’s Updates, CityContinue Reading

Gardner MA Michael Nicholson Has 3 Keys – One Leads to a PD Chief Selection narrowed to 3 candidates. Mayor will choose 1 to be Police Chief. Decision as soon as end of week of 8/15/22. 60 day Temporary appointment may lead to City Council confirmation of full 3 yearContinue Reading

Watch the Mayor’s Updates on the City of Gardner YouTube page or on our Mayor’s Update page, CLICK HERE. Or listen, just click Play below. Starts in about 5 seconds. In a witty weekly update Gardner MA Mayor Michael Nicholson Focuses on “Time.” 8-12-22 Trash Delays: The Mayor advised residentsContinue Reading

Gardner Magazine has an Open Meeting Law Training page with AUDIO, VIDEO, and Written Materials. CLICK HERE. Scott Graves Sends Gardner MA City Council Back to School Despite Gardner MA City Council Having Good Intentions, Scott Graves Sends City Council Back to School on Technical Violations of Open Meeting Law.Continue Reading

Links to our AUDIO pages: Mayor’s Updates, City Council, School Committee, Special Events. We also feature other AUDIO pages of historical value: Historical AUDIO, Vintage Radio. Thank you for your readership to GardnerMagazine.com for Greater Gardner MA As promised, we are releasing Statistics related to GardnerMagazine.com for July 2022.  UniqueContinue Reading

Watch the meeting on YouTube, CLICK HERE or listen to this meeting by clicking PLAY below. Gardner MA Councilors Hardern and Boone in Hot Seat After Admitted Open Meeting Law Violation An Open Meeting Law Violation was filed regarding a conversation Councilor James Boone had with Councilor Karen Hardern outsideContinue Reading

Gardner Mayor Michael Nicholson was interviewed July 6, 2022 about various topics including Greenwood. “It’s Embarrassing to call a Memorial.” Gardner MA Mayor Nicholson calls for action on Greenwood. The Greenwood Pool is popular and the Swim Meets draw people to Gardner. But the old Greenwood Bathhouse looks bad, reallyContinue Reading

Gardner Magazine was first established as GreaterGardner.net August, 4, 2000. Gardner Magazine Circulation at All time High in Gardner MA In the first 23 days of July, Gardner Magazine eclipsed its Unique Households record achieved in June 2022 which was 14,000 unique households.   We will report this month’s total whenContinue Reading

Gardner Magazine Publishing AUDIO of Gardner MA Meetings, Updates, and Events. Now you can listen to AUDIO on any device. Gardner City Council Meetings – all 2022 Meetings available, CLICK HERE. (links to articles too.) Gardner Mayor’s Updates – all 2022 Meetings available, CLICK HERE. (links to articles too) GardnerContinue Reading

Gardner MA Mayor’s Update Audio page.   Listen on Any Device. Listen to Gardner Mayor Michael Nicholson’s Weekly Updates on any device.   Just click the PLAY button provided.   You can even download the file if you wish. Use the options with the 3 dots at right.  Or fast forward to anyContinue Reading

Press Release: MART expanding services and Bus stops in Gardner MA In a Press Release dated July 13, 2022, the City of Gardner is formally announcing the expansion of services and bus stops in Gardner. View Press Release According to the Press Release, the shelter above was only the firstContinue Reading

To watch the July 12, 2022 meeting of the Appointments Committee on YouTube, CLICK HERE. Panel of 5 starts with 10 applicants for Gardner MA Police Chief According to statements made by Mayor Michael Nicholson at an Appointments Committee Meeting on July 12, 2022, the Panel of Five has receivedContinue Reading

Costs involved Because of the relatively low power involved, cost would not be a huge factor as the transmitter and antenna would be fairly inexpensive. Engineering is relatively simple and the F.C.C. engineers in Washington D.C. could help for FREE. Gardner already has a television studio at the High SchoolContinue Reading

Gardner MA Making Diligent and Documented Progress Towards Excellent Schools Don’t let old online reviews fool you…. Gardner Public Schools are or are becoming excellent.    Gardner MA School Ratings for Gardner Public Schools should now be listed as good to excellent.   There are a number of reasons: Gardner has updatedContinue Reading

Gardner MA PD Featured in Genuine Gardner The Gardner Police Department epitomizes the positivity of Gardner we want to showcase in Genuine Gardner. Full Article with lots of photos, CLICK HERE. Search for the Chief In an interview with Gardner MA Mayor Michael Nicholson on July 6, 2022, the MayorContinue Reading

Gardner MA City Centennial marks halfway point in Urban Renewal Often Social Media posts reflect the impatience of Gardner residents. Whether it’s paving, rundown buildings, or desired improvements, the comments are numerous.   So Gardner Magazine thought it would be a great time to remind our readers that there is aContinue Reading

Mayor Nicholson on why it was canceled. “Due to a scheduling conflict with the main contractor, who still has site control of the location, the contractor asked that the public meeting/tour be postponed due to wanting to make sure they were 1) available to attend and 2) were able toContinue Reading

View the Weekly Mayor’s Update on the City of Gardner’s Youtube page or on our Mayor’s Update page. CLICK HERE. Gardner Mayor Michael Nicholson focuses on Budget and various items approved by Gardner City Council and Paving Projects. Mayor Nicholson went over Budget items and spoke of paving projects comingContinue Reading

A no confidence vote of 40 of 41 Police Department Employees earlier this year resulted in the immediate resignation of the Gardner Dispatch Director. The retirement of the Deputy Chief followed a couple months later. This latest announcement of the retirement of Chief Braks brings this chapter of the GardnerContinue Reading

From left to right in above photo: Mike Wright, Global Chief Operating Officer, Seaman Paper  —- Jo Pagnotta, Corporate Human Resources Director, Seaman Paper —- Dana Heath, Gardner City Councilor —- Jessica DeRoy, Gardner Economic Development Coordinator —- Michael Nicholson, Mayor, City of Gardner MA —- Zack Lawrence, Mayor’s InternContinue Reading

The Story of why Back to Back Gardner City Council Meetings are scheduled this week Mayor Nicholson stated on Social Media, “You’ll notice there’s identical informal meetings posted for both Tuesday and Wednesday and the budget also appears on the Tuesday night regular meeting. Every year when we do theContinue Reading

Dream of new Gardner MA Elementary School fast becoming Reality Project Leader spokesman Tim Alix stated at 6-15-22 Building Committee meeting, “We feel comfortable that we’ll be ready, if not for the contractual date of substantial completion of July 15th, if not by then, certainly by the time school opensContinue Reading

Gardner Magazine has launched Chair City Radio. CLICK HERE .The online 24/7 station is dedicated to News and Public Affairs of the Greater Gardner MA region, mostly the City of Gardner. It will grow over time with an ever increasing variety of material. We have dedicated pages to AUDIO ofContinue Reading

Gardner MA City Council Hears Superintendent Pellegrino speak of “an efficiently -run system” Dr. Mark Pellegrino went over the budget adjustment process and went over each page of the budget in detail. Members of the school committee asked questions regarding the budget, which were answered by Superintendent Pellegrino, stating oneContinue Reading